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To order books, booklets, and research reports, contact ETC at 704.660.5249.

Books

Winning Ways to Succeed with People, by Helen Hall Clinard
Clinard describes specific skills that each of us can develop in order to create effective relationships. She identifies particular areas of relationships that often cause hardships and illustrates how it is possible to build the skills that can make even those relationships positive experiences for all concerned. The book has been used for training managers in industry and can be used for other types of communications training sessions and seminars.

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Booklets

Listen to Understand, by Helen Hall Clinard
This booklet provides you with skills to enhance the quality of any relationship, whether business, social, or family. You will learn how to: 1.) tune in to those with whom you communicate; 2.) really listen to what is said; and 3.) take responsibility for understanding the speaker by letting the speaker know what you understand. Clinard also describes six types of responses that block effective communication

Build Successful Relationships by Tracking the Positives in People, by Helen Hall Clinard
This booklet describes how to enhance relationships by communicating to others in explicit ways the qualities you appreciate in them. You are shown how to be specific and non-evaluative as you provide family members, business associates, and others with positive information.

 

When You Are Criticized, by Helen Hall Clinard
This booklet helps you to become more aware of: (1) how you react when someone criticizes you; (2) what consequences that type of reaction is likely to bring; and (3) response options to criticism that might bring more satisfying results. You will learn how to respond constructively to criticism of any kind, so you will be able to transform a potentially negative and even volatile situation into a mutually beneficial one. You will be able to improve your relationship with the criticizer, and learn something valuable for yourself. You will also be in a good position to encourage your criticizer to deliver "the goods" next time in a more helpful manner.


Research Reports

An ETC Research Report, Critical Trends in Training and Development
Find out why a new economy and changes in the workplace give rise to a new type of leadership needed to guide organizations into the future and uncertain world.

 

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