Book of Agreement
10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want
1st Edition
Published on 9. November 2002
274 pages
978-1-60509-335-2 (ISBN)
Description
For many people, negotiating an agreement is an adversarial process. But in this book, conflict resolution expert Stewart Levine shows how to design agreements collaboratively to reflect a clear joint vision of the desired outcome and produce results. The Book of Agreement provides ten powerful tools for creating successful agreements together. These tools help both parties clarify expectations, establish standards, and build partnership. More than 25 agreement templates covering all areas of life are included: professional templates include financial planners, realtors, therapists, consultants, and engineers, personal templates include spouses and domestic partners, children, and parents.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: Welcome to the World of Agreement and Resolution
- Business Organizations
- The Government
- The Not-for-Profit Sector
- Changing Personal Demographics
- PART I: THE FOUNDATION: LAWS, PRINCIPLES, ELEMENTS, AND TEMPLATES
- CHAPTER 1 The Law of Agreement
- CHAPTER 2 The Ten Essential Elements of Effective Agreements
- CHAPTER 3 Three Facets of Agreement
- CHAPTER 4 The New Mindset: Agreements for Results
- CHAPTER 5 Are They Legally Binding Contracts?
- CHAPTER 6 When Conflict Surfaces: The Resolutionary Model
- PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATIONS
- CHAPTER 7 Employment Relationships
- CHAPTER 8 Senior Executive Teams
- CHAPTER 9 Agreements with Suppliers
- CHAPTER 10 Sales Agreements
- CHAPTER 11 Team Agreements
- CHAPTER 12 Diversity Agreements
- CHAPTER 13 Learning Agreements
- CHAPTER 14 Joint Venture Agreements
- CHAPTER 15 Agreements Between Departments
- CHAPTER 16 Performance Appraisal Agreements
- CHAPTER 17 Feedback Agreements
- CHAPTER 18 Delegation Agreements
- CHAPTER 19 Board of Directors Agreements
- CHAPTER 20 Stockholders Agreements
- CHAPTER 21 Stakeholders Agreements
- CHAPTER 22 Community Agreements
- PART III: PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
- CHAPTER 23 Consultants
- CHAPTER 24 Personal Coaches
- CHAPTER 25 Therapists
- CHAPTER 26 Physicians, Dentists, and Healthcare Practitioners
- CHAPTER 27 Realtors
- CHAPTER 28 Building Contractors
- CHAPTER 29 Financial Planners
- CHAPTER 30 Lawyers
- PART IV: PERSONAL APPLICATIONS
- CHAPTER 31 Agreements with Yourself
- CHAPTER 32 Agreements with Spouses or Domestic Partners
- CHAPTER 33 Agreement Ending a Marriage
- CHAPTER 34 A Nuclear Family Agreement
- CHAPTER 35 Agreement with Extended Families
- CHAPTER 36 Agreement with Parents
- CHAPTER 37 Agreement Between Parents
- PART V: CREATING A CULTURE OF AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION
- CHAPTER 38 The Benefits of a Culture of Agreement
- CHAPTER 39 Creating a Culture of Agreement: Managing by Agreement, the New MBA
- CHAPTER 40 Designing an Implementation Plan
- Endnotes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- About the Author
