The ability to successfully leverage the talent and skills of the employees can make or break a business. In Joint Design Teams, managers and employees at all levels collaborate to execute bold business strategies. They work shoulder-to-shoulder on an action plan designed to make their new business vision a reality. This is a guide to creating and implementing Joint Design Teams (JDT) as a key tool for launching effective change. It provides a step-by-step overview of what is required to set up a process in which senior and mid-level managers, supervisors, technical crews and Union or operating staff work together to define and achieve strategic - and often unprecedented - business outcomes.