Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution: Tools for Powerful Groups and Communities - Brossura

Dukes, E. Franklin; Piscolish, Marina A.; Stephens, J. B.

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ISBN 10: 0787950580 ISBN 13: 9780787950583

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2000

Riassunto

For everyone who works in and with groups-including mediators, managers, committee chairs, team leaders, consultants, teachers, and trainers-Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution presents clear principles and proven techniques for productive group experience. The book includes a wealth of examples and practical advice on how to guide groups to: articulate the values they hold dear, develop the principles that will guide their efforts, and clarify the shared expectations that will be honored throughout their work. Here you will find the knowledge and learn the skills necessary to demystify and facilitate conflict transformation and successful group problem solving.

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"If the world will be transformed through the actions and commitments of individual groups,which I believe to be true, this book teaches how to bring those groups into being and how to help them become both powerful and caring." (Peter Block, author of Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self–Interest and Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used)

"Anyone who works with people–and that means all of us–should read this book. For educators, Reaching for Higher Ground offers crucial lessons to support consensus, community building, and lasting change within classrooms, in school decision–making bodies, and in the policy making by state and local school boards. This book could move us beyond the dance of the dichotomies that so often sidetracks meaningful reforms to a higher ground that focuses on the needs of children and the right to learn." (Linda Darling Hammond, author of The Right to Learn)

"Have you worked with a group that just wasn′t working? Where unspoken rules kept the group from making progress? This book helps break through old uncomfortable ways of relating in organizations and groups, committees and families." (Sally Herndon Malek, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services)

"Thoughtful reflections and practical tools dot the landscape of this well–organized, wise, and refreshing book. . . . for anyone who plans, conducts or participates in any kind of meeting where time is precious and the outcomes matter to those involved." (Laura Chasin, director, Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Massachusetts)

"This is a valuable resource for people of faith who honor one another across differences and who want to live together faithfully, deeply, and lovingly. The authors beckon us beyond `common ground′ to `higher ground′." (Bishop Marion Edwards, North Carolina Conference, United Methodist Church)

"Reaching for Higher Ground educates and inspires...an invitation to be at our best in group discussions–to affirm the dignity of each participant, to respect diversity, and to encourage healthy and vigorous discussions. The authors provide a toolbox well stocked with practical methods for engaging in constructive, principled meetings. For the non–professional and professional alike, this book provides a wealth of relevant and highly valuable ideas about seeking excellence in ourselves and in our discussions." (Michael Lang – editor, Mediation Quarterly)

L'autore

E. FRANKLIN DUKES is associate director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Resolving Public Conflict. MARINA A. PISCOLISH is principal partner of MAPping Change, LLC, and an associate faculty member of the graduate program in conflict resolution at the McGregor School of Antioch University. JOHN B. STEPHENS is public dispute resolution program coordinator at the Institute of Government, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0787950580
• ISBN 13: 9780787950583
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 258