Supercommunicators
From the global bestselling author of The Power of Habit
'This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. It's also a revealing look at how to be understood.' -ADAM GRANT #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential
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Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it?
In this groundbreaking new book, Charles Duhigg unravels the secrets of the supercommunicators to reveal the art - and the science - of successful communication. He unpicks the different types of everyday conversation and pinpoints why some go smoothly while others swiftly fall apart. He reveals the conversational questions and gambits that bring people together. And he shows how even the most tricky of encounters can be turned around. In the process, he shows why a CIA operative was able to win over a reluctant spy, how a member of a jury got his fellow jurors to view an open-and-shut case differently, and what a doctor found they needed to do to engage with a vaccine sceptic.
Above all, he reveals the techniques we can all master to successfully connect with others, however tricky the circumstances. Packed with fascinating case studies and drawing on cutting-edge research, this book will change the way you think about what you say, and how you say it.
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'Charles Duhigg goes through a mountain of research - and some riveting stories - and unearths practical tactics to show that anyone can become a more effective listener, speaker, and even social media poster.' - DAVID EPSTEIN, bestselling author of Range
Review: This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. It's also a revealing look at how to be understood. Charles Duhigg delivers a winning combination of stories, studies, and guidance that might well transform the worst communicators you know into some of the best. -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential
Our personal and professional success depend upon our ability to understand and be understood, and yet, we typically leave this up to intuition. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg goes through a mountain of research - and some riveting stories - and unearths practical tactics to show that anyone can become a more effective listener, speaker, and even social media poster. -- David Epstein, bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene
Charles Duhigg does it again, with a book we all need to read. Using his unique mix of stories and science, he gives us Supercommunicators, a guide to better conversation and deeper human connection. If you want to improve your communication skills at work and in life, this book is the place the start. -- Arthur C. Brooks, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH and co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT
This is one of those books that stays with you for days after reading it . . . What makes us happiest in life is the quality of our connections and the relationships we forge . . . and that might just start with being able to understand what someone else is really trying to say. For as Duhigg himself points out, the right conversation at the right moment can change everything. * Daily Mail *
Duhigg offers diligently sourced evidence and opinion from psychologists and neuroscientists. He also knows how to tell a story. As he did in his successful book The Power of Habit, he weaves in inspiring anecdotes - tales of so-called supercommunicators . . . a thoughtful and entertaining book. I even think it could make me a slightly better human. -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times *