First-Time Leaders of Small Groups: How to Create High Performing Committees, Task Forces, Clubs and BoardsISBN: 978-0-7879-8650-6
Hardcover
288 pages
April 2007, Jossey-Bass
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—Edward R. Del Gaizo, director, learning & development, KPMG LLP
"The authors in this book have given a gift to people who lead
small groups and need immediate guidance about how to get the group
going and moving toward its goals. This gift is well organized in
understandable language with useful, on-the-mark, real-world
examples."
—Fred Niziol, International Association of Facilitators,
Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network, and contributing author to
The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation
"Leaders and members of groups, from the most to least
experienced, will find extraordinarily practical strategies and
tactics presented in well-sequenced and organized chapters."
—Edward M. Mone, vice president, organization development,
Computer Associates
"First-Time Leaders of Small Groups should not just be on every
manager's bookshelf; it should be on their desks and in their
briefcases so they can find it without even looking. Here is solid
advice in ready-to-use format for how to lead the temporary and
periodic groups we now use to run organizations."
—Robert J. Lee, managing director, iCoachNewYork; adjunct
professor, New School and Baruch College, CUNY; former president
and CEO, Center for Creative Leadership; founder and former
president, Lee Hecht Harrison
"The Londons have captured a wealth of knowledge and real-world
experiences about the work-ings of small teams."
—Kathy Free, facilitator, Social Security Administration
"A practical and easily adaptable book comprised of the latest
research on teams, with actual examples and cases, as well as
specific advice on how to effectively lead teams and groups. An
excellent resource for new and experienced team leaders
alike."
—LeAnne Bennett, executive leadership and development,
Merrill Lynch