James Hillman has written: "The great task of a life-sustaining culture is to keep the invisibles attached" and by that, he means the powers of soul and spirit. In the last decade, some corporations have finally seen the light and made a place for "the invisibles" in their procedures and practices.
This book is aimed at organization development facilitators, human resource leaders, trainers, and consultants. The author, executive director of the Expanded Learning Institute, believes that team spirit can boast morale, resolve conflict, encourage new thinking, and improve productivity. Heermann presents what he calls "the six phases of the team spirit spiral"-initiating, visioning, claiming, celebrating, letting go, and service. He has created and tested 50 activities, complete with reproducible participant handouts, that increase team performance. Heermann is convinced that team capacity can be nourished by sayings, amplified by ritual, and challenged by storytelling. This is an invaluable resource for all those who believe that "the invisibles" can bring meaning and fulfillment back to the marketplace.