sarahhbo's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
So the first step to achieving the results we really want is to fix the problem of believing that others are the source of all that ails us.
Overall this was pretty good and helpful advice that I think I can actually use. It was way too long for what it was though, the advice isn’t exactly complex so it doesn’t really require 200+ pages.
spencernoble's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
troutcas000's review
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
The book had lots of good suggestions and content. In my opinion there were too many acronyms for their processes that made the message feel less weighty. It would have been nice to have more specific facts and figures around their ideas instead of example daialogues showing their ideas. Lots of good and important ideas to help though!
leontyna's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Very useful book, I took so many notes and I have already tried to use the techniques learned with decent outcome. I highly recommend it, although I feel written version would work better than audio.
veebs's review against another edition
5.0
I read this for work and found it to have very useful, actionable advice. I've since gifted two copies.
lydiasee's review against another edition
Assimilationist and racist. The kind of book managers read to be able to manipulate their subordinates. While there are some good tactics for communication strategies, the helpful is buried under such harmful examples as: when a supervisor repeatedly mispronounces your name, then when you being it up they double down and reply that your name is too difficult to pronounce and you should just use an Americanized nickname, you should then calmly tell them that this makes you feel disrespected.
This is harmful advice. The correct response is that you immediately report them to HR (if it is safe for you to do so without fear of retaliation) or seek support from whatever agencies exist for internal reporting. If this is impossible, leave this racist mf place. This is not a crucial conversation, this is assuming the disempowered should do the emotional labor of code switching to make racism more palatable.
This is harmful advice. The correct response is that you immediately report them to HR (if it is safe for you to do so without fear of retaliation) or seek support from whatever agencies exist for internal reporting. If this is impossible, leave this racist mf place. This is not a crucial conversation, this is assuming the disempowered should do the emotional labor of code switching to make racism more palatable.
protogen_dianma's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting book, in some ways it over complicated what is a very simple, but potentially powerful idea.
If you are feeling like you have trouble communicating it is worth picking up.
If you are feeling like you have trouble communicating it is worth picking up.