James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet provide tools that will increase your ability to collaborate. You will learn to be more aware of others and how to problem-solve and negotiate. Collaborative skills have never been more important, and these skills are absolutely necessary for today's workplace. "Radical Collaboration" is a how-to-manual for anyone who wants to create trusting, collaborative environments, and transform groups into motivated and empowered teams. It is an eye-opener for leaders, managers, HR professionals, agents, trainers, and consultants who are seeking constructive ways of getting the results they want.

Introduction: the five essentials / Part I. 1st essential skill: collaborative intention. Attitude and intention: staying in the green zone -- Hey, buzz off!...I am not defensive! -- Unhooking your buttons / Part 2. 2nd essential skill: truthfulness. The grand simplifier -- Listening: the most often taught unused skill / Part 3. 3rd essential skill: self-accountability. Making choices and taking responsibility for them / Part 4. 4th essential skill: self-awareness and awareness of others. Understanding your own behavior in relationships -- Rigidity is the enemy -- Breaking free of the past one thought at a time / Part 5. 5th essential skill: problem solving and negotiating. Strategies for collaborative success -- We've got a problem; now what do we do about it? (An overview of the interest-based approach to negotiating) -- How do we get started? (Deciding what process to use, and helping people feel included) -- What really is our problem? (Defining the issues that need to be resolved together) -- What does everybody really need? (Understanding the underlying interests) -- What should we do if we can't reach a solution? (Developing a contingency plan) -- Now we get to the fun part! (Inventing creative solutions) -- Putting the puzzle together (Reaching closure) / Conclusion: getting real and getting on with it. Get real...15 things you can do today to improve your ability to be in a relationship / Appendix 1: research report -- Appendix 2: list of FIRO theory-related materials -- Appendix 3: table of exercises, tools, examples, and lists.