Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743526007 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 5 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A great and useful read" according to PA Customer. Substantive all the way through. Not about "how to go about fixing other people by telling them how they're wrong," but looking at a whole system, including one's own contributions to a problem. And, it doesn't pretend that the core personal issues that cause a leader to contribute to problems at home are different from those that cause that same leader to contribute to problems at work. And it's not a. David Taylor said Provides good guidance for having the tough, difficult, brutally honest conversations that need to happen for growth to occur. This book provided several great take-aways regarding the importance of having great, thorough and honest conversations that allow you to feel a remarkable sense of integrity and self-authenticity (i.e. being honest with and to yourself). These conversations can be change-agents. They can dig deep to core-issues that may manifest themselves all over a person's life and not just in isolated instances. T. Wow! A game-changer! BookLover Wow! A game-changer! I can now see why some past conversations both professionally and personally were doomed for failure. Forced me to be very honest with myself. What Ms. Scott teaches may be hard to practice, but its benefit can be summed up in one line, “Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as a shared vision.” So glad I’ve read the book. I’ve recommended it
Fierce Conversations takes you step-by-step through your first fierce conversation -- with yourself -- and on to the most challenging and important conversations facing you. A way of life. Susan Scott trains clients in the art of fierce conversations, empowering them to achieve exceptional results through transforming dialogue. FIERCE CONVERSATIONS A way of conducting business. An attitude. Susan Scott teaches you how to: Overcome barriers to meaningful conversation Expand and enrich the territory you explore with colleagues, friends, and family Explore issues by mining for increased clarity, improved understanding, and impetus for change Confront challenges with courage, compassion, and skill Leverage new skills for frictionless debate Handle strong emotions - your own as well as others' Build breakthrough relationships with colleagues, clients, friends, and family Fierce Conversations is the master guidebook to transforming the conversations that are cen
--Howard Rothman. Fierce Conversations is based on principles from her international consulting practice, in which she teaches executives how to conduct such exchanges more dynamically and ultimately more effectively, thereby improving the relationships they enjoy with their various dialogue partners "one conversation at a time." Using identifiable anecdotes from her experience to inspire and inform, along with a series of practical exercises designed to impart the requisite skills, Scott walks readers through the individual steps she's developed to build better associations through more robust and honest discourses. Susan Scott believes that interpersonal difficulties--at work and at home--are a direct result of our inability to communicate well. Addressing all aspects of the process, from several me