Authentic Conversations: Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

Jamie Showkeir; Maren Showkeir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576755959 ISBN 13: 9781576755952

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

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 protecting The Showkeirs advocate instead Authentic Conversations that are based on an adult-adult model. In these conversations participants tell the truth, let go of the illusion of control, and view each other as in charge of their own motivation. The result is a conversation revolution that creates greater commitment, real accountability for results, and improved organizational performance.

About this title

About the Author

James and Maren Showkeir are principals of henning-showkeir & associates, inc., whose clients include 3M, Ford Motor Company, Kaiser Permanente, British Airways, Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Levi Strauss, the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, and the Nature Conservancy.
James and Maren Showkeir are principals of henning-showkeir & associates, inc., whose clients include 3M, Ford Motor Company, Kaiser Permanente, British Airways, Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Levi Strauss, the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, and the Nature Conservancy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576755959
• ISBN 13: 9781576755952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240