Leading Groups to Solutions addresses the collaborative process of building consensus, creating synergy, and harnessing collective energy to create innovative solutions. The practical ideas guide facilitators through combining the best individual thinking into one focused effort and creating shared commitment so that the implementation of solutions is supported and sustained long term. Whether leading, participating as a team member, or both, you will find that this book provides a practical framework for facilitating effective teams.

Leading Groups to Solutions: A Practical Guide for Facilitators and Team Members

Business & Money

Steven J. Stowell

Management & Leadership

CMOE Press

Everyone has Ideas; Discover how to ignite creativity and achieve amazing results. Everyone has Power; Learn how to harness individual strengths and create synergy. Everyone has Potential; See how a learning relationship will take yo further than you ever dreamed of going alone. 
 Any one who is trying to succeed and develop their talents in these days of downsizing, right-sizing, cost-cutting, and turn-a-profit-or you re out the door is looking for an answer. The answer lies in our relationship with our core partners the people all around us who can coach and help. We must in turn have the ability to coach and support our core partners to help each other, and create synergy in our organizations. Lasting success requires partnership with our associates and the key players in our lives. Win-Win Partnerships is a practical guide book for anyone who wants to coach or be coached. 
 In a time when everyone is moving faster, trying to do more with less, and with high technology creating the virtual relationship we need the skills and training to build learning relationships, and engage others in productive dialogue. This is what the authors call coaching. It is the art of facilitating the flow of information, stimulating creativity, and building honest consensus. Coaching skills and values revitalize and rejuvenate the relationships in small or large organizations and even in schools and families. 
 Today, lasting success will depend on building win-win relationships. We will need to learn the art of working closely with our partners and teammates. These partners can help us develop our vision and clarify our perceptions. In turn, we can help them be open to new possibilities and be flexible in their perspectives. In today s challenging environment, it is simply too dangerous to believe that we will remain successful by doing the same things that once brought us success. Change is the name of the game. To succeed over the long haul, we need to change before our present methods stop working for us. Partners will become important in helping each other deal with change. Many people resist the growth and development process, especially when our old methods have worked in the past. But partnership can provide support for the change process. The human qualities that will bring us success and happiness involve innovation, empowerment, and consensus. We will be effective as we create synergistic coaching that is open, honest, respectful, and spontaneous. 
 Good coaching partners help each other improve their performance, flexibility, and persistence. A coach doesn t worry about what you can t control. Instead they focus on the next opportunity or deal (win or lose). A coach focuses on the goals, and the actions. They understand the difference between calculated risk and dumb chance. Coaching looks at each opportunity or problem as a learning experience. To coach is to find people s passion and help them excel at work, at school, and even in the family. We wish you success in building win-win partnerships.

Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Leading Edge with Synergistic Coaching

Self-Help

Steven Stowell

Matt M. Stracevich

Success

The Coach is the first reasearch based book written on the topic of Coaching. This book is about the coaching process and the skills, behaviors, courage, and values leaders need in order to evoke employee committment and motivation. This is a "how-to" book with a lot of specifics on what to say and how to handle different coaching situations. The authors provide a unique close-up account of a true-to-like manager who discovers the obstacles and challenges of helping an employee ove a difficult time. This leader ultimately discovers the keys to coaching success and averts a careet-threatening disaster. 
 Many books on leadership focus on general theories, while others treat the topic of coaching in a shallow and oversimplified view. From thirty years of research and observations, Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D. has collected data that provides a rich and deep understanding of this topic.

The Coach: Creating Partnerships for a Competitive Edge

People are discovering they are drowning in a sea of tactical activitiesand short-term operational demands. They find themselves left behind when the needs of their customers change. This book will show you how to allocate time and energy to think ahead, add value, and innovate for the future. It addresses the need to carve out time, learn to tame the operational beast, and get our strategic bearing in life. 
 Today, managers and individual contributors alike are redefining what it means to truly be successful. People are discovering that too much emphasis is placed on the now; winning and performing current roles and activities. Many people in the workplace have discovered that they are drowning under the weight of tactical activities and short-term operational demands. This book will show you how to allocate some time and energy to think ahead, add value, and innovate for the future. To be exceptional, we need to be effective at both strategy and execution. We need to be great today and prepared to be great tomorrow. This means that we have to carve out some time, learn to tame the operational beast, and get our strategic bearing in life. 
 Nearly all of the popular books, articles, and training focus on the grand strategic planning at the senior level. There is no question that many organizations have a need for high level corporate strategic planning. However, it is just as important to have everyone in the organization thinking strategically and applying these principles in their own world. If organizations want to be proactive and forward thinking, then its members at all levels will need to think about the future in entrepreneurial and innovative ways, especially in their individual areas of responsibility. The question is, how can team leaders, project managers, sales representatives, engineers, and others start thinking strategically? What skills are needed? How can one apply them at a practical level? How can organizations get their employees to be more innovative, look around corners, plan ahead, and bravely take on the future? 
 This book is for anyone who is looking for answers to these questions, for those who want to be on track, in control, and prepared for the future. Through real life experiences, illustrated examples, and straightforward activities and tools, Ahead of the Curve will enlighten readers; cause them to think, plan, and act more strategically at the individual level and on the front lines of work.

