Leading Through Collaboration
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Alignment
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Change Management
Coherence
Communication & Conflict Resolution in Education
Communication and conflict resolution
Conflict resolution
Consensus
Decision making
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Inquiry
Leadership
Leadership in Education
Negotiations
Organizational learning
Problem solving
Public & Nonprofit Management
Public and nonprofit management
Reframing
Relationship Building
Team Building
Product details
- ISBN 9780761938071
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 08 Feb 2005
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"Written by a very successful leader, problem solver and negotiator, the book combines a strong rationale for its practices, well delineated practical strategies, and vignettes from Glaser′s extensive background that provides the reader with a clear understanding of how to become a truly collaborative leader."
Pat Wolfe, Education Consultant
Mind Matters, Inc.
Use the power of collaboration to solve problems and resolve conflicts!
Any group has the potential for mistrust, suspicion, and rancor, and so effective leadership involves developing attitudes that guide groups to recognize and work through conflict in order to maximize the potential for collaboration.
Leading Through Collaboration offers practical guidance to leaders encountering conflict in their organizations. Based on years of experience that includes work as an organizational consultant and a superintendent, author John Glaser describes and applies a more effective means of solving problems through the creation of alignment and shared leadership. Part One of this accessible guide presents a framework for understanding the fundamental attitudes that are necessary for success in addressing conflict and change in an organization, while Part Two provides an essential set of problem-solving skills that can make successful collaboration a reality.
This easy-to-use resource will help group members:
Pat Wolfe, Education Consultant
Mind Matters, Inc.
Use the power of collaboration to solve problems and resolve conflicts!
Any group has the potential for mistrust, suspicion, and rancor, and so effective leadership involves developing attitudes that guide groups to recognize and work through conflict in order to maximize the potential for collaboration.
Leading Through Collaboration offers practical guidance to leaders encountering conflict in their organizations. Based on years of experience that includes work as an organizational consultant and a superintendent, author John Glaser describes and applies a more effective means of solving problems through the creation of alignment and shared leadership. Part One of this accessible guide presents a framework for understanding the fundamental attitudes that are necessary for success in addressing conflict and change in an organization, while Part Two provides an essential set of problem-solving skills that can make successful collaboration a reality.
This easy-to-use resource will help group members:
- Establish a sense of shared commitment and common goals
- Build higher levels of trust and understanding
- Develop an approach to leadership that responds effectively to changing circumstances
- Understand each other′s needs and perspectives
- Set aside differences and work together for the greater good
John Glaser is Superintendent of the Napa Valley Unified School District in Napa, California. He was the founding partner of Glaser and Associates, a consulting firm focusing on effective interpersonal learning in individuals and organizations. Throughout his professional life he has explored the nature of dynamic leadership and how people come together to produce more powerful outcomes. His consulting experiences have included a general focus on organizational development, as well as specific training, mediation, and facilitation work with joint labor relations initiatives. Glaser was formerly an associate professor of Organizational Leadership at the University of La Verne in La Verne, California. He received his doctorate in education from the University of California, Berkeley. He can be contacted at jglaser@prodigy.net.
