Books & Publications
Conversations Lead to Consensus
Building a High-Performing Team, One Conversation at a Time
A successful conversation can change everything.
Whether navigating a team decision, managing conflict, or leading change, how you communicate makes all the difference. Conversations Lead to Consensus is your practical guide to transforming difficult discussions into collaborative and trust-filled opportunities.
Co-authored by communication experts Peggy Bud and Tamara Jacobson, this book introduces the transformative 5-C Model of Communication, Conversation, Collaboration, Cooperation, Compromise, and Consensus. This step-by-step approach helps you move from disagreement to alignment.
Inside the book, you’ll discover:
- How to turn conflict into constructive dialogue
- Why active listening and perspective-taking are game-changers
- Practical scripts, tools, and real-life scenarios you can use immediately
- What it takes to reach consensus, and avoid an 'unhappy minority'
Regardless of your role or setting, this book will change how you approach communication. It’s not about who wins the conversation; it’s about ensuring everyone walks away feeling heard, respected, and committed to the outcome.
If you’re tired of meetings that feel like monologues, go nowhere, and lead to decisions that don’t stick—this book is for you.
Because when communication works, everything else gets easier.
Navigating Special Education
The Power of Building Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships
This timely and innovative roadmap for parents, educators, and administrators highlights the importance of effective communication methodology, appropriate correspondence, and data collection recommendations. Effective communication is often missing from the IEP team’s conversation. Navigating Special Education provides a foundation for building proactive, positive partnerships that will lead to 21st-century best practices for students.
The 5C Model of Communication: Conversations, Collaboration, Cooperation, Compromise, and Consensus presented in Navigating Special Education helps to forge trusted alliances between school districts and families.
Navigating Special Education draws upon the authors’ 60-plus years of combined experience by using:
- Anecdotal, evidence-based real-life scenarios
- Templates for letter writing and extensive data collection
- A user-friendly appendix and glossary of terms
As stakeholders, wouldn't you like to have successful meetings where everyone’s voice is heard, respected, and understood? After reading Navigating Special Education, families, educational professionals, college students, and special education organizations will be able to implement effective models of communication and build positive partnerships.
