December 13, 2013 Bi-monthly Meeting

Building Effective Teams: The Science of Teamwork and the Power of Debriefs

Presented by:  Scott Tannenbaum, Ph.D., President - The Group for Organizational Effectiveness, Inc.

Session Description:

We’ve all been on many teams in our lives – some worked well together but others did not. This interactive session will explore what’s behind team effectiveness. Scott will describe what the research tells us about team dynamics and will share his experiences working with all types of teams – including management, military, medical, manufacturing, sales, technology, retail, even teams at NASA.  Dr. Tannenbaum will also offer ideas for boosting team effectiveness including a simple, powerful technique – team debriefing. 

Scott offers us this link to his blog:  Is Your Team like the 2013 Boston Red Sox? 

Speaker Bio:

Scott I. Tannenbaum is President of the Group for Organizational Effectiveness (gOE), an Albany, NY-based consulting and research firm he co-founded in 1987. During his 25+ years as a scientist-practitioner, Dr. Tannenbaum served as a tenured business school professor and is currently a successful entrepreneur and consultant.  Under his leadership, gOE has provided OD consulting, tools, and research to over 500 organizations, including 75 Fortune 1000 companies. He has over 65 publications and his research has been cited over 7000 times.   

He is co-editor of the book, Developing and Enhancing Teamwork in Organizations: Evidence-based Best Practices and Guidelines.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00 -- Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 12:30 -- Program

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