Respect - by Robert Dilenschneider (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

How to be more respectful and how to encourage others to treat you more respectfully

In Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time, veteran public relations executive Robert Dilenschneider delivers an insightful and original discussion of how to cultivate respectfulness in every facet of your life. You'll learn how to embody and encourage respectful behavior and speech among work colleagues, family, friends, and others.

You'll learn about how respectfulness has life-changing consequences for all who practice it and why it's within reach for us all. You'll also discover why it's so sorely needed in an increasingly fragmented society and how it can transform our interactions for the better.

Readers will also find:

• Strategies for transcending the inane and unimportant and creating meaning in your life
• Tools and paths to improve your self-respect, develop respectfulness, and encourage others to treat you with respect
• Techniques to begin mending some of the fences that appear irreparably damaged by increasing societal incivility

Perfect for managers, executives, directors, founders, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders, Respect is an essential guide to navigating a society, marketplace, and environment that seems increasingly prone to disrespect and rudeness, and how to help make it better.

From the Back Cover

Discover transformational strategies for treating everyone with the respect they deserve--and assertively demand the same for yourself and the people you care about

Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time is a revolutionary new approach to cultivating respectful conversations, relationships, and organizations. Veteran public relations executive Robert Dilenschneider draws on his deep experience in strategy and communications to explain how to transform the way you interact with the world--and how the world interacts with you.

You'll discover how to use respectfulness to treat others better and assertively demand that others treat you--and the people you care about--with the respect that everyone deserves. The book explores the top 5 respectful behaviors and strategies you can deploy at work, with your family, in your personal relationships, and in your community and civic institutions and the benefits you'll realize as a result.

Respect is an entirely new way of thinking about society, business, and people with the potential to generate extraordinary results for managers, executives, directors, founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders in every other arena. It's your secret weapon in the fight against disrespect and rudeness that threatens to undermine our institutions, businesses, and communities.

About the Author

ROBERT L. DILENSCHNEIDER is the Founder of The Dilenschneider Group, a strategic counselling firm that provides advice to Fortune 500 companies and prominent families and individuals around the world on topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions to crisis communications, marketing, government affairs, and international media.