Graphic tools and visual solutions for team building and developmentVisual Teams uses visual tools and methods to help teams—both face-to-face and virtual—reach high performance in today's work environment. Graphic tools and visual solutions for team building and development Visual Teams uses visual tools and methods to help teams both face-to-face and virtual reach high performance in today's work environment. IntroductionImagining Better Results for Teams xiI. What Is a Visual Team?Using Graphics Across the Whole Workflow 11. Working Like Designers / Why Visual Teams Get Results 32. Why Be a Visual Team? / The Case for Collaboration 153. A Graphic User Interface for Teams / The Drexler/ Sibbet Team Performance Model 29II. Leading Visual TeamsSeeing the BIG Picture 554. So You've Just Been Promoted / Understanding Team Leadership 575. Managing Four Flows of Activity / Attention, Energy, Information, & Operations 736. Supporting Innovation / Providing Visual Tools 83III. Visual Team StartupCreating Trust, Focus, & Commitment 937. Visualizing Purpose / Orienting to Your Mission 958. Seeing Yourself As a Team / Developing Trust 1079. Clarifying Goals / Using the Graphic Gameplan 11710. Consensus or Command? / Deciding Commitments 131IV. Sustaining ResultsInnovating for High Performance 14911. Graphics & Project Management / Implementation You Can Literally See 15112. Visualizing & Innovating / Understanding High Performance 15913. Assessments, Dialogues, & Sharing Rallies / The Importance of Learning & Renewal 171V. Growing a Visual Team CultureThinking BIG About Opportunities 18314. Introducing Visual Teams / Communicating Benefits 18515. Developing Visual Team Skills / Learning Tips & Tools 19316. Shared Visual Language / Toward an Operating System for Visual Teams 201VI. New Technology ToolsA Revolution in Visual Collaboration 21917. Visual Tools Come of Age / Experiencing High Performance at the Institute for the Future 22118. Graphics for Distributed Teams / Web & Teleconferences 23119. Team Rooms & the Net / Physical Places or Virtual Spaces? 24120. Mobile Technology / Reshaping Tomorrow's Teams 249VII. Links, Tools, & Other Resources 26321. Websites & Bibliography 265Appendix 273Jack R. Gibb's Original Research 273Summary of Arthur M. Young's Theory of Process 274Index 277