155: Managing Defensiveness for Stronger Collaborations with Jim Tamm

Jim Tamm shares how managing defensiveness ensures collaborations remain cool and effective.

You’ll Learn:

1. Why managing your defensiveness is a hidden key to effective collaborations
2. The 3 biggest drivers of defensiveness
3. How to stay curious – instead of furious

About Jim

For 25 years Jim was a judge dealing with collective bargaining disputes. He has mediated more school district labor strikes than any other person in the United States. Now he teaches collaboration skills in the Talent Development Program at Harvard, the International Management Program at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Leadership Academy of the University of California. His book Radical Collaboration has been on Amazon’s top seller lists for collaboration, negotiations, and organizational psychology books for 11 years.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

• Sponsor: TextExpander
• Website: RadicalCollaboration.com
• Book: Radical Collaboration by Jim Tamm
• Book: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Bruce Patton, Roger Fisher and William Ury
• Book: Corporate Culture and Performance by John Kotter and James Heskett
• TEDxSantaCruz Talk: Cultivating Collaboration: Don’t Be So Defensive! 
• Podcast episode:  073: Leading Change with Dr. John Kotter

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