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Author Toomer, Jerry, author

Title The Catalyst Effect : 12 Skills and Behaviors to Boost Your Impact and Elevate Team Performance / by Jerry Toomer [and 3 others]
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2018
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Contents Front Cover; The Catalyst Effect; Copyright Page; Endorsement; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; What Creates a Catalyst Effect?; Introduction: Catalytic Teamwork in Action; Multiple Catalysts Propel Performance; Why Managers Need Catalysts Now More Than Ever; Catalytic Leadership and Teamwork; Becoming a Catalyst: The 12 Catalytic Competencies; Cornerstone 1: Building Credibility; Trust, Integrity, and Credibility: Hallmarks of a Catalyst; 1. Acts With Integrity and Inspires Trust; It Takes More Than Just Showing Up
What is Integrity? What is Trust? Why Are They So Important?Live Your Values Consistently; Values: The Core of Who You Are; Identifying and Demonstrating Your Values; Recharge Your Trust Battery; Integrity and Trust; Conclusion; 2. Communicates Clearly; Communicating across Boundaries; The Fundamentals of Effective Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Active and Reflective Listening; Asking Open-Ended and Thought-Provoking Questions; Open-Mindedness; Communication Objectives; Listener or Audience Assumptions; Storytelling; Feedback; Content Value versus Volume
The Challenger Communication DisasterOvercoming Communication Barriers; Overcoming Skepticism and Objections; Addressing Conflicting and Incomplete Data; Combatting Arrogance; Listening; Questioning; Feedback; Prevailing over Groupthink; Conclusion; 3. Invigorates with Optimism; Optimism Fuels Team Success; Impact of Optimism; Optimism in Practice; Invigorating with Optimism Is Applied Psychological Capital; The Impact of Pessimism; How the McDonaldâ#x80;#x99;s Crew Exemplifies Invigorating with Optimism; Conclusion; Cornerstone 2: Creating Cohesion; Top Team Performance Requires Cohesion
What is the Purpose of a Team and What Makes It Cohesive?Build on Credibility to Create Cohesion; 4. Connects Emotionally; Empathy in Action; The Power of Emotion; Three Performance Challenges; Preventing or Mitigating Performance-Suppressing Emotions; Turning Around Performance-Suppressing Emotions; Activating and Perpetuating Performance-Elevating Emotions; Conclusion; 5. Develops Camaraderie; Camaraderie at McDonaldâ#x80;#x99;s; What Creates Camaraderie?; Common Commitment to a Purpose; Healthy Culture; Mutual Respect among Team Members; Workplace Friendships; Conclusion
6. Puts the Teamâ#x80;#x99;s Goals and the Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Mission before Personal InterestsIgniting a Movement; The Importance of Putting Team before Self; Self versus Other or Self and Other; Leadership, Sacrifice, and the Greater Good; What Is Selflessness?; Drivers of Selflessness; Selflessness Aimed at the New Teammate; Conclusion; Cornerstone 3: Generating Momentum; Progress Requires Momentum; Inspire to Vigorously Achieve Lofty Goals; 7. Energizes Others to Execute with the Mission in Mind; Cycling and Energizing toward a Goal; Breakaway; Drafting; Lead-Out Train
Summary Provides a practical, research-based roadmap for developing and applying twelve key competencies to multiply an individual's impact, elevate the performance of others, and accelerate progress toward mission-oriented goals, generating greater value
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Leadership.
Teams in the workplace.
Leadership
Business & management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Leadership
Teams in the workplace
Form Electronic book
Author Caldwell, Craig
Weitzenkorn, Steve
Clark, Chelsea
ISBN 9781787435513
1787435512
9781787435681
1787435687