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Dealing with people you can't stand : how to bring out the best in people at their worst / Rick Brinkman, Rick Kirschner.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brinkman, Rick.
Contributor:
Kirschner, Rick.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal communication.
Psychology, Industrial.
Interpersonal Relations.
Medical Subjects:
Interpersonal Relations.
Psychology, Industrial.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 226 p. ) ill. ;
Edition:
Rev. and updated ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2002.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Focuses on the ten most unwanted types of difficult people in work situations--including the whiner, the sniper, and the know-it-all--and provides strategies for dealing with each type.
Contents:
The 10 most unwanted list
The lens of understanding
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions
From conflict to cooperation
Listen to understand
Reach a deeper understanding
Speak to be understood
Get what you project and expect
The tank
The sniper
The know-it-all
The think-they-know-it-all
The grenade
The yes person
The maybe person
The nothing person
The no person
The whiner
What if people can't stand you?
Communication and the challenge of technology
The eight ounces of prevention in phone communication
The eight ounces of prevention in e-mail communication.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
OCLC:
351377914

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