The Power of Positive Confrontation: The Skills You Need to Know to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home and in Life [Paperback]

Barbara Pachter (Author), Susan Magee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 27, 2001

The Power of Positive Confrontation is for everyone who was never taught, or never realized, that between "bully" and "wimp" is a range of behavior that is positive, dignified, and effective for dealing with life's bothersome situations. The skills it teaches will not only improve your ability to confront others, but will also help you to live a more conflict-free life. Filled with hundreds of often entertaining real-life examples drawn from Barbara Pachter's many years of teaching assertiveness and business etiquette, The Power of Positive Confrontation is as perceptive about people and their behavior as it is clear-headed about the strategies you need to handle yourself confidently and effectively in all confrontational situations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Barbara Pachter has written a wonderfully perceptive and incredibly constructive book. Instead of complaining when someone does something that annoys you, now you'll know the basic strategies for handling conflict effectively while feeling good about the experience. Everyone needs to read this book! -- Sharon J. Wohlmuth, New York Times best-selling co-author of Sisters, Mothers and Daughters, and Best Friends

This is one of the best self-help books ever written. I wish this wonderful book had been available to me long ago--it would have saved me years of problems. We face the problems it identifies daily. The help it offers is immediate. -- Larry King, Hall of Fame Broadcaster and author of How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (January 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569246084
• ISBN-13: 978-1569246085
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #75 in Books > Business & Investing > Business Life > Etiquette

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50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Positive Confrontation, December 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Power of Positive Confrontation (Hardcover)

Using the techniques I learned in this book, I was finally able to confront my mother in law and my co worker about things that have been bothering me without getting upset. It worked! I found out that I was using self-discounting statements and my body langauge was a problem too. The book explains the WAC'em technique for getting your words together. The "W" helps you define what's bothering you and why.

86 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps three chapter's worth of usable content, February 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Power of Positive Confrontation: The Skills You Need to Know to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home and in Life (Paperback)

It's only natural for a popular self-help speaker with a truly great message to want to put it into book form. The Power of Positive Confrontation teaches a truly great technique for confronting others that will help everyone who has trouble standing up for him or herself. Too bad there's only about three chapter's worth of actual content in its sixteen chapters. Instead the author gets into telling us how to dress for success, how to convey the information that a friend or loved one is in the hospital, do's and don'ts of International Travel along with several chapters of warm-up before finally getting to her actual WAC technique. Don't get me wrong, I still recommend this book highly but an abridged cassette version would be a lot less painful.

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What A Life Saver!, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Power of Positive Confrontation (Hardcover)

I've never been very good at confrontation; I always feel like I've said or done the right thing in the wrong way. This book changed that for good. Positive confrontation is something we all aspire to but rarely achieve. I've used what I learned in this book to deal with issues at work and at home -- and it works! Now I handle confrontation in the "right" way, and things work out much better both for me and for the person on the other side of the issue. This is a great book!