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Steady and strong : people skills for principals
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ISBN: 1282923099 9786612923098 1607099772 9781607099772 9781607099758 1607099756 9781607099765 1607099764 Year: 2010 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education,

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In Steady and Strong: People Skills for Principals, Russ Thompson describes his experiences as the successful principal of three urban high schools. The challenges he faced ranged from gang activity and racial conflicts, to low expectations and ineffective teaching. Thompson takes you behind the scenes to examine the strategies he used to solve problems and make improvements.


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Handbook of clinical skills : a practical manual
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ISBN: 1282758217 9786612758218 9814277088 9789814277082 9789814277075 981427707X Year: 2010 Publisher: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific,

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There is growing acknowledgement of the importance of interpersonal and communication skills in the training of future physicians. Effective diagnostic and clinical management skills require competency in observing, listening, communicating, problem-solving and negotiating. In addition, the physician needs human relationship skills. It is apparent that a systematic curriculum is needed to teach these clinical skills to medical students and trainees and this handbook provides a practical guide. Each chapter in this book discusses one of the clinical skills in depth. A unique feature of this boo


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Team Work : 20 Steps to Success
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ISBN: 1599964635 9781599964638 9781599961712 Year: 2010 Publisher: Amherst : HRD Press,

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In Volume I of The Parker Team Series, Teamwork:20 Steps to Success, acclaimed author Glenn Parker states that " Successful teamwork requires doing lots of 'unspectacular little things,' such as having a clear purpose, building effective relationships, honoring your commitments, and an obsessive concern for communicating information." This quick, easy-to-read title is full of the information required to conduct teams in a more effective manner, including job aids and assessments. Teamwork:20 Steps to Success is the perfect primer for any type of team, from on-site, existing teams to brand-new,

The handbook of communication science
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ISBN: 1782688706 1452261857 1412982812 9781452261850 9781412982818 9781412918138 1412918138 1322418306 Year: 2010 Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage

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The opening chapters of this work address the methods of research and the history of the field of communication science. In subsequent parts, the authors examine the levels of analysis in communication, the functions of communication, and the contexts in which communication occurs.


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The language of public and private communication in a historical perspective
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ISBN: 9781443822022 1443822027 9781443821414 1443821411 1282650912 9786612650918 Year: 2010 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub.

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This volume examines a fundamental concept of language within a historical perspective. The concept is that of public and private communication, the historical period ranges from the late middle ages to the late modern, and the language is English. In sho


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Asserting yourself at work
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ISBN: 128368893X 0761215344 9780761215349 9780761214366 0761214364 Year: 2010 Publisher: [Saranac Lake, N.Y.] : American Management Association,

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Techniques for managing others while maintaining mutual respect. Asserting Yourself at Work provides business professionals with the communication tools and psychological foundation they need to perform more assertively on the job. Designed for front-line managers, supervisors, team leaders, team members, employees, and life-long learners, this course promotes the use of direct, inclusive communication as a powerful tool for achieving targeted goals and building lasting relationships. Asserting Yourself at Work teaches students the skills they need to behave and communicate more assertively-an


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Introduction to counselling survivors of interpersonal trauma
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ISBN: 1282750046 9786612750045 0857002139 9780857002136 9781843109624 184310962X 9781282750043 6612750049 Year: 2010 Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

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Victims of sexual and physical trauma can feel lost and disconnected from themselves and others. Christiane Sanderson's book explains how counsellors can restore connection to self and others, and facilitate recovery within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship.


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In the mind and across minds
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ISBN: 1282692410 9786612692413 1443821926 9781443821926 9781443821292 1443821292 9781282692411 6612692413 Year: 2010 Publisher: Newcastle Cambridge Scholars

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The present volume demonstrates the multifaceted potential of Relevance Theory, which, for more than two decades now, has been inspiring studies of the relationship between human communication and cognition. In the Mind and across Minds reflects the main strands of relevance-theoretic research, by expanding, evaluating and revising the researchers' ideas in a collection of papers by an international array of scholars. The papers explore various aspects of communication including such issues a...


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The self-organizing social mind
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ISBN: 0262014440 9786613594426 0262289237 1280499192 9780262289238 9780262289993 0262289997 9781280499197 9780262014441 6613594423 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,

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In this work, John Bolender proposes a new explanation for the forms of social relations. He argues that the core of social-relational cognition exhibits beauty - in the physicist's sense of the word, associated with symmetry.


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Interpersonal pragmatics
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ISBN: 128291216X 9786612912160 3110214334 9783110214338 9783110214321 3110214326 6612912162 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berlin New York De Gruyter Mouton

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This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from experts in a range of disciplines within linguistics and communication studies and provides a multifaceted perspective on both theoretical and applied approaches to the role of language in relational work.

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