Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking TogetherDialogue provides practical guidelines for one of the essential elements of true partnership--learning how to talk together in honest and effective ways. Reveals how problems between managers and employees, and between companies or divisions within a larger corporation, stem from an inability to conduct a successful dialogue. |
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Contents
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| 7 | |
| 17 | |
Why We Think Alone and What We Can Do About It | 49 |
The Timeless Way of Conversation | 70 |
Listening | 83 |
Respecting | 110 |
Suspending | 134 |
Setting the Container | 239 |
Fields of Conversation | 252 |
Convening Dialogue | 291 |
The Ecology of Thought | 300 |
Dialogue and the New Economy | 323 |
Cultivating Organizational and System Dialogue | 336 |
Dialogue and Democracy | 360 |
Taking Wholeness Seriously | 387 |
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Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together: A Pioneering Approach to ... William Isaacs Limited preview - 1999 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together |
| Author | William Isaacs |
| Publisher | Crown Publishing Group, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0307483789, 9780307483782 |
| Length | 448 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Business Communication / General Business & Economics / Skills Self-Help / Communication & Social Skills |
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