Difficult Conversations
by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen · Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen
Book from the Harvard Negotiation Project explaining why hard conversations go wrong and how to handle them by separating three layers: what happened, the feelings involved, and identity. Readers learn to listen, express views, and problem-solve jointly without blame.
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