What is the Emperor Wearing?: Truth-Telling in Business Relationships [Paperback]

Laurie Weiss Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 1998

In What is the Emperor Wearing? Truth-Telling in Business Relationships, Laurie Weiss tells the stories of ordinary individuals in the workplace striving to steer a course between deception and damaging confrontation. As you relate to their struggles and successes, you learn the techniques and strategies you need to tell the truth with grace and skill in treacherous, rapidly-changing business environments. This book is must reading for anyone who knows that telling the truth isn't as simple as it sounds.




Laurie Weiss holds a Ph.D. in Health and Human Services from Columbia Pacific University and is certified as a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the clinical, organizational, and educational fields. As a partner at Empowerment Systems in Littleton, Colorado, she specializes in facilitating the development of healthy, synergistic relationships in business, professional, and personal settings. Laurie is the author of I Don't Need Therapy, But Where Do I Turn For Answers?

· 'Honesty in business' is new hot industry movement
· Empowering stories put truth-telling into practical business realm, no 'psycho-jargon'
· Author is established business coach and experienced writer

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This book will help you appreciate the value of your own truth-telling and share it with others. I urge you to read it and live by it.'
'Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager

'Full of rich experience and wisdom. I heartily recommend it.'
Freeman Dhority, Ph.D., senior partner, Leading Learning Communities

'Non-threatening, personal, and accessible. Laurie Weiss gives readers the opportunity to draw themselves out without feeling badly. The non-confrontational language makes it work.'
'Lora Vahue, coach/consultant/writer

'Laurie Weiss gives us a refreshing and realistic statement of the power of truth-telling in business organizations. She makes a compelling case that is tempered by appropriate caution and sophistication and she maintains a sense of humor and wit that is captivating. This book sets a standard for relationships in modern organizations, whether they be small business concerns, large corporations, or public sector bureaucracies.'
Robert W. Gage, Ph.D., professor of public affairs,
University of Colorado

'Business is an institution that holds truth to be rather low on the totem pole of values. Yet virtually all other institutions "religion, law, philosophy, science, art, psychology" encourage people to speak the truth without prejudice. This book tackles truth-telling in business with great insight and gusto and with marvelous examples. It is high time we took seriously the value of truth and how it applies practically to what after all affects us all - business.'
Alec Tsoucatos, Ph.D., adjunct professor,
economics and business, Regis University

'This book offers a gold mine of ideas. The first few pages provide more than one's money's worth. I predict, however, that you will continue to read, drawn forward by the captivating real-life incidents and the wrestling with the truth that ensues. And after you have finished, you will want to recommend it to others.' - International Transactional Analysis Association

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 22nd edition (February 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750698721
• ISBN-13: 978-0750698726
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,005,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Captivating! More than your money's worth!", June 24, 1999

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This review is from: What is the Emperor Wearing?: Truth-Telling in Business Relationships (Paperback)

I once heard a speaker say, "If I read a book and get one good idea from it, it is well worth the cost." This book offers a gold mine of ideas. The first few pages provide more than one's money's worth. I predict, however, that you will continue to read, drawn forward by the captivating real-life incidents and the wrestling with the truth that ensues. And after you have finished, you will want to recommend it to others.