aMAZEing Organizational Teams

About the Book

aMAZEing Organizational Teams is a guide for improving group workplace dynamics. It is based on the aMAZEing Team Building experience located in Cleveland, Ohio, where teams navigate through a maze of highly interactive indoor mental challenges based on seven attributes of healthy, productive teams. This body of work brings those experiences to the reader to help individuals and teams in any organization successfully navigate the complexities that increase productivity, cohesion, and resilience, leading to more effective engagement. This book serves as a team action planning workbook and discussion, walking the reader through these seven critical attributes. Teams are given guidance or how to (1) build and/or increase trust, (2) master the elements required for improved communication, (3) foster an environment of appreciation, (4) manage meetings to productive outcomes, (5) deliver robust solutions through improved problem solving and decision making techniques, (6) continuously generate new ideas and think creatively ways to improve process and products, (7) all while managing healthy behavioral interactions.

About the Author

Ellen Burts-Cooper, Ph.D. is the senior managing partner of Improve Consulting and Training Group, a firm that provides personal and professional development training, coaching, and consultation. Improve has been featured in Time magazine, Black Voices, Smart Business Magazine, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Dr. Burts-Cooper is on faculty at Case Western Reserve University in the Weatherhead Executive Education Program, the Institute for Management Studies (IMS), and the Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College. She is also the author of the book Canine Instinct: A Guide to Survival and Advancement in Corporate America. She earned a BS in chemistry from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; her PhD in organic/polymer chemistry from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia; her MBA from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business; and her Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification from 3M Company. You can listen to Ellen on her segment, Improve Your Day with Dr. Ellen, aired on Wavelengths, the Wave 107.3 Community Affairs Show.