Document Type
Issue Area Five
Abstract
Consensus building has to do with developing relationships between people in all walks of life. Many people believe that human relationships rely heavily on a great deal of talking and little listening. For some of us we have forgotten the concept of diplomacy. To be an effective member of a team whose main objective is to build consensus with a feeling of trust and respect, one needs to develop a variety of techniques.
Relationships are built upon a complex and comprehensive set of conditions and understandings. Some of the ingredients in the recipe for good working relationships are: predictability, no surprises, tolerance, compassion, cooperation, flexibility, mutual trust, mutual respect, mutual support, mutual expectations or goals, good communication, role recognition, and common sense. To ponder and discuss these issues sounds so easy, but living in such a society where public and media scrutiny is all around, is sometimes very difficult for individuals to not become defensive and individualistic in their desired outcomes.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
2
First Page
207
Last Page
209
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Decker, Robert
(1994)
"Consensus Building: The Dimension that Makes Everything Work,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 49.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss2/49
