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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York magazine's work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations--featuring all-new advice! There's a reason Alison Green has been called "the Dear Abby of the work world." Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don't know what to say. Thankfully,...
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""A university ombudsman (a.k.a. "chief complaint officer") gives readers practical methods to speak up for themselves, resolve conflicts amicably, and get what they really want. Strategies are illustrated with humorous anecdotes drawn from the author's experience."--Provided by publisher"--
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"Uh-oh! We don't agree. But we can work it out! Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about conflict resolution fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we work it out!"--
6) It wasn't me
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The Hueys volume 2
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The Hueys may look the same, think the same, and even do the same things, but that doesn't mean they can't disagree. The only problem is, they can't seem to agree on what they didn't agree on in the first place! Which ultimately leads to an even bigger disagreement
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Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys.
"With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school,...
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Help make the world a more peaceful place. Learn how to stop conflict in its tracks. Keeping the Peace: the Kids' book of Peacemaking will teach kids to solve conflicts by first finding out what each person wants, and ending with a solution. This book will show kids how to use compassion, respect, responsibility, and honesty with those around them. Simple text and charming pictures will keep kids interested while they learn. It's never too early to...
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High conflict is what happens when discord distills into a good-versus-evil kind of feud, the kind with an us and a them. The normal rules of engagement no longer apply: we feel increasingly certain of our own superiority and, at the same time, more and more mystified by the other side. Ripley investigates how good people get captured by high conflict-- and how they break free. She interviews people who were drawn into high conflict, and shows how...
11) Rahma's gift
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Rahma has a gift for helping her classmates resolve their arguments, but when her best friend Madison gets mad at her, she is not sure what to do.
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"Who hasn't had to deal with a jerk at work? Whether it's a toxic team member who loves nothing better than to suck the life and excitement out of her colleagues or a bad boss who causes his employees to constantly dream of telling him to "Take this job and shove it!" or the difficult co-worker who isn't happy unless the office is filled with mayhem and drama, we've all had to deal with people on the job we would rather not. Based on proven approaches...
13) Anatole
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A French mouse decides to earn an honest living by tasting the cheese in a cheese factory and leaving notes about its quality.
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Henry Holt and Company
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2018.
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English
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"If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late. James Sexton knows this. After dealing with more than a thousand clients whose marriages have dissolved over everything from an ill-advised threesome with the nanny to the uneven division of carpool duties, he also knows all of the what-not-to-dos for couples who want to build--and consistently work to preserve--a lasting, fulfilling relationship. Described by former clients as a "courtroom gunslinger"...
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Zondervan
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[2024]
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English
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"Offering a groundbreaking path to productive and respectful conversations, Learning to Disagree from highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu equips you to have authentic dialogue and build rich relationships in a divided society . . . without compromising your convictions"--
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Penguin Books
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2015.
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This manual teaches seventeen fundamentals for turning any conflict into an opportunity for growth. Beautifully packaged in a graphic, two-color format, Changing the Conversation is written by conflict expert Dana Caspersen and is filled with real-life examples, spot-on advice, and easy-to-grasp exercises that demonstrate transformative ways to break out of destructive patterns, to create useful dialogue in difficult situations, and to find long-lasting...
19) Battles, hassles, tantrums & tears: strategies for coping with conflict and making peace at home
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Hearst Books
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c1993
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English
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