We Can Work It Out: Resolving Conflicts Peacefully and Powerfully

By Marshall B. Rosenberg

Book Overview

In over 40 years of mediating conflicts--between parents and children, husbands and wives, management and workers, police and communities, and warring groups around the world--Marshall Rosenberg has learned it is possible to resolve conflicts peacefully, and to everyone's satisfaction. It's not compromise--it's a caring and respectful quality of connection between the parties in conflict that meets everyone's needs.

Get to the Heart of the Matter--Most of us lack the vocabulary to express what we're feeling or needing, but we are well trained at pointing fingers at others as the "cause" of our pain. When people trust that their feelings and needs are valued - and heard - it immediately helps reduce tension and hostility, opening the door for peaceful resolution. Applying Dr. Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process inspires genuine cooperation by focusing on the unmet needs behind the conflict. Whether you're a professional mediator or wishing to resolve a conflict with your spouse, child or colleague, NVC offers practical, usable technique to get to the heart of the issue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892005123
• ISBN13: 9781892005120
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: PuddleDancer Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Keep several copies on hand!

A concise distillation of NVC with real life examples offering diverse scenarios. Gets to the heart of our dysfunction in hearing and expressing needs without attaching judgment, criticism, or intellectual analysis. I'm excited to share it with business friends currently in conflict, and to personally review, review, review!

a great little book!

I recommend this ( and his other books) to EVERYONE. this COULD be the answer to Peace on Earth