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ROBERT BOLTON and DOROTHY GROVER BOLTON (Cazenovia, N.Y) are co-founders of Ridge
Associates, which specializes in people skills training, leadership development,
interpersonal communication, and performance management. Their training and
coaching clients include many Fortune 500 companies and executives. They are the
authors of Social Style, Management Style.
Introduction | p. 1 |
Understanding Yourself and Others | |
No Wonder We Have People Problems | p. 7 |
People Are More Predictable than You Might Think | p. 16 |
What's Your Style? | p. 24 |
Two Keys to Understanding People | p. 28 |
See Yourself as Others See You | p. 38 |
The Driving Style and the Expressive Style | p. 43 |
The Amiable Style and the Analytical Style | p. 54 |
Make the Most of Your Gifts | p. 63 |
Backup Styles: Extreme, Inappropriate, and Inflexible Behavior | p. 72 |
Coping with Backup Behavior | p. 82 |
Style Flex: A Key to Improved Relationships | |
The Style Flex Solution to People Differences | p. 91 |
Four Steps to Better Relationships | p. 99 |
How to Identify Someone's Style | p. 107 |
Flexing in Special Situations | p. 117 |
Three Keys to Good Relationships | p. 127 |
People Styles and Family Relationships | |
The Art of Loving Someone Very Different from Yourself | p. 137 |
Style-Based Parenting | p. 147 |
Appendices | |
For Amiables Only: How to Flex to Each Style | p. 155 |
For Drivers Only: How to Flex to Each Style | p. 169 |
For Expressives Only: How to Flex to Each Style | p. 187 |
For Analyticals Only: How to Flex to Each Style | p. 202 |
Bibliography | p. 219 |
Index | p. 225 |
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