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The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations
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The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations

by Diana McLain Smith
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
320 pages
6h 47m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations

CONTENTS

FOREWORD Peter Senge

PART 1 Understanding Relationships

1 Present and Unaccounted For

2 The Life and Death of a Relationship

3 It's a Matter of Perspective

PART 2 Strengthening Relationships

4 Using the Heat of the Moment

5 Mapping Relationships

6 Focusing Investments, Managing Costs

PART 3 Transforming Relationships

7 Navigating Change Over Time

8 Disrupting Patterns

9 Reframing Each Other

10 Revising What You Know

APPENDIX A: A Guide to Behavioral Repertoires

APPENDIX B: The LadderofReflection

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADDITIONAL READING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE AUTHOR

INDEX

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