How the way we talk can change the way we work Book

Full disclosure: I read this book for my Masters of Organizational Development class. While many of the concepts of the book are not new - and the writing is pretty circular - I found the book to be quite useful professionally and personally.

If I had to boil the premise down, I'd say this book is about transforming the way we work by transforming the way we see ourselves and interact with others - and particularly about how we view and engage in conflict. There are a number of helpful exercises that allow the reader to identify assumptions and commitments that we have that are so fundamental to the way we operate that we do not even realize we are making them. Once you get a sense of your "Big Assumptions", there a number of tools suggested to help recognize our biases and open ourselves to others points of view. I can see using several exercises or the book as a whole as a leadership development tool within my company.

While it might be interesting for anyone to read, I think it would probably be most useful for folks interested in developing leadership skills or those in the HR or T&D fields.