Calming the Storm : A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts - Peter Steven Adler

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Calming the Storm

A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts

By: Peter Steven Adler

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Hardcover | 2 September 2024

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224 Pages

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23.7 x 15.62 x 1.88

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If you are a leader—in any sense of the word—or aspire to be an effective one, the world desperately needs you. Perhaps you are an elected or appointed official. Or you run a library. Or you coach a Little League team. While leaders do many things, a major cornerstone of effective leadership is conflict management.

Filled with many engaging stories and examples, Calming the Storm: A Leader's Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts presents seventy-five short and quick guidelines for getting past useless arguments and taming cranky issues. Conflict management expert Peter S. Adler brings decades of national and international experience that will be useful for all types of leaders in the public, private, and civil sectors who need to negotiate considerations, calm frictions, mend fences, and facilitate cooperation. This practical book provides a reservoir of ideas that can be used and adapted for diverse, individual situations.

Industry Reviews

"This is a book that needed to be written and none better to do so than Peter Adler who has spent a lifetime building human bridges and guiding deeply divided stakeholders toward consensus on intractable societal issues."

-- Clinton A. Vince, partner and chair, Dentons' US Energy Practice Group; co-chair of Dentons Global Energy Sector

"Peter Adler brings his unique and vast experience to a vexing challenge in today's landscape-how can we foster more cooperation and collaboration in an environment dominated by ideological and partisan divides. Through carefully selected vignettes and historical examples, he explores the tactics and techniques essential to being a positive leader in today's demanding environment. He covers this material with incredible insight and inspiration. This is a must-read for anyone interested in good government."

-- Thomas Corbett, Senior Scientist Emeritus, University of Wisconsin; affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty

"Calming the Storm offers an amazing collection of wisdom and anecdotes revealing Peter Adler's deep experience in the conflict resolution and consensus building field. I often found several things delightfully new that I didn't know on practically every page of this book. For people who are new to the field, the treasures here are even more abundant. This book is unlike any other book in the field: it is useful, but at the same time, it is just plain fun!"

-- Dr. Heidi Burgess, founder and co-director, University of Colorado; Conflict Information Consortium; Beyond Intractability

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