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Review
“The Power of a Good Fight” by Lynne Eisaguirre
This practical book helps managers and employers discover their team members’ and colleagues’ conflict styles, and explores how to use those styles to their advantage. It explains how to embrace and use conflict to create meaningful change, innovation and successful relationships; build winning teams that understand the necessity of conflict and use conflict creatively; skillfully confront others and be confrontable; and understand and harness unique styles to make conflict work.
“The Coward’s Guide to Conflict” by Tim Ursiny, Ph.D.
In his book, success coach Dr. Tim Ursiny shows that conflict can be a good thing and that facing up to it can lead to fantastic results. The Coward’s Guide to Conflict gives strength, techniques, motivations and challenges to the people who need it most. It’s step-by-step approach shows how to prepare, maintain your integrity, and work toward resolution.
“Since Strangling Isn’t an Option – Dealing with Difficult People Common Problems and Uncommon Solutions” by Sandra A. Crowe,
This refreshing, realistic guide, with revealing self-quizzes and engaging exercises provide real solutions to oftentimes “unreal” problems. It explores why dealing with a difficult person doesn’t have to ruin your day, the habits that cause continued conflict and techniques that turn things around, and how to develop an “attitude of gratitude” to smooth the way in shaping relationships.
(Submitted by Cornelia Gamlem, August 2007)
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