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Think One Team: An Inspiring Fable and Practical Guide for Managers, Employees & Jelly Bean Lovers
Graham Winter

Description:

Graham Winter weaves a fascinating and entertaining business story that reveals an engagingly simple and powerful model to free organisations of 'silo thinking' and empower them to fulfill the possibilities that come from thinking and acting as one team.

Think One Team has been specifically designed to help readers, and everyone in their organisation to create and sustain the teamwork across boundaries that will enable them to experience the rewards of working as one team.

Beginning with the fable of the big jelly bean team, the readers join one company’s engaging, enlightening and at times funny journey from silo-afflicted to one team. From their experiences you will learn the five practices that define the difference between ‘think silos’ and ‘think one team’, and see what these practices mean for leaders and employees across an organisation.

In an increasingly networked world, there is much to be said for giving business units the sort of focus that comes from being a ‘silo’, however few if any, can genuinely succeed without the ability to open the doors and windows of their silo to collaborate with others on problems and opportunities.

Table of Contents:
About the author.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

The story of the big jelly bean team.

1 Real conversations.

2 Values

3 The one team question.

4 Quick wins.

5 Untied leadership.

6 Sharing the big picture.

7 A focus on partnering.

8 Inspiration.

9 A passion for teamwork across boundaries.

The think one team™ model.

The foundation.

United leadership.

Understanding the five practices.

Think one team™ program.

Summary.