Creative Conflict

Marty Strong's direct and compelling message is focused on business, but in truth, its leadership tenets are agnostic as to industry, marketplace, private, or public setting. This is not a textbook. It is a personal conversation between a high-performance business leader and professionals searching for actionable insights that deliver results. Be Nimble provides mentorship, tips, tools, and useful examples to help drive home its valuable leadership insights. Marty Strong has an accomplished leadership career spanning four decades.

You can create a culture of respect at work and at home through the practical strategies and techniques taught in this book. From learning to take others' perspectives to creating a personal engagement plan to moving from gridlock to dialogue, you can be a carrier of respect. “Treating people with respect and valuing them is a universal language. Culture trumps strategy.”—Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ CEO Written in an easy-to-read conversational style, this short book will inspire you to spread respect far and wide.

Do you feel like people don't respect you? Maybe they ignore what you want or just take advantage of you. When that happens, life doesn't seem fair. But a sense of fairness can exist between you and everyone in your life when you learn to set true boundaries. Dave Jetson, a licensed professional counselor, has made a career out of helping people set boundaries. Now, in Setting True Boundaries, he will share with you the strategies his clients have used to transform their relationships and find peace of mind.

Sanjuanita Ramirez offers a compassionate and evidence-based approach to help you break free from anxious attachment and create the love life you've always longed for.

All businesses experience the insidious cost of conflict. Unfortunately, few have the skills or resources to combat this toxic and pervasive problem. Until now!

The Lure of Chianti & Fava Beans: How to Write a Killer Mystery is for writers. If you are a new writer (bravo!), this primer on mystery writing presents the basic building blocks that must be considered before your story is started. If you are a writer who wants to expand into mysteries or have a mystery subplot in your current work, this manual explains the critical details in fleshing out a great story. Also included are fiction writing basics.

Reclaim your life from the narcissist's grip, even if you’ve felt trapped in a relationship for years without hope of change. Are your empathy and kindness constantly taken advantage of, leaving you drained and questioning your reality? Are you desperately searching for ways to protect yourself and regain your self-worth? You're definitely not alone. Many empaths find themselves entangled in toxic relationships with narcissists, struggling to set boundaries and often feeling powerless.

We never intend to be in a relationship to struggle, cause pain, and feel hurt. Yet it happens so often! What are we doing wrong when our intentions are right? Fights, misunderstandings, and disconnection can taint even the purest of love. And then one starts questioning, "Will we ever have a healthy and harmonious relationship?" or "Are we right for each other?” These thoughts can create a snowballing effect that leads to breakup. When, in reality, the question one should ask is: “How can we have a healthy and harmonious relationship and be good to each other?”

Master co-parenting with a narcissist and protect your children—without compromising your mental well-being, even if it feels impossible. Do you often feel trapped in a toxic cycle, trying to co-parent with a narcissistic ex-partner? Do you worry about how your toxic co-parenting dynamic may affect your children's emotional well-being? Are you desperately seeking effective strategies to empower you to set boundaries, facilitate peaceful communication, and protect your mental health along the way?

Parenting isn't easy. Discipline is one of the most difficult experiences reported by parents, and it makes sense why. You're having to impose rules and limitations on children who don't understand many of these choices are made with their best interests in mind. Instead of gratitude, you get attitude. Whether you're going through the terrible twos and threes or navigating life with a surly teenager, within these minutes you'll find strategies and tactics to help you with the most frustrating situations.

Have you ever felt stuck in a toxic workplace or overwhelmed by office politics, unsure how to navigate the complexities and rise above? Discover the power to change all that with “How to Master Organizational Politics,” a game-changing guide that will elevate your leadership skills and transform your professional life. Are you tired of being caught off guard by office politics? This book is your essential roadmap for mastering the subtleties of organizational dynamics. You'll learn how to lead high-performing teams, create a positive workplace culture, and manage workplace toxicity ...

Desentraña tus relaciones y descubre por qué los hombres son de Marte y las mujeres de Venus. Un estudio de Harvard de 75 años encontró que el amor es el secreto para una vida plena. Dejemos de mirar los hechos y analicemos la gran pregunta: ¿Por qué? La razón número uno por el incremento dramático en las separaciones es que no nos tomamos el tiempo para una comunicación verdadera dentro de nuestra relación.

Are you tired of arguing and fighting with difficult people? Is your life filled with chaos and drama? Are you overly stressed because of how your boss, spouse, child, friend, co-worker, girlfriend, boyfriend or family member is treating you? Are you longing for peace of mind? In Amber Rain's book, Dealing with Difficult People: Coping with Conflict, Angry People, Abusive Behavior and Rage, you will find the help you need in order to make positive changes in your life.

When it comes to marital communication, this easy-to-understand book will teach you about the importance of healthy communication in a marriage and how to use effective/realistic communication techniques to improve love and intimacy with your spouse, to create a peaceful environment, to develop a fun-filled marriage, and also achieve a successful/happy marriage.

The Successful Roommate's Survivor Guide helps remove relationship roadblocks and build successful foundation in co-habitation, thus aiding to remove triggers and inflammatory situations with harmonious living. Great for college roommates, newly-weds, and even teens living at home.

Every successful salon owner understands that top-notch service is critical to business profitability and longevity. In this new edition of Ready, Set, Go! Beauty Book series, we show you how to differentiate your business by providing 5-star service. We help you understand the fundamentals and true meaning of customer service – what customers want, deserve and expect – and how to win customer loyalty by delivering the ultimate customer experience. It Starts with the Greeting It Continues Throughout the Visit Salon Talk Dealing With and Resolving Conflict How to Say No In today’s ...