Humble Inquiry Second Edition

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609949839

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Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

Communication is essential in a healthy organization. But all too often when we interact with people—especially those who report to us—we simply tell them what we think they need to know. This shuts them down. To generate bold new ideas, to avoid disastrous mistakes, to develop agility and flexibility, we need to practice Humble Inquiry. Ed Schein defines Humble Inquiry as “the fine art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building a relationship based on curiosity and interest in the other person.” In this seminal work, Schein contrasts Humble Inquiry with other kinds of inquiry, shows the benefits Humble Inquiry provides in many different settings, and offers advice on overcoming the cultural, organizational, and psychological barriers that keep us from practicing it.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523092635

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Humble Inquiry, Second Edition by Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein Pdf

This worldwide bestseller offers simple guidance for building the kind of open and trusting relatonships vital for tackling global systemic challenges and developing adaptive, innovative organizations—over 200,000 copies sold and translated into seventeen languages! We live, say Edgar and Peter Schein, in a culture of “tell.” All too often we tell others what we think they need to know or should do. But whether we are leading or following, what matters most is we get to the truth. We have to develop a commitment to sharing vital facts and identifying faulty assumptions—it can mean the difference between success and failure. This is why we need Humble Inquiry more than ever. The Scheins define Humble Inquiry as “the gentle art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building relationships based on curiosity and interest in the other person.” It was inspired by Edgar's twenty years of work in high-hazard industries and the health-care system, where honest communication can literally mean the difference between life and death. In this new edition the authors look at how Humble Inquiry differs from other kinds of inquiry, offer examples of it in action, and show how to overcome the barriers that keep us telling when we should be asking. This edition offers a deepening and broadening of this concept, seeing it as not just a way of posing questions but an entire attitude that includes better listening, better responding to what others are trying to tell us, and better revealing of ourselves. Packed with case examples and a full chapter of exercises and simulations, this is a major contribution to how we see human conversational dynamics and relationships, presented in a compact, personal, and eminently practical way.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523095407

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Humble Leadership by Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein Pdf

The more traditional forms of leadership that are based on static hierarchies and professional distance between leaders and followers are growing increasingly outdated and ineffective. As organizations face more complex interdependent tasks, leadership must become more personal in order to insure open trusting communication that will make more collaborative problem solving and innovation possible. Without open and trusting communications throughout organizations, they will continue to face the productivity and quality problems that result from reward systems that emphasize individual competition and “climbing the corporate ladder”. Authors Edgar Schein and Peter Schein recognize this reality and call for a reimagined form of leadership that coincides with emerging trends of relationship building, complex group work, diverse workforces, and cultures in which everyone feels psychologically safe. Humble Leadership calls for “here and now” humility based on a deeper understanding of the constantly evolving complexities of interpersonal, group and intergroup relationships that require shifting our focus towards the process of group dynamics and collaboration. Humble Leadership at all levels and in all working groups will be the key to achieving the creativity, adaptiveness, and agility that organizations will need to survive and grow.

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626567221

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Humble Consulting by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

Consulting in Complex and Changing Times Organizations face challenges today that are too messy and complicated for consultants to simply play doctor: run a few tests, offer a neat diagnosis of the “problem,” and recommend a solution. Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic openness, curiosity, and humility. Schein draws deeply on his own decades of experience, offering over two dozen case studies that illuminate each stage of this humble consulting process. Just as he did with Process Consultation nearly fifty years ago, Schein has once again revolutionized the field, enabling consultants to be more genuinely helpful and vastly more effective.

