| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 209 pages) |
| Series |
A BK business book |
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BK business book.
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| Contents |
Dedication; Foreword; Preface; INTRODUCTION: The Dangerous Book for Adults; CHAPTER 1 Revolutionary Conversations for Adults; CHAPTER 2 Relationships That Don't Work at Work; CHAPTER 3 The Myth of Holding Others Accountable; CHAPTER 4 You Can't Make All the Fourth Graders Happy; CHAPTER 5 Hostages to Disappointment; CHAPTER 6 Change the Conversation, Change the Culture; CHAPTER 7 Moving from Manipulation to Engagement; CHAPTER 8 Stop Courting the Cynic; CHAPTER 9 Cutting the Ties That Bind; CHAPTER 10 Declaration of Interdependence; CHAPTER 11 Open Season -- Remove the Camouflage! |
| Summary |
Authentic Conversations takes a radical new look at the potentially transformational role of workplace conversations. Through over twenty-five years of work as organizational consultants, Maren and James Showkier have discovered that conversation has the power to create, sustain or change organizational culture. But much of the time the kind of organizational culture these conversations sustain is one that stymies growth and erodes commitment. The problem is an organizational culture based on a kind of parent-child model, with leaders treating employees as children who needed caretaking and pr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication in organizations.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Organizational behavior.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Communication -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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Communication in organizations
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Interpersonal relations
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Organizational behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Showkeir, Maren, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9781576759813 |
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1576759814 |
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9781605096933 |
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1605096938 |
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1576755959 |
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9781576755952 |
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