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    Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster
    Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster
    Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster
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    Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster

    Written by Ken Blanchard, Jane Ripley and Eunice Parisi-Carew

    Narrated by Joe Bronzi

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    Collaboration Begins with You

    Everyone knows collaboration creates high performing teams and organizations—and with today's diverse, globalized workforce it's absolutely crucial. Yet it often doesn't happen because people and groups typically believe that the problem is always outside: the other team member, the other department, the other company. Bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his coauthors use Blanchard's signature business parable style to show that, in fact, if collaboration is to succeed it must begin with you.

    This book teaches people at all levels—from new associates to top executives—that it's up to each of us to help promote and preserve a winning culture of collaboration. The authors show that busting silos and bringing people together is an inside-out process that involves the heart (your character and intentions), the head (your beliefs and attitudes), and the hands (your actions and behaviors). Working with this three-part approach, Collaboration Begins with You helps readers develop a collaborative culture that uses differences to spur contribution and creativity; provides a safe and trusting environment; involves everyone in creating a clear sense of purpose, values, and goals; encourages people to share information; and turns everyone into an empowered self-leader.

    None of us is as smart as all of us. When people recognize their own erroneous beliefs regarding collaboration and work to change them, silos are broken down, failures are turned into successes, and breakthrough results are achieved at every level.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
    Release dateOct 12, 2015
    ISBN9781626567610
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    Ken Blanchard

    Ken Blanchard, PhD, is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world. He has co-authored 60 books, including Raving Fans and Gung Ho! (with Sheldon Bowles). His groundbreaking works have been translated into over 40 languages and their combined sales total more than 21 million copies. In 2005 he was inducted into Amazon's Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. The recipient of numerous leadership awards and honors, he is cofounder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a leading international training and consulting firm.

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    • 5/5
      A great read! One of Blanchards best books! Love it!
    • 4/5
      Great book to read, story-like lessons, simple and informative, recommended