speaking

Alison Wood Brooks

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

“Reading a book about speaking is like having a conversation with the best conversationalist in the world.” Angela Duckworth

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Conversation is at the core of our relationships and decision-making—but the science behind our daily interactions, and how to improve them, remains unknown.

In "Speak Up," Harvard professor Alison Wood Brooks offers fascinating insights into the power of effective communication. She provides the tools her MBA students say have changed their lives, combining psychology, linguistics, sociology, and neuroscience into her original framework:

T - Topics - including the surprise effect of setting topics before the conversation
A - Question - Why we need to do more (and why we do less than we think)
L - Joy - How to Find Fun in Conversations with Anyone
K - Kindness - How to be a better listener and not pretend to be one!

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