{"product_id":"the-synergist-les-mckeown-9780230120556","title":"The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy do so many teams fail to perform - achieving compromise at best and gridlock at worst? And what does it take to end this gridlock? \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and speaker Les McKeown shows how to take any team from gridlock to world class success. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, McKeown argues that every successful team includes a critical player, the Synergist, who can take the three existing types - The bold dreamers (Visionaries), the pragmatic realists (Operators), and the systems designers (Processors) - and knit them together into a dynamic, well-rounded team. Most importantly, according to McKeown, the Synergist is a role that anyone can learn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile most attempts at teamwork improvement deal only with the symptoms of group dysfunction such as distrust, poor communication, and fear of change, McKeown address the root cause: the innately unstable Visionary-Operator-Processor triangle. Because each of the three styles' motivations, views, and goals are incompatible, without a Synergist every team will eventually implode, stall, or underperform. Only the Synergist can put aside their own agenda and interpret the language of difficult personalities, capture the best from each person, and put the good of the enterprise ahead of their own ego. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcKeown- who has used techniques presented here in his consulting with Harvard University, American Express Financial Services, the US Army, Pella Corporation, Microsoft, United Technologies Corporation, and more- shows how any individual can fill this critical role, whether or not they're the formal leader of the group. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith thought-provoking self-assessments and an extensive Synergist Toolkit, he teaches how anyone can learn to be an effective Synergist by recognizing the vital signs of ineffective teamwork and making the right interventions at these pivotal moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Les McKeown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230120555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230120556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/31\/2011","brand":"Les McKeown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045009780991,"sku":"9780230120556","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a50b54d4-31c0-4459-bd0d-1328350cf4cc.jpg?v=1684976195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-synergist-les-mckeown-9780230120556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}