Team Building
So, if you’ve been around me for the last few months you’ve probably heard me going on and on about two things as far as work is concerned. Team Building and Communication. I know it sounds all touchy-feely and all that, but I don’t care. I think there are some really important keys to the success of businesses and being able to put up with each other is a big one.
Now, I’m not claiming to really know anything about business, because quite frankly, I don’t. I’ve never run a business and I’m trying to grow with the company as well. Seems like a decent thing to do right?
So here’s my first step in the ‘team building’ process. A reading list. Yep. Like a book club. Like Oprah. I’ve got the first three books planned already. I don’t know if I want to tell you the names of the books just yet because I think it’s important that we finish reading them first, but I’m curious what books you would recommend for smaller companies looking to create a team?
And yes, I know who Seth Godin is. I’ll let you know when we’re done with the first book.
I went to a seminar recently with my work (a dentist office) where we had a speaker named Brad Star. He works for the group that released the book The Oz Principle. I haven’t actually read the book, but the seminar was excellent. It really helped our team out a lot.
You might want to look at these two by John C. Maxwell:
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork
The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
I’ve read the first, but not the second, but I’m thinking that the second is just a repackaging of the first with a team-member focus instead of a team-leader focus (which is how the first is packaged).