Consensus Through Conversation: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions
Language: English
Published by Berrett-Koehler, 2006
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Whether you facilitate meetings for a living or simply as part of your job, you've surely found yourself "standing in the fire"-at the center of a group that is polarized, angry, fearful, and confused. Veteran facilitator Larry Dressler has found that what makes the crucial difference in these situations is the leader's presence. You have to master a way of being that allows you to remain effective no matter how hot things get. Dressler shows how to cultivate six "stances"-mental, emotional, and physical- that will keep you steady, impartial, purposeful, compassionate, and good-humored, Drawing on his own experiences and the insights of thirty-five distinguished practitioners, he helps you keep your cool and make the kind of inventive, split-second decisions these pressure-cooker situations demand.
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- Title
- Consensus Through Conversation: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions
- Author
- Larry Dressler
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1576754197
- ISBN 13
- 9781576754191
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About the Author
As the founder of Blue Wing Consulting, Larry has traveled throughout the country speaking, consulting, and connecting with people who embody what he calls "Wide-Awake LeadershipTM." He has worked with a wide variety of organizations, including Nissan Motors, USC University Hospital, Starbucks, Washington Department of Ecology, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, U.S. Federal Protective Services, and Cisco Systems.
Described by clients as a "gentle instigator of breakthrough conversations," Larry's work has brought him to interesting places including the headquarters of companies in 30 industries, a "circus school" in Colorado, the Ecuadorian Amazon, and Skid Row, Los Angeles. Whether in a corporate boardroom, on a factory floor or underneath a rainforest canopy, Larry's special talent for posing powerful questions and setting collaboration in motion is at the heart of his work.
Larry's education combines the disciplines of social psychology and business strategy. He earned his BA degree in Sociology from UCLA and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He has also completed post-graduate coursework in Organizational Psychology. He lives with his wife, Linda in Boulder, Colorado.
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