The Pfeiffer Annual

Elaine Biech is the author of more than a dozen articles and books, including The Business of Consulting, Marketing and Selling Your Consulting Services, and The Consultant's Quick Start Guide, all published by Pfeiffer. Her most recent book is Training for Dummies. She is president and managing principal of ebb associates inc and consults to a diverse range of industries including health care institutions, insurance, banking, shipbuilding, manufacturing, government, and nonprofit organizations.

Preface.The Difference Between Training and Consulting: Which Annual to Use?Introduction to The 2006 Pfeiffer Annual: Consulting.Experiential Learning Activities.Introduction to the Experiential Learning Activities Section.Experiential Learning Activities Categories.Presuppositions: Enhancing Performance and Perspective (Devora D. Zack).Honored Strangers: Exploring What New Immigrants Experience (Edwina Pio).Windows: Demonstrating Group Competencies (Beverly J. Bitterman).Trust ARCH: Building Team Support (Mary B. Wacker).The Team Circle: Moving from Conflict to Harmony (Bridget A. O'Brien).Beyond I, Me, and My: Honoring Separate Realities (Marilyn J. Sprague-Smith).Pass the Solution, Please: Brainstorming Suggestions (Gail Hahn).Empowerment: Ensuring the Basics Are in Place (Chris W. Chen).Your Fantasy Work Team: Building a Perfect Team (Peter R. Garber).Lights, Camera, Action! Creating Team Commercials (Cher Holton).The Web We Weave: Closing the Team's Work (Kristin J. Arnold).Towers: Preventing Business Failure (Cheryl A. Brown).Editor's Choice.Introduction to the Editor's Choice Section.The Stigma of Stereotypes: Lessons for Youth in Being Different (Kathryn Carson Key Whitehead).Communities of Competence as Catalysts for Change (Elizabeth A. Smith).Inventories, Questionnaires, and Surveys.Introduction to the Inventories, Questionnaires, and Surveys Section.Leadership Capability Assessment (Teri B. Lund).Motivational Climate Inventory (K.S. Gupta).Articles and Discussion Resources.Introduction to the Articles and Discussion Resources Section.Turning Reports into Successful Oral Presentations (Nichola D. Gutgold).Why Executive Coaching? Significant Lessons Learned (Barbara Pate Glacel).Collaborative Management (Peter R. Garber).Results of the Effective Change Survey (Rick Maurer).Teams of a New Generation: Defining the 21st Century Experiential Training Agenda (Greg Robinson and Mark Rose).A Coaching Challenge: Surviving the Arrogant Boss (H.B. Karp).Inside or Outside: The Partnerships of Internal and External Consultants (Beverly Scott and Jane Hascall).Making a Difference: The Client-Consultant Relationship (Mohandas K. Nair).Accelerating the Project Lifecycle: The Partnership of Facilitation and Project Management (Tammy Adams and Jan Means).Giving Feedback to Leaders: Avoiding the Traps (Jan M. Schmuckler and Thomas J. Ucko).How to Persuade Employees to Buy In to Change (Charles B. Royal).Contributors.Contents of the Companion Volume, The 2006 Pfeiffer Annual: Training.How to Use the CD-ROM.Pfeiffer Publications Guide.