Book description
"Finally, a resource....guide...roadmap....to help team members
and team leaders alike understand what it takes to function as a high
performing team, how doing so can personally enrich your life, and why
it's critical for organizations to function only in this way.
The Emotionally Intelligent Team
connects the dots between the task at hand, achieving and making a
difference, and personal happiness. Imagine where humankind would be if
every entity on the planet operated within a series of high performing
teams. Marcia Hughes and James Terrell show us that it's possible!"
-Suzanne Kirk, SVP, Branch Service Center, Bank of the West
"We
value teams at Medtronic so we know that this book will be a powerful
tool in understanding and developing successful team
behaviors!"
-Michael Mihalczo, District Manager, Walter
Cooper, District Manager, Medtronic CRDM
"Marcia Hughes' and James Terrell's latest book, The
Emotionally Intelligent Team, is a 'must read' for every school
district, business and organization that wants to ensure high
functioning and productive teams. Based on solid research, this
easy-to-read book describes the seven social emotional skills
necessary for effective teams, and includes practical strategies any
team leader can use to develop and maintain an emotionally intelligent
team. Marcia's and James' book has been of tremendous value to the
work of the senior administrative team in our school
district!"
-Linda Fabi, Director of Education, Waterloo
Region District School Board
"Marcia and James provide a good lens for the way people view
others in a team environment. This insight, when combined with
measuring one's own EQ through a test such as the Emotional Quotient
inventory (EQ-i ®), provides a powerful lever for improving team
performance."
-Steven J. Stein, Ph. D., Founder and CEO of
MHS, Co-author of the best seller The EQ Edge: Emotional
Intelligence and Your Success and author of Make Your
Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization
"Discovering ways to strengthen teams in an organization can
lead to impressive improvement in morale, engagement, productivity,
and results. The Emotionally Intelligent Team will help any
team take practical steps toward greater collaboration and
effectiveness."
-Brian Twillman, EPA Training Officer &
Organization Development Specialist, Lead Author EPA's Team Leader
Resource Guide US EPA - Office of Executive Services, Office of the Administrator
"The most important issue in our networked world is teamwork
across levels and boundaries. This masterful work offers a completely
new perspective, bringing the power of emotional and social
intelligence through engaging insights, exercises and stories to high
performance teamwork - creating the opportunity for potentially
extraordinary results that are seamless, dynamic, and
productive."
-Eileen Rogers, Global Director, Leadership
Excellence Programs, Deloitte
In this compelling book, authors Marcia Hughes and James Terrell
offer practical information and a guide for businesses that want to
draw on the power of the emotional competencies of their teams. They
reveal how individuals, team members, and leaders can take the steps
to become more emotionally intelligent team (ESI) members and show how
to put in place the practices and exercises that will help any team
grow in emotional intelligence. The book outlines the seven emotional
competencies of teams.
Marcia Hughes is president of Collaborative Growth, L. L.C., a firm
specializing in emotional intelligence, leadership and team
development, and conflict resolution, through keynotes, training,
executive coaching, and strategic design.
James Terrell, her partner, develops EI applications and coaches
individuals, teams in transition, and senior management in
anticipating change and responding to it resiliently.
