Managing Difficult Participants Pocketbook

Download or read book Managing Difficult Participants Pocketbook written by John Townsend and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 24 portraits of 'difficult' participants encountered on training courses and at meetings. Meet the Trapper, the Griper, the Silent Cynic, the Whisperer and their many friends. Learn how to cope with them using such techniques as 'blockbusting', 'psychological judo', 'reframing', 'self-revelation' and 'confrontation'. Cartoons of the characters add to the humorous approach and there are four mini case studies. "I loved the book. It shows such a great variety of ways to deal with challengers."