The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right

What are today's teams really like, and why are they failing? In their new book, authors Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley explain what they see as the reason: teams fail largely because they don't think through the human implications of teaming.

The New Why Teams Don't Work is as much about people as it is about business. This handbook will help team members and leaders maintain the highest level of social and emotional intelligence by making them more aware of their own needs, conflicts, and peculiarities.

Among the new chapters are ""Collaboration vs. Teamwork,"" ""Team Balance,"" ""The Death of Teamwork,"" ""The Team of One,"" and ""Teams at the Top.""

Harvey Robbins, president of Robbins & Robbins, has been a practicing business psychologist since 1974, training and coaching teams to improve performance. His clients have included American Express, AT&T, Allied Signal, General Dynamics, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, and the IRS, among many others. He is author of Turf Wars and How to Speak and Listen Effectively.

Michael Finley has authored over a dozen books, including award-winning collaborations with Harvey Robbins that include Transcompetition, Why Teams Dont Work, and Why Change Doesnt Work. "Future Shoes," his weekly syndicated column on modern life, appears in newspapers and trade magazines throughout the country, as well as in online editions.