PRIMAL TEAMS

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8144-3441-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 63 mm x 93 mm

Emotion, more than anything else, spells the difference between stellar and mediocre team performance. Fear, anger, frustration, and other negative feelings, can endanger a group’s dynamic. But positive emotions have the power to transform it into a high-performance engine, where everyone operates at their peak. Their minds sharpen. They find creative solutions. They get great results.Thanks to discoveries in neuroscience and psychology, we now know that emotions operate independently from our logical minds. They can’t be reasoned away. They must be dealt with directly. Drawing on the latest research, Primal Teams shows how anyone can control potentially damaging emotions, while triggering the kind of passion and energy that supercharge performance. Illustrated with compelling examples, this groundbreaking guide reveals how to: - Transform fear and negativity - Energize primal emotional systems - Activate insight and intuition - Foster emotional bonds and team spirit - Connect the team to a deeper purposeEmotions determine whether a group works with energy and enthusiasm or just goes through the motions. With the array of insights and practical tools in this book, anyone can inspire an unprecedented level of performance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barretta, Jackie

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Prologue: “Since Feeling Is First.” 1 1 Hidden Energy: Unleashing Maximum Potential 5 Sparking the Creative Brain 6 Deepening the Impact 11 Dampening the Energy 17 Going to the Source 22 Using an Emotional Savvy Gauge to Measure Your Team’s Emotional Proficiency 25 2 Primal Emotion: Shifting Emotions at the Source 27 Using Novelty to Reignite Drive 29 Playing for the Fun of It 36 Sounding Off 39 Laughing Out Loud 42 Letting Your Face Do the Talking 44 Using the Emotion Shape Shifter to Modify Emotions at Their Source 48 3 The Scary Stuff: Processing Fear and Negativity 49 Accommodating Negativity 51 Shining a Light on Fear 54 Creating a Diversion from Negative Thoughts 58 Desensitizing Your Team to Fear 63 Using a Fear Release Guide to Reduce Fear and Negativity 68 4 Emotional Contagion: Spreading Coherence in a Team 71 Spawning Good Cheer 72 Becoming the True Leader 79 Making Coherence a Competency 85 Using the Emotional Contagion Do’s and Don’ts to Spread Optimal Emotions 91 5 The Sixth Sense: Detecting Emotions 93 Getting a Feel for Feelings 94 Making Your Team More Attractive 102 Enhancing Integrity 107 Using the Emotion Detector to Detect Moods and Emotional Signatures 113 6 The Engaged Heart: Connecting to a Deeper Purpose 117 Inspiring Your Team 118 Resonating with Your People 126 Defining Team Membership 132 Using the Five Why’s to Define an Inspiring Purpose 137 7 Primal IQ: Activating Insight and Intuition 139 Learning to Work Creatively 140 Incubating an Insight 145 Tapping Intuition 150 Mixing It Up 156 Using the Hunch Detector to Sense Intuition 159 8 Team Spirit: Building Emotional Bonds 161 Tightening the Connections 162 Avoiding Common Bonding Pitfalls 170 Broadening Perspectives 175 Using the Team Bonder to Provoke Deep Connections 180 9 The Balanced Culture: Restraining Runaway Egos 183 Moderating Egotistical Behavior 184 Balancing Competition and Cooperation 191 Tapping the Beginner’s Mind 196 Using a Team Agreement to Keep Egos in Check 203 Epilogue: When the Going Gets Tough 205 Notes 209 Index 219

Über Autor(innen)

Jackie Barretta is a Founding Partner of Nura Group, a consulting firm dedicated to enhancing team innovation and performance. Her work with primal emotions in teams has won her widespread recognition and dozens of prestigious awards.