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unlock The Collaboration-Code !
Develop and lead with a collaborative mind-set is Step 1 in the process of discovering the code. Step 2 is to develop and apply a collaborative skill set. Combined, they provide a developmental pathway to unlock the collaboration-code to produce results.
award winning author !
In 2007, Winsor wrote, THE COLLABORATOR: Discover Soccer as a Metaphor for Global Business Leadership, where he married his passion for leadership development with his passion for the sport of soccer. Written in the form of an business allegory, readers are introduced to an innovative, yet practical framework for developing team leaders who effectively collaborate. His book won the 2009 AXIOM Business Book Award, Bronze Medal Winner - International Business!
In 2014, he left the corporate world and started his consulting business with a focus on collaborative leadership development and coaching. This led to co-developing THE COLLABORATION GAME, in 2016, designed to help people accelerate their development of a collaborative mind-set and skill set to effectively collaborate..
In 2018, he was asked by the Association for Talent Development (ATD) to serve as one of five contributing authors. He wrote Chapter Three, Collaboration, for their book, FOCUS ON THEM: Become the Manager Your People Need You to Be. Note, through ATD's management research, the ACCEL Model was developed identifying Collaboration as one of five key skills for front-line managers to learn for today's changing workplace.
In 2021, he published his latest book, GAME OF TEAMS: Discover How to Become a Collaborative Leader, which is a sequel to his first book. In this book, he promotes the importance of coaching to support collaborative leadership and team development. Written as a business allegory, readers follow the exploits of a newly promoted manager who learns, with the help of an external team coach, how to kick-start her journey to become a collaborative leader.
Prior to that, Winsor wrote articles for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's magazine, Soccer Journal, in 1997 -1998 and The Journal of the Human Resources Planning Society (2005).
As a team development advocate and soccer enthusiast, he continues to write blog posts on collaborative leadership and team development.