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An Excerpt From

Go Team!:

Take Your Team to the Ne

by Ken Blanchard, Alan Randolph, and

Published by Berrett-Koehler Pu


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C O N T E N T S


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NINE Replace Boundaries with Vision and

TEN Be a Next Level Team and Get Gre

ELEVEN Congratulations: Your Team Has M

the Next Level 121

Notes 125

Index 127


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F O R E W O R D


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perform up to their potential. One of th

fectively implementing teams is that pproperly trained to function in teams

members.

When we wrote, with Ken Blanchard

ager Builds High Performing Teams in 1989,

providing a basic understanding of

Th h i i f hi h f


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ity, and morale. It is an ideal follow-up to

concepts and can help ensure applicationreal-world team settings.

Excellence in leadership, innovation,

ductivity, and human satisfaction in the

will best come from people working in te

potential, knowledge, and motivation. G

can help make that happen, and we hope


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I N T R O D U C T I O N

M O V I N G T E A M W O R K T O T H


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Increase productivity and satisfact

team, and the organization

Second, what are Next Level Teams? Th

Use information sharing to build high

and responsibility

Use clear boundaries to create the fre


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effectively, make excellent team decision

having contributed in new and more mea

Your leader will also appreciate you

Next Level because he or she will have

help the team. What leader hasnt been

time to plan work, think ahead, receive

members, or investigate new equipment t

the future?


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UnderstandNext Level Te

O N E


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the decisions are made. Communication i

system simply moves too slowly. Becau

slow, people are inhibited from taking act

sponsible fashion.

With this approach to work, organiza

successfully, and people throughout the c

not valued. The result is low motivation a

formance. Moving key decisions closer t


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He allowed them to submit small order

approval. Initially, he placed a boundary

cost limit of $100but he later widene

teams (and his) comfort level grew. Team

thority to order needed supplies more ea

of the supervisors approval. His team me

cost of supplies decreased by 20 percent

care in ordering only those materials tha


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The manager of a newly developed perfor

partment at a nuclear power plant was a

sibility for the sites newsletter. Along wit

editor, Bill, as a new member of the man

first meeting with the manager, he comp

( examplesNext Level Teamwork in acti


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As a member of the managers team, B

sibility for the effectiveness of the sites

solicited the help of his fellow team m

comfort with their newfound responsib

began to experiment more and more, im

significantly and ultimately creating thcommunication tool.

I hi d l i l


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NEXT LEVEL TEAMS AND THE L

Historically, decisions for day-to-day wo

sibility for the success of a work group

leader. This was one of the clear expec

role. Leaders became comfortable with

fact, placing high value on this exercise o

Additionally, through most of the last


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if he or she had an extra two hours in the

other activities. Indeed, we have asked t

leaders, and some of the responses we he

Spend more time planning the wo

Look ahead to contemplate new e

be needed

Address some of the issues that im


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BENEFITS OF NEXT LEVE

We have explored how Next Level Team

day-to-day actions in the workplace. We

how the roles of leaders and team memb

environment. These are significant and

how an organization operates. But is this

worth the effort? Does it really get grea


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The telecommunications compA telecommunications company on the Ea

to Next Level Teams. Once in place, thes

assess production methods and then ma

gestions for improvement. As you might e

slowly with very few suggestions, but th


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PICTURING YOUR WORK

AS A NEXT LEVEL TE

You have now begun to understand what

and why it is so important in todays bu

put, the world of work has become too c

for individuals to go it alone or for tra

operating with limited authority, to be su


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How do Next Level Teams differ from the

operates? For example, as of today,

Does everyone on your team feel enga

as a member of the team?

questions to consider

Your team now


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Use information sharing to build high

and responsibility

Use clear boundaries to create the fre

responsibly

Use self-managing skills to make dec

great results

Next Level TeamworkNext Level Teams


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Go Team!:

Take Your Team to the Ne

by Ken Blanchard, Alan Randolph, andPublished by Berrett-Koehler Pu

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