Show your team how to chart its own course, evaluate its progress,and self-correct.

Many books talk about teamwork, but few address the actual processof creating and managing effective teams. You'll learn to approachteamwork as a journey with a beginning, middle, and satisfying And.Find out how to construct a blueprint to carry your teamalong.

Discover the two factors essential for well functioning teams:getting work done and building and maintaining the spirit andmomentum of the team.

Frequently teams are built and challenged to work as a unit, butthe team members aren't clear about what steps to take and when totake them. Keep your team from becoming confused, frustrated andultimately giving up. Develop step-by-step proceedures to get workdone!

You'll learn these ten steps:

* Focusing the team
* Assigning roles
* Establishing guidelines
* Planning the work
* Doing the work
* Reviewing team performance
* Completing the work
* Publishing the results
* Rewarding the team
* Moving on

Create teams that work together to increase productivity, improvequality, and achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.

FRAN REES is the owner of Rees & Associates, a training andconsulting firm. An experienced manager and seminar leader, she hasalso served extensively as a consultant to companies such asDigital Equipment Corporation and Motorola, Inc. Rees hassuccessfully designed and implemented a number of trainingprograms, workshops, and organizational interventions. She hasconducted training on a wide variety of topics, includingmeeting-facilitation skills, multicultural awareness, consultingskills, and supervision and management. In her work with companies,she has designed and facilitated strategic-planning sessions, ledfocus-group and team-building sessions, and has trained trainers.She lives in Chandler, Arizona.