Listening
Books on how to really hear people: paying attention, asking good questions and staying calm in hard talks at work and at home. Pick up habits to try in your next conversation.
Listening Library

Active Listening Techniques: 30 Practical Tools to Hone Your Communication Skills

Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life

Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up Or Giving in

Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives

Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life

Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Using Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results

Difficult Conversations Don’t Have to Be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better

Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends, and Foes

Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way

From Conflict to Courage: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Leading

Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Replace Counter-Productive Habits with Ones That Really Work – Simple Pause Techniques for Focus and Better Performance

Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime: Secrets of Calculated Questioning From a Veteran Interrogator

Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships

Getting The Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

Humility Is The New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence In the Smart Machine Age

How to be Heard: Secrets for Powerful Speaking and Listening

How to Win Friends and Influence People

How to Love

How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community

How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication

How to Lead Smart People: Leadership for Professionals

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

How to Become a People Magnet: 62 Strategies for Powerful Relationships and Positive Impact

KIND: The Quiet Power of Kindness at Work

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone

I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow

Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection

Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower

Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World

Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships

Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Sales EQ: How Ultra High Performers Leverage Sales-Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal

Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time

Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life

Start with No: The Negotiating Tools That the Pros Don't Want You to Know

Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

The Art of Communicating: Mastering Life's Most Important Skill Through Mindfulness, Personal Growth, and Effective Interpersonal Relations with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

The Argument Hangover: Empowering Couples to Fight Smarter and Overcome Communication Pitfalls