Authentic Conversations
Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment
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Authentic Conversations explores everyday workplace conversations and shows their power in transforming organizations and driving organizational performance.
Traditional workplace conversations - which are based on a parent-child model - stymie growth and erode commitment. The Showkeirs advocate instead authentic conversations that are based on an adult-adult model. These conversations tell the truth, let go of the illusion of control, and view people as in charge of their own motivation. The result is a conversation revolution that creates greater commitment, real accountability for results, and improved organizational performance.
©2008 James D. Showkeir and Maren S. Showkeir (P)2012 Berrett-Koehler PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
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Secrets to Winning at Office Politics
- How to Achieve Your Goals and Increase Your Influence at Work
- By: Marie G. McIntyre PhD
- Narrated by: Margaret Strom
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 134
Whether you are a new player or a seasoned veteran, Secrets to Winning at Office Politics can help you increase your personal power without compromising your integrity or taking advantage of others. This smart, practical guide shows you how to stop wasting energy on things you can't change and start taking steps to get what you want.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Amateur.
- By Christie on 08-11-18
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Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
- The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results, 2nd Edition
- By: Anthony Mersino PMP
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Research indicates that emotional intelligence (EI) accounts for an astonishing 70-80 percent of management success. Technical expertise just isn't enough anymore: Project managers need strong interpersonal skills and the ability to recognize emotional cues in order to lead their teams to success. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers introduces listeners to all facets of EI and shows how emotions can be leveraged to meet project goals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Book!
- By Anonymous User on 04-09-21
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The Oz Principle
- Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
- By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman
- Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 783
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Story4 out of 5 stars 783
The Oz Principle is the groundbreaking work that demonstrates the vital role of accountability in the achievement of business results and the improvement of both individual and organizational performance. With more than a half million copies sold, The Oz Principle has emerged as one of the most influential and useful business ideas of recent times. The Oz Principle shows how to overcome The Blame Game that is so prevalent in organizations today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trustless Accountability
- By Michael on 04-23-17
By: Roger Connors, and others
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The Stay Interview
- A Manager's Guide to Keeping the Best and Brightest
- By: Richard P. Finnegan
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
This practical guide introduces managers to a powerful new engagement and retention tool: the stay interview. Smart companies have begun conducting these periodic reviews in order to discover why their important talent might leave and to solve any problems before they actually quit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great advice.
- By Kevin L. Jeter on 11-02-18
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Sales Leadership
- The Essential Leadership Framework to Coach Sales Champions, Inspire Excellence, and Exceed Your Business Goals
- By: Keith Rosen MCC
- Narrated by: Keith Rosen MCC
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
What if you can successfully coach anyone in 15, five, or even 60 seconds using one question? Sales Leadership makes delivering consistent, high-impact coaching easy. For busy, caring managers, this removes the pressure and misconception that, "Coaching is difficult, doesn't work, and I don't have time to coach." Since most managers don't know how to coach, they become part of the non-stop, problem-solving legion of frustrated Chief Problem Solvers who habitually do other's work, create dependency, and nourish the seed of mediocrity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Link to collateral mentioned in the book was dead
- By Gina Godsey on 01-22-19
By: Keith Rosen MCC
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What Do You Really Want for Your Children?
