Radical Collaboration : Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

PREFACE

Radical Collaboration teaches practical methods to significantly improve your skills for building collaborative relationships. The training and research reported in this book present a clear case that collaborative skills can be learned quickly and easily. This book is based on research that documents dramatic improvements in both individual skills and organizational culture that can have a powerful impact on effectiveness. Many participants began with working relationships that were ineffective, adversarial, and nontrusting. Their relationships were transformed into effective, cooperative, and trusting partnerships. For example, research¹ based upon data supplied by the State of California Public Employment Relations Board, where Jim ...