Together We Decide
An Essential Guide For Making Good Group Decisions
by Craig Freshley
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Pub Date Sep 13 2022 | Archive Date Sep 30 2022
Greenleaf Book Group | Greenleaf Book Group Press
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Description
Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books of 2023 in Nonfiction
Does your group need help making good decisions?
All groups—teams, boards, nonprofits, businesses, governments—must make decisions to make forward progress. In organizations large and small, simple and complex, public and private, people need to decide things together.
With tips, principles, examples, and stories, Craig Freshley shares the essentials that groups need to make decisions that provide lasting benefits. Practical and authoritative, this friendly guide from a veteran group facilitator is a must-have for those seeking proven techniques for collaborative decision-making.
Board members and senior staff in the nonprofit sector—where there’s often a high expectation of collaboration—and corporate leaders who have a collaborative, inclusive mindset or culture, will find this book particularly valuable.
Freshley’s message is especially pertinent to today’s world: It’s through collaboration, not competition, that groups of the future will create, innovate, and thrive. It is collaboration, not competition that will save us from extinction.
Further, collaborative decision making is a skill that can be successfully learned and practiced. Freshley shows groups how.
Topics include:
- Efficient and productive meetings
- Attitudes that help and hinder group productivity
- Group decision making steps: from idea to decision to action
- The supremacy of group culture
- How to listen well and speak with purpose
- Conflict prevention, management, and resolution
- When to apply which type of decision-making method
- Meeting facilitation theory and techniques
A Note From the Publisher
PDF only; ePub to come
Advance Praise
“Craig Freshley’s book offers insights for group facilitators and urges us to remember that investing in collaborative approaches is investing in our shared future.”
—DAVID PLUMB, Senior Mediator, Consensus Building Institute
“The tools in this book have helped us solve many business challenges from better meetings to strategic direction to break-through innovations. Craig’s techniques have absolutely increased our productivity and efficiency.”
—STEVE COTE, President, Chalmers Insurance Group
“This book is a gem for college and graduate students. It’s perfect for coursework in business, organizational development, and communication.”
—JIM MARTIN, Editor, Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH
“Full of perennial wisdom on good human relations, spiced with stories and personal examples, Craig’s real-life experience with communities, nonprofits, businesses, and governments makes the book highly relevant to a wide range of people.”
—KAVANA TREE BRESSEN, Professional Group Facilitator and Community Builder
“There’s great guidance here for elected officials of all types at all levels. We hire Craig because he brings us the stuff in this book. His tips and methods—now explained for all to benefit—have helped us make good decisions over and over.”
—DEQA A. DHALAC, Mayor, South Portland, Maine
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781626349506 |
| PRICE | $26.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
