Career Skills Library – serie

The ability to work well with others is an absolute necessity in most workplaces, and ""Teamwork Skills, Third Edition"" is a useful guide to developing these fundamental skills. Teams have become the basic unit of productivity in today's businesses. With that in mind, this new book helps students understand the need for teams and how to achieve and encourage healthy team dynamics. Topics covered include developing people skills, effectively setting goals and negotiating, appreciating diversity among team members, and resolving team conflicts. New to this edition are true-or-false quizzes in every chapter as well as a new appendix of helpful Web sites. Chapters include: The Corporate Dream Team; Become People Smart; Understanding Team Culture; World Cup Teams; Team Conflicts and Other Concerns; Team Goal Setting and Negotiating; and, Avoiding Team-Killing Behaviors.

Understanding the role of a leader in the work environment can make the work experience more rewarding and satisfying. By establishing the importance of leaders in almost any group dynamic, ""Leadership Skills, Third Edition"" helps students understand the qualities of all successful leaders, such as courteousness, compassion, decisiveness, and willingness to give and receive criticism. This new edition distills the essence of what leadership is into points that are easy to learn and cultivate, providing practical advice that may be useful in many settings. In addition to outlining how to lead a project through to successful completion, this accessible resource offers true-or-false quizzes as well as a new appendix of helpful Web sites. The chapters include: Leadership - What It Is and Why It Matters; Working with Others; Organizing a Project; Completing a Project; and, Learning to Lead.