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Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey
Binding Information: Softcover Product Code: 069032 ISBN: 978-0-940069-03-9 Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance Pages: 192 Size: 8.5" X 11" X .48" Price: $37.95 Click here to see our FREE collaboration bibliography. Work together...and get greater results! Here's how to overcome obstacles to create a successful collaboration! Whether you're working on homelessness or building a rural farm cooperative, the Collaboration Handbook tells you what to expect and how to meet challenges in a way that strengthens your group and the results you're after. You'll learn how (and why) to:
Practical, interactive tools keep your collaboration on track Written by Michael Winer and Karen Ray, nationally recognized consultants in collaboration and organizational development, the Collaboration Handbook takes you step-by-step through the entire process. This unique handbook shows you:
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Quotes: What others are saying about Collaboration Handbook... “The Collaboration Handbook is the best thing on the topic!” —Richard Silva, Senior Analyst, Washington, DC “Simple, clear, effective, up-beat. The general air of positivity and the ‘can-do’ attitude are inspiring.” —Julie Glover, National Youth Development Consultant, GloverKenny Associates, New York “I use the Collaboration Handbook extensively to assess the collaborative efforts in which the college is engaged. This is brilliant and groundbreaking work. I am grateful for this publication.” —Cynthia M. Heelan, Ph.D., President, Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, CO “A very significant contribution to those of us who work in collaborations, evaluate them, teach about them, train in them. I thank you many times over.” —Shelby Andress, Director of Consulting Services, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN “Pertinent, humorous, practical, and wise. On the journey toward collaboration, the authors have provided our organizations a beacon to guide us from our past tradition of intense competition toward a future where our destines are intertwined.” —Jim Fisher, Director of Planning and Business Development, Bethesda Care System, Zanesville, OH “Stimulating insights into ways that groups can work together.” —Arts Management magazine “Practical advice on selecting collaboration partners, forming long-term visions, negotiating working relationships, resolving conflict, and ensuring collaboration. I recommend faculty in community planning, political science, organizational leadership, sociology, and psychology consider this book for their classes.” —TQM in Higher Education Table Of Contents: Preface How to Use This Book PART I HOW DO WE BEGIN? Let's Share a Story The Scene The Story PART II HOW DO WE SET FORTH? Let's Check the Lay of the Land Understand Collaboration Explore a Metaphor PART III HOW DO WE JOURNEY TOGETHER? Let's Explore the Four Stages of Collaboration Stage 1: Envision Results by Working Individual-to-Individual Bring People Together (Challenge 1A) Stage 2: Empower Ourselves by Working Individual-to-Organization Confirm Organizational Roles (Challenge 2A) Stage 3: Ensure Success by Working Organization-to-Organizations Manage the Work (Challenge 3A) Stage 4: Endow Continuity by Working Collaboration-to-Community Create Visibility (Challenge 4A) PART IV HOW DO WE END? Appendix A: Research on Nineteen Factors Influencing Successful Collaborations
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