‘Reading Talk is like having a conversation with the world’s best conversationalist’ Angela Duckworth, author of Grit You might already consider yourself a stellar conversationalist, but even the best talkers have room for improvement. This book will help enrich your life, one conversation at a time. Conversation is at the heart of our relationships and decision-making – and with help from the new science of communication, we can all learn to connect more effectively. In Talk, based on her own cutting-edge research, Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks provides indispensable tools that her MBA students say are transformative. This book will help you to: · build confidence · form deeper connections · laugh more · get out of awkward conversations · ask good questions and be a better listener
‘Read this book and your life will improve’ Arthur C. Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of Build the Life You Want ‘One of behavioral science’s superstars . . . Witty, science-driven and filled with compelling insights’ Ethan Kross, author of Chatter
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Through the simple but comprehensive TALK framework – Topics, Asking, Levity and Kindness – Talk shows how small changes in how we communicate can make a big difference in our relationships, our careers and our lives.
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‘For anyone who wants to have more rewarding conversations with friends, family, colleagues and even strangers’ Amy C. Edmondson, author of Right Kind of Wrong
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‘This [is] groundbreaking research that changed my life’ Mel Robbins, bestselling author of The Let Them Theory
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