Team Management for Professionals

Benjamin Michael Stephens

ISBN 13: 9798326344878

Published by Independently Published Jul 2026, 2026

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Neuware - Team Management for Professionals will teach you how to set up a team and lead a group through a challenge. The guidebook contains research from business management, psychology, and neuroscience. Key concepts are combined with visuals, as well as step-by-step instructions. The guidebook is written by Benjamin Stephens, a Project Manager with 15 years of experience. Benjamin previously facilitated workshops on team development with the Government of Australian and with the Cabinet Office in the UK, where he worked across departments to enhance collaboration. Inside this modern guide you'll find: - Frameworks, such as Tuckman's stages of team development, diagrams, such as the Relationship Results Pyramid, and systems, such as the Kanban workflow system that enables effective task management.- Collaborative exercises. Explore the 'Team M.O.T.', methods to resolve conflict, and how to use the 'Sail Exercise' to strategically review an approach to an upcoming challenge.Benjamin is currently a Director at the Institute of Team Management (ITM) in the UK. ITM have been featured with VirginStartup. Benjamin's other publications have appeared in the Guardian. The guidebook reveals proven strategies and forms the basis of the courses that are taught by ITM, which result in a qualification in team management. 'A brilliant resource for anyone looking to take the next step in their career. A refreshing take on the famous structure that is used across sectors to manage teams, with step-by-step instructions added at each stage that are easy to follow' - Ernst and Young, Learning and Development Director 'The guidebook takes a widely known framework and embeds practical techniques into it the structure. An interesting development on the concept of team development that was first set out by Bruce Tuckman' - Freshminds, Learning and Development Consultant 'Concepts are consiley explained. The book mixes theory from academia with practical steps suitable for the workplace, which is a hard feat to master. The book contains methods that can be of use in one's private and personal life. A great mix of philosophy, applied psychology, and business management theory throughout'. - Civil Service Leadership Fast Track Scheme Manager.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Team Management for Professionals
• Publisher: Independently Published Jul 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798326344878
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 10D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 258 grams

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Synopsis

This book has everything that you need to know to set up, and manage a team.

Discover key concepts from psychology, as well as business management, and over 50 practical exercises that you can apply in your context by following the step-by-step instructions.

Inside you’ll find:

• Frameworks outlining the factors underpinning team success, group communication strategies, the stages of team development, ways to enable team members to reach their potential, and task prioritisation methods.
• Discover collaborative exercises that you can run, such as the “Team M.O.T.”, and methods commonly used by professional leaders to resolve interpersonal team conflict.
• Learn to use practical strategic group planning exercises, like the "Sail Exercise", to help a group plan for an upcoming project or challenge.

This modern guide to team management is great for anyone new to managing a team and contains tips that are easily explained that even seasoned team managers will find useful.

Written by Benjamin Stephens, a project manager who has chaired the agile ways of working group at the Cabinet Office in the UK, and who previously commissioned transformation projects across the South of England, you will learn from one of the leading experts in team management.

Before working on Downing Street, Benjamin studied Neuroscience, gaining an M.Sc. from UCL in London, and advised governments on improving their business systems, and learning and development programmes.

“A brilliant resource for those looking to take the next steps in their career.” — Ernst and Young, Learning and Development Manager.

"This guidebook takes the commonly applied framework for team development and embeds practical techniques into Tuckman's system. In this way, it has added to the business management and psychology literature and is the modern guide to team management in a corporate setting." - Freshminds, Learning and Development Consultant

"The concepts are clearly well researched and concisely explained. A great mix of philosophy, applied psychological research, and business management theory, all contained within the chapters on this popular business management guide". - Civil Service Leadership Fast Track Scheme Manager