Description
Les McKeown Introduction: Herding Cats: Why groups so often fail to achieve their goals, and how to prevent it happening to you * Chapter 1: Overview: The failure gene that’s baked into the DNA of every group and how to escape it* PART I: The Unstable Triangle: The 3 naturally ocurring group interaction styles * Chapter 2: The Visionary: Hold on tight, we’re going to Mars * Chapter 3: The Operator: Yay…let’s build a rocket ship * Chapter 4: The Processor: Not so fast. Where’s your requisition slip? * Chapter 5: Gridlock: The hidden death-grip that silently paralyses every group * PART II: The Synergist: Transforming the group by transcending personal agendas * Chapter 6: Limping to the End Line: How and why Visionaries, Operators and Processors hobble the success of their group * Chapter 7: From Triangle to Pyramid: Bringing a new dimension to the group dynamic – The Synergist * Chapter 8: Dancing With the Stars: How the Synergist releases cohesion and flow in the group * Chapter 9: Starting Fast, Finishing Strong: The lifecycle of a highly successful group * PART III: Becoming a Leader of Leaders: Developing the Synergist mindset * Chapter 10: This is not that: Teaching the Visionary, Operator and Processor to understand each other * Chapter 11: We, not me: Building the groups’ agenda and ensuring it’s precedence * Chapter 12: And, not or: Moving the Visionary, Operator and Processor from competition to co-operation
