"This guidebook explains how to scan your environment and provides a collection of tactics you can use to sell your idea. Using this systematic approach will make you more likely to accomplish your objective--solving a problem or making an improvement for the benefit of individuals, groups, and...

Intro -- From Awareness to Intervention -- Elements of the Process -- Raise or Hold -- How to Raise -- Intervention by a Team Leader -- Stimulation ... and Terror -- Suggested Readings -- Background -- Key Point Summary.

Intro -- The Right Start Is Critical to Success -- Launching a Successful Team -- Setting Purpose and Direction -- Defining Roles and Responsibilities -- Designing Procedures and Practices -- Building Cooperation and Relationships -- Countdown to Team Success -- Suggested Readings -- Background...

Intro -- Why You Need a Vision -- What a Vision Is -- The Leader's Role -- Examples of Communicating a Vision -- Meeting Resistance -- Last Words -- Suggested Readings -- Background -- Key Point Summary.

Intro -- Leading with Critical Reflections -- First Things First -- Identify the Key Event -- Allocate Time and Space -- Prepare to Orient Your Group -- The Basic Process -- Exploring -- Reflecting -- Projecting -- Advanced Options -- Activities for Exploring -- Activities for Reflecting --...

Intro -- Listening and Leadership -- The Active Listening Skill Set -- Barriers to Active Listening -- How to Improve Your Listening Skills -- Leading with Active Listening -- Background -- Suggested Resources.

Intro -- Self-Promotion: A Leader's Job -- Strategic Visibility and Its Benefits -- Benefits for the Individual -- Benefits for Others -- Rethinking Self-Promotion -- Techniques for Promoting Yourself -- Connecting with Others -- Developing Yourself -- Creating Opportunities -- Finding the Sweet...