The Collaborative Way: A Story About Engaging the Mind and Spirit of a Company

by Lloyd Fickett, Jason Fickett

CEO Barry Halton is beginning to think he's not cut out to carry a company from ordinary to extraordinary. After a great start-up, his second company has hit an all-too-familiar wall.Frustrated and discouraged, he runs into an old friend who introduces him to The Collaborative Way®, a way of working together that not only builds a great place to work but also generates the competitive advantage Barry is looking for.Three years after that chance encounter, the result is a dramatic change in Barry's leadership and in the leadership throughout his company—a tremendous growth in collaboration that's moving the company forward in a powerful and inspiring way.

Genres: Business, Leadership

120 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Laura]

A blessedly short example of a Linked In post turned into a business book. If you are a moderately functional adult nothing in the book will surprise you. I am amazed that it doesn't offer such gems as Don't Do Crime At Work or Make More Money Not Less. Perhaps that's in the workbook? I don't see how they could spin this into a business. Maybe tax fraud?
The entire thing reads like a weird MLM.

[Dave Lester]

A basic story in service of CEOs and other business leaders learning elementary life skills in order to have a happier and more productive workplace. Life lessons like don’t reactively yell at your employees but rather try and understand where they are coming from is treated as some kind of transcendent wisdom. Just a text full of corporate blah.

[Carolyn Constant]

Decent book for reading with sales team

[Sofia Nolfo]

a required read for work but it is a book so it counts

[Dani Ragel]

I loved the practicality, relatability, and ease of this book. It feels crucial that all business owners read this in order to provide a holistically functioning and thriving business/culture.

[Lisa Wells]

An easy to read business book that encourages us all to be better listeners.

[Adrianne]

Excited as a new manager of a new department to start building a culture with this mentality!

[Caroline Sliver]

can comfortably say this was the worst book i’ve ever read.