Verbal Judo

• Author : George J. Thompson, PhD
• Publisher : Zondervan
• Release : 12 October 2010

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

• Author : George J. Thompson,Gregory A. Walker
• Publisher : Looseleaf Law Publications
• Release : 03 February 2023

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 & phrases to lead, persuade, clarify, diffuse...and generally navigate nearly any situation. - Become a solid, respected and

• Author : George J. Thompson, PhD
• Publisher : Harper Collins
• Release : 17 December 2013

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

• Author : George J. Thompson
• Publisher : Charles C Thomas Pub Limited
• Release : 03 February 1983

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

• Author : Austin Sarat,Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
• Publisher : NYU Press
• Release : 24 October 2017

The work at hand for bridging the racial divide in the United States From Baltimore and Ferguson to Flint and Charleston, the dream of a post-racial era in America has run up against the continuing reality of racial antagonism. Current debates about affirmative action, multiculturalism, and racial hate speech reveal persistent uncertainty and ambivalence about the place and meaning of race – and especially the black/white divide – in American culture. They also suggest that the work of racial reconciliation remains

• Author : Sensei/Renshi Nathan Chlumsky
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release : 19 May 2017

Many of the techniques in this manual comes from Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion, a series of techniques designed by Dr. George J. Thompson, Ph.D. (1941-2011). Dr. Thompson was one of the leading experts in verbal self-defense tactics & trained law enforcement agencies all over the world with his techniques. This manual is an updated version along with understanding & possessing what is known as "Disability Awareness" & how to identify people with many forms of disabilities from mental, physical,

• Author : Scott A. Bonar
• Publisher : Island Press
• Release : 26 September 2012

Successful natural resource management is much more than good science; it requires working with landowners, meeting deadlines, securing funding, supervising staff, and cooperating with politicians. The ability to work effectively with people is as important for the conservation professional as it is for the police officer, the school teacher, or the lawyer. Yet skills for managing human interactions are rarely taught in academic science programs, leaving many conservation professionals woefully unprepared for the daily realities of their jobs. Written in

• Author : George J. Thompson, PhD
• Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
• Release : 17 December 2013

"When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you're in control." Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation. Verbal Judo shows you how to listen

• Author : Lisa Polack
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 21 July 2020

If you do not understand how communication works, then you may become perplexed and frustrated by interactions in the workplace. However, if you understand how communication works, then you have a good chance of diagnosing and fixing communication problems. Best of all, you can influence and motivate your employees, make better decisions, negotiate more effectively, build better work teams, and accomplish business objectives. This book discusses the various forms of communication.

• Author : Elijah Shaw,Dale June
• Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
• Release : 03 February 2023

Introduction to Celebrity Protection and Touring offers a peek behind the scenes of the close protection industry, more commonly known as the bodyguard business. More than the stereotypical “bullet blocker,” the modern protection specialist is a skilled practitioner who utilizes verbal judo much more than its physical counterpart. This book, written by industry experts, Elijah Shaw and Dale June, also narrows the focus, centering in on an exciting, but misunderstood, sector that involves working with celebrities ranging from actors to

• Author : Barry M. Kroll
• Publisher : University Press of Colorado
• Release : 15 November 2013

Based on five years of classroom experimentation, The Open Hand presents a highly practical yet transformational philosophy of teaching argumentative writing. In his course Arguing as an Art of Peace, Barry Kroll uses the open hand to represent an alternative approach to argument, asking students to argue in a way that promotes harmony rather than divisiveness and avoiding conventional conflict-based approaches. Kroll cultivates a bodily investigation of noncombative argument, offering direct pedagogical strategies anchored in three modalities of learning—conceptual-procedural,

• Author : Mete Sünsüli
• Publisher : Saygın Kantara
• Release : 01 January 2019

Although you aim to live your life with intentions of “ abstaining from violence and avoiding fights,” what matters rather than your intention, is whether violence or trouble finds you or your loved ones. Though people hear news about violence, abuse and rape incidents in newspapers and various forms of media, they fail to develop defensive awareness, falling for the fallacious belief “that would not happen to me or my child.” The dangers of this mentality are apparent in light of

• Author : Ugo Uche
• Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
• Release : 21 February 2012

Too often we are taught that anger is the motivation we need to influence change in our world. In reality, the ability to influence any level of change in our world comes from having a logical and goal oriented thought process. In life there are plenty of things that we will experience that are unjust and unfair, but when we focus on unfairness in our lives, we waste precious energy we should be using in finding solutions for our problems.

• Author : Mary E. Guy,Meredith A. Newman,Sharon H. Mastracci
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 18 December 2014

Most public service jobs require interpersonal contact that is either face-to-face or voice-to-voice - relational work that goes beyond testable job skills but is essential for job completion. This unique book focuses on this emotional labor and what it takes to perform it.The authors weave a powerful narrative of stories from the trenches gleaned through interviews, focus groups, and survey data. They go beyond the veneer of service delivery to the real, live, person-to-person interactions that give meaning to

• Author : Don Daniel Ortiz
• Publisher : Xulon Press
• Release : 01 February 2007

Discover the 99 Success Secrets of the Greatest Teacher of All Time Jesus You Will Learn.. Leadership secrets of Jesus the bible doesn't reveal The hidden lessons in Jesus' teachings Your mission, message and purpose in life The fastest way to unlock your God-given potential Spiritual strategies for achieving your dreams The book achieves these objectives by. Illustrating specific examples utilized by Jesus Unlocking the mystery of Jesus' power Blending spiritual concepts with practical solutions Revealing insights into Jesus' miracles Providing