“Relationships are our most valuable and value-creating resource."

David Brooks, author and cultural commentator, The New York Times, quoting from This Land of Strangers

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"This is the most important book of the decade. If you can only read one more book in your life, make it this one. It is enlightening, insightful and inspirational about how we can transform our deteriorating relationships. Having studied intimacy and relationships at home and work for 45 years, I wish I had been able to write this book. It is now required reading in all of my graduate courses.”

Richard Boyatzis, Harvard Ph.D., emotional intelligence guru, co-author int'l best seller, Primal Leadership, Distinguished Professor, Case Western Reserve University.

"When I first started reading Robert E. Hall's book, This Land of Strangers, I was amazed at the research and data that he'd collected to explain how the breakdown of relationships is touching every aspect of our lives.  Shortly after that, I heard him speak and I was fascinated!  He draws from current headlines and studies to explain the changes in society that make it so challenging to develop and engaged workforce. Then he proposes solutions."  

Barbara Lane, Executive Director, HR Houston 

“A splendid cultural critique.”

John L. McKnight, author, The Careless Society, co-author of The Abundant Community, Professor Emeritus, Co-Director, Community Dev. Institute, Northwestern University

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“Think of it as an updated version of Robert Putnam’s book, Bowling Alone, one with plenty of data.”

Russ Pulliam, Associate Editor – The Indianapolis Star

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This Land of Strangers is ideal for:

Social, business, political, and religious groups interested in understanding how the broader relational demise applies to their specific area(s) of concern:

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• Leaders in need of Relational Leadership -- a more intentional approach to addressing today’s challenges of employee distrust and disengagement

• Parents, grandparents, teachers, and counselors who want to better grasp the context, cause, cost, and cure for relational decline on the children.

• Foundations, non-profits, public service agencies, social service workers, case managers, and church groups serving those trapped in a world of relational chaos.

• Businesses challenged to deliver enhanced customer, employee, management, and shareholder relationships in a marketplace of distrust and relational erosion.

• Citizens, political interest groups, and activists concerned about the partisan divide that has rendered our government impotent to address urgent economic, social, and cultural problems.

• Church and secular groups caught in heated debate and vitriol that obstructs constructive disagreement, tolerance of differences, and espoused values for caring relationships.

• Associations, small groups, book clubs, and special interest groups focused on learning more about the single most important unreported strategic trend that endangers all of society.

• University and study groups who want to discuss the most researched book available on the state of relationships.

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