Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results

Chapter 10. LIVING THE PROMISE OF EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS

During the three years on the path to completing this book, our learning has been immense! Very little of the book you hold was in the first or second draft. Our journey began with a desire to move beyond our mostly successful but less satisfying work with groups. We suspected there was something more and didn't know what it was. We loved the idea of a shared exploration, not knowing our destination. And, so far, we have reached here: One model, six needs, eight indicators, four feelings, and twenty-six suggestions. Progress? Certainly! End of story? Not a chance! We pause on this challenging, frustrating, and exhilarating journey to offer a handful of thoughts especially important to us—and ...