Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Crucial conversations : tools for talking when stakes are high / Kerry Patterson ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2002.Description: xv, 240 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0071401946
  • 9780071401944
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF637.C45  C78 2002
Contents:
What's a crucial conversation? : and who cares? -- Mastering crucial conversations : the power of dialogue -- Start with heart : how to stay focused on what you really want -- Learn to look : how to notice when safety is at risk -- Make it safe : how to make it safe to talk about almost anything -- Master my stories : how to stay in dialogue when you're angry, scared, or hurt -- State my path : how to speak persuasively, not abrasively -- Explore others' paths : how to listen when others blow up or clam up -- Move to action : how to turn crucial conversations into action and results -- Putting it all together : tools for preparing and learning -- Yeah, but : advice for tough cases -- Change your life : how to turn ideas into habits.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

What's a crucial conversation? : and who cares? -- Mastering crucial conversations : the power of dialogue -- Start with heart : how to stay focused on what you really want -- Learn to look : how to notice when safety is at risk -- Make it safe : how to make it safe to talk about almost anything -- Master my stories : how to stay in dialogue when you're angry, scared, or hurt -- State my path : how to speak persuasively, not abrasively -- Explore others' paths : how to listen when others blow up or clam up -- Move to action : how to turn crucial conversations into action and results -- Putting it all together : tools for preparing and learning -- Yeah, but : advice for tough cases -- Change your life : how to turn ideas into habits.