New Book Paves the Way for Team Success
September 2008
- Do you believe everyone should be treated the same?
- Ever wondered why people don’t behave as you want?
- When you’ve tried everything, what else do you do?
Competence and Commitment, a new book by authors Lee Astridge and Caroline Britton looks at common behaviours in teams and provides simple tools to get better results.
With 40 years experience in the training and Human Resource Management fields Astridge and Britton felt compelled to write Competence and Commitment to provide an easy framework for the successful management of teams.
Written in a style that is combines a story and useful worksheets Competence and Commitment defines the kinds of people you will find in most team environments and then shows you how to maximise their performance.
Competence and Commitment is the first in a series of books by Astridge and Britton from 4Life4Business a Company set up to make a positive contribution to personal and business success.
With forewords written by Annah Stretton and Mike Moore, the book has already been acclaimed as ‘a good read,’ ‘a useful tool for success,’ and ‘something for every level of reader.’
‘What makes this book an excellent business tool is that it has identified the types of employees that typically make up a work environment. It divides them into four categories and for each of these categories, you are given the tools to effectively manage and get the best from each of your employees. These tools will help you grow your people and your organisations,’ says Annah Stretton.
Astridge and Britton have been developing the theories used in the book over the last three years in response to the issues raised in the 21st century workplace and team environments. Characters in the book are a diverse mix including GenY, a women returner facing a career challenge, a baby boomer waiting for retirement and a new manager trying to hold it all together. Astridge and Britton say that readers can all relate to many of the characters in the book through their own personal experiences or that of their colleagues.
‘It was important for us when we put the concept for the book together that there would be people and situations that everyone could recognise, either in the challenges they faced personally or those they recognised that others around them were experiencing.’
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