Moments of impact
Subtitle: how to design strategic conversations that accelerate change
By: Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon
Contributors: Solomon, Lisa Kay, author
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781451697629; 9781451697698
Subjects: Public speaking; Leadership
Description: In our fast-changing world, leaders are increasingly confronted by messy, multifaceted challenges that require collaboration to resolve. But the standard methods for tackling these challenges--meetings packed with data-drenched presentations or brainstorming sessions that circle back to nowhere--just don't deliver. Great strategic conversations generate breakthrough insights by combining the best ideas of people with different backgrounds and perspectives. In this book, two experts "crack the code" on what it takes to design creative, collaborative problem-solving sessions that soar rather than sink. Drawing on decades of experience as innovation strategists--and supported by cutting-edge social science research, dozens of real-life examples, and interviews with well over 100 thought leaders, executives, and fellow practitioners--they unveil a simple, creative process that leaders and their teams can use to unlock solutions to their most vexing issues. The book also includes a "Starter Kit" full of tools and tips for putting the book's core principles into practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the most important leadership skill they don't teach you at Harvard Business School (or anywhere else); title: Designing a strategic conversation; title: Define your purpose; title: Engage multiple perspectives; title: Frame the issues; title: Set the scene; title: Make it an experience; title: Confronting the "yabbuts"; title: Make your moment; title: Moments of impact starter kit.