Books like Nonviolent Communication

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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.

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Thanks for the Feedback

Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen · Business

Thanks for the Feedback is Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen's follow-up to Difficult Conversations, this time focused on the receiving end of feedback rather than the giving end.

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Humble Inquiry

Edgar H. Schein · Business

Humble Inquiry is Edgar Schein's argument that the most important communication skill in leadership is the ability to ask questions in a genuinely curious, non-manipulative way — and that most organizational cultures systematically undervalue this skill in favor of telling, which creates problems both for individual relationships and for organizational safety and learning.

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Self-help

Crucial Conversations is a book about what to do when the stakes are high, emotions run strong, and opinions diverge.

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12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson · Self-help

12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.

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A Mind for Numbers

Barbara Oakley · Self-help

A Mind for Numbers is Barbara Oakley's guide to learning hard subjects effectively, written primarily for students struggling with mathematics and science but drawing on cognitive science principles that apply to any demanding field.