How to Win Friends and Influence People
The classic guide to getting along with people, still useful nearly a century later.
Communication
Most problems between people are communication problems. These books teach how to listen, speak honestly without blame, persuade ethically, and handle conversations where emotions run high.
The skills apply everywhere: at home, at work, in negotiations and in difficult conversations you've been avoiding.
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- 8 authors
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Our essential picks in communication.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The classic guide to getting along with people, still useful nearly a century later.
Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton
Separate people from the problem and focus on interests, not positions. The classic of principled negotiation.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The classic parenting guide to communicating with children in ways that build cooperation and respect.
Getting to Yes
Separate people from the problem and focus on interests, not positions. The classic of principled negotiation.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
The classic parenting guide to communicating with children in ways that build cooperation and respect.
Influence
Why people say yes, and how to recognize when you're being persuaded.
Nonviolent Communication
Say what you need without blame, and hear others without defensiveness.
The Mom Test
Everyone, even your mom, will say your idea is great. How to ask questions that reveal the truth.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
Research-based principles from decades of studying couples, from building friendship to managing conflict.
Building a StoryBrand
Make your customer the hero and your brand the guide: a seven-part framework for clear marketing messages.
Contagious
A marketing professor explains six principles that make ideas, products and messages spread.
Crucial Conversations
How to talk about hard things without blowing up or shutting down.
Dare to Lead
Courageous leadership means rumbling with vulnerability, living your values and having tough conversations.
Difficult Conversations
Every difficult conversation is really three: what happened, feelings and identity. How to handle all three.
Made to Stick
Simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional stories: the recipe for ideas people remember.
Never Split the Difference
Negotiation lessons from an FBI hostage negotiator that work for salaries, purchases and family talks.
Radical Candor
Care personally and challenge directly. A practical guide to honest feedback and humane management.
Show Your Work!
Share your process, not just your results. A short, illustrated guide to building an audience by being generous.
Start With Why
People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. How purpose inspires loyalty.
Storyworthy
A champion storyteller teaches how to find and tell true stories, and the daily habit that collects them.
Supercommunicators
Every conversation is one of three kinds: practical, emotional or social. Connect by matching the right one.
Thanks for the Feedback
Most advice teaches how to give feedback. This book teaches how to receive it, even when it's unfair or badly delivered.
The 5 Love Languages
Learn how your partner feels loved, and speak their language.
The Coaching Habit
Seven essential questions that help managers coach in ten minutes or less, by saying less and asking more.
The Culture Code
Great groups build safety, share vulnerability and establish purpose. How strong team culture really works.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
A business fable that explains the five problems that hold teams back, and how to fix them.
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