Consensus Through Conversation: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions

by Larry Dressler

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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.
  • ISBN10 1576754197
  • ISBN13 9781576754191
  • Publish Date 12 November 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Berrett-Koehler