Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster

Publisher Marketing: Collaboration creates high performing teams and organizations-and with today's diverse, globalized workforce it's absolutely crucial. Yet it often doesn't happen because people and groups typically believe that the problem is always outside. Bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his coauthors use Blanchard's signature business parable style to show that, in fact, if collaboration is to succeed it must begin withyou. This book teaches people at all levels-from new associates to top executives-that it's up to each of us to help promote and preserve a winning culture of collaboration. Working a three-part approach, Collaboration Begins with Youhelps readers develop a collaborative culture that uses differences to spur contribution and creativity and turns everyone into an empowered self-leader." Contributor Bio:  Blanchard, Ken Ken Blanchard is the founder and chief spiritual officer of the Ken Blanchard Companies. One of the world's most prominent authors, speakers, and consultants, he is the author or coauthor of more than sixty books. Contributor Bio:  Ripley, Jane Jane Ripley is a cofounder of Wired Leaders (www.wiredleaders.com). She has served as a board director for three companies and was an officer in the British Army. She has spent the last five years doing research on the topic of collaboration. Contributor Bio:  Parisi-Carew, Eunice Eunice Parisi-Carew is a cofounder of The Ken Blanchard Companies, where she is a senior consultant. She is the coauthor of three bestselling books: The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams, High Five!, and Leading at a Higher Level.