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Have you ever wondered why some work teams greatly out-perform others within the same organizational settings? Have you questioned whether work teams from very different sectors of the economy and society achieved a high performance level by using similar means? Have you considered what you or others might do to help eams increase their chances of becoming truly high performing? Increasing the Odds for High-Performance Teams is written for the business leader who is inquisitive but busy—who seeks new lessons about high team performance but wants them to be succinct and efficient.
     The book is intended to assist professionals in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations who want to use teams to enhance job performance. Also, it is intended to be helpful to the team members, team leaders, mentors, coaches, and administrators across these sectors who want to diagnose their team and organizational conditions, in order to make improvements.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Advance Praise, Title page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. vii
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  1. How to Use This Book to Your Advantage
  2. p. 1
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  1. 1. The Book, the Cases, the Protocol
  2. Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 2-11
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  1. 2. Learning from the Masters of Team Performance
  2. Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 12-35
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  1. 3. Quaker Oats: A Team at the Top with Joint Management and Union Leadership
  2. Roger Vincent, Justin Shields, Terrance Stone, Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 36-87
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  1. 4. The Teams of TIGER
  2. Tamara Feldblyum, William Nierman, Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 88-149
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  1. 5. Bosch Teams: Two Creative Arrangements
  2. Ken Brochu, Kevin O’Keefe, Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 150-199
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  1. 6. Michigan State University Extension and Ohio State University Extension Self-Directed Teams
  2. Margaret Bethel, James Kells, James Chatfield, Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 200-237
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  1. 7. The Women’s Interest Group: The Hill Women
  2. Mary Andrews, Ashok Kumar Seth, Arlen Leholm, Ray Vlasin
  3. pp. 238-273
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  1. 8. Broader Lessons from the Cases Explored
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  3. pp. 274-284
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  1. About the Authors
  2. p. 285
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