Talk

Wood, Brooks, Alison

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A leading Harvard professor shows how we can all become better at conversation – and why this will help us all thrive. Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and our decision-making. From meeting a colleague to saying goodnight to our loved ones, our days are filled with verbal communication – but the science of everyday conversation is little known. We may spend time thinking about difficult exchanges, but research shows that there’s room to improve seemingly easy interactions too. In ‘Talk’, Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks shows how simple changes in how we communicate can enhance our relationships, our performance at work and our lives; who we talk to affects our happiness; and how to talk across differences.

ISBN: 9780241596272 Category:

Description

You might already consider yourself a stellar conversationalist, but could you be even better? This book will help enrich your life, one conversation at a time.

‘Reading TALK is like having a conversation with the world’s best conversationalist’ Angela Duckworth

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Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and decision-making – but the science behind our everyday interactions, and how to improve them, is little known.

In Talk, Harvard Professor Alison Wood Brooks provides fascinating insights into the power of effective communication. She gives you the tools that her MBA students say transform their lives, bringing together psychology, linguistics, sociology and neuroscience in her original framework:

T – Topics – including the surprising impact of preparing topics before a conversation
A – Asking – why we need to do more (and why we do less than we think)
L – Levity – how to find the fun in conversations with anyone
K – Kindness – how to be a better listener and not simply pretend to be one!

Through her own original research, Brooks shows readers how small changes in how we communicate can make a big difference to our relationships, our careers and our lives.

Additional information

Weight 0.442 kg
Dimensions 22.3 × 14.1 × 3 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

158.2 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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