Thomas Gordon (1) (1918–2002)

Wenn Probleme im privaten oder beruflichen Bereich vorliegen oder viel allgemeiner, wenn man wissen möchte, wie man im täglichen Leben, in den Gesprächen zu einer wirklichen Win-Win-Situation kommen kann, dann ist dieses Buch allererste Wahl.

Ich kenne nichts Vergleichbares, keine anderen Inhalte, die in so klarer, verständlicher Sprache etwas auf den Punkt bringen, was den wenigsten Menschen bewusst ist:

"niemand fühlt wie ich, keiner denkt meine Gänge, alle Menschen sind verschieden"

Es klingt banal, aber genau hierin liegt die größte Problematik aller zwischenmenschlichen Probleme.

Sich in andere hineinversetzen, andere erspüren, sie er-hören, ihnen zugewandt sein.… (más)

My initial impression was that it has to many anecdotes and not enough meat there is no bibliography, a skimpy table of contents et cetera. However as I started reading it I enjoyed it, and found that the contents actually seem useful.

I first encountered these concepts about 1983 as Parent Effectiveness Training which is based on his original work Group Centered Leadership published in 1955.

Parent Effectiveness Training did not work very well for me and my wife, and we eventually stopped using it.

However having gone through a Leader Effectiveness Training class this week, I now understand better when to apply to those tools and when they won't work, and feel that I will be much more effective using them now.

The world needs leaders, and good communication is essential to good leadership.
… (más)