Название: Creating Great Teams: How Self-Selection Lets People Excel, 2nd Edition
Автор: Sandy Mamoli, David Mole
Издательство: The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Год: March 2025 (Version: P1.0)
Страниц: 242
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

People are happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with. Self-selecting teams give people that choice. Build well-designed and efficient teams to get the most out of your organization, with step-by-step instructions on how to set up teams quickly and efficiently. This new edition highlights ten years of additional insights, real-world case studies, and adaptations for remote and hybrid environments. Learn from the successes and challenges faced by organizations worldwide as they implemented self-selection, and discover a practical roadmap to unlocking team potential and fostering a culture of autonomy and engagement.

Discover the transformative power of self-selection in building high-performing, motivated teams. Whether you're a manager seeking to revitalize your team, an HR professional looking to innovate recruitment, or a leader aiming to cultivate a more agile and responsive organization, this book offers the tools and insights necessary to create teams that excel.

Learn to implement a self-selection event, a revolutionary approach that forms teams based on mutual interests and strengths, leading to increased levels of engagement and productivity. Adapt self-selection processes for remote and hybrid environments. Use step-by-step guidance on preparing for, executing, and following up on self-selection events to ensure smooth transitions and high team performance. Address common obstacles in team formation with innovative solutions that foster dynamic, resilient, and high-performing teams.

This updated edition enriches the original groundbreaking concepts with a decade’s worth of fresh insights, expanded case studies, and strategies for navigating the complexities of remote and hybrid work environments. Through a blend of practical advice and real-world examples, the book equips you with everything you need to implement self-selection in your organization. From the initial groundwork and planning phases to executing self-selection events, and the crucial steps that follow, you'll learn how to create environments where people choose their teams, fostering a sense of ownership, satisfaction, and dynamism.

What You Need:

No specific software is required to implement the principles and strategies outlined in this book. However, access to basic collaborative and communication tools may enhance the self-selection process, especially in remote or hybrid settings. These could include digital whiteboards and video-conferencing platforms to facilitate discussions and decision-making. A foundational understanding of team dynamics and a willingness to embrace change are essential to apply the book's concepts effectively.

Who Should Read This Book?
Self-selection isn’t just for technology teams. If you work in an industry that benefits from people working in small, cross-functional teams, then self-selection could be for you. If you are a CEO, CTO, delivery manager, VP of engineering, head of marketing, or any other kind of leader looking to structure your department into small teams, this is the fastest and safest way to do so. You’ll learn how to prepare for and organize a self-selection event, how to convince your colleagues that it’s a good idea in the first place, and how to communicate with your participants to make sure everyone is on board and ready. For those in human resources, people management, or coaching roles, this is your playbook for creating a culture rich in autonomy, ownership, and belonging. You’ll discover how self-selection can positively impact your culture and how to nurture an environment that champions autonomy.

If you’re on the ground as a developer, quality assurance specialist, UX designer, product manager, product owner, or business analyst, you’ll get an insider’s view of what it’s like to be part of a self-selection process. Plus, you’ll find tips on convincing your colleagues or boss to embrace this approach. And for the facilitators among us, get ready for a comprehensive guide on planning, executing, and solidifying self-selection in a way that’s both effective and psychologically safe. Whether you’ve tried self-selection in your organization or you want to learn about it for the first time, this book will provide you with a clear method and a deep understanding of the thinking and reasoning that sits behind the approach along with examples and case studies of this being done in a remote or hybrid environment.