When you say yes but mean no how silencing conflict wrecks relationships and companies, and what you can do about it

Main Author: Perlow, Leslie A., 1967-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Crown Business, c2003.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Suppressing, glossing, patching, and smoothing over : the many forms of the act of silence
  • The way we do things around here : the rules of the game that silence conflict and difference
  • Faking agreement : how the silent spiral begins
  • Saying "yes" when you really mean "no" : why silence costs so much
  • Starting up : what Clyde wouldn't say to Howie
  • The pros come on board : how the founders and the new CEO do a magnificent job of hiding their feelings
  • Two different universes : "we're creating order and structure" vs. "we're becoming fluffy with hierarchy"
  • Bad endings : what happens without mutual misunderstanding
  • Replacing the vicious spiral with the virtuous spiral : learning how to effectively express differences
  • The positive power of conflict : how to gain support and create role models.