Recommended Resource List:
Team Building

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Murray, Peg. Motivating Teams: Empower Your Team to Increased Levels of Creativity, Commitment, and Productivity. Shawnee Mission, KS: Skill Path Publications, 1998. Call number:  SR 658.314 Moor
  • Singe, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline Field book [Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization]. New York: BDD Audio, 1999. Call number:  SR CD 658.402 Fifth or SR 658.402 Fifth

• Books
  • Avery, Christopher. Teamwork Is an Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001. Call number: 658.4036 Aver
  • Beck, John D. W. The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-performing Teams. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Pub., 2001. 2nd  ed. Call number:   658.4092 Beck
  • Belbin, R. M. Management Teams: Why They Succeed or Fail. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. Call number: 658.402 Belb
  • Bens, Ingrid. Facilitating with Ease!: a Step-by-step Guidebook with Customizable Worksheets on CD-ROM. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Call number:  658.456 Bens
  • Blanchard, Kenneth H. High Five!: the Magic of Working Together. New York: Morrow, 2001. Call number:  658.402 High
  • Enos, Darryl D. Performance Improvement: Making it Happen. Boca Raton, FL: St. Lucie Press, 2000. Call number: 658.4 Enos
  • Garton, Colleen. Managing without Walls: Maximize Success with Virtual, Global, and Cross-cultural Teams. Lewisville, TX: MC Press, 2006. Call number: 658.04 Gart
  • Gottlieb, Marvin R. Managing Group Process. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. Call number:  658.4036 Gott
  • Hackman, J Richard. Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Call number: 658.4092 Hack
  • Honig, Bruce. Creative Collaboration: Simple Tools for Inspired Teamwork. (Fifty Minute Series) Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, 2003. Call number: 658.4022 Honi
  • How to Work with People: Understanding Team Dynamics. Shawnee Mission, KS: National Press Publications, 2000. Call number:  158.7 How
  • Iacofano, Daniel S. Meeting of the Minds: a Guide to Successful Meeting Facilitation. Berkeley: MIG Communications, 2001. Call number:  658.456 Iaco
  • Jude-York, Deborah. Virtual Teaming: Breaking the Boundaries of Time and Place. Boston, MA: Course Technology, 2000. Call number: 658.4022 Jude
  • Justice, Thomas. The Facilitator's Fieldbook: Step-by-step Procedures, Checklists and Guidelines, Samples and Templates. 2nd  ed. New York: AMACOM, 2006. Call number:  658.4036 Just
  • Katzenbach, Jon R. The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003. Call number:  On Order
  • Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: a Leadership Fable. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. Call number:  658.4036 Lenc
  • Lencioni, Patrick. Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Managers, Team Leaders, Consultants, and Facilitators. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005. Call number: 658.4036 Lenc
  • Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. When Sparks Fly : Igniting Creativity in Groups. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999. Call number: 658.4036 Leon
  • Lipman-Blumen, Jean & Leavitt, Harold J. Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Call number: 658.4036 Lipm
  • Lynn, Adele B. Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Team Exercises That Get Results in 15 Minutes. New York: AMACOM, 2007. Call number: 658.4022019 Lynn
  • Maddux, Robert B. Team Building: an Exercise in Leadership. 4th  ed. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Learning, 2003.  Call number:  658.4022 Madd
  • Maxwell, John C. The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Pub., 2002. Call number: 658.4036 Maxw
  • Miller, Brian Cole. Quick Team-building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes. New York: AMACOM, 2004. Call number: 658.4036 Mill
  • Montana, Joe. The Winning Spirit: 16 Timeless Principles That Drive Performance Excellence. New York: Random House, 2005. Call number:  658.314 Mont
  • Newstrom, John W. The Big Book of Team-building Games: Trust-building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998. Call number:  658.4022 News
  • Nilson, Carolyn D. Lunch and Learn: Creative and Easy-to-use Activities for Teams and Work Groups. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2006. Call number: 658.3124 Nils
  • Pokras, Sandy. Working in Teams : A Team Member Guidebook. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Learning, 2002. Call number: 658.402 Pokr
