25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders

In this book, acclaimed team development and leadership expert Fran Rees, has written the long-awaited companion to the bestselling book, 25 Activities for Teams. 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders, which is organized around her LEAD model of leadership and L.E.A.D model of facilitative leadership: Lead with a clear purpose, Empower to participate, Aim for consensus, and Direct the process. Created as a hands-on resource for trainers, facilitators, and team leaders, 25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders includes a variety of exercises that will help foster team-leadership skills including simulations, discussions, problems to solve, role plays, and real-work collaboration. The book explores a wide variety of topics and includes development activities that cover how to

• Define the role of the team leader
• Apply the L.E.A.D. model to team leadership and development
• Coach team members and the team
• Design purposeful, participative team meetings
• Create effective team communication
• Address team challenges
• Resolve conflicts and disputes
• Conduct team self-evaluation

Fran Rees is the owner of Rees & Associates, a Phoenix-based training and consulting firm and editor of 25 Activities for Teams, and author of How to Lead Work Teams: Facilitation Skills, Rees has focused her work on team development, team leadership, and facilitator training, and consults to a variety of organizations. She designs and facilitates meetings for both public and private organizations and has conducted numerous management development, workforce diversity, mentoring, and train-the-trainer programs.