This book is filled with the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions that are needed for any manager to have at hand if he or she is a member or creator of a committee, team, task-force, or any other activity involving collaboration among several people. The ideas are proven by several decades of experience and well-supported in the text with numerous examples.

Foreword (Edgar HSchein)
Introduction
The Authors
Part One: The Four Cs of Team Development
　1 The Search for the High-Performing Team
　2 Context: Laying the Foundation for Team Success
　3 Composition: Getting the Right People on the Bus
　4 Competencies: Developing Team Skills for High Performance
　5 Change: Devising More Effective Ways of Working Together
　6 Bringing the Four Cs Together: Designing a Team-Building Program
Part Two: Solving Specific Problems Through Team Building
　7 Managing Conflict in the Team
　8 Overcoming Unhealthy Agreement
　9 Reducing Conflict Between Teams
Part Three: Team Building in Different Kinds of Teams
　10 Managing the Temporary Team
　11 High-Performing Virtual Teams
　12 Managing Interorganizational (Alliance) Teams
Part Four: The Challenge of Team Building for the Future
　13 Challenges for Building Effective Teams
Notes
Index