Judith H. Katz - Opening Doors to Teamwork & Collaboration: 4 Keys That Change Everything

The 4 Keys

Opening the Door to Trust:

KEY #1:
LEAN INTO DISCOMFORT

Opening the Door to Collaboration:

KEY #2:
LISTEN AS AN ALLY

Opening the Door to Understanding:

KEY #3:
STATE YOUR INTENT AND INTENSITY

Opening the Door to Breakthroughs:

KEY #4:
SHARE YOUR STREET CORNER

More Praise for Opening Doors to Teamwork and Collaboration

From the deeply personal to the cosmically universal, we each know the value of opening doors to others. We may sometimes forget how to do that, so thanks, Judith and Fred, for the gift you have placed in our hands.

Doug OLoughlin, Principal Consultant, Civil Service College Centre for Organisation Development, Singapore

Fred and Judith have created a practical guide for achieving breakthrough change through a simple approach to mastering interactions. I know it works because I have had the benefit of using the four keys on a daily basis over the last four years to drive quicker and better business decisions and outcomes in two different organizations. This book is a must-read for those who want all team members to be and feel like they are a key part of the solution.

Stan Howell, Plant Manager, Pennsylvania

Companies of all sizes can benefit from the notions, stakes, boulders, and tombstones terminology. Using notions and stakes creates a much more collaborative environment because they invite conversation. Likewise, organizational waste is reduced with the use of boulders and tombstones because people clearly understand the intensity of the opinion. Four simple words make a big impact.

Kathy Clements, Vice President for Culture and Inclusion, Ecolab

Judith and Fred continue their marvelous way of engaging us and reminding us of how to collaborate effectively. As two experienced and encouraging guides, they walk us through an open door from behaviors that impede collaboration to behaviors that can change the quality of our relationships and enhance our work with others.

John D. Vogelsang, Editor-in-Chief, OD Practitioner

Share your Street Corner builds upon the accumulated wisdom of many years in the trenches. Both timely and timeless, its core precepts and principles are key to successful employee creativity, engagement, and inclusion.

Thomas Kochman, COO, Kochman Mavrelis Associates, Inc., author of Black and White Styles in Conflict, and coauthor (with Jean Mavrelis) of Corporate Tribalism

Opening Doors is the natural follow-up to Be BIG and The Inclusion Breakthrough. Katz and Miller further hone their ideas regarding enhanced pathways for high-performance institutions by providing four keys to success.

Bailey W. Jackson, EdD, Emeritus Professor of Social Justice Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Opening Doors journey starts with the concept of joining the team...all in, as an ally, accepting that no one is perfect, assuming positive intent, and bringing the teaming skills described in the book to the workplace. It can change careers and lives.

Steve Fritze, retired CFO, Ecolab

These keys are crucial for melding disparate individuals into high-performing teams. While the authors do not mention the word diversity, I predict that Opening Doors will be a significant addition to diversity literature.

R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., CEO, Roosevelt Thomas Consulting and Training

Loaded with nuggets of wisdom, this book effectively captures intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, and societal implications and proactive actions for changing everything for the better for all involved.

Michael L. Wheeler, Associate Director, Diversity, Omnicom Media Group, and former Program Director and Research Associate, The Conference Board

Never underestimate the power of simplicity! Opening Doors is a case in point. This small but formidable book has BIG concepts that are as easy to implement as one, two, three, four.

Cindy Szadokierski, Vice President International Airport Operations, The Americas, Atlantic and Pacific, United Airlines

Companies expanding globally, or even into a new market segment, will benefit from Fred and Judiths advice to share their street corners. Weve learned that we make better decisions when we seriously consider the full spectrum of viewpoints, especially when the street corners range from St. Paul to St. Petersburg. By encouraging leaders to stay curious and seek a wide range of perspectives, this book helps organizations increase their potential for breakthrough thinking.

Douglas M. Baker, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ecolab

This is an excellent read with practical solutions to workplace challenges, such as stating ones intent and intensity, interspersed with short examples to help the busy executive avoid misunderstandings, waste, and missteps. These ideas are simple yet powerful ways to enhance clarity of purpose, communication, and productivity in a more positive, collaborative work environment!

Eunice Chan, Managing Consultant, Caliper Human Strategies, Singapore

Opening Doors gives you the keys to unlock the potential of any organization by getting communication right the first time. Fred and Judith have done it again, and that is a tombstone.

Hal Yoh, Chairman and CEO, Day & Zimmermann

Collaboration is an essential ingredient to build a successful workplace. Judith and Freds work has been meaningful in the development of our organization. This book provides practical tools to help build these important skills. We cant do it aloneworking better together is vital for our future.

Eileen Fisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer, Eileen Fisher, Inc.

Opening Doors is special: it describes key resonating principles to guide leaders in organizations so they can quickly unleash the potential and contribution of their people.

David Wilks, Wilks & Partners, UK

By hearing different perspectives, we are able to create innovative ways of doing what we need to do. But we dont often hear how to create this space. This book gives concise, practical how-to steps to bring about the inclusive workplace we desire.

Steve Humerickhouse, Director, Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity

I especially loved Share Your Street Corner. And next time I facilitate a community meeting, you can bet I will be asking myself, Are all the right people in the room?

Denise Cerreta, founder, One World Everybody Eats Foundation

An elegantly simple framework for building effective partnerships and teams. This little book distills a great deal of experience into a few key principles.

L. David Brown, Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University

This book opens the doors for all organizations to change the world of work. Just the chapter on Listening as an Ally can do more to help organizations create a positive sense of unity, productivity, and shared direction than spending millions of dollars on more complicated approaches.

Darya Funches, EdD, former Chair of the Board, Organization Development Network and National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, and founder and Principal, REAP Unlimited