<p> Newly updated and backed by decades of research, this classic guide will equip leaders and team members alike to unleash the power of teamwork. </p> <p> Never before in the history of the workplace has the concept of teamwork been more important to the functioning of successful organizations. Ken Blanchard, bestselling coauthor of <i>Raving Fans</i>, <i>The One Minute Manager</i><small>^®</small> and <i>Gung Ho!</i>, teams up with Donald Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew to explain how all groups move through four stages of development on their way to becoming high performing teams—orientation, dissatisfaction, integration and production. The authors then show how a manager can help any group become effective quickly and with a minimum of stress. </p>