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In The Firefly Effect, Kimberly Douglas presents inspiring yet pragmatic insights into getting your entire team firing on all cylinders and aiming in the right direction. Comparing the difficult act of harnessing and capturing creativity to the act of catching fireflies on a summer night, she will explain: What to do when the fireflies don’t show up (or when creativity dries up) How to know when it’s time to find a new meadow (or a new approach, place or process) What to do if the leader is keeping too tight a lid on the jar (and team innovation is gasping for air) How to get inventive when it rains on your firefly hunt (or parade of ideas) What happens when everyone is too busy to join in (and group problems remain unresolved)
From the Inside Flap
The Firefly Effect
Build Teams That Capture Creativity And Catapult Results
Creative, effective teams often make the difference between stunning success and abject failure in business. But, like catching fireflies on a warm summer night, chasing creativity and bottling it up in your teams is no easy task. The Firefly Effect explores that metaphor to reveal what it takes to build the kind of teams that collaborate and create effectively and profitably.
In this practical yet inspiring guide, human resources consultant and business expert Kimberly Douglas explains how business leaders like you can capture those creative fireflies and build them into teams that produce tangible, long-term results. The Firefly Effect is what happens when you ignite the creative spark in enough of your group to create a blaze of new and innovative thinking. It leads your people and teams into a zone of intense teamwork and dedication, enthusiasm for achievement, unfettered creativity, and contentment with a job well done.
The Firefly Effect leads to much more than just great business results; it also leads to employees who are proud of their jobs and invested in something more meaningful than mere "work." When done right, the Firefly Effect:
Lets individuals rediscover their unique and creative talents and best apply them within your organization
Turns business leaders from autocrats into consensus-building role models
Leverages the talents of individuals into a collective that focuses on critical business challenges rather than petty personal issues
When you roll all those things together, you can achieve virtually anything.
In each chapter of The Firefly Effect, you'll find inspiring stories, practical tools, and real guidance for building teams that truly work together.
Plus, you'll learn:
What to do when the creativity dries up
How to know when you need a new approach
What to do when team leaders start to stifle creativity
How to synchronize everyone's effort to deliver powerful impact and stunning success
作者简介
Kimberly Douglas, SPHR, is a nationally recognized expert in building the effectiveness of teams, based on her knowledge of industrial/organizational psychology combined with her real-life consulting and corporate human resources execu-tive experience. As President of FireFly Facilitation, she has collaborated with hundreds of leaders—at organizations such as AT&T, Cisco, United Way, and even the U.S. Marine Corps—to dramatically improve their business performance. She is frequently featured in national publications and is a sought-after speaker at meetings and conferences. To learn more about the author and how to improve your team's performance, visit TheFireFlyEffect.com.
专业书评 From the Back Cover
Praise for the Firefly Effect
"Insightful, fun, and transformative, Kimberly Douglas weaves practice and analogy into chapters that will spark the creativity of individuals, leaders, teams, and their organizations!" -Marshall Goldsmith NYT and WSJ #1 bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There
"The Firefly Effect debunks the myth that creativity is an exclusive gift, shared by a select few. It provides real-world tools to unleash and direct the creative spark¿that lives in everyone and make teams more effective by celebrating and leveraging their differences." -Brad Shaw Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Affairs, The Home Depot
"The Firefly Effect brings it all together. For seasoned leaders to emerging leaders, Kimberly Douglas outlines the tools, processes, and methods—along with the rationale to know which to apply and when. The Firefly Effect is the first book that simplifies the complexity of team dynamics and exposes the fun of creating great teams." -Haven Riviere Vice President, Marketing Operations, The Coca-Cola Company
"In this fast-paced and very readable book, Kimberly Douglas, herself a successful entrepreneur and valued consultant to numerous nimble and effective companies and their high-achieving executives, shares the lessons that propelled her remarkable accomplishments and that will motivate and assist each reader!" -David A. Jones Sr. Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, Humana Inc.
"An incredible resource. Regardless of where you are in your career, The Firefly Effect will provide you with practical, easy-to-implement recommendations that will improve the effectiveness of staff meetings as well as ensure your success in orchestrating complex strategic planning meetings." -Janet Parker, SPHR Executive Vice President, Regions Financial Corporation 2007-2008 Chair, SHRM Board of Directors
"Kimberly Douglas vividly brings to life the metaphor of the firefly hunt, providing us with measurable and actionable items that can lead to tangible business results." -John Saunders Vice President of Human Resources, UPSPraise for the Firefly Effect
"Insightful, fun, and transformative, Kimberly Douglas weaves practice and analogy into chapters that will spark the creativity of individuals, leaders, teams, and their organizations!" -Marshall Goldsmith NYT and WSJ #1 bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There
"The Firefly Effect debunks the myth that creativity is an exclusive gift, shared by a select few. It provides real-world tools to unleash and direct the creative spark¿that lives in everyone and make teams more effective by celebrating and leveraging their differences." -Brad Shaw Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Affairs, The Home Depot
"The Firefly Effect brings it all together. For seasoned leaders to emerging leaders, Kimberly Douglas outlines the tools, processes, and methods—along with the rationale to know which to apply and when. The Firefly Effect is the first book that simplifies the complexity of team dynamics and exposes the fun of creating great teams." -Haven Riviere Vice President, Marketing Operations, The Coca-Cola Company
目录
PART I: REDISCOVER YOUR CREATIVE SPARK.
Chapter 1: What is The Firefly Effect?
Chapter 2: The Individual – Creativity Found Again.
PART II: THE LEADER’S ROLE – CREATING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.
Chapter 3: The New Role of Leadership.
Chapter 4: No Dissing the Red Quadrant.
Chapter 5: Beware the Ferocious Firefly!
Chapter 6: Conflict as Creative Abrasion…a pearl, a diamond, or a mountain?
Chapter 7: Was It Something I Said?
PART III: THE LEADER'S ROLE – TARGETING TEAM ENERGY.
Chapter 8: One Team – One Picture of Success.
Chapter 9: How Will You Know When You Get There?
Chapter 10: Guiding Principles as Guiding Light.
PART IV: EVERYONE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
Chapter 11: Team Gatherings – Time to Shine.
Chapter 12: Team Decisions – Fact or Fiction.
Chapter 13: What to Do if the Leader Is Keeping Too Tight a Lid on the Jar.
Chapter 14: Shining the Light of Accountability.
PART V: SPARKING CREATVITY.
Chapter 15: The Firefly Chase Begins.
Chapter 16: How Could You Forget the Toys?
Chapter 17: This Place Is a Zoo!
Chapter 18: When Sparks Collide – Dealing with Inter-Team Conflict.
PART VI: SYNC – THE MAGIC.
Chapter 19: There's Something Going on in My Backyard!
Chapter 20: Change Is Not a Four-Letter Word.
Chapter 21: At the End of the Day.
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