25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders

Book excerpt: 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders In this book, acclaimed team development and leadership expert Fran Rees, has written the long-awaited companion to the bestselling book 25 Activities for Teams. 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders is organized around her L.E.A.D. model of facilitative leadership: Lead with a clear purpose, Empower to participate, Aim for consensus, and Direct the process. Created as a hands-on resource for trainers, facilitators, and team leaders, 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders includes a variety of exercises that will help foster team-leadership skills including simulations, discussions, problems to solve, role plays, and real-work collaboration. The book explores a wide variety of topics and includes development activities that cover how to: Define the role of the team leader Apply the L.E.A.D. model to team leadership and development Coach team members and the team Design purposeful, participative team meetings Create effective team communication Address team challenges Resolve conflicts and disputes Conduct team self-evaluation Each activity in the book can used as a stand-alone learning exercise or in any combination to create a formal, team-leader development curriculum. The activities can also be used by team leaders during informal team meetings. 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders is designed for today's modern working environment. The activities are flexible enough to fit the needs of a particular group and designed to be delivered in timeframes sensitive to busy work schedules. "This book is a critical for any reader who wants to develop themselves or others as strong team leaders and high-performing teams. Team leaders, human resource and training employees will find this resource easy to execute, invaluable in building a structured program, and one that gets results. External consultants will find the text to be helpful in structuring their project plans for clients." —Leigh Wilkinson, HRD consultant, State of Maine Office of Training and Development