- By: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
- Narrated by: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 335
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 285
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Story5 out of 5 stars 282
Questioning thousands of parents and educators, Dr. Wayne Dyer learned firsthand what people really want for their children. They don't particularly want their kids to go to fancy schools, acquire riches, or live "the good life". They do want them to have personal integrity and high self-esteem, and to grow up with love and peace in their hearts. Children raised the Wayne Dyer way feel useful and needed. They are inner- rather than outer-directed. They live a stress-free life naturally, without resorting to drugs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deaply helpful
- By Dominique on 04-28-15
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Power Listening
- Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All
- By: Bernard T Ferrari
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
Listening is harder than it looks - but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help you become an active listener, able to shape and focus any conversation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better listening made easy
- By Alejandro A. on 09-07-12
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Thanks for the Feedback
- The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
- By: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
- Narrated by: Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,446
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,186
The coauthors of the New York Times best-selling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: How we see ourselves. Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past 15 years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. In Thanks for the Feedback, they explain why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor narration ruins yet another good read
- By WordNerd on 08-25-14
By: Sheila Heen, and others
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Coaching for Performance, 5th Edition
- The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership
- By: Sir John Whitmore, John McFarlane - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Lyddon
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Written by Sir John Whitmore, the pioneer of coaching, and Performance Consultants, the global market leaders in performance coaching, this extensively revised and extended edition will revolutionize the traditional approach to organizational culture. Brand-new practical exercises, corporate examples, and coaching dialogues strengthen the learning process, whilst a critical new chapter demonstrates how to measure the benefits of coaching as a return on investment, ensuring this landmark new edition will remain at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent concept
- By copious on 03-27-21
By: Sir John Whitmore, and others
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Managers as Mentors
- Building Partnerships for Learning (Third Edition)
- By: Chip R. Bell, Marshall Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Mark Peckham
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
Managers as Mentors is a rapid-fire listen and a provocative guide to helping associates grow and adapt in today’s tumultuous organizations. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. As with previous editions there is a fictional case study of a mentor-protégé relationship running through the book, but this is augmented with six actual case studies of top CEOs who relate key mentoring experiences in their lives. This hands-on guide takes the mystery out of effective mentoring.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great tips and tools on mentoring
- By Hello on 01-14-23
By: Chip R. Bell, and others
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The 8th Habit
- From Effectiveness to Greatness
- By: Stephen R. Covey
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Covey
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,898
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
The 8th Habit is the answer to the soul's yearning for greatness, the organization's imperative for significance and superior results, and humanity's search for its "voice". Profound, compelling, and stunningly timely, this groundbreaking new audiobook of next level thinking gives a clear way to finally tap the limitless value-creation promise of the Knowledge Worker Age.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Real Disappointment
- By Mark on 03-08-07
By: Stephen R. Covey
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Journey to the Emerald City
- By: Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman
- Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
Building on the success of their previous title, The Oz Principle, Connors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces. Journey to the Emerald City details a clear road map for accelerating the move to a culture of accountability in which people focus on achieving the results critical to a company's future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every creative leaders go to book
- By June on 01-08-18
By: Roger Connors, and others
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Die Empty
- Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
- By: Todd Henry
- Narrated by: Todd Henry
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 829
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 723
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Story4 out of 5 stars 709
Most of us live with the stubborn idea that we'll always have tomorrow to do our most important and valuable work. We fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we're often left asking ourselves "did the work I do today really matter?" We feel the ticking of the clock, but we're stuck in first gear, unsure of the path forward and without a road map to guide us.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Deeeeep sigh. And a tired one at that.
- By Oliver Nielsen on 12-25-13
By: Todd Henry
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Necessary Endings
- The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward
- By: Henry Cloud
- Narrated by: Henry Cloud
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,556
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,174
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,157
While endings are a natural part of business and life, we often experience them with a sense of hesitation, sadness, resignation, or regret. But consultant, psychologist, and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud sees endings differently. He argues that our personal and professional lives can only improve to the degree that we can see endings as a necessary and strategic step to something better.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Good One
- By Philips Adeniyi on 03-26-12
By: Henry Cloud
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Stop Selling and Start Leading
- How to Make Extraordinary Sales Happen
- By: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner, Deb Calvert
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
In the Age of the Customer, sales effectiveness depends mightily on the buyer experience. Despite nearly universal agreement on the need for creating value in every step of the buyer’s journey, sellers continue to struggle with how to create that value and connect meaningfully with buyers. New research bridges the gap and reveals the behavioral blueprint for sellers that makes buyers more likely to meet with them - and more likely to buy from them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sales leadership 101
- By Sole Trades on 08-29-20
By: James M. Kouzes, and others
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- Whistle 1
- 11-22-24
Outstanding!
Highly recommended. Does require work though but it’s definitely worth the read or listen. One of the best books I’ve read on communication.
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- Muna
- 03-22-22
great book
I loved it, it is a deep dive with step by step direction to hold self accountable and steir the conversation away from the traditional parent child work relationship.
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- Michelle Santoro
- 04-07-17
Great book for learning mindful communication
this book is really great for learning mindful communication at work and for every day. I like that it also gave examples of how to change your words to make a better conversation. I think everyone should read/listen to this book. I will highly recommend this book to all my friends, family and co-workers.
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- Cindy W.
- 10-14-17
Excellent
So many excellent suggestions, comments and ideas for any business and to assist with personal growth!
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