This book is a practical guide to learning the skills of teamwork.

The world is full of problems that cannot be solved alone. Society is built on teamwork—and the era in which a single excellent leader was enough for a team to succeed is long past. What is needed today is “teamworking,” with all team members making smart, coordinated contributions while thinking and acting independently.

This book teaches the perspectives needed for teamworking—team perspective, all-leader perspective, and dynamic perspective—and the vital behavioral principles of Goal Holding, Task Working, and Feedbacking. The case studies and data are from Japan, but the concepts will prove invaluable for teams in any country.

Contents
Introduction: Japanese Teams Need Updating!
Chapter 1: Why the Japanese Workplace Stopped Working
Chapter 2: Teams Are Always Moving and Changing: What is Teamworking?
Chapter 3: Don’t Set Goals, Hold Them: The Data-Based Case for Goal Holding
Chapter 4: Hunt Down the Problem to Be Solved: Task Working
Chapter 5: Communicate Your Thoughts Clearly for the Team’s Benefit: Feedbacking
Chapter 6: Teamworking Skills for Everyone!