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Conversations Worth Having
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Conversations Worth Having

by Jacqueline M. Stavros, Cheri Torres, David L. Cooperrider
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
176 pages
3h 32m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Introduction

We live in worlds our conversations create.

– David L. Cooperrider

“I am struck by the simple fact that my impact as a leader, and even my whole day, goes better when I share my amazement, when we open minds, live into deeper and better questions, and interdependently emerge new things in every conversation …”

“Life worth living … must be made of affirmation.”

These are the words of one of the most remarkable chief executive officers I’ve ever worked with, arguably one of the greatest, most thoughtful corporate leaders of modern times. In one of its classic cover stories, Fast Company called him the Trillion Dollar Man. The article featured Dee Hock’s leadership theory and his founding of Visa, one of the largest, most innovative, ...

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ISBN: 9781523094035