Powerful Conversations: How High Impact Leaders Communicate

Harkins, Phil

McGraw-Hill Education（2017/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781260019629
• DDC分類 658.45

Full Description

Powerful conversations breed powerful organizations

"Phil Harkins has it exactly right. To be a leader is to communicate powerfully—as he does in this thoughtful book." —Robert B. Reich, Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University

Business communications expert Phil Harkins helps Fortune 500 companies drive growth and increase productivity with his proven strategies. Now, this updated edition of his communications classic provides the insight and expertise you need to seize the competitive edge in your own industry.

Packed with goal-oriented strategies, tools, and real-life examples from some of today's top leaders, Powerful Conversations helps you advance both personal and organizational goals with every word you speak. This game-changing guide provides the tools you need to:

* Plan, conduct, and measure powerful conversations
* Use the "Tower of Power" to coach employees
* Apply the four Cs of Trust: Clarity, Caring, Consistency, and Commitment
* Retain your best employees
* Determine your leadership competencies through the Leadership Assessment Instrument

Mastering the three stages of a Powerful Conversation—from shared feelings and beliefs, to an exchange of wants and needs, to action steps and mutual commitments—will help you better manage your interactions and enhance your leadership skills.

Personal and organizational success is driven by the right words used at the right time. Use Powerful Conversations to turbo-charge your career and make your company the envy of its industry.

Contents

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Part I: The Discipline of Powerful Conversations

1: Powerful Conversations and High-Impact Leaders

2: The Structure and Impact of Powerful Conversations

3: The Types of Powerful Conversations

4: The Swamp: Getting Into and Out of Bad Conversations

5: Difficult Conversations

Part II: Powerful Conversations in Practice

6: Powerful Conversations and Trust

7: The Agenda for Change

8: Passionate Champions

9: Retaining Great People

10: The Voice of Leadership

Appendix: A Powerful Conversations Toolbox

Tool 1: Planning, Conducting, and Measuring Powerful Conversations

Tool 2: The Tower of Power

Tool 3: The Leadership Assessment Instrument (LAI)

Tool 4: The Trust Tool

Tool 5: The Change Tool

Tool 6: The Retention Tool

Index