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605098807

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Helping by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

A Strategy+Business Best Leadership Book of the Year: An “uncommonly wise” analysis of the psychological and social dynamics of helping relationships (Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader). Helping is a fundamental human activity, but it can also be a frustrating one. All too often, to our bewilderment, our sincere offers of help are resented, resisted, or refused—and we often react the same way when people try to help us. Why is it so difficult to provide or accept help? How can we make the whole process easier? Many words are used for helping: assisting, aiding, advising, caregiving, coaching, consulting, counseling, guiding, mentoring, supporting, teaching, and more. In this seminal book on the topic, corporate culture and organizational development guru Ed Schein analyzes the social and psychological dynamics common to all types of helping relationships, explains why help is often not helpful, and shows what any would-be helpers must do to ensure that their assistance is both welcomed and genuinely useful. He shows how to navigate the delicate acts of asking for or offering help; avoid pitfalls; mitigate power imbalances; and establish a solid foundation of trust—and how these techniques can be applied to teamwork and organizational leadership. From the bestselling author of Organizational Culture and Leadership, and illustrated with examples from many types of relationships—husbands and wives, doctors and patients, consultants and clients—Helping is a concise, definitive analysis of what it takes to establish successful, mutually satisfying helping relationships.

Author : Pamela Adams,Carmen Mombourquette,David Townsend
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781773381572

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Leadership in Education by Pamela Adams,Carmen Mombourquette,David Townsend Pdf

Leadership in Education is an evocative, forward-looking text that is grounded in years of research gathered in hundreds of schools and across districts. The text calls teachers, supervisors, and school administrators to action in the classroom, demonstrating effective leadership skills that affirm mutual respect, build trust, stimulate reflection, strengthen partnerships, and use inquiry to direct action. Building multi-faceted and nuanced links between educational leadership, school improvement, teaching effectiveness, and student learning, this succinct and compelling guide offers highly effective strategies for provoking meaningful growth in the classroom. The authors guide the reader through the process of using generative dialogue in leadership roles, from provocation to reflection, a shift in thinking, and implementation of highly effective leadership practices. The volume reinforces the ethical responsibility of educators to focus on practices that provide optimal learning environments for all students. Both an academic resource and an interactive manual, Leadership in Education features literature reviews, suggested readings, a glossary, thought provocations, and case studies with reflection questions to encourage deeper learning. Grounded in lived experiences and brimming with real stories of educators, this critical guidebook is ideal for graduate students in education and leadership programs.

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : 右灰文化傳播有限公司可提供下載列印
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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NICOMACHEAN ETHICS by Aristotle Pdf

�EVERY art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. But a certain difference is found among ends; some are activities, others are products apart from the activities that produce them. Where there are ends apart from the actions, it is the nature of the products to be better than the activities. Now, as there are many actions, arts, and sciences, their ends also are many; the end of the medical art is health, that of shipbuilding a vessel, that of strategy victory, that of economics wealth. But where such arts fall under a single capacity- as bridle-making and the other arts concerned with the equipment of horses fall under the art of riding, and this and every military action under strategy, in the same way other arts fall under yet others- in all of these the ends of the master arts are to be preferred to all the subordinate ends; for it is for the sake of the former that the latter are pursued. It makes no difference whether the activities themselves are the ends of the actions, or something else apart from the activities, as in the case of the sciences just mentioned.�

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0201067331

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Process consultation by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

Author : Jerome Cranston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475839791

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A Guide to Managing and Leading School Operations by Jerome Cranston Pdf

This book fills a gap in the training of educational leaders by orienting them to the vitally important business operations required to run a school including personnel, finances, and risk.

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609949822

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Humble Inquiry by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

From one of the true giants in organizational development, career development and organizational psychology comes a simple and effective technique for building more positive relationships--particularly between people of different status--that will lead to more honest and open interactions and stronger organizations.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Pearson Learning Solutions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business consultants
ISBN : 0536607478

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Process Consultation by Edgar H. Schein,Pearson Learning Solutions Pdf

Volume II clarifies the concept of process consultation as a viable model of how to work with human systems as defined in the previous volume, Process Consultation: Its Role in Organization Development (19 69), and introduces modifications and new ideas that elaborate on and have evolved beyond the material in the first volume.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1038726565

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Humble Inquiry, Second Edition by Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein Pdf

