Safe Place for Dangerous Truths e-bog
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No more "e;checking for feet."e; This illuminating guide gets people to tell the truth at the meeting--not in the bathroom afterwards.Almost everybody lies. In one recent survey, 93% of people admitted to lying regularly at work! Why? Because it's safer than telling the truth. Sadly, organizations cannot succeed in this poisonous world of half-truths, strategic omissions, and doctored i...
E-bog
25,00 DKK
Forlag
AMACOM
Udgivet
23 april 2006
Længde
267 sider
Genrer
Entrepreneurship / Start-ups
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780814438107
No more "e;checking for feet."e; This illuminating guide gets people to tell the truth at the meeting--not in the bathroom afterwards.Almost everybody lies. In one recent survey, 93% of people admitted to lying regularly at work! Why? Because it's safer than telling the truth. Sadly, organizations cannot succeed in this poisonous world of half-truths, strategic omissions, and doctored information.A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths shows how the formal process of "e;dialogue"e; can create a safe place to tell the truth.In a lively discussion, author Annette Simmons shows managers how to use this technique to:encourage truth-telling by reducing fearprompting self-examination, and opening mindsbuild trust where suspicion and cynicism held swayinspire individuals to think and learn as a grouphelp groups talk through tough issues and move to collaborative actionTo function optimally, businesses must create an environment where people feel free to tell the truth, no matter how disturbing. Only then can organizations unleash the responsiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm necessary to achieve their goals.