Yes, And
The Second City executives- Tom Yorton and Kelly Leonard reveal improvisational techniques that can help any organization develop innovators, encourage adaptable leaders, and build transformational businesses. For more than fifty years, Chicago's Second City comedy theater has served as a training ground for some of the industry's best comic minds, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. However, it also offers one-of-a-kind leadership training to forward-thinking businesses, nonprofits, and public sector organizations, with the goal of increasing creativity, collaboration, and teamwork.
Leadership and teamwork rules have changed, and the skills that propelled professionals ahead a generation ago no longer apply. The Second City now offers a new toolkit for individuals and organizations to thrive in a world shaped by speed, social communication, and decentralization. Yes, And, which is based on eight improvisation principles, helps to develop and foster these skills in high-potential leaders and their teams, including:
- Developing the ability to collaborate in an ensemble
- Promoting a "yes, and" attitude at work
- Accepting failure as a means of accelerating high performance
- Listening and learning to follow are two ways to lead.
- Making something out of nothing is an example of innovation.
Yes, And is a must-read for professionals and organizations, assisting in the development of invaluable leadership skills required for today's success. It is regarded as one of the best books on teamwork.
Author: Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Yes-Improvisation-Reverses-Creativity-Collaboration-Lessons/dp/0062248545/
