Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated): Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time

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Penguin, 06.01.2004 - 368 Seiten
Fully revised and updated—the national bestselling communication skills guide that will help you achieve personal and professional success one conversation at a time.

The master teacher of positive change through powerful communication, Susan Scott wants you to succeed. To do that, she explains, you must transform everyday conversations at work and at home with effective ways to get your message across—and get what you want. In this guide, which includes a workbook and The Seven Principles of Fierce Conversations, Scott teaches you how to:

• Overcome barriers to meaningful communication
• Expand and enrich relationships with colleagues, friends, and family
• Increase clarity and improve understanding
• Handle strong emotions—on both sides of the table
• Connect with colleagues, customers and family at a deep level

Includes a Foreword by Ken Blanchard, the bestselling co-author of The One Minute Manager
 

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The Idea of Fierce
1
PRINCIPLE 1 Master the Courage to Interrogate Reality
13
PRINCIPLE 2 Come Out from Behind Yourself into the Conversation and Make It Real
67
PRINCIPLE 3 Be Here Prepared to Be Nowhere Else
91
PRINCIPLE 4 Tackle Your Toughest Challenge Today
124
PRINCIPLE 5 Obey Your Instincts
165
PRINCIPLE 6 Take Responsibility for Your Emotional Wake
187
PRINCIPLE 7 Let Silence Do the Heavy Lifting
218
Embracing the Principles
241
Appendix
249
Index
255
A Users Guide
267
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Autoren-Profil (2004)

Susan Scott maintains an international consulting practice through her firm, Fierce Conversations Inc., which provides Fierce Conversations, Fierce Leadership, and Fierce Coaching programs to CEOs and company leaders. For fourteen years, she ran think tanks and seminars for business leaders through TEC International, an organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOS around the world. Scott has extensive experience assisting companies with mission, vision, values, leadership development, cultural transformation, strategic planning, and executive coaching.

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