Clive Johnson – författare

Managing Conflict at Work provides practical guidance on how to prevent, contain and resolve conflict in the workplace. It demonstrates how effective conflict management can have a powerful impact on the way organisations channel their energies; encouraging positive mindsets and building stronger and happier workforces. Putting the cost of rising conflict in context with recessionary times, it looks beyond individual cases to issues such as workforce motivation and corporate responsibility. The authors provide a wide range of practical techniques, tools and templates to support individuals who need to facilitate the resolution of employee disputes. Aimed not just at mediators and conflict practitioners, but at staff managers and anyone who needs to deal with people disputes; the book emphasises simple and practical ways for dealing with conflict situations - both when potential disputes are first emerging, and once a conflict has escalated into a formal complaint.Also including international case studies, extensive appendix of templates, tools and forms, including stakeholder analysis, mediation in-take forms and reflective questioning prompts, Managing Conflict at Work provides practical support to ensure that your company prevents disputes and stays within the law. The book is accompanied by an extensive range of ready-to-use templates and case studies and is supported by a dedicated website, providing information and downloads referred to in the book, as well as videos and podcasts.

Labyrinths have fascinated the people of many different cultures, across many millennia. Their popularity in recent times is phenomenal–more labyrinths have come into being since the start of the twenty-first century than in the remainder of human history put together. Today, hundreds of thousands of people regularly walk labyrinths.

Labyrinths are found in public squares, hospital gardens, university campuses, and school playgrounds. Portable, canvas labyrinths and lap-held finger versions have brought the labyrinth to new communities, and made them accessible in the home.

This book sets out to explore why this explosion in interest is happening, and asks what happens when a person steps into the labyrinth. Following a brief survey of the history of labyrinths, it turns to question how we should approach walking a labyrinth, and offers many practical suggestions for first-time walkers, as well as individuals and groups who are considering commissioning or creating a labyrinth of their own.

An extensive guide to available resources for locating, making, buying, and working with labyrinths is included in this innovative and accessible book.

Los laberintos han fascinado a personas de muchas culturas diferentes, a través de los años. Su popularidad en los últimos tiempos es fenomenal – han surgido más laberintos desde inicios del siglo XXI que en el resto de la historia humana. Hoy en día, cientos de miles de personas caminan regularmente por los laberintos.

Pueden encontrarse laberintos en plazas públicas, jardines de hospitales, campus universitarios y patios de juegos escolares. Los laberintos portables, de lienzo y las versiones de dedos han llevado los laberintos a nuevas comunidades, y los han hecho accesibles en el hogar.

Este libro pretende abordar por qué está sucediendo esta explosión y qué sucede cuando una persona entra en un laberinto. Luego de un breve repaso a la historia de los laberintos, se cuestiona nuevamente cómo debemos caminar por un laberinto, y brinda muchas sugerencias para los caminantes por primera vez, así como individuos y grupos que están considerando  crear un laberinto propio.

En este innovador y accesible libro se incluye una extensa guía de recursos disponibles para ubicar, hacer, comprar y trabajar con laberintos.