Book description
A proven approach for helping leaders and teams work together to achieve better decisions, greater commitment, and stronger results
More than ever, effective leadership requires us to work as a team, but many leaders struggle to get the results they need. When stakes are high, you can't get great results by just changing what you do. You also need to change how you think. Organizational psychologist and leadership consultant Roger Schwarz applies his 30+ years of experience working with leadership teams to reveal how leaders can drastically improve results by changing their individual and team mindset.
Provides practical guidance to help teams increase decision quality, decrease implementation time, foster innovation, get commitment, reduce costs and increase trust
Outlines 5 core values leadership teams can adopt to exponentially improve results
Author of The Skilled Facilitator and The Skilled Facilitator Fieldbook
Get the results you and your team need. Start by applying the practical wisdom of Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1: How Well Does Your Team Really Work?
- CHAPTER 2: How You and Your Team Get Stuck: The Unilateral Control Approach
- CHAPTER 3: Getting Unstuck to Get Results: The Mutual Learning Approach
- CHAPTER 4: Getting the Puzzle Pieces on the Table: Mutual Learning Behaviors 1–4
- CHAPTER 5: Putting the Puzzle Together: Mutual Learning Behaviors 5–8
- CHAPTER 6: Designing for Mutual Learning
- CHAPTER 7: Dealing With Common Team Challenges
- CHAPTER 8: Becoming a Smarter Leader
- CHAPTER 9: Becoming a Smarter Team
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- About Roger Schwarz & Associates
Product information
- Title: Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2013
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9780787988739
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