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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Foreword by Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL "Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have not only helped us to change the culture of our company, but have also generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry's history."--Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics A powerful, seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confidence and skill "Crucial" conversations are interpersonal exchanges at work or at home that we dread having but know we cannot avoid. How do you say what needs to be said while avoiding an argument with a boss, child, or relationship partner? Crucial Conversations offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged situations that can arise in their professional and personal lives. Based on the authors' highly popular DialogueSmart training seminars, the techniques are geared toward getting people to lower their defenses, creating mutual respect and understanding, increasing emotional safety, and encouraging freedom of expression. Among other things, readers also learn about the four main factors that characterize crucial conversations, and they get a powerful six-minute mastery technique that prepares them to work through any highimpact situation with confidence.
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REPollock
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Interesting with lots of good advice, but not great as an audiobook. Too many points where you need to stop and watch video content or take a quiz or something.

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BookishBelle
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Finally finished this one! I‘ve been reading it aloud to my husband when he‘s driving us somewhere. It offers a lot of good advice about how to hold important conversations well. The authors also have a bit of a sense of humor which helps.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds interesting and useful 1y
Kangaj1 My husband loves this book and has used it with many teams. 1y
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Sarahreadstoomuch
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition (Revised) | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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Decided to listen to this as I feel like I could really do better in stressful conversations, both at home and at work. This version is a little dated, but still contains useful strategies that I hope I will remember next time I need them!

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Just finished reading (listening) to this book for work. There is a lot here for both my personal and professional lives. I found this book very helpful because I do not like conflict, and now I understand lots of ways I can deal with conflict when it occurs. #Audible #audiobook

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LadyRuthven
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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Read this book for work, but it applies to your personal life as well. Very good book. Highly recommend if you struggle having those hard conversations.

KathyWheeler I definitely need this book. 5y
LadyRuthven @KathyWheeler I really needed too. Haha those kinds of convos are so hard. I'm in an HR role and so have to have unpleasant conversations sometimes and this really helped alot. But it does hit on those personal life conversations as well and that really helps. 5y
KathyWheeler @LadyRuthven I‘m in a supervisory position and have had to have a few — thankfully not many — unpleasant conversations. They are difficult for me in both my work and personal life. 5y
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StayOutofYourWheel
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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Prequel to Crucial Confrontations. Highly recomme d getting both books. All great material. Useful for business and personal life.

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StayOutofYourWheel
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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Great series with practical examples of how to handle certain sticky situations. I would recommend reading "Crucial Confrontations" immediately following this book... as it answers many natural questions that arise after reading about all the new conversations that are about to take place in your life. Lol. It's a great tool for business and personal life.

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Beckys_Books
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition (Revised) | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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Our leadership team is receiving this training this month. I hope to put it to good use as it seems I'm having a lot of crucial conversations at work lately.

ReadingEnvy This book was so helpful to me when I moved into a role where I was suddenly the boss to people who had been my peers! Probably time to reread it. 7y
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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition (Revised) | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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So apt!!!! #SelfHelpRead #Dialogue #Learning #MustRead #Communication #BookSwap really useful book.
Have you read this?

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition (Revised) | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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So disappointed, had this book on my To Read for a long time and it was jus so-so... I think a lot was lost in the audio version (abridged) I would recommend other formats of this book but not sure it would improve my rating significantly :/

RinaBrahmbhattBarot I'm reading paper back - really useful advise and some of the suggestions are very practical :) 7y
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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition | Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
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I don't know why but January theme seems to be conversational and self help reads. Anyone else reading self help in #January? If so, which ones?

Amandajoy I read You Are a Badass & plan on reading 168 Hours & The Power of Positive Thinking. I always like reading self improvement books in January, I feel like it's a reset. 7y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @Amandajoy so true!! Reset it is. I've power of positive thinking - its in my TBR as well :) 7y
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