Effective Team Building Starts with The Team Approach

In today's world, the demand for high-performing teams is increasing - resulting in thousands of books written on teamwork. Organizations continue to search for the way to create, sustain, and retain such high-performing teams, but don't know where to find it. Steven Stowell, Ph.D., Stephanie S. Mead, and the Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness (CMOE) have constructed the solution. Their book The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything is Possible, addresses the very real issues and concerns that face teams today. This book provides a model for creating effective and collaborative teams.

"When people synchronize their efforts around common objectives, they can achieve more and do it better, safer, and more efficiently. People who work together are an organization's greatest resource because, as a unit, they can execute tasks, think, manage capital, serve customers, and ensure success," says Stowell and Mead. "The unifying principle of teamwork is pretty simple: together we rise and fall, together we sink or swim, and together we laugh or cry. When all is said and done, it is people working together that make an organization stand out and excel."

The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything is Possible is the culmination of more than 30 years of research and observation with leadership development teams from around the world. As the founder of CMOE, established in 1978, Dr. Stowell has had a long and accomplished career in team building and strategic management, transforming traditional organizations such as FedEx, Pfizer, Cargill, Alcon, and other multinational organizations into high performance, team-oriented systems.

The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything is Possible is published by CMOE Press and is available November 14th in hardcover for $24.95 at select bookstores or by visiting the CMOE website. CMOE also provides a series of workshops, programs, and professional consulting based on the team building and strategic leadership principles found in this book.



Author Information

Kelly Angam
CMOE