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Books like Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

The best books like Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High are Never Split the Difference, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler is about communication, conflict, dialogue. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. Never Split the Difference
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    Never Split the Difference

    Chris Voss · Business

    Never Split the Difference is Chris Voss's argument that the rational, compromise-based negotiation frameworks taught in business schools miss something fundamental about how people actually make decisions.

    Both dig into communication.

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  2. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
    Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

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    Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

    Roger Fisher and William Ury · Business

    Getting to Yes emerged from the Harvard Negotiation Project in the late 1970s and laid out a method its authors called principled negotiation.

    Both dig into communication.

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  3. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

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    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Robert B. Cialdini · Psychology

    Influence is Robert Cialdini's account of why people say yes, and how that agreement is manufactured.

    A kindred self-help read.

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  1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen R. Covey · Self-help

    Stephen R.

    A kindred self-help read.

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  2. How to Win Friends and Influence People
    How to Win Friends and Influence People

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    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie · Self-help

    How to Win Friends and Influence People is Dale Carnegie's 1936 guide to dealing with people effectively.

    Both dig into communication.

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  3. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
    The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

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    The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

    John Gottman and Nan Silver · Psychology

    John Gottman is a research psychologist who spent decades studying couples in his "Love Lab" at the University of Washington, filming interactions and measuring physiological responses, and developing a predictive model of relationship outcomes.

    Shares communication and conflict with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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  4. Difficult Conversations
    Difficult Conversations

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    Difficult Conversations

    Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business

    Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.

    Shares communication and conflict with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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  5. Fierce Conversations
    Fierce Conversations

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    Fierce Conversations

    Susan Scott · Business

    Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.

    Shares communication and conflict with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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  6. Nonviolent Communication
    Nonviolent Communication

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    Nonviolent Communication

    Marshall B. Rosenberg · Self-help

    Nonviolent Communication is Marshall Rosenberg's framework for communicating in ways that preserve connection and address needs rather than triggering defensiveness.

    Shares communication and relationships with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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  7. Set Boundaries, Find Peace
    Set Boundaries, Find Peace

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    Set Boundaries, Find Peace

    Nedra Glover Tawwab · Self-help

    Set Boundaries, Find Peace is therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab's practical guide to identifying and communicating personal boundaries in work, family, friendship, and romantic relationships.

    Shares communication and relationships with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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  8. The Four Agreements
    The Four Agreements

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    The Four Agreements

    Don Miguel Ruiz · Self-help

    The Four Agreements is Don Miguel Ruiz's distillation of what he describes as ancient Toltec wisdom, repackaged as a practical guide to personal freedom.

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  9. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
    Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

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    Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

    Sue Johnson · Psychology

    Hold Me Tight is Sue Johnson's accessible introduction to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a model of couples therapy she developed over decades of clinical practice and research.

    Shares communication and relationships with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High.

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Books like Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High: quick answers

What are the best books like Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High?

The best books like Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler are Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, such as communication, conflict, dialogue.

What should I read after Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High?

A natural next read after Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High is Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Both dig into communication. Other strong choices are Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.

What books are similar to Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler?

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High centers on communication, conflict, dialogue. Books with a similar feel include Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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