THE SKILLED HELPER has taught thousands of students a proven, step-by-step counseling process that equips them to become more confident and competent helpers. Internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity develop...
Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research exper...
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. 1. Human-Relations Training. 2. The Contract: An Overview of the Training Process. PART I: THE SKILLS OF LETTING YOURSELF BE KNOWN. 3. Self-Disclosure: How To Talk About Yourself to Others. 4. Expressing Feelings and Emotions. 5. Concreteness: How to Avoid Being Vague in Communication. PART II: THE SKILLS OF LISTENING AND RESPONDING. 6. The Skills of Attending and Listening. 7. The Skill of Responding with Understanding. 8. Genuineness and Respect as Communication Skills. PART III: THE SKILLS OF CHALLENGING. 9. Deeper Understanding. 10. Confrontation. 11. The Skill of Immediacy: "You-Me" Talk. PART IV: THE SKILLS OF EFFECTIVE GROUP PARTICIPATION. 12. The Skills of Being an Effective Group Communicator. 13. The Open Group. PART V: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 14. Changing Your Interpersonal Behavior.
Gerard Egan, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written over a dozen books and currently writes in the areas of communication, counseling, business and organization effectiveness, management development, leadership, the management of innovation and change, and organization politics and culture. He also conducts workshops in these areas both in the United States and abroad and is a consultant at a variety of companies and institutions worldwide.
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW. 1. Human-Relations Training. 2. The Contract: An Overview of the Training Process. PART I: THE SKILLS OF LETTING YOURSELF BE KNOWN. 3. Self-Disclosure: How To Talk About Yourself to Others. 4. Expressing Feelings and Emotions. 5. Concreteness: How to Avoid Being Vague in Communication. PART II: THE SKILLS OF LISTENING AND RESPONDING. 6. The Skills of Attending and Listening. 7. The Skill of Responding with Understanding. 8. Genuineness and Respect as Communication Skills. PART III: THE SKILLS OF CHALLENGING. 9. Deeper Understanding. 10. Confrontation. 11. The Skill of Immediacy: "You-Me" Talk. PART IV: THE SKILLS OF EFFECTIVE GROUP PARTICIPATION. 12. The Skills of Being an Effective Group Communicator. 13. The Open Group. PART V: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 14. Changing Your Interpersonal Behavior.