Author: Brian Cole Miller
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: exercises, results, minutes, managers, activities, team, building, quick
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-11-07
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 081447201X
ISBN-13: 9780814472019

Every group can benefit from team-building exercises. But sometimes it’s not practical to embark on a full-scale training initiative. Now, supervisors, managers, and team leaders have 50 team-building activities to choose from, all of which can be implemented with no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Readers will find engaging exercises for: * Building new teams and helping teams with new members * Dealing with change and its effects: anger, fear, frustration, and more * Recognizing individual efforts and team accomplishments * Finding creative w

Author: Brian Cole Miller
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: tips, managers, quick, results, employees, accountable, keeping
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2006-01-20
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0814473202
ISBN-13: 9780814473207

All managers want to hold their employees accountable for results, but few know how. Moving beyond the far-from-ideal annual performance review -- which only evaluates what has already occurred, and not what the manager wants to achieve -- Keeping Employees Accountable for Results contains checklists, how-tos, and other tools to manage performance on an ongoing basis. The book gives busy managers quick, step-by-step advice on: * Setting expectations * Monitoring progress * Giving feedback * Following through Light on theory and heavy on practical application, Keeping Employees Accountable fo

Author: Brian Cole Miller
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: exercises, results, minutes, new, managers, team, building, activities, quick
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2007-07-18
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0814473784
ISBN-13: 9780814473788

Most managers, supervisors, and team leaders realize the importance of team-building, but just can?t seem to find the time in their busy schedules. More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers provides the solution! The book contains 50 all-new exercises that can be conducted in 15 minutes or less, and which require no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Each activity is presented in just a few short pages with all the relevant information including a list of materials needed, the purpose of the exercise, and handy tips for success, all highlighted for ea

Author: Brian Cole Miller
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: team, maximum, potential, unleashing, secret, teams, finish, last, nice
Number of Pages: 209
Published: 2010-05-19
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0814413935
ISBN-13: 9780814413937

Don’t rock the boat. Don’t make waves. Don’t offend anyone. There’s a palpable feeling that clouds many team meetings and keeps them from being productive: over-politeness. And while the conflict that naturally exists in most organizations hasn’t gone away, it manifests itself in passive aggression, mediocrity, and a molasses-like inability to get anything done. "Nice Teams Finish Last" provides the antidote to this all too common tendency, giving managers, team leaders and members, and facilitators the practical exercises and assessment tools they need to battle

Authors:Dr. Brian Cole MD, Andreas Gomoll MD,
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: joint, arthroplasty, alternatives, reconstruction, biologic
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2009-01-12
List price: $149.95
ISBN-10: 1556428502
ISBN-13: 9781556428500

The treatment of chondral damage and early arthritis in active patients remains a challenge. Biologic Joint Reconstruction: Alternatives to Joint Arthroplasty has accepted this challenge, providing a comprehensive look into the fast growing area of cartilage repair and early arthritis surgery for virtually every major joint. Drs. Brian J. Cole and Andreas H. Gomoll have created a text that includes a detailed approach to surgical management utilizing procedures relative to all joints such as osteotomy, cartilage repair, cartilage restoration, and limited resurfacing. Treatment indications,

Authors:Mark D. Miller, Brian D. Cole,
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: arthroscopy, textbook
Number of Pages: 896
Published: 2004-05-27
List price: $367.00
ISBN-10: 0721600131
ISBN-13: 9780721600130

More than 100 experts provide a comprehensive, well-designed single reference focused on all aspects of arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and spine. They explore diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy for each specific * Covers major topics including • diagnostic and operative arthroscopy with step-by-step surgical technique • management of lesions including SLAP and PCL injuries • the latest information on hip arthroscopy and knot typing. * Presents the latest techniques from over 100 expert contributors, representing the leading arthroscoptis

Authors:Brian J. Cole, M. Mike Malek,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: assessment, treatment, guide, practical, cartilage, lesions, articular
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-04-08
List price: $259.00
ISBN-10: 0387955402
ISBN-13: 9780387955407

Over the last decade, interest in management of articular cartilage lesions has virtually exploded within the orthopaedics community worldwide. Despite its growth, more questions remain to solve the difficult problems of articular cartilage lesions. Adoption of a single technique is based upon the composite influence of what surgeons think they know and what they have little knowledge about. How do surgeons fill these voids? How do surgeons make the best decisions for their patients? With so much technology and so much difficulty arriving at a consensus regarding the indications for these proc