Understanding how evolved mating strategy differences create predictable patterns of conflict between the sexes
When Men Behave Badly · David M. Buss
Choose your inner circle deliberately and communicate with Chimp awareness
The Chimp Paradox · Steve Peters
Your self-concept is layers of stories not facts and peeling them back is how you change
"EVERYTHING You Think You Know About Yourself Is WRONG!" (How To Find Yourself) | Mark Manson · Mark Manson
The situation is your adversary, the person across the table is your partner
Chris Voss Teaches the Art of Negotiation · Chris Voss
Replace destructive blame with forward-looking contribution mapping to resolve conflicts
Difficult Conversations · Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
Untangle any difficult conversation by separating its three hidden layers
Difficult Conversations · Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
Teams fail from the bottom up: fix trust before anything else
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Patrick Lencioni · Patrick Lencioni
People describe reality from their position, not from an objective center
Useful Not True · Derek Sivers
Shift from blame to understanding mutual contribution
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most · Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen
Your higher-level conscious self must manage your lower-level emotional self to make better decisions and avoid self-sabotage
Principles: Life and Work · Ray Dalio
A systematic process for assessing, restructuring, and aligning inherited teams during leadership transitions
The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded_Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter · Michael D. Watkins
Work backwards from what would have to be true to find the best strategic choice
Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works · A.G. Lafley & Roger Martin
Diagnose before you prescribe by listening to understand, not to reply
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People · Stephen R. Covey
Replace artificial harmony with passionate ideological debate
untitled · Patrick Lencioni
Draw a clean line between what is your task and what is someone else's task, then stop intervening across that line.
The Courage to Be Disliked · Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Surface the hidden thoughts sabotaging your conversations
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook · Peter Senge
Don't attribute to malice what is more easily explained by mistake
The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 General Thinking Concepts · Shane Parrish & Rhiannon Beaubien
Conflicting sensory inputs
Essentials: How Your Brain Functions & Interprets the World | Dr. David Berson · Andrew Huberman