| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 209 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A BK business book
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BK business book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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! |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communication in organizations.
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Communication in organizations. |
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Interpersonal relations.
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Interpersonal relations. |
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Organizational behavior.
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Organizational behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Showkeir, Maren, 1957-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Showkeir, Jamie, 1952- Authentic conversations. 1st ed. San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2008 9781576755952 1576755959 (DLC) 2008018072 (OCoLC)221141470 |
| ISBN |
9781576759813 (electronic book) |
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1576759814 (electronic book) |
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9781605096933 (electronic book) |
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1605096938 (electronic book) |
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1576755959 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9781576755952 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9781576755952 |
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