MINING GROUP GOLD: HOW TO CASH IN ON THE COLLABORATIVE BRAIN POWER OF A TEAM FOR INNOVATION AND RESULTS 3/E

"Tom Kayser is a true innovator whose ideas save time and energy and increase the productivity of every meeting. His writing, like his personality, is focused, friendly, and with a spirit of helpfulness. I cannot recommend Tom's book Mining Group Gold highly enough."---Bruce A. Heller, Ph.D., author, The Prodigal Executive: How to coach Executives Too Painful to Keep, Too Valuable to Fire

"A common-sense approach that not only delivers the most productive meetings you've ever had, but also develops a culture of collaboration---which is vital in today's workplace. Mining Group Gold helps improve teamwork and execution from the very minute its lessons are put into use."---Ron Cox, CEO, Tailwind Consulting

"Presented in a straightforward, easy-to-read style, the material in Mining Group Gold will yield BIG results for your organization."---Eric L. Steenburgh, past President and COO, Ricoh Corporation; former COO, Kodak Corporation

"We have invested substantially in a multifaceted approach to leadership development, of which Mining Group Gold is a fundamental component. As with many companies, our teammates are our most valued assets, holding a storehouse of knowledge. Using the easily applied techniques in this book, our managers benefit from the experiences and insights of their teams and simultaneously model the facilitative and collaborative behaviors expected of our rising leaders."---Bob Smith, Director of Leadership Development, Bridgestone Retail Operations

"Tom Kayser provides counsel for anyone interested in changing a corporate culture. This book delivers sound practical advice from someone who has been in the trenches."---David T. Kearns, former Chairman of the Board and CEO, Xerox Corporation

There's popular saying in business, "All of us are smarter than any of us." So why is it sometimes so difficult to tap into the collective knowledge and innovaive spirit of the team that you've carefully assembled? So much has changed in the quarter century since Tom Kayser wrote the first edition of Mining Group Gold---and nowhere has this change been as profound as in the workplace. In the newly updated third edition of this highly influential team-facilitation manual, Kayser surveys the far-ranging effects of the tectonic shift in how businesses and people gather, process, and share information. From that perspective, he offers the ultimate guide to building a strong, collaborative culture that will be the lifeblood of your business---now and in the years to come.

Drawing on 30 years of experience as an organization effectiveness and process expert at Xerox---where he helped create and implement the revolutionary Leadership Through Quality initiatives that earned Xerox the Malcolm Baldrige Award---and more recently as a consultant to a select group of Fortune 500 clients, Kayser delivers proven tools, techniques, case studies, and process enhancements that managers, executives, trainers, and other team leaders can use to get the best from everyone, at all levels of an organization, including

Organizations across the board are finally waking up to the incredible ROI from a concerted effort to foster cooperation and innovation within the workforce. Mining Group Gold, third edition, continues to redefine the way we acquire and share the crucial collaboration skills that groups need to survive and thrive in the twenty-first century.

Tom Kayser is the President of Kayser Associates, Inc, a human resources consulting firm. He is an expert in organizational behavior and change, group facilitation, team-building design and facilitation, and executive coaching, and he speaks at many universities and professional organizations. He lives in Akron, Ohio.