Mining Group Gold is a book on leadership. It explores the process of managing people and ideas to achieve a high level of results in a complex, turbulent global economy. This book is a practical, easy-to-apply guide to changing the culture through building and maintaining collaboration within and across work teams. It clearly defines the tools and processes that can make a difference in team productivity and can be applied in any environment.Mining Group Gold will help you discover the 14 facilitation principles that have evolved from the author's work with the first edition of Mining Group Gold; learn the "how-to's" for practicing the tools and processes associated with these 14 principles to become a collaborative leader, and learn how to merge these principles and tools with groupware to maximize the outputs of technology-driven sessions.Mining Group Gold emphasizes teamwork and the building of consensus through careful planning and team facilitation. From the initial planning process through to actual collaborative work sessions, Mining Group Gold outlines the steps and the behaviors required to ensure teamwork and positive results. The unique concentration on implementation and "how to" makes this book useful not only to team leaders, but to team members as well. Read Less