Building Strong Human Bridges: Ten Tools for Success

Much of our happiness in life comes from the quality of personal relationships. When relationships are positive, spirits are high, and we are healthy and happy people. With one message about a health diagnosis, a tragic event, a financial crisis, or a failing relationship, our happiness and good health can change in a moment. Building Strong Human Bridges: Ten Tools For Success provides specific, targeted strategies to support the reader's building, repairing, and maintaining of these life-enhancing human bridges.

Author Harry Amend's experiences as a counselor, coach, teacher, administrator, and community leader, will help guide the reader through the family pain of strained relationships. Bridges can serve as a roadmap to achieving relationship success in every part of your personal and professional life. Throughout the ten chapters, specific tools will be shared, including the words and behaviors that can connect with people and lead to agreement and healing, even in the most trying of circumstances. Regardless of personality type or leadership style, any person who has the desire and courage to improve their bridge building skills, can improve their success and satisfaction in every type of relationship.


Author: Harry Amend
Publisher: Bookbaby
Published: 08/29/2021
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.05w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781098389796
ISBN10: 1098389794
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | General

About the Author
A 41-year veteran in education, Harry Amend spent 32 years of his career as a teacher, coach, counselor, principal and superintendent in the Spokane Valley, Washington area. As President of the 1,500 member Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) in the late 1990's, Harry joined Superintendent of Public Instruction, Teri Bergeson, and Governor, Gary Locke, in leading education reform in Washington.

As Superintendent of school districts in northwest Montana and North Idaho for a total of nine years, Harry was a leader in both states in efforts to implement school reform. Harry always brought a strong emphasis toward at-risk and special needs students to his leadership positions. He brought the middle school School within a School model and the first Bridge Academy dropout retrieval high schools to both Montana and Idaho.

Harry was a finalist for Superintendent of the Year in Washington in 1998 and in Idaho in 2007. One of Harry's favorite part-time jobs was serving as a major league baseball scout for the Philadelphia Phillies for twenty years. Harry currently lives in Twin Lakes Village in North Idaho with his wife Sandy. Their three grown children and spouses, Gregg (Shandra) Jake, Abbie, Molly, Luke, Mike (Megan) Easton, and Karie (Ben) Isaac, Nate, Jenna, and Tyler, live less than an hour away in the Spokane area.