Calming the Storm
A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2024
224 pages
979-8-8818-0194-6 (ISBN)
Description
If you are a leader-in any sense of the word-or aspire to be an effective one, the world desperately needs you. Perhaps you are an elected or appointed official. Or you run a library. Or you coach a Little League team. While leaders do many things, a major cornerstone of effective leadership is conflict management.
Filled with many engaging stories and examples, Calming the Storm: A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts presents seventy-five short and quick guidelines for getting past useless arguments and taming cranky issues. Conflict management expert Peter S. Adler brings decades of national and international experience that will be useful for all types of leaders in the public, private, and civil sectors who need to negotiate considerations, calm frictions, mend fences, and facilitate cooperation. This practical book provides a reservoir of ideas that can be used and adapted for diverse, individual situations.
Filled with many engaging stories and examples, Calming the Storm: A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts presents seventy-five short and quick guidelines for getting past useless arguments and taming cranky issues. Conflict management expert Peter S. Adler brings decades of national and international experience that will be useful for all types of leaders in the public, private, and civil sectors who need to negotiate considerations, calm frictions, mend fences, and facilitate cooperation. This practical book provides a reservoir of ideas that can be used and adapted for diverse, individual situations.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 textbox
ISBN-13
979-8-8818-0194-6 (9798881801946)
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09/2024
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€93.90
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Person
Peter S. Adler, Ph.D. is a partner in GUILD Consulting and the former president and CEO of The Keystone Center (www.keystone.org). Adler's specialty is multi-party problem-solving for policy and governance disputes and for enterprises seeking operational alignment, excellence, and strategy. He has extensive national and international experience with business and policy negotiations and writes, trains, and teaches in areas of conflict management. Adler is a former Peace Corps volunteer and has held executive positions with the Hawai'i Supreme Court, Hawai'i Justice Foundation, and the Neighborhood Justice Center and served as president of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. He has authored five books and other publications in the field of conflict management.
Content
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Want to Calm a Storm?
I. Timing is Everything
II. Be Ready to Enlist Others into Your Effort
III. Get into an "Independence" Zone
IV. Help Rivals Find Sweet Spots
V. Watch "Power" Expand, Shift, or Attenuate
VI. Grab that Sudden Innovation Inspiration and See if it Fits
VII. Uncover Fresh Energy
VIII. Make Teams High Performing
IX. Listen More, Absorb Everything, Talk Sparingly
X. Find Facts (Together)
XI. Take on the Snarky Governance Problem
XII. Look Around the Bend and Over the Horizon
XIII. Build Pacts, Treaties, Bargains, and Accords
XIV. Choreograph Moves
XV. Move Past Gridlock
Postscript
About the Author
Introduction
Want to Calm a Storm?
I. Timing is Everything
II. Be Ready to Enlist Others into Your Effort
III. Get into an "Independence" Zone
IV. Help Rivals Find Sweet Spots
V. Watch "Power" Expand, Shift, or Attenuate
VI. Grab that Sudden Innovation Inspiration and See if it Fits
VII. Uncover Fresh Energy
VIII. Make Teams High Performing
IX. Listen More, Absorb Everything, Talk Sparingly
X. Find Facts (Together)
XI. Take on the Snarky Governance Problem
XII. Look Around the Bend and Over the Horizon
XIII. Build Pacts, Treaties, Bargains, and Accords
XIV. Choreograph Moves
XV. Move Past Gridlock
Postscript
