About the Author

As a consultant for more than 30 years, Glenn Parker has helped create high performance teams at hundreds of organisations including Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Merck and Company, Philips-Van Heusen, Telcordia Technologies, BOC Gases, and the U.S. Coast Guard. He is an internationally recognised workshop facilitator, organisational consultant, and conference speaker in the areas of teamwork and team meetings. Glenn is the author of some 16 books including several best-sellers such as Team Players and Teamwork, Rewarding Teams: Lessons from the Trenches, and Cross Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies and Other Strangers; widely used instruments such as the Parker Team Player Survey; and manuals for practitioners such as 50 Activities for Team Building, 25 Reproducible Instruments for Team Building, and Team Workout: 50 Interactive Activities. His seminal work in team player styles was featured in the best-selling CRM video Team Building II: What Makes a Good Team Player? Glenn is one of only 75 management thinkers recognised in the book The Guru Guide. His latest book, Meeting Excellence: 33 Tools to Lead Meetings that Get Results, has been widely quoted and referenced in articles in the New York Times, Forbes, CIO Magazine, and others. Glenn is the father of three grown children and currently lives in the Princeton, New Jersey, area with his wife, Judy. In his spare time, he is an active volunteer with the American Cancer Society where he helped create Run for Dad, a Father s Day event designed to raise awareness about prostate cancer, which regularly draws thousands of participants.