This worldwide bestseller offers simple guidance for building the kind of open and trusting relationships vital for tackling global systemic challenges and developing adaptive, innovative organizations-over 200,000 copies sold and translated into seventeen languages! We live, say Edgar and Peter Schein, in a culture of ''tell.'' All too often we tell others what we think they need to know or should do. But whether we are leading or following, what matters most is we get to the truth. We have to develop a commitment to sharing vital facts and identifying faulty assumptions-it can mean the difference between success and failure. This is why we need Humble Inquiry more than ever. The Scheins define Humble Inquiry as ''the gentle art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building relationships based on curiosity and interest in the other person.'' It was inspired by Edgar's twenty years of work in high-hazard industries and the health-care system, where honest communication can literally mean the difference between life and death. In this new edition the authors look at how Humble Inquiry differs from other kinds of inquiry, offer examples of it in action, and show how to overcome the barriers that keep us telling when we should be asking. This edition offers a deepening and broadening of this concept, seeing it as not just a way of posing questions but an entire attitude that includes better listening, better responding to what others are trying to tell us, and better revealing of ourselves. Packed with case examples and a full chapter of exercises and simulations, this is a major contribution to how we see human conversational dynamics and relationships, presented in a compact, personal, and eminently practical way.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523092642

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Humble Inquiry, Second Edition by Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein Pdf

This worldwide bestseller offers simple guidance for building the kind of open and trusting relationships vital for tackling global systemic challenges and developing adaptive, innovative organizations—over 200,000 copies sold and translated into seventeen languages! We live, say Edgar and Peter Schein, in a culture of “tell.” All too often we tell others what we think they need to know or should do. But whether we are leading or following, what matters most is we get to the truth. We have to develop a commitment to sharing vital facts and identifying faulty assumptions—it can mean the difference between success and failure. This is why we need Humble Inquiry more than ever. The Scheins define Humble Inquiry as “the gentle art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building relationships based on curiosity and interest in the other person.” It was inspired by Edgar's twenty years of work in high-hazard industries and the health-care system, where honest communication can literally mean the difference between life and death. In this new edition the authors look at how Humble Inquiry differs from other kinds of inquiry, offer examples of it in action, and show how to overcome the barriers that keep us telling when we should be asking. This edition offers a deepening and broadening of this concept, seeing it as not just a way of posing questions but an entire attitude that includes better listening, better responding to what others are trying to tell us, and better revealing of ourselves. Packed with case examples and a full chapter of exercises and simulations, this is a major contribution to how we see human conversational dynamics and relationships, presented in a compact, personal, and eminently practical way.

Author : Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523005529

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Humble Leadership, Second Edition by Edgar H. Schein,Peter A. Schein Pdf

Discover a more agile, democratic, and effective model of leadership, from legendary business scholar Edgar Schein and Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein. Legendary organizational scholar Edgar Schein and former Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein say leadership today requires that people transcend their hierarchical roles and relate to each other as human beings-what they call humble leadership. In such relationships new ideas can flow freely, mistakes can come to light immediately, and course corrections can be made in real time rather than by committee or by order of the lone heroic CEO. This second edition includes three new chapters. Chapter 1 zeros-in on the Schein's actionable definition of leadership-relative to management and administration-focused on leading people toward new and better. Chapter 2 introduces the concept of situational humility-leaders now need to shift between several types of relationships to deal with the accelerating complexity of a supply-constrained, quiet-quitting, and two-days-in-the-office world. And Chapter 5 explains how to create a culture of humble leadership. Illustrated with examples from healthcare, government, the military, tech, and more, this is a compact, accessible guide to a leadership paradigm far better suited to a world that demands fast, nimble response to change, and a workplace hungry for mutual respect and trust.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1258696400

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Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling (getAbstract Summary) by Anonim Pdf

American culture prioritizes action, practicality, and competition over courteousness and respect. But there's a different way. In his popular book, retired MIT professor Edgar H. Schein encourages openness and curiosity about others in the form of humble inquiry. Humble inquiry is "asking questions to which you do not already know the answer" and "building a relationship based on curiosity and interest in the other person." This audio-only summary from getAbstract reviews this slim but powerful book, ideal for executives, managers, leaders, and anyone else who wants to know how to ask a polite question-and really wants to know the answer. This audiobook summary was created by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of 476536564 book summaries. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.