More Than 50 Ways to Build Team Consensus

Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction to Building Team Consensus I. Purposeful Vision 1. Visualizing the Common Direction: Simple Things to Do Hopes and Desires Conversation Snapshots Brainstorming Closure TV Personality in Three Years Common Direction Written Summary Past, Present, and Future Images 2. Creating Visible Documentation: Things That Take Effort Cardstorming Meeting Products Documentation Artifacts Report Wall Decor of Meeting Products Article 3. Illuminating the Total Framework: For the Committed Journey Wall Global Events Conversation Newsletter Organization Principles Workshop Purposeful Vision Chart All the Stakeholders II. Participative Processes 4. Generating Total Participation: Simple Things to Do Creating the Real Question Eventful Happenings Sticker Dots Language TV News Spot Questions Not Dictums Carousel Solutions 5. Organizing the Meeting Focus: Things That Take Effort One Concrete Product Time Flow Picture Meeting Space Materials Meeting Plan Forms 6. Tapping the Group Agreement: For the Committed Guidelines for a Consensus Outcome Workshop Flow Three-to-One Scenarios Cooperative Writing Workshop Mapping the Road to Agreement Agreement: State and Restate Testing for Consensus III. Individual Commitment 7. Eliciting Detailed Assignments: Simple Things to Do Task Volunteers What/Who/When Cards Timelines Attendance Assignment Chart 8. Expanding Personal Recognition: Things That Take Effort Specific Praise Individual Celebrations Training, Coaching, or Project Feedback Use of People's Names Personalized Job Tools 9. Occasioning Individual Accountability and Absolution: For the Committed Short Weekly Meetings "I Am Nervous About" Conversations Implementation Lesson Conversation A Victory Party Before the Victory Symbol of Commitment IV. Collaborative Teams 10. Intensifying Team Identity: Simple Things to Do Team Member List Team Name Team Flag or Symbol Team Motto Team Song Team Rituals or Rites 11. Increasing Supportive Connection: Things That Take Effort Winning Team Story Leadership Rotation Icebreaker Opening Conversation Dyad or Triad Brainstorming Making the Differences Visible Team Victory Celebration 12. Enhancing Group Reflection: For the Committed Processing Partners Content Processing Meeting Processing Teamwork Processing Logs or Journals Career Motivation Conversation Conclusion Bibliography Index