Authentic conversations moving from manipulation to truth and commitment /
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 organizati...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
©2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | BK business book.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 209 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781576759813 1576759814 9781605096933 1605096938 1576755959 (paper : alk. paper) 9781576755952 (paper : alk. paper) |