Description
The Innovative Team is an engaging business fable that reveals the impact our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. The authors present a breakthrough thinking process for developing successful teams. They introduce a uniquely effective set of tools built on FourSight, a measure of problem-solving preferences field-tested by top consultants, which can help anyone from professionals to novices solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs. FourSight enables teams to understand their patterns of thinking and manage themselves more deliberately toward accomplishing a goal.
- Written as a business fable that recounts the story of a team's journey from dysfunctional to high functioning
- Outlines a new and effective set of tools for enhanced team performance
- Details the four stages of a dynamic breakthrough thinking process
The Innovative Team offers a great resource for management and leadership development professionals, team leaders, and anyone interested in kick-starting innovation in their workplaces and lives.
Author: Chris Grivas
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 11/22/2011
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.80w x 0.98d
ISBN13: 9781118115718
ISBN10: 1118115716
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Decision Making & Problem Solving
- Business & Economics | Management | General
- Business & Economics | Leadership
About the Author
Chris Grivas is an organizational and leadership development consultant focused on increasing the creative capacity of individuals, teams, and organizations. His clients have included Ernst & Young, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and New York University, among others.
Gerard J. Puccio is department chair and professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College and partner in FourSight, a training company and publisher of FourSight: Your Thinking Profile. He is an accomplished writer, speaker, and consultant to Fisher-Price, British Broadcasting Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kraft, and others.