The Concise Adair on Teambuilding and Motivation

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book develops Adair's classic theory on Team, Task and individual and summarizes all his writing on leaders and motivation and getting the best from people. It includes sections on being motivated oneself, selecting people, target setting and reward and recognition.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part 1 Teambuilding (p. 4)
• Understanding teams and their structures (p. 5)
• Common background (p. 6)
• Participation amongst team members (p. 8)
• Communication (p. 10)
• Cohesiveness (p. 12)
• Atmosphere (p. 13)
• Standards (p. 15)
• Structure and organisation (p. 17)
• Changes over time (p. 19)
• Team roles and team member functions (p. 21)
• The role of the leader (p. 21)
• Team task roles (p. 22)
• Group building and maintenance roles (p. 24)
• Individual roles (p. 24)
• The individual within the team (p. 25)
• Commonalities between individuals (p. 26)
• Treat people as individuals (p. 27)
• The overlapping needs of task, team and individual (p. 27)
• Leadership functions and needs (p. 29)
• Teams (p. 30)
• Experts in a team (p. 30)
• Sequential teams (p. 31)
• The leader (p. 32)
• Outcomes of effective leadership (p. 33)
• The leader's core responsibility (p. 34)
• Leadership functions in teambuilding (p. 35)
• Selecting the team members (p. 37)
• Technical or professional competence (p. 37)
• Ability to work as a team member (p. 38)
• Desired personal attributes (p. 38)
• Group processes and procedures (p. 42)
• Problem-solving (p. 42)
• Decision-making (p. 43)
• A framework for problem-solving and decision-making (p. 45)
• Brainstorming (p. 45)
• Maintaining your team (p. 48)
• Maintaining standards (p. 48)
• Coping with conflict (p. 49)
• A checklist for team leaders (p. 51)
• Task (p. 52)
• Team (p. 53)
• Individual (p. 55)
• Part 2 Motivation (p. 58)
• Adair's eight rules in motivating people (p. 60)
• The 50:50 rule (p. 60)
• Needs and motivation (p. 62)
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs (p. 62)
• McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y (p. 64)
• Herzberg's Motivation - hygiene theory (p. 65)
• The three circles model (p. 71)
• Managers/leaders and motivation (p. 73)
• Motivation and decision-making (p. 75)
• Getting the best from people (p. 78)
• Be motivated yourself (p. 79)
• Select people who are highly motivated (p. 82)
• Treat each person as an individual (p. 86)
• Set realistic and challenging targets (p. 90)
• Jacob's ladder model (p. 91)
• Remember that progress motivates (p. 94)
• Provide fair rewards (p. 101)
• Give recognition (p. 105)
• Summary (p. 109)
• Teambuilding (p. 109)
• Motivation (p. 112)
• Quotes about Teambuilding and Motivation (p. 113)