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How to Grow Effective Teams
And Run Meetings That Aren't a Waste of Time
© Ends of the Earth Learning Group 1998

by
Linda Turner and Ron Turner

Chapter One

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Chapter One: Grow Teams, Don't Build Them. Every team is more like a garden than a construction project. What works for one team won't work for all. Over time teams will develop and mature.

Chapter Two: Creating a Team Charter. How will the team know if it is making things better or worse? Where are team members supposed to find the time to meet? What is the sunset clause for the team?

Chapter Three, How Will Decisions Be Made? Consensus decision making and other decision modes. Consensus means everyone was "heard." It doesn't mean that everyone gets their first choice. Sometimes teams will be used to gather input, but not to make a decision.

Chapter Four, Defining Roles: Facilitators, Team Leaders, and Hybrids of Every Sort. How do Team Leaders differ from Facilitators? Team members have more power and therefore more responsibility than is traditionally the case.

Chapter Five, The First Meeting, Setting up the Ground Rules. This is where you can make or break your team. Make sure everyone understands their new roles.

Chapter Six, How to Deal with Pitfalls; The Nuts and Bolts of Running Meetings. What do I do when I get stuck?

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IF YOU ARE SIMPLY CURIOUS ABOUT THE CONTENTS IN THIS BOOK, THEN FOLLOW ONLY THE FIRST TWO STEPS.

1. SUMMARY
2. QUICK READ
3. DETAILS
4. QUESTIONS

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Welcome. This book is designed to speed up your processing of information. There are four steps for reading each chapter that will accelerate both your understanding of the material as well as retention of it.

The first two steps are all you need follow if you are simply curious about the contents of this book, but you are not yet ready to read "the whole thing."

STEP #1: Read the summary page that begins each chapter. This will give you a quick scan of the materials and serve later as a useful reference for finding details you want to review.

STEP #2: Each "page" is divided into a a left hand "QUICK READ" column and a right hand "DETAILS" column. Scan the "QUICK READ" section first reading through the entire chapter. This will give you the major ideas of that chapter. Think of the "QUICK READ" section as crib notes that offer an abridged digest of the book.

STEP #3: Read the "DETAILS." This is where we are precise with ideas and present examples of applications.

STEP #4: Last, you will find a set of review questions at the end of the following chapter. By having you wait to answer these questions, you will better remember the details of How to Grow Effective Teams. The answers to these questions follow them along with explanations.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: If you are unsure about how to apply our ideas or simply want some advice, then send us e-mail at ronaldturner@endsoftheearth.com. We will get back to you promptly. There is no charge for this service and we appreciate hearing from our readers.

MIS-STEP: If you attempt reading through the materials without first reading the "QUICK READ" sections first, then you will probably find the "QUICK READ" sections to be irritating breaks in the flow of the chapter. A little up-front work will shorten the total amount of time you will take to master the materials.

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