Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition
The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation—especially difficult ones—leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches listeners how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You'll learn how to: respond when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you; identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it; and communicate more effectively across digital mediums.

When stakes are high and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results. Whether they take place at work or at home, Crucial Conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a Crucial Conversation again.
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition
The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation—especially difficult ones—leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches listeners how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You'll learn how to: respond when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you; identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it; and communicate more effectively across digital mediums.

When stakes are high and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results. Whether they take place at work or at home, Crucial Conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a Crucial Conversation again.
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Third Edition

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Overview

The book that revolutionized business communications has been updated for today's workplace. Crucial Conversations provides powerful skills to ensure every conversation—especially difficult ones—leads to the results you want. Written in an engaging and witty style, it teaches listeners how to be persuasive rather than abrasive, how to get back to productive dialogue when others blow up or clam up, and it offers powerful skills for mastering high-stakes conversations, regardless of the topic or person.

This new edition addresses issues that have arisen in recent years. You'll learn how to: respond when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you; identify and address the lag time between identifying a problem and discussing it; and communicate more effectively across digital mediums.

When stakes are high and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation poorly and suffer the consequences; or apply the lessons and strategies of Crucial Conversations and improve relationships and results. Whether they take place at work or at home, Crucial Conversations have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you'll never have to worry about the outcome of a Crucial Conversation again.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798212345439
Publisher: McGraw Hill-Ascent
Publication date: 12/07/2021
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Al Switzler is an international corporate consultant and leader at Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers courses in the areas of communication, leadership, and performance.

Joseph Grenny is an international corporate consultant and leader at Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers courses in the areas of communication, leadership, and performance.

Ron McMillan is an international corporate consultant and leader at Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers courses in the areas of communication, leadership, and performance.

Kerry Patterson is an international corporate consultant and leader at Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers courses in the areas of communication, leadership, and performance.

Emily Gregory is an international corporate consultant and leader at Crucial Learning, a learning company that offers courses in the areas of communication, leadership, and performance.

Table of Contents

Preface
1 What’s a Crucial Conversation?
2 Mastering Crucial Conversations
PART I WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH
   3 Choose Your Topic
   4 Start with Heart
   5 Master My Stories
PART II HOW TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH
   6 Learn to Look
   7 Make It Safe
   8 STATE My Path
   9 Explore Others’ Paths
   10 Retake Your Pen
PART III HOW TO FINISH
   11 Move to Action
   12 Yeah, But
   13 Putting It All Together
Notes
Index
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