Authentic Conversations Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment

Name: Authentic Conversations Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment
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ISBN: 9781576755952

ISBN-10: 1576755959

ISBN-13: 9781576755952

Edition: 2008

Authors: James Showkeir, Maren Showkeir, Margaret J. Wheatley

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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 protecting The Showkeirs advocate instead authentic conversations that are based on an adult-adult…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Dedication to Joel P. Henning


Foreword



Preface


Introduction: The Dangerous Book for Adults



Revolutionary Conversations for Adults



Relationships That Don't Work at Work



The Myth of Holding Others Accountable



You Can't Make All the Fourth Graders Happy



Hostages to Disappointment



Change the Conversation, Change the Culture



Moving from Manipulation to Engagement



Stop Courting the Cynic



Cutting the Ties That Bind



Declaration of Interdependence



Open Season-Remove the Camouflage!


Conclusion: Starting the Revolution


A Practical Guide to Authentic Conversations


Suggestions for Getting Started


Facing a Difficult Issue


Seeking an Exception


Proposing Change


Introducing a Mandate


Renegotiating an Established Relationship


Initiating Endings


Dealing with Individual Performance


Creating Your Own Authentic Conversations


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index


About the Authors


About henning-showkeir & associates, inc.