Coach Maureen O'Brien

Gebundenes Buch

Who's Got the Ball? (and Other Nagging Questions about Team Life)

A Player's Guide for Work Teams

Beschreibung

Friendly and conversational, O'Brien offers experience-based, easy-to-implement guidelines that are eminently practical and surprisingly fun. Her concise "coaching notes," wonderfully illustrated by real-life organizational situations, address every aspect of daily team life. "Finally, a book for team members--three cheers for Coach O'Brien! Who's Got the Ball? is an easy, enjoyable, and invigorating book filled with powerful, useable, common sense coaching tips. This book should be required reading for all team members in today's workforce." --Freda M. Peters, vice president, Human Resources, Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company "Who's Got the Ball? is one of the best books on teaming that you will ever read--clear, insightful, humorous. An excellent handbook for any business or organization struggling and/or coping with breaking down barriers and building teams." --Hellene S. Runtagh, president & CEO, GE Information Services, Inc.

Autor

Maureen O'Brien is a business speaker, author, community leader, and cancer survivor. Armed with a degree in education and the equivalent of a PhD in hard knocks-and now in remission-Maureen uses her experience to encourage and inspire others who may feel hopeless in the face of new challenges. Named "One of the Most Powerful and Influential Women in Illinois" by the National Diversity Council, O'Brien is a renowned expert in Strategic Thinking, Leadership Development, and Relationship Selling. She is a recipient of the Dr. MLK Award for the Acceleration of Women in Leadership by the Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations and a respected leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion with an emphasis on the advocacy of women in the workplace. She is a mother of four and grandmother of four, and she lives in Illinois with her husband. Maureen O'Brien battled stage 4 lymphoma . . . and won.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780787900571
• ISBN-10: 0787900575
• Artikelnr.: 22118533

Rezensionen

"Finally, a book for team members--three cheers for Coach O'Brien!Who's Got the Ball? is an easy, enjoyable, and invigorating bookfilled with powerful, useable, common sense coaching tips. Thisbook should be required reading for all team members in today'sworkforce.'' --Freda M. Peters, vice president, Human Resources,Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, subsidiary of Emerson ElectricCompany

"Who's Got the Ball? is one of the best books on teaming that youwill ever read--clear, insightful, humorous. An excellent handbookfor any business or organization struggling and/or coping withbreaking down barriers and building teams.'' --Hellene S. Runtagh,president & CEO, GE Information Services, Inc.

"Maureen O'Brien is the quintessential coach. She gives teammembers the confidence and motivation to play, helps us build agameplan, shows us the moves, and cheers us on to victory.''--Laura Northup, team member, General Electric