E-Books →Mining Group Gold, Third Edition How to Cash in on the Collaborative Brain Power of a Team for Innovation and Results

Based on 30 years of research and applied workwith teams and organizational development by the author, this updated classical guide-now in its highly revised 3rd Edition-shows you how to how to plan, start-up, facilitate, and close-outefficient and effective collaborative meetings. Mining Group Gold features:
- An incisive analysis of the staggering cost of meetings in terms of time and money
- The tightly interlinked relationship between primary and secondary facilitation
- The six major considerations for planning group meetings-starting with the decision about whether to have a meeting in the first place
- Blueprints for designing an effective PDORA (Purpose, Desired Outcomes, Roles and Agenda) that produces a collaborative structure
- Tactics for dealing with (and defusing when necessary) disruption differences, and confusion to make a diversity of viewpoints a valuable team asset
- Ways for channeling participants' emotions into a positive force
- Expert guidance on using technologies like virtual collaboration as a catalyst for unlocking your teams' collaborative brain power
Based on practical advice rather than fluff or theory, the Mining Group Goldsytematic approach isthe essential guide to building and maintaining strong, collaborativeorganizational teams.