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Together We Decide: An Essential Guide For Making Good Group Decisions
Does your group need help making good decisions? All groups―teams, boards, nonprofits, businesses, governments―must make decisions to make forward progress. In organizations large and small, simple and complex, public and private, people need to decide things together. With tips, principles, examples, and stories, Craig Freshley shares the essentials that groups need to make decisions that provide lasting benefits.
Practical and authoritative, this friendly guide from a veteran group facilitator is a must-have for those seeking proven techniques for collaborative decision-making. Board members and senior staff in the nonprofit sector―where there’s often a high expectation of collaboration―and corporate leaders who have a collaborative, inclusive mindset or culture will find this book particularly valuable.
Freshley’s message is especially pertinent to today’s world. It’s through collaboration, not competition, that groups of the future will create, innovate, and thrive. It is collaboration, not competition, that will save us from extinction. Further, collaborative decision making is a skill that can be successfully learned and practiced. Freshley shows groups how.
Topics:
• Efficient and productive meetings
• Attitudes that help and hinder group productivity
• Group decision making: from idea to decision to action
• The supremacy of group culture
• How to listen well and speak with purpose
• Conflict prevention, management, and resolution
• When to apply which type of decision-making method
• Meeting facilitation theory and techniques
Practical and authoritative, this friendly guide from a veteran group facilitator is a must-have for those seeking proven techniques for collaborative decision-making. Board members and senior staff in the nonprofit sector―where there’s often a high expectation of collaboration―and corporate leaders who have a collaborative, inclusive mindset or culture will find this book particularly valuable.
Freshley’s message is especially pertinent to today’s world. It’s through collaboration, not competition, that groups of the future will create, innovate, and thrive. It is collaboration, not competition, that will save us from extinction. Further, collaborative decision making is a skill that can be successfully learned and practiced. Freshley shows groups how.
Topics:
• Efficient and productive meetings
• Attitudes that help and hinder group productivity
• Group decision making: from idea to decision to action
• The supremacy of group culture
• How to listen well and speak with purpose
• Conflict prevention, management, and resolution
• When to apply which type of decision-making method
• Meeting facilitation theory and techniques
- GenresLeadership
304 pages, Hardcover
Published September 13, 2022
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April 30, 2026
Together We Decide: An Essential Guide For Making Good Group Decisions by Craig Freshley is a leadership and facilitation guide focused on improving how groups make decisions collaboratively.
The book provides practical frameworks for running effective meetings, managing group dynamics, and moving from discussion to action. It emphasizes the importance of structured collaboration across teams, boards, nonprofits, and organizations, with attention to communication, listening, and conflict management.
Its strength lies in its hands on, facilitation oriented approach, offering clear techniques that can be applied immediately in real group settings. It frames collaborative decision-making as a learnable skill rather than an abstract leadership ideal.
This book is best suited for managers, team leaders, facilitators, nonprofit professionals, and anyone responsible for guiding group decisions and improving organizational collaboration.
The book provides practical frameworks for running effective meetings, managing group dynamics, and moving from discussion to action. It emphasizes the importance of structured collaboration across teams, boards, nonprofits, and organizations, with attention to communication, listening, and conflict management.
Its strength lies in its hands on, facilitation oriented approach, offering clear techniques that can be applied immediately in real group settings. It frames collaborative decision-making as a learnable skill rather than an abstract leadership ideal.
This book is best suited for managers, team leaders, facilitators, nonprofit professionals, and anyone responsible for guiding group decisions and improving organizational collaboration.
December 4, 2022
Craig Freshley reached out to me and asked if I would read and review his book. The title of the book intrigued me, so I accepted the offer. Together We Decide: An Essential Guide For Making Good Group Decisions is packed with great tips and strategies for making better organizational decisions. It was well-written and enjoyable to read. Read more
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