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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Main Author: Showkeir, Jamie, 1952-
Other Authors: Showkeir, Maren, 1957-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:BK business book.
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