Person-Centred Teams

Helen Sanderson is CEO of Helen Sanderson Associates. She has written extensively on person-centred thinking, planning, community building and Individual Service Funds. She is the co-author of A Practical Guide to Delivering Personalisation with Jaimee Lewis, of Creating Person-Centred Organisations with Stephen Stirk, and Personalisation and Dementia with Gill Bailey, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Mary Beth Lepkowsky is owner of Pathways Facilitation Services - an organisation which offers consultancy and training on person-centred working in the human services. She is also employed as Training and Organizational Development Manager for Tri-Counties Regional Center, a non-profit that provides person and family-centred supports for individuals with developmental disabilities, based in Santa Barbara, California.

Managing individuals is a hard enough task for most managers and leaders, but managing them in teams and making the end result effective is an even bigger challenge. In this book the authors offer us some practical steps with hosts of advice and tips and tools to help us along that journey. The book makes elegant use of person centred thinking, practices and tools in the format of an easy to follow model and programme. There are assessments and checklists to help along the way, and many real examples of the materials in use. This is a book of value not just to those starting out on the team development route, but for the more seasoned manager too, as it is packed with ideas to choose from, drawn from a wide range of experiences and sources. Whilst soundly based in theory and research, it is a very useable and pragmatic guide to improving team performance.

• Introduction. 1. Profiles and Plans. 2. Purpose. 3. People. 4. Performance. 5. Process. 6. Progress. Conclusion. Appendix 1. Person-Centred Team Self-Assessment. Appendix 2. Summary of Person-Centred Practices Used in This Book.