Getting to peace

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Edgar Papke

""When leaders fail to confront conflict, they become the 'biggest elephant' in the room." In a survey of more than 4,000 CEOs, executives, and managers, more than 90 percent admitted they were uncomfortable confronting or engaging in conflict. Yet leaders must realize that every conflict presents an opportunity to reach higher levels of performance. In The Elephant in the Boardroom, award-winning leadership psychologist Edgar Papke explores the unique and challenging relationship that leaders have with conflict, and offers the know-how needed to use conflict as the engine of innovation and creativity. As a result, you will learn how to act courageously and be better equipped to lead and win in today's complex and turbulent world. The Elephant in the Boardroom will help you: Better understand the unique relationship leaders have with conflict. Gain the self-knowledge required to confront conflict and attain higher levels of leadership performance. Learn how to foster cultures of openness and higher accountability. Identify the sources of dysfunctional conflict to create constructive change effectively. Learn to use a proven, seven-step model for effectively managing and leveraging conflict. Are you ready to confront the "big elephant in the room," and manage the elephants living and thriving in your organization?"--

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Luc Reychler

"In this book political scientist and peace researcher Luc Reychler gets to the heart of a major transformation of the international society at the end of the twentieth century, namely democratization. It addresses questions about the definition of democracy; the spread of it; the assessment of progress and the factors influencing the successes of failures of the transition process. Reychler rejects theories that posit that democracy is not inherently universal. He argues instead that a consolidated democracy has empirically shown to be the best instrument for guaranteeing freedom, respect for human rights, welfare and security. The problem however is in the democratic peace building process. The devil is in the transition. Many efforts will fail. But within a generation, he expects a fourth wave of democracy throughout the world that few analysts would have dared to imagine."--Jacket.

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Ernesto Verdeja

"[Book title] addresses the core concept of respect at four different social levels--political, institutional, civil society, and interpersonal--to explain the promise and challenges of securing reconciliaton and broader social regeneration."--Book jacket.

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Miriam Logan

Helps to learn what it takes to be creative with conflict. This title includes topics such as: reclaim our creative potential, empower our human needs, and respect our differences.