Collaborative skills have never been more important. At work, you can"t afford to be defensive, hostile, or even too cynical. It"s never easy, but getting along with your colleagues or customers is imperative, whether you"re on a long-term assignment, a temporary project, or a virtual team where you"re connected to colleagues only by cell phone and e-mail. Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships is a how-to manual for anyone who wants to be more skillful at building relationships, both professional and personal. James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet will show you how to gently look inside yourself for the answers, with page after page of thoughtful exercises and probing tools that will increase your skills. The four introspective skills you will learn are: Collaborative Intention, Truthfulness, Self-Accountability, and Self-Awareness and Awareness of Others. You also have to get what you need from the world...