Ahead of the Curve Revised Edition: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking

Steven Stowell Ph.D.

Stephanie Mead

There has never been a greater need in the history of the human experience for people working in groups to perform at a higher level in order to solve our social, technical, political, and environmental problems. As organizations grow in size, work becomes more complicated, and competition heats up across the globe, teamwork holds the best possibility for solutions to complex problems that will enable individuals and businesses alike to flourish. From all corners of the business world, people are interested in tapping into the energy, synergy, and ingenuity that only comes from a high performing team. From our perspective, this phenomena is neither a fad, nor a flavor of the month management technique designed to squeeze more out of people. Legions of leaders, managers, and employees are rediscovering that teamwork can increase productivity, offer satisfying rewards, and produce quality relationships in the work place. 
 The authors of The Team Approach contend that there are stunning parallels between the forces of teamwork that are observable in nature and what we see in modern organizations. Mother Nature and history are both powerful teachers as they have combined over and over again to demonstrate that teamwork is ageless and timeless. The authors will illustrate and elaborate on the key building blocks of teamwork in virtually any setting through their Diamond Model of Teamwork. This remarkably clear and easy to understand models will help anyone form and develop a team that is capable of unbelievable achievements. The elements that make up the Diamond Model of Teamwork are universal. So it doesn t really matter if you are serving on an R &amp; D project, government agency, sales team, manufacturing group, school staff, or a group of NBA referees huddling and debating a call. The principles and skills described in The Team Approach can help any kind of team make the leap to the next level. 
 Dr. Stowell and Ms. Mead make the case that team success is everyone s responsibility. Consciously or unconsciously everyone chooses to either help the team pull together or pull apart with their actions and words. Team members who choose to be enrolled and actively involved in the pursuit of a clear purpose with a deep sense of responsibility will generate an unbeatable force. With the right team anything is possible. 
 The book has been written in a straight forward, reader-friendly fashion and is full of examples, real experiences, metaphors, thoughts, and stories to pull you easily through and explain the core concepts of the Diamond Model of Teamwork. The Team Approach is designed more for the practitioner than the academician. In a special chapter of the book, the authors explore the unique issues and challenge that leadership teams encounter and how to work through them. So, if you are looking for specific, actionable ideas to implement in your team, you have come to the right place as the authors and their colleagues share insights from 40 years of combined study, consultation, and teaching on the subject of team development. 
 Regardless of the particular area of interest, readers will come away with renewed motivation to help elevate their team to a new standard of performance.

The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything Is Possible

Stephanie S. Mead

If you think strategy is just for the executive team or CEO, think again. In reality, strategy is everyone s job. Every individual inside the organization is linked to the success of the business and plays a part in the firm s strategy mosaic. Everyone in the organization should be asking themselves, How do I add value to the business? Who are my customers How do I drive benefits? How does my function contribute to the competitive advantage of the organization in the marketplace? To harvest strategic opportunities or avert potential hazards, each function, team, and person needs to answer these questions and take responsibility for delivering results today while formulating and implementing the strategic changes that will shape the future. 
Leaders at all levels of the business play a key role in modeling a strategic approach because they set the stage and provide the direction for team members to follow as the future unfolds. Following their example, others can see how they, too, can engage in strategic thought and action. These leaders and middle managers are catalysts for fostering strategic behavior from the bottom up while aligning with senior leaders and the overall organization strategy. For that to happen, leaders have to work on the business, not just in the business. Strategy is Everyone s Job introduces a practical process that all leaders and individuals can use to identify strategic opportunities and create and execute their own, unique, stand-alone strategy that supports and aligns with the overarching strategy of the business. Working at a strategic level is a desirable leader competency, but how well are you and leaders in your organization doing it? Do they even know what it means to be strategic or how to develop and execute a strategy for their domain? Strategy is Everyone s Job provides leaders with tools to motivate, coach, and inspire people to make a strategic contribution. This is what organizations need from their leaders if they are to navigate a sea of change, achieve new sources of competitive advantage, and foster a forward-looking and proactive culture. 
So whether you are a formal leader or an individual contributor wanting to take the lead and shape a strategic journey for your part of the business, the skills and processes in this book will help you discover how to create a strategy and a vision for the future in a practical and organized way. Strategy is Everyone s Job will help you figure out how you can be the difference in your organization s long-term success.

