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708 reviews for:
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Ron McMillan, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny
3.92 AVERAGE
708 reviews for:
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Ron McMillan, Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny
3.92 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
fast-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
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!
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I'd heard rave reviews about Crucial Conversations from coworkers, so I eagerly purchased a copy hoping to improve the quality of my work and personal relationships.
I was a little disappointed. There are definitely some useful ideas in here, and it's a quick read, so it wasn't a complete waste of my time. But the overarching theme is "don't be a jerk, treat others with respect" which seems pretty obvious to me. But maybe it's not?? I dunno.
I also felt like it focused a little more on dealing with your "violence" tendencies (hers I go with the terminology) - lashing out defensively - than it does in dealing with "silence" tendencies (clamming up). It takes a lot about bringing it out of OTHER people, but as a big clam-up-and-seether, I would've liked some more advice on how to tease that out.
Worth a skim or even a full read, but try not to pay full cover price.
I was a little disappointed. There are definitely some useful ideas in here, and it's a quick read, so it wasn't a complete waste of my time. But the overarching theme is "don't be a jerk, treat others with respect" which seems pretty obvious to me. But maybe it's not?? I dunno.
I also felt like it focused a little more on dealing with your "violence" tendencies (hers I go with the terminology) - lashing out defensively - than it does in dealing with "silence" tendencies (clamming up). It takes a lot about bringing it out of OTHER people, but as a big clam-up-and-seether, I would've liked some more advice on how to tease that out.
Worth a skim or even a full read, but try not to pay full cover price.
informative
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
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.