  • Proctor, Stephen J. with Frank Mueller. Teamworking. New York: St Martin's Press, 2000. Call number: 658.402 Team
  • Rees, Fran. The Facilitator Excellence Handbook. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2005. Call number: 658.402 Rees
  • Rees, Fran. How to Lead Work Teams : Facilitation Skills. San Francisco: Pfeiffer & Co., 2005. Call number: 658.456 Rees
  • Scholtes, Peter R. The Team Handbook. Madison WI : Oriel, 2000. Call number: 658.402 Scho
  • Schwarz, Roger M. The Skilled Facilitator Handbook: Tips, Tools, and Tested Methods for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers and Coaches. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2005. Call number: On Order
  • Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Rev. and updated. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 2006. Call number:  658.402 Seng
  • Ukens, Lorraine L. Working Together: 55 Team Games. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 1997. Call number:  658.3124 Uken
• Videos
  • 1001 Ways to Energize Teams. 25 min. American Media Incorporated, 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 One
  • Building a Winning Team! 24 min. Excellence in Training Corporation, 1997. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.314 Buil
  • Communication Cornerstones: Building Trust. 24 min. Coastal Human Resources, 2004. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658.45 Comm
  • Getting Cooperation: Team Building That Works. 17 min. Communication Briefings, 1994. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 658.45 Gett
  • Liberation Management. 60 min. Video Pub. House, 1993. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 658.4063 Pete
  • Mining Group Gold. 25 min. CRM, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4036 Mini/VC6385
  • Performance Excellence: Coaching to Build Skills. 13 min. Ash-Quarry Productions, [1994?]. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 658.314 Perf
  • Performance Excellence: Coaching to Clarify Expectations. 14 min. Ash-Quarry Productions, [1994?]. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 658.314 Perf
  • The Power of Teams. 28 min. Bureau of Business Practice, 1993. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.3128 Powe
  • Team Building. 19 min. American Media, 1995. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.3 Team
  • Team Building: How to Motivate and Manage People (vol. 1). 99 min. CareerTrack, 1990. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team
  • Team Building: How to Motivate and Manage People (vol. 2). 60 min. CareerTrack, 1990. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team
  • Team Building: How to Motivate and Manage People (vol. 3). 99 min. CareerTrack, 1991. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team
  • Team Nightmares: Solutions to Your Top Team Problems, Pt. 1. 27 min. American Media, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team/VC6567
  • Team Nightmares: Solutions to Your Top Team Problems, Pt. 2. 22 min. American Media, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team/VC6568
  • Team Player. 21 min. American Media, 1992. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4036 Team/VC3551
  • Teamwork: Achieving Success. 10 min. ATR, 1996. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.402 Team/VC5816
  • We're on the Same Team, Remember? 34 min. CRM Films, 1997. DVD or 2 videocassettes. Call number:  DV 658.402 Were  or VC 658.402 Were
  • Working Together (Workplace Essential Skills; program 11). 29 min. KET, 1999. Videocassette. Call number: VC 650.14 Work
  • Workteams and the Wizard of Oz. 18 min. CRM Films, 1993. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.3 Work
• Websites
  • http://www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp
    Keirsey Temperament Sorter II offers an online personality test. Last accessed on January 30, 2007.
  • http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/grp_skll.htm
    Group Skills of the Free Management Library provides information about major types of groups, icebreakers and warmups for groups, facilitation (face-to-face and online) and general resources for more information. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on January 30, 2007.
  • http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/teams/teams.htm
    Team Building of the Free Management Library provides information on different aspects: Basics of Team Building; Building Informal Work Teams; Being an Effective Team Member; and Ensuring Effectiveness/Performance of Teams. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on January 30, 2007.