Together We Decide
An Essential Guide for Making Good Group Decisions
Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: xi, 287 pages ; 24 cm
"Does your group need help making good decisions? All groups--teams, boards, nonprofits, businesses, governments--must make decisions to make forward progress. In organizations large and small, simple and complex, public and private, people need to decide things together. With tips, principles, examples, and stories, Craig Freshley shares the essentials that groups need to make decisions that provide lasting benefits. Practical and authoritative, this friendly guide from a veteran group facilitator is a must-have for those seeking proven techniques for collaborative decision-making. Board members and senior staff in the nonprofit sector--where there's often a high expectation of collaboration--and corporate leaders who have a collaborative, inclusive mindset or culture, will find this book particularly valuable. Freshley's message is especially pertinent to today's world: It's through collaboration, not competition, that groups of the future will create, innovate, and thrive. It is collaboration, not competition that will save us from extinction."--Publisher's description
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Basics -- What Is a Good Group Decision? -- Ways of Making Group Decisions -- Culture Wins Every Time -- Attitudes -- The Critical Five -- Open to All Truths -- No One Is Smarter Than All of Us -- Authentic Effort Builds Trust -- For the Good of the Group -- Practices -- Creating a Vision, Mission, and Goals -- Degrees of Membership -- Meetings and Facilitation -- From an Idea to a Decision -- Key Questions in Any Process -- How to Fuel Creativity -- Even When We Disagree -- It Matters How We Listen -- Ways to Get Along -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Author.
Subjects:
Group decision making.
Group problem solving.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Consensus (Social sciences)
Group decision making.
Group problem solving.
Group decision making.
Group problem solving.
Consensus (Social sciences)
Consensus (Social sciences)
Group decision making.
Group problem solving.
ISBN:
9781626349506
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BUSINESS Management Fre | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
BUSINESS Management Fre | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |