You and Me: The Skills of Communicating and Relating to Others - Softcover

Egan, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081850238X ISBN 13: 9780818502385

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 1977

Synopsis

Focusing on skills of self-disclosure, listening, responding, challenging, and participating in groups, You and Me presents a systematic step-by-step procedure for increasing self-awareness and improving communication skills.

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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. 1. Human-Relations Training. 2. The Contract: An Overview of the Training Process. PART I: THE SKILLS OF LETTING YOURSELF BE KNOWN. 3. Self-Disclosure: How To Talk About Yourself to Others. 4. Expressing Feelings and Emotions. 5. Concreteness: How to Avoid Being Vague in Communication. PART II: THE SKILLS OF LISTENING AND RESPONDING. 6. The Skills of Attending and Listening. 7. The Skill of Responding with Understanding. 8. Genuineness and Respect as Communication Skills. PART III: THE SKILLS OF CHALLENGING. 9. Deeper Understanding. 10. Confrontation. 11. The Skill of Immediacy: "You-Me" Talk. PART IV: THE SKILLS OF EFFECTIVE GROUP PARTICIPATION. 12. The Skills of Being an Effective Group Communicator. 13. The Open Group. PART V: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 14. Changing Your Interpersonal Behavior.

About the Author:

Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books and currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, management development, the management of innovation and change, leadership and organization politics and culture. He also conducts workshops in these areas both in the United States and abroad and is a consultant at a variety of companies and institutions worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 081850238X
• ISBN 13: 9780818502385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368