Building Top-Performing Teams: A practical guide to team coaching for organizational success

Are you unlocking the full potential of your teams? Building Top-Performing Teams by Lucy Widdowson and Paul J Barbour is a strategic guide for leaders, executives and coaches who want to maximize collaboration, engagement and performance across diverse, multi-skilled teams. Updated with new research on team coaching, diversity, neurodiversity and inclusion, this edition provides proven tools for fostering purpose-driven teams that deliver measurable business results. With more than 60 tools for both virtual and in-person environments, it equips team coaches to drive collective performance, resolve conflict and align teams with strategic objectives. You'll discover how to: - Build team cultures that prioritize collaboration over individual silos - Motivate, develop and reward teams with diverse skills and priorities - Manage conflict constructively and sustain high performance - Apply reflective questions and exercises to embed learning and action Combining strategic models, evidence-based insights and practical exercises, Building Top-Performing Teams enables senior decision-makers and coaches to lead teams that are engaged, aligned and delivering results that drive enterprise success. Themes include: leadership, team performance, diversity and inclusion, governance, conflict resolution

Paperback / softback | 424 pages | Published June 2025