Learn skills for working in groups and have better more effective meetings. A must-have book to help you become a more effective group member and stimulate your meetings with energy needed for achieving your goals. You ll learn the skills for participating in groups as an individual member make groups as a whole more effective and make group meetings more enjoyable through tapping the synergy available in groups. --Discusses the essence of what makes groups work then applies the principles of Zen to helping them function better. --The toolkit includes techniques and exercises on generating ideas defining priorities creative thinking expressing feelings energizing the group team-building conflict resolution plus beginning and ending a group.