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George J. Thompson

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Dr. Thompson ("Doc Rhino") is the Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute. Since 1983 and until he died in 2011, he personally trained more than 700,000 individuals in Tactical Communications -- a program he developed in 1983 for defusing conflict and redirecting behavior with words.

Doc had a B.A. from Colgate University (1963), a Masters and Doctorate in English from the University of Connecticut (1972), and completed post-doctoral work at Princeton University in Rhetoric & Persuasion (1979). He has written and published four books on Tactical Communictions.

Widely published in magazines and periodicals, his training has been highlighted in such national media outlets as NBC, ABC, & CBS News, CNN, 48 Hours, Inside Edition, LETN, In the...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 205 ratings · 32 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J. Thompson, Jerry B. Jenkins, Daniel Rembert (Cover) 3.87 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, and The Thin Man by George J. Thompson, William F. Nolan (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Vince Emery (Preface by) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Verbal Judo Way of Leadership: Empowering the Thin Blue Line from the Inside Up 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Verbal Judo: Redirecting Behavior With Words 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Verbal Judo : Words As a Force Option 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating: