Peter Block
author of Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, and Community
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Recommended by Peter Block
“Workplaces are designed for conflict. They bring together competing interests of customers, designers, marketers, engineers, manufacturers and budgets. This book provides practical and easily implemented ways to allow these conflicts to be productive and relationship building. I highly recommend the book and hope that its insights leak into the larger arena of our civic and political dialogue. In the end, our way of life may depend on our capacity to trust and cooperate with strangers. The ideas in this book take us in that direction.” (from Amazon)
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Judy Ringer, James Warda(you?)
“An essential addition to the conflict resolution toolkit.” —Marshall Goldsmith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers In today’s workplace, managers, leaders, and HR professionals often believe they don’t have the time to help employees navigate conflict. More often than not, however, it takes more time not to address conflict than to constructively intervene. But before you can successfully guide others in managing disagreements, you must be able to manage yourself--your mindset, presence, and behaviors. Turn Enemies into Allies offers a way of working with clashing employees that is deliberate and systematic--one that draws on the author's expertise in conflict and communication skill-building and a decades-long practice in mind-body principles from the martial art aikido. Following the author’s step-by-step guide, you will: Acquire the skill and confidence to coach conflicting employees back to a professional, effective working relationship, while simultaneously changing their lives for the better.Restore control and peace of mind to the workplace.Increase your leadership presence.
Recommended by Peter Block
“What Simon Severino offers is rare in this world. His curiosity and affection for humanity shine through this book and the Strategy Sprints method he shares in it.” (from Amazon)
You can grow your revenue and scale your business without sacrificing your whole personal life. It's all about working smarter, not longer. Strategy Sprints is the blueprint that you need to increase your effectiveness, grow your revenue and secure business resilience. Using the "Sprints" method, agile expert Simon Severino shows you how to transform your business with 12 assignments or "sprints" that will make you more impactful as a business leader, grow your revenue and make your strategy execution rock. Through these tried and tested exercises, businesses blow the competition out of the water. Strategy Sprints will teach you to identify the bottlenecks that are weighing your business down, turn you and anyone in your team into a sales superstar and streamline processes so you spend time where it matters. The outcomes you'll master include: - developing a compelling vision - mapping out where you can make the most money - increasing your conversion rates to sales With plenty of practical tools and templates that work, learn how Strategy Sprints can transform your business.