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 enlarge | Author: Susan Scott
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 5100
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0425193373
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.346
EAN: 9780425193372
ASIN: 0425193373
Publication Date: January 6, 2004
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 Destructive to say the least January 27, 2008
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
What a piece of destructive, corporate wanna-bees version of the world! This is an epic work worshiping the god /dess of mediocrity. "How dare you present things that shake the paradigm?" If you do, we need to have a "fierce conversation" regarding how you have upset our "etched in-stone" methods of business. You need to play the rules or out you go. I just suffered the humiliation of this as the background text to an "invigorating, uplifting" "retreat" in the field of education. I thought there was real progress moving forward with the "Appreciative Inquiry" movement, but I see that this trash, now the embraced holy text, is the backlash to that. Welcome to the cultural stage of fixed roles and top down directives where solutions are tromped into dust.
 Text for Maximizing Team Performance December 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book because it was used as a text in my MBA class for Maximizing Team Performance. Decent book, fairly easy to read.
 Writer has a unique voice, similar to a memoir December 13, 2007
I've read this book twice. Both times I was quite taken with the author's voice-- which crackles with life and spirit. THIS BOOK IS NOT DRY as one reviewer suggested. Her writing style is engaging and her personality leaps off of the page. I'd like to meet her!
I believe this and Difficult Conversations are good companion books, but I wouldn't select one over the either as they both have their place. Fierce Conversations has a singularity of message -- a big takeaway. Difficult conversations has multiple (good) messages and techniques.
How to talk to people November 18, 2007
Susan Scott hit a home run with this book. The title is misleading, in that people may think every conversation has to be fierce! This is an awesome book on how to talk with others! How to lead, how to follow and how to get out of the way. Asking questions to help others discover areas that need change is a time tested great way of helping! Let silence do the heavy lifting is my favorite line in this book. If you are looking to improve your verbal communication skills, this book is for you. If you are a leader and have to deal with others, this book is for you. If you are looking to help others in any area of life, this book is for you. This is a long book and needs to be read slowly and often and with a notebook handy! I equate it to a college class on communication! I am on my second read and figured out that I missed 90% of the material the first time!
Great book! Bravo Susan Scott!
Outstanding August 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Extremely useful in both personal and professional life. I've attended many classes & seminars in the last 30 years but still learned a host of valuable info. Highly recommended.
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