Group Power I: A Manager's Guide to Using Task-Force Meetings

The task force has long been recognized as the focal center for cooperative thinking about an organization’s problems and opportunities. If a manager is to be effective, the ability to develop and lead such groups is essential. To harness this potential, however, is not a matter of “natural leadership” or “charisma.” The ability to lead a task force comprises a set of skills that a manager must deliberately set out to acquire.

Group Power I shows how to develop and practice task force skills. Putting the principles of this book to work will help companies realize the best results from their task forces.

Since 1973, William R. Daniels has helped managers, teams, and organizations develop the skills necessary to manage continuous change by addressing their most immediate and critical business needs. A senior partner and co-founder in 1979 of American Consulting & Training, Inc. (ACT), his mind for theory and his passion for the practical are combined with firsthand experience and empirical research. In addition to his consulting work, Daniels has designed all of ACT's simulations and workshops used by clients worldwide.