Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind

by Nancy Kline

Overview

Over the past 15 years Nancy Kline has identified 10 behaviors that form a system called a Thinking Environment, a model of human interaction that dramatically improves the way people think, and thus the way they work and live

The power of effective listening is recognized as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Kline describes how we can achieve this, and presents a step-by-step guide that can be used in any situation. Whether you want to have more productive meetings, solve business problems or build stronger relationships, this book offers you a new world of possibilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788402989
Publisher:	Octopus Books
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nancy Kline created and pioneered the development of The Thinking Environment and is Founder and President of Time To Think. A published author and public speaker, she also teaches Time To Think courses, leads the Time To Think Faculty and delivers keynote presentations around the world.

Time To Think began in 1984 and grew out of Nancy's consulting and teaching work near Washington, DC, where she had served as a Founding Director of The Thornton Friends School for twelve years and as Director of The Leadership Institute for six years. She is a Fellow of Ashridge Management College, UK, and the International Listening Association's Listener of the Year 2010.

Nancy was born and raised in New Mexico and lives in England with her husband.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 10

The Thinking Environment 12

Introduction 14

Part 1 A Thinking Environment: Its Ten Component

1 Why a Thinking Environment Matters 24

2 Thinking for Yourself 28

3 Attention 36

4 Incisive Questions 54

5 Equality 58

6 Appreciation 62

7 Ease 67

8 Encouragement 71

9 Feelings 74

10 Information, Sometimes 79

11 Place 84

12 Diversify 87

13 What About Solitude? 97

Part 2 Creating a Thinking Environment

I The Thinking Organization 99

14 The Thinking Team 100

15 Meeting This Way 102

16 Timed Talk 120

17 Presenting This Way 125

18 Supervising This Way 128

19 Change in a Thinking Environment 130

20 Peer Mentoring 132

21 Leading This Way 134

22 Executive Coaching 137

23 Reciprocity; The individual and the Organization 139

II A Turn of Your Own: The Thinking Partnership 141

24 The Thinking Session: Introduction 142

25 Kyle's Session 147

26 Thinking Session Part 1: What Do You Want to Think About? 159

27 Thinking Session Part 2: What Do You Want to Achieve? 163

28 Thinking Session Part 3: What Are You Assuming? 166

29 Thinking Session Part 4: If You Knew… 175

30 Thinking Session Part 5: Writing It Down 185

31 Thinking Session Part 6: Appreciation 187

32 Time Is What It Takes 189

33 After Thought 193

Part 3 The Thinking Society

34 Introduction: The Possibilities 196

35 Health 198

36 Schools 211

37 Politics 217

38 Love Relationships 221

39 Families 228

Part 4 A thinking Future

40 For the Sake of Our Dreams 240

Epilogue A Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales 250

Index 252