Strategy Is Everyone's Job

Steven J. Stowell, Ph.D.

Joel McCausland

Why is it that we as bright, articulate, and caring human beings have such difficulty holding effective conversations regarding important issues? Do you, like many people, vacillate between avoiding emotionally charged issues and going into attack mode in order to win and dominate discussions and debates? Are you tired of coaching communication models that seem to rely on disguised manipulation instead of clear and candid dialogue? Courageous Coaching Conversations is a leadership fable that uses a unique approach making you the center of the story to present key steps in preparing for and successfully navigating through the challenging and important communications we all face. Whether you are a leader or an individual contributor in your organization, there will undoubtedly be many times where you will find yourself in a difficult situation. These situations come in all shapes and sizes, and typically involve people with different goals, opinions, and interests, in varying kinds of work relationships boss-to-subordinate, peer-to-peer, or even subordinate-to-boss. These situations impact results and the performance level of the person, team, or organization, as well as the emotions of the people involved. The inability of people to effectively connect in these situations leads to an overall dissatisfaction in relationships, team culture, performance, and results. To avoid these pitfalls, people need the skills to have a courageous coaching conversation. You know that you are in need of a courageous coaching conversation when you encounter the following situations: -You need to get beyond the surface level of the situation and understand the heart of the matter. -Your messages are not being received or are misunderstood by the other person or persons involved. -Your ideas are met with continuous resistance. -People are not following through on assignments and commitments. -Controversial and uncomfortable situations are not being addressed. -Problems remain unresolved. Research reveals that there are some very predictable traps that we fall into when discussing challenging issues or topics with others. This innate reaction is tied to the fight-or-flight response. Regardless of who we are, these very predictable patterns emerge during important, complex, and sensistive conversations. Understanding what these patterns are and how to craft more productive conversations is the goal of this book. The concepts underlying courageous conversations aren t abstract, and they aren t theoretical. They re really, really simple. The beauty of this framework is its simplicity. Put yourself in Adrian s shoes and go on a journey of discovery that will guide you toward developing your own courageous coaching conversations. Walk with Adrian and discover how the Courageous Coaching Conversations Model will help you: -Focus on the issue or problem rather than the personality of the person. -Be direct, honest, and open, but not overbearing, when communicating with others. -Learn how to foster conditions that will enable people to act with high levels of candor, respect, and responsibility as they engage in difficult, complex issues.

Candor: How to have courageous coaching conversations when it really matters

ED.D.

Tony I Herrera

PH.D.

We are all looking for answers to the challenge of building talent in our organizations and enhancing the performance of our team members. Finding the solution to this complex puzzle begins with Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance and the Coaching TIPS²TM Model developed by CMOE. 
 Whether you are in the private or public sector, or work in a for-profit or not-for-profit organization, leaders are essential in engaging people, unleashing their motivation, and helping them live up to their potential. Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance demystifies coaching by immersing you in the specific skills that are required of all world-class coaches and explains what you need to do to get started on enhancing your own coaching skills. 
 Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance provides you with the fundamentals of business coaching and teaches you how to apply the skills quickly in your own organization. You won t read about how a tennis, soccer, or golf coach achieves results, or about how you can apply the latest parenting trend at work. Instead, Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance offers simple and timeless truths about how leaders and managers should talk to their team members, employees, or colleagues about business results and job performance. 
 The basis for this book, CMOE's Coaching TIPS²TM Model, is a proven process for coaching others effectively in the workplace. The Model developed out of years of research on the habits and behaviors of the most successful coaches working in challenging job environments. Drawing on our decades of inquiry and investigation, we designed our Coaching TIPS²TM Model to be a concise, easy-to-understand, highly applicable guide for navigating through all kinds of coaching interactions. 
 Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance is a compact read with sound and practical advice for today s fast-paced world. If you are uncomfortable coaching others or feel confused about how and who to coach (and what to coach on), the examples, case studies, and specific, actionable steps contained within this book will leave you feeling more at ease and motivated to begin the coaching process with your team members. Some of the coaching principles explored in this book will validate what you already do well in your coaching interactions; others may surprise and enlighten you. Regardless of your position in the organization or the industry in which you work, you will be able to clearly see the path to success by coaching others to improve their performance and results using Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance and CMOE's Coaching TIPS²TM Model.

Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance

Cherissa S. Newton M. Ed.

Eric D. Mead

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Leading Groups to Solutions: A Practical Guide for Facilitators and Team Members

Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Leading Edge with Synergistic Coaching

The Coach: Creating Partnerships for a Competitive Edge

Ahead of the Curve Revised Edition: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking

The Team Approach: With Teamwork Anything Is Possible

Strategy Is Everyone's Job

Leading Groups to Solutions: A Practical Guide for Facilitators and Team Members

Candor: How to have courageous coaching conversations when it really matters

Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance