The Art of Dialogue

Get your message across better by learning how to quickly identify important personality characteristics in others. When faced with situations where it is not feasible to administer the MBTI assessment tool, this book explains how to gauge people's values, motivations, and preferred communication styles.

With today's emphasis on team-based and collaborative management and decision making, communication can make or break an organization.

Developed for use in CAPT's FLEX training programs, this workbook teaches how to recognize your own preferred style of communication, how to recognize behavior cues that indicate personal interaction styles in others, and how to adjust—or "flex"—your style to better respond to particular individuals.

In a field where effective and empathic communication is crucial, an approach that recognizes and values different styles of communication is imperative.

An ideal resource for principles, teachers, superintendents, and those involved with leadership in schools. Differentiated School Leadership demostrates how an understanding of personality and leadership styles can help individuals and team members work together more effectively.

Does it seem as if there is always conflict in your work life, your home life, and your relationships? That's normal—even unavoidable—according to conflict resolution expert Sondra VanSant, who reveals the inborn roots of conflict.

The authors apply the 16 personality types to everyday situations — working, loving, parenting, and communicating with friends and colleagues — vividly illustrating how our personality preferences color our perceptions and experience.