KENDALL HUNT PUBLISHING Holding These Truths: Empowerment and Recognition in Action

Holding these Truths is an all-encompassing reference book that has been the backbone of my studies to successful negotiations, interpersonal relations, with applications in jurisprudence and administrative medicine. I appreciate the examples and exercises that combine psychology and behavioral health, diplomacy, and historic examples to guide our way to become reflective and empathetic individuals in our personal and professional lives. Dr. Erbe incorporates history, personal and professional experiences from her work to assemble a text for practical applications in the field of negotiation that has been a go-to text for my work in intercultural relationships within the workplace and beyond. Thank you again, Dr. Erbe!!!! Dr. Ava Hacopian, M.D.; M.A. Nancy Erbe has a gift for framing and reframing cultural conflict. Through case studies, theories and techniques, she guides the reader to understanding how to build cultural competency, avoid cultural conflict, and manage and resolve conflict. I found it transformational because she took tough topics such as value-based cultural conflict, and then helped the reader to reveal his or her own hidden bias. We all have them...it was just such a surprise to experience this level of self-inquiry through this book. I loved reading Holding these Truths, twice! Renée Mayne, Mediator; Arbitrator