Getting your team off on the Right foot is critical to its success. in adult education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill..
She holds a Ph.
D.
She has been an instructor in The Women\'s Leadership Program and a researcher investigating geographically dispersed teams.
Sonya Prestridge is a senior program associate in the custom solutions group at CCL. in communication from Michigan State University.
Kim holds a Ph.
D.
He has an extensive background in team-building initiatives, which he has used to customize team effectiveness programs for many CCL clients.
Kim Kanaga is the director of CCL\'s Greensboro Campus, overseeing all campus site resources and day-to-day activities in support of CCL\'s strategic direction.
In doing that, the series carries out CCL\'s mission to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide.
The purpose of the series is to provide managers with specific advice on how to complete a developmental task or solve a leadership challenge.
CCL is not simply a collection of individual experts, although the individual credentials of its staff are impressive; rather it is a community, with its members holding certain principles in common and working together to understand and generate practical responses to today\'s leadership and organizational challenges.
Much of this knowledge is shared-in a way that is distinct from the typical university department, professional association, or consultancy.
About author(s): This series of guidebooks draws on the practical knowledge that the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has generated, since its inception in 1970, through its research and educational activity conducted in partnership with hundreds of thousands of managers and executives.
Understanding and implementing these key elements is key to a team\'s achieving the goals the organization has set for it.
This guidebook tells managers and team leaders how to address four critical points during the Launch of a Team: setting purpose and direction, defining roles and responsibilities, designing procedures and practices, and building cooperation and relationships.
Getting your team off on the Right foot is critical to its success
