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 |
PARTI | 13 |
The Ten Essential Elements of Effective Agreements | 26 |
Three Facets of Agreement | 39 |
Are They Legally Binding Contracts? | 55 |
PART II | 67 |
Senior Executive Teams | 74 |
Sales Agreements | 82 |
Consultants | 143 |
Personal Coaches | 148 |
Therapists | 152 |
Physicians Dentists and Healthcare Practitioners | 156 |
Realtors | 162 |
Building Contractors | 166 |
Financial Planners | 170 |
Lawyers | 173 |
Team Agreements | 90 |
Diversity Agreements | 94 |
Learning Agreements | 98 |
Joint Venture Agreements | 103 |
Agreements Between Departments | 108 |
Performance Appraisal Agreements | 113 |
Feedback Agreements | 117 |
Delegation Agreements | 121 |
Board of Directors Agreements | 125 |
Stockholders Agreements | 129 |
Stakeholders Agreements | 133 |
Community Agreements | 137 |
PART III | 141 |
PART IV | 177 |
Agreements with Yourself | 179 |
Agreements with Spouses or Domestic Partners | 182 |
Agreement Ending a Marriage | 188 |
A Nuclear Family Agreement | 193 |
Agreement with Extended Families | 197 |
Agreement with Parents | 202 |
Agreement Between Parents | 205 |
CREATING A CULTURE OF AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION | 211 |
Designing an Implementation Plan | 233 |
Selected Bibliography | 239 |
About the Author | 247 |
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The Book of Agreement: 10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want Stewart Levine No preview available - 2002 |
The Book of Agreement: 10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want Stewart Levine No preview available - 2002 |
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