Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships
The second edition of the essential guide, updated with new research and observations to help twenty-first century organizations create models for effective collaboration.

Collaborative skills have never been more important to a company’s success and these skills are essential for every worker today. Radical Collaboration is a how-to-manual for creating trusting, cooperative environments, and transforming groups into motivated and empowered teams. James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet provide tools that will help you increase your ability to work successfully with others, learn to be more aware of colleagues, and better problem-solve and negotiate.

Radical Collaboration is an eye-opener for leaders, managers, HR professionals, agents, trainers, and consultants who are seeking constructive ways of getting the results they want.

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Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships
The second edition of the essential guide, updated with new research and observations to help twenty-first century organizations create models for effective collaboration.

Collaborative skills have never been more important to a company’s success and these skills are essential for every worker today. Radical Collaboration is a how-to-manual for creating trusting, cooperative environments, and transforming groups into motivated and empowered teams. James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet provide tools that will help you increase your ability to work successfully with others, learn to be more aware of colleagues, and better problem-solve and negotiate.

Radical Collaboration is an eye-opener for leaders, managers, HR professionals, agents, trainers, and consultants who are seeking constructive ways of getting the results they want.

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Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

Radical Collaboration, 2nd Edition: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

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Overview

The second edition of the essential guide, updated with new research and observations to help twenty-first century organizations create models for effective collaboration.

Collaborative skills have never been more important to a company’s success and these skills are essential for every worker today. Radical Collaboration is a how-to-manual for creating trusting, cooperative environments, and transforming groups into motivated and empowered teams. James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet provide tools that will help you increase your ability to work successfully with others, learn to be more aware of colleagues, and better problem-solve and negotiate.

Radical Collaboration is an eye-opener for leaders, managers, HR professionals, agents, trainers, and consultants who are seeking constructive ways of getting the results they want.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062915238
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 12/23/2019
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 642,105
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

James W. Tamm is a former judge and an expert on dispute resolution and building collaborative relationships. He is currently managing director of the international consulting firm Business Consultants Network, Inc.


Ronald J. Luyet is a licensed psychotherapist who has advised Fortune 500 companies for more than thirty years. Ron is a vice president of consulting and training services for Business Consultants Network, Inc.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2nd Edition xi

Introduction: The Five Essentials 1

Part 1 1st Essential Skill: Collaborative Intention 11

Chapter 1 Attitude and Intention: Staying in the Green Zone 13

Chapter 2 Hey, Buzz Off! … I'm Not Defensive! 36

Chapter 3 Unhooking Your Hot Buttons 69

Part 2 2nd Essential Skill: Openness 77

Chapter 4 The Grand Simplifier 79

Chapter 5 Listening: The Most Often Taught Unused Skill 96

Part 3 3rd Essential Skill: Self-Accountability 109

Chapter 6 Making Choices and Taking Responsibility for Them 111

Part 4 4th Essential Skill: Self-Awareness and Awareness of Others 121

Chapter 7 Understanding Your Own Behavior in Relationships 123

Chapter 8 Rigidity Is the Enemy 151

Chapter 9 Breaking Free of the Past One Thought at a Time 163

Part 5 5th Essential Skill: Negotiating and Problem Solving 187

Chapter 10 Strategies for Collaborative Success 189

Chapter 11 We've Got a Problem; Now What Do We Do about It? (An Overview of the Interest-Based Approach to Negotiating) 202

Chapter 12 How Do We Get Started? (Deciding What Process to Use, and Helping People Feel Included) 209

Chapter 13 What Issues Need to be Resolved? (Making Sure You're All Trying to Solve the Same Problems) 217

Chapter 14 What Does Everybody Really Need? (Understanding the Underlying Interests) 226

Chapter 15 What Should We Do If We Can't Reach a Solution? (Developing a Contingency Plan) 242

Chapter 16 Now We Get to the Fun Part! (Inventing Creative Solutions) 249

Chapter 17 Putting the Puzzle Together (Reaching Closure) 271

Conclusion: Getting Real and Getting on With It 287

Chapter 18 Going Forward and Getting Real … Twenty Things You Can Do TODAY to Improve Your Ability to Be Happy and Be in Relationships 289

Acknowledgments 301

Recommended Resources 307

Appendix 1 Research Report 313

Appendix 2 List of FIRO Theory-Related Materials 321

Appendix 3 Table of Exercises, Tools, Examples, and Lists 325

Notes 329

Index 345

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