Who among us hasn't sat through a board or committee meeting thinking about the weekend or sneaking glances at the time? Who isn't tired of the volunteer or office know-it-all hijacking every conversation? While collaboration may the buzzword of the day, few leaders really know how to build a truly productive team—whether staff or volunteer. Author and management consultant John Canfield believes team dysfunction is today’s chief source of corporate waste, and meetings might be the biggest waste of all.
From In his four-part Good Thinking Series (Available on Amazon), Canfield explores how managers and executives can improve thinking skills to increase profit and productivity.
Think or Sink—A Parable of Collaboration presents structured, deliberate collaboration as the primary strategy to reduce corporate dysfunction. Think or Sink is intended to be a rallying cry for better collaborators, better leaders, and better employees.
Collaborate—Tools and Techniques for Productive Meetings provides the approach and tools needed to build skills that support effective collaboration company-wide. Collaborate features instructions on nearly 50 tools and techniques to help take meetings to the next level.
Imagine—Ideation Skills for Improvement and Innovation Today shows you how to improve, implement, and grow an organization's ideas, leading to improved business performance and increased bottom line.
Plan—Ideation Skills for Improvement and Innovation Tomorrow provides instructions for strategic planning and scenario planning. Senior leaders use strategic planning to discuss their organization's goals. Scenario planning helps teams to discover alternative futures and prepare responses for a wide variety of possible situations.