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Optimal Outcomes
Book

Optimal Outcomes

Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life

HarperBusiness, 2020 more...


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Well Structured
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Conflicts exist in all people’s lives. But don’t despair. You can learn how to change your behavior to free yourself from challenging situations with friends, family and colleagues. In this helpful book, organizational psychologist Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler dives into the emotions behind conflict. Her “Optimal Outcomes Method” helps you identify behavior patterns, values and goals by encouraging you to imagine an ideal outcome, and compare it to what might occur if you walk away or take no action. Reality-testing her options will lead you to your best possible outcome, freeing you from unnecessary conflict.

Take-Aways

  • The “Optimal Outcomes Method” offers practices that help you free yourself from repeated conflict.
  • Understand the four reactions to conflict and note your default response.
  • Learn to go beneath the conflict’s surface to find its core causes.

About the Author

Organizational psychologist Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler founded and leads Alignment Strategies Group, a consulting firm that helps executives improve organizational health and growth.