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Best Books on Influence & Persuasion

Conflict-Books

“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” — Max Lucade

This is a list of my favorite and noteworthy books on dealing with conflict, negotiation, influence, and persuasion.

I put the bulk of the list categories so that you can explore in a relevant way and easily compare it with your library of books on influence, conflict, negotiation, and persuasion.

5 Best Books on Influence & Persuasion

  1. Crucial Confrontations: Tools for talking about broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior ., by Kerry Patterson
  2. Dealing with People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst , by Rick Kirschner
  3. Insider’s Guide To The Art Of Persuasion , by Rick Kirschner
  4. Negotiation , by David M. Saunders
  5. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion , by Jay Heinrichs

Best Books on Influence & Persuasion

Conflict

  • A Survival Guide for Working With Bad Bosses: Dealing With Bullies, Idiots, Back-stabbers, And Other Managers from Hell , by Gini Graham Scott
  • Beyond Blame: A New Way of Resolving Conflicts in Relationships (Jossey-Bass Psychology Series) , by Jeffrey A. Kottler
  • Coping with Difficult Bosses , by Robert M. Bramson
  • Coping with Difficult People: The Proven-Effective Battle Plan That Has Helped Millions Deal with the Troublemakers in Their Lives at Home and at Work , by Robert M. Bramson
  • Crucial Confrontations: Tools for talking about broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior ., by Kerry Patterson
  • Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High , by Kerry Patterson
  • Dealing with People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst , by Rick Kirschner
  • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most , by Douglas Stone
  • Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time , by Susan Scott
  • I Thought We’d Never Speak Again: The Road from Estrangement to Reconciliation , by Laura Davis
  • I’m Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict , by Roni Cohen-Sandler
  • The Tao of Negotiation: How You Can Prevent, Resolve, and Transcend Conflict in Work and Everyday Life , by Joel Edelman
  • Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion , George J. Thompson

Influence, Persuasion

  • Brilliant NLP: What the Most Successful People Know, Say and Do , by David Molden
  • Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions , by Guy Kawasaki
  • Framing Public Life: Perspectives on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World (Routledge Communication Series) , by Stephen D. Reese
  • How To Win Friends and Influence People , by Dale Carnegie
  • Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) , by Robert B. Cialdini
  • Influencer: The Power to Change Anything , by Kerry Patterson
  • Insider’s Guide To The Art Of Persuasion , by Rick Kirschner
  • Insider’s Playbook , by Rick Kirschner
  • The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters , by Peter Block
  • The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life , by Rosamund Stone Zander

Negotiation

  • Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition , by G. Richard Shell
  • Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers , by Michael Watkins
  • Essentials of Negotiation , by John W. Minton
  • Getting Past No , by William Ury
  • Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In , by Roger Fisher
  • Harvard Business Essentials Guide to Negotiation , by Harvard Business School Press
  • Manager as Negotiator , by David A. Lax
  • Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The (4th Edition) , by Leigh L. Thompson
  • Negotiate This!: By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much , by Herb Cohen
  • Negotiation , by David M. Saunders
  • Principles of Negotiation: Strategies, Tactics, Techniques to Reach Agreement (Enrtepreneur’s Legal Guides) , by Matthew P. Guasco
  • Rules for Radicals ,  by Saul D. Alinsky
  • The Art and Science of Negotiation , by Howard Raiffa
  • The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic , by Robert M. March
  • The One Minute Negotiator: Simple Steps to Reach Better Agreements , by Don Hutson
  • The StreetSmart Negotiator: How to Outwit, Outmaneuver, and Outlast Your Opponents , by Harry Mills
  • Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion , by Jay Heinrichs 

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