Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders

A practical guide for building and sustaining top-performing teams Based on the authors′ many years of consulting experience with teams in the public and private sectors, Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders describes why teams are important, how they function, and what makes them successful. The texts covers the four stages of team development --forming, storming, norming, and performing-- to help readers effectively navigate these different phases. Separate chapters are devoted to the responsibilities of team leaders and team members. Susan A. Wheelan, Maria Akerlund, and Christian Jacobsson highlight common problems that occur frequently in groups as well as provide practical tips, real-life examples, and questionnaires to help address those problems. The Sixth Edition includes a new Chapter 11 on Changes in Team Functioning explores the benefits and challenges of working on fluid teams, self-managed teams, agile teams, virtual teams, and multicultural teams. A significantly revised Chapter 12 highlights the latest research on the integrated model of group development.


Author: Susan A. Wheelan, Maria Åkerlund, Christian Jacobsson
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 09/09/2020
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781544332970

About the Author
Wheelan, Susan A.: -

Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professor of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University's Great Teacher Award in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.

Dr. Wheelan is the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders; and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She is editor of the Handbook of Group Research and Practice and co-editor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She has also written 66 research articles for publication.

Åkerlund, Maria: -

Maria Åkerlund is CEO of GDQ Associates AB, the current owner of the Group Development Questionnaire which was created by Susan Wheelan. She is a licensed psychologist and has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologist for 25 years, consulting to leaders, managers, employees and teams in private companies as well as organizations in the public sector in Sweden. She is one of the authors of the books Teamutveckling i teori och praktik (Teamdevelopment in theory and practice) and Teams in the spotlight.

Jacobsson, Christian: -

Christian Jacobsson is head of research at GDQ Associates AB and associate professor at Department of psychology, University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is a licensed psychologist and has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologist for three decades and been involved in many large scale team development projects as a project leader. Christian mainly conducts research on leadership and team development and has published about 50 articles, conference proceedings or books on these topics. He is one of the authors of the books Teamutveckling i teori och praktik (Teamdevelopment in theory and practice) and Teams in the spotlight.