Business Librarian
Teamwork / March 2024
The Economist noted that even as workplaces lean on teams more than ever, management practices aren't evolving to match (2023). This topic was the focus of episode four of its podcast on good management, Boss Class.
You can listen to the episode through JMU Libraries' subscription to The Economist, or check out one of these 12 books from JMU’s print and electronic collections that examine teamwork.
Find more materials about this topic by searching teamwork or collaboration in Library Search.
Smarter Collaboration
Lays out a pragmatic action plan blending rich stories, new empirical research, and loads of practical advice to help companies thrive by collaborating more effectively.
Getting Along: How to work with anyone (even difficult people)
Identifies eight familiar types of difficult coworkers--the insecure boss, the passive-aggressive peer, the know-it-all, the biased coworker, and others--and provides strategies tailored to dealing constructively with each one.
Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team
A toolbox of proven techniques from the field for the whole product team to use together to maximize your team's chances of success when developing products and services, from identifying opportunities, to the point of being able to confidently go into production.
Interpersonal Skills for Group Collaboration
Teaches core collaboration skills such as active listening, interviewing, empathy, and conflict resolution that are necessary to collaborate on group projects in the classroom and the workplace.
When Teams Work: How to Develop and Lead a High-Performing Team
Helps you to identify the most common issues and give you and your team the tools to improve them and achieve better teamwork and performance. get the best out of yourself and others and avoid the common pitfalls that prevent teams from being the best they can be.
Smart Teams: How to Move from Friction to Flow and Work Better Together
Shows you how to turn around the unproductive team behaviours that create friction and you'll learn the 'superproductive' behaviours that promote flow and the most impactful productivity principles for working better together.