Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes.
Verbal Judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss, and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control."
This new edition features a fresh new cover and a foreword demonstrating the legacy of Verbal Judo founder and author George Thompson, as well as a never-before-published final chapter presenting Thompson’s "Five Universal Truths" of human interaction.

Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, Updated Edition

Self-Help

Jerry B. Jenkins

George J. Thompson

Relationships

William Morrow Paperbacks

Verbal judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the english language), avoid the most common conversational disasters and use proven strategies that allow you to successfully communicate your point of view and take the upper hand in most disputes. Verbal judo offers a creative look at conflict that will help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation from your spouse, your boss and even your teenager. As the author says, "when you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you're in control". This new edition features a fresh new cover and a foreword demonstrating the legacy of verbal judo founder and author george thompson, as well as a never-before-published final chapter presenting thompson's "five universal truths" of human interaction.

Verbal Jud: The Gentle Art of Persuasion

Balzer + Bray

This book will help police officers and other contact professionals develop verbal strategies that can transform potentially explosive encounters into positive resolutions. It addresses the most difficult problems of the street encounter where quick thinking and spontaneous verbal response often make the difference between life and death. The author explores all kinds of confrontation rhetoric and offers both a theoretical and practical account of how to handle street situations. Following an introduction to the problems of street communication the author focues on five basic rhetorical elements perspective, audience, voice, purpose and organization. The principles and techniques described can be used in practically every verbal encounter. Each chapter includes case studies that give readers practice in developing rhetorical strategies for handling street encounters and dealing with the public. The final chapter provides a professional model for police officers. It presents a definition of the law enforcement profession that will command respect from the public and offer those in the profession a firm sense of identity. Doc's book broke new ground and created what is now the world's only Tactical Communication course!

Verbal Judo : Words As a Force Option (American lecture series)

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Verbal Judo: Words As a Force Option

A guide to improved communication shows readers how to avoid the most common conversational disasters, listen and speak more effectively, and engage people through empathy, using a simple, easily-remembered stategy

Verbal Judo

Literature & Fiction

William Morrow & Co.

From the founder of the renowned Verbal Judo Institute! What you say and how you say it critically impacts the outcome of your contact with people...be it subjects on the street or officers in your agency. - Discover the linguistic structures and strategies that made Verbal Judo so popular! - Learn to apply both the art and science of using words &amp; phrases to lead, persuade, clarify, diffuse...and generally navigate nearly any situation. - Become a solid, respected and highly effective leader! Effective Communication Makes Effective Leaders Learn... - 3 key leadership ingredients - Behavior correction skills - Real lessons from the field - How to avoid ego errors - Communication profiling - The true power of listening

The Verbal Judo Way of Leadership: Empowering the Thin Blue Line from the Inside Up

George Thompson

Gregory A. Walker

Reference

Looseleaf Law Pubns Corp

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