'This book is a gift to organizations, showing their employees how to achieve win-win-win solutions by being their better selves, being better collaborators and still helping the bottom line. James is a deep thinker with a sophisticated understanding of human nature. A masterpiece ' Russell Lemle, Former Chief Psychologist, San Francisco VA Health Care System
Most of us believe that good collaboration depends upon how cooperative our colleagues are. That's a costly mistake, says Grayson James, international collaborative performance consultant, leadership coach, and 6th degree black belt in Aikido. Integrating understandings from organizational leadership, psychology, language action theory, martial arts, and other mind-body disciplines, James gives us an eye-opening view of what really happens when organizational collaboration goes well, and what to do when it doesn't. Through personal insights and stories, this book brings to life the five principles and the three key conversations that enable us to make Full Contact with our colleagues. And the simple practices provided help us recognize the action inherent in every word we speak, the role our body plays, and how our attention determines the success of our collaborative performance. James shows that we ourselves are always where the real action is whenever we're trying to get things done with other people. This is great news, because it means we each have the power to transform our collaborative performance, regardless of our circumstances, no matter who we're working with.
Industry Reviews
Full Contact Performance details the approach and tool-set that, together, is the secret sauce to building high-performing and continuously improving teams. James has worked with me and my teams over the years, and I've seen first-hand the tremendous outcomes this approach can bring.--Mark Friedman, Chief Marketing Officer, Frontline Education, Inc.
Full Contact Performance is the field guide for the new frontier of team and leadership development. Grayson James offers a tried and trustworthy foundation for authentic human collaboration that leads to skillful action and creative interactions. Weaving together the disciplines of language-action, the principles of Aikido, mediation, and meditation, James demonstrates not only how to do but also how to be in the 21st century workplace.--Richard Strozzi-Heckler, author of The Leadership Dojo and The Art of Somatic Coaching
In Full Contact Performance, Grayson James draws from decades of experience helping leaders and their teams realize their potential, understand the pitfalls and possibilities of every step of the collaboration process, and see how body and mind awareness are keys to successful communication.--Charles Kremer, CEO, Access Leasing Corporation
Once in a blue moon an important book for business leaders comes along. Full Contact Performance is one of these rare finds. When implemented, the perspectives and practices Grayson James describes replace friction and struggles with newfound productivity and a spirit of shared purpose. I highly recommend this book for those who want to grow as leaders.--Tom Bowman, President of Bowman Change, Inc., and Author of What if Solving the Climate Crisis Is Simple?
This book is a gift to organizations, showing their employees how to achieve win-win-win solutions by being their better selves, being better collaborators and still helping the bottom line. James is a deep thinker with a sophisticated understanding of human nature. A masterpiece!--Russell Lemle, Former Chief Psychologist, San Francisco VA Health Care System, Former Chief Psychologist, San Francisco VA Health Care System
