The Exceptional Team Blueprint

The Exceptional Team Blueprint(tm) is a practical approach to building and developing high performing teams. It will help team leaders become more effective at leading and developing their team. It will help owners of small and medium sized businesses improve the performance of their organisation by taking a broad-based approach to the development of their leaders and employees. It will help leaders of departments in larger corporations and also those bringing together a new team to deliver a specific project. The Exceptional Team Blueprint(tm) isn't just for business environments. Applying the tools and techniques with teams in the education, charity, voluntary and public sectors will also bring positive improvements. The Exceptional Team Blueprint(tm) elements can be applied at a personal level to become an exceptional team member in whatever you do. You don't need to be in a leadership position to positively impact the performance of the teams you're part of. You can influence the teams, how they work, and the outcomes they deliver, in your working life and in your hobbies and interests. This book takes you through explanations, practical activities, processes and steps to help you build exceptional teams and develop exceptional team members and leaders.

In his new guide, author C. David Crouch reveals the eighty-three principles of excellentology to help you build excellence in your life. Using "building a house" as a metaphor, he guides you in your own personal journey toward excellence. You can learn how to - lay a strong foundation by developing a mission, vision, principles, and standards; - recognize five pillars of performance that map a clear path toward excellence; - assemble a roof that allows you to measure your progress at the organizational, team, and individual levels; and - improve your ability to lead yourself and others toward excellence. By applying the model in five diverse environments-an organization, a team, a church, a family, and an individual life-Crouch demonstrates its effective use for any endeavor. He also applies his model for excellence to a sixth environment-the United States of America-revealing some interesting considerations. Build a life of joy, peace, significance, and fulfillment for yourself and those around you with The Excellent Experience.

In his new guide, author C. David Crouch reveals the eighty-three principles of excellentology to help you build excellence in your life. Using “building a house” as a metaphor, he guides you in your own personal journey toward excellence. You can learn how to • lay a strong foundation by developing a mission, vision, principles, and standards; • recognize five pillars of performance that map a clear path toward excellence; • assemble a roof that allows you to measure your progress at the organizational, team, and individual levels; and • improve your ability to lead yourself and others toward excellence. By applying the model in five diverse environments—an organization, a team, a church, a family, and an individual life—Crouch demonstrates its effective use for any endeavor. He also applies his model for excellence to a sixth environment—the United States of America—revealing some interesting considerations. Build a life of joy, peace, significance, and fulfillment for yourself and those around you with The Excellent Experience.

A Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lift your leadership to new heights Doug Conant, Founder of ConantLeadership, former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and former President of Nabisco Foods, shares transformational insights in his new book, The Blueprint. Conant is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World. Get Unstuck In 1984, Doug Conant was fired without warning and with barely an explanation. He felt hopeless and stuck but, surprisingly, this defeating turn of events turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Doug began to consider what might be holding him back from realizing his potential, fulfilling his dreams, and making a bigger impact on the world around him. Embarking on a journey of self-reflection and discovery, he forged a path to revolutionize his leadership and transform his career trajectory. Ultimately, Doug was able to condense his remarkable leadership story into six practical steps. It wasn't until Doug worked through these six steps that he was able to lift his leadership to heights that ultimately brought him career success, joy, and fulfillment. Reach High - Envision Dig Deep - Reflect Lay the Groundwork - Study Design - Plan Build - Practice Reinforce - Improve In The Blueprint, part leadership manifesto, part practical manual, Doug teaches leaders how to work through the same six steps that he used to transform his journey. The six steps are manageable and incremental, designed to fit practically within the pace of busy modern life. Knowing how daunting the prospect of change can be, Doug arms readers with exercises and practices to realistically bring their foundation to life in every situation. Now, today’s leaders who feel stuck and overwhelmed finally have a blueprint for lifting their leadership to make meaningful change in their organizations and in the world.

Blueprint for Action provides a framework for understanding the dynamics of organizational change in early care and education settings. It helps administrators move beyond a "quick fix" notion of center improvement by serving as a guide for organizational analysis and action. The book details a comprehensive method for assessing program strengths and areas in need of improvement. The heart of this approach is an individualized model of supervision and staff development. Woven throughout the text are numerous vignettes connecting the concepts to real-life situations experienced by early childhood administrators. The book includes 26 assessment tools and 12 worksheets that directors can adapt for use in their own programs.

This book is an expert insider account that outlines how the top community banks in the game have been hitting the target every quarter without skipping a beat, despite recessions, big-bank buyouts, and vicious competition for deposits. It's the ultimate blueprint for an unlikely success story: Stop just surviving, and learn how to thrive.

Several management thinkers have identified the crucial contribution that high-performance teams make in organizations. This book attempts to provide a practical, step-by-step account of how to select, develop and deploy these different teams to achieve above-average performance.

Intended as a practical resource for early childhood center directors engaged in improving the overall quality of their programs, this guide details a comprehensive method for analyzing the different components of a program to increase the program's effectiveness, assists in diagnosing common organizational problems, and aids in selecting appropriate strategies for implementing change and evaluating progress. The guide also demonstrates how to develop a sense of responsibility for center change that is shared collectively by the staff. Chapter 1 presents a social systems model to improve understanding of the significance of day-to-day life in the child care center. Chapter 2 addresses the nature of change and provides an overview of how change occurs in child care centers. The director's role in the change process is discussed in chapter 3. Chapter 4 explores assessing the needs of the child care center as whole, while chapter 5 focuses on assessing individual needs of staff members. Chapter 6 offers a step by step process for designing an individualized model of staff development, and chapter 7 links the notion of individualized staff development to the supportive organizational structures that will ensure its success. The final chapter discusses meshing organizational needs and individual needs into a unified approach for achieving change. Two appendixes contain 27 assessment tools and 8 sample forms. Contains over 160 references. (TJQ)