The Book of Agreement: 10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You WantCrafting agreements with others is a fundamental life skill. Unfortunately, we were never taught how to do it. The agreements most people make are incomplete and ineffective-they usually focus on protecting against what might go wrong instead of figuring out how to make things go right. The Book of Agreement offers a new approach. Stewart Levine demonstrates the superiority of "agreements for results" versus "agreements for protection" and outlines ten principles for creating agreements that explicitly articulate desired outcomes and provide a roadmap to achieving them. He includes over thirty specific templates that can be used to create this new type of agreement for results in a variety of organizational and personal contexts. |
Contents
Welcome to the World of Agreement and Resolution | 1 |
THE FOUNDATION LAWS PRINCIPLES ELEMENTS AND TEMPLATES | 13 |
ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATIONS | 67 |
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS | 141 |
PERSONAL APPLICATIONS | 177 |
CREATING A CULTURE OF AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION | 211 |
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The Book of Agreement: 10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want Stewart Levine No preview available - 2002 |
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