Blamestorming, Rob Kendall
Blamestorming, Rob Kendall
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Blamestorming
Why conversations go wrong and how to fix them

Author: Rob Kendall

Narrator: Greg Tremblay

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 03/01/2017


Synopsis

Winner of the 2015 COVR Award for Best Self-Help Book! Blamestorming outlines the reasons why our daily conversations go wrong, explains how to respond when they do and provides tips on how to stop them going wrong in the first place. Based on his experience as a highly respected communications coach for international companies and business professionals, Rob Kendall provides a practical guide to achieving more rewarding and effective interactions with everyone in your life - from your boss to your partner. Rob's techniques have been proven to be effective for thousands of people from all walks of life and are presented in an illustrated step-by-step format that makes them easy to put into practice from Day One. Underpinning the book's approach to consistently having better interactions is an explanation of the warning signals that indicate when a conversation is going off track.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna on January 14, 2024

Blamestorming is about how to have conversations that work past conflicts in a sane manner. The topic is very current and pertinent. I have to agree with the author when he expresses dismay at the fact that public schools teach essentially nothing on the topic. The book was really well-organized and......more

Goodreads review by Anne Marie on April 02, 2019

A small book with 21 chapters starting with Be Curious, spot the signs, identify the subtext, develop clear agreements, set the context, clear up the mess, ask what's missing and needed, cross the threshold, etc. The problem was the text was in purple, which would have been fine if it was darker. It......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on December 14, 2018

Such a good book! I add my voice to the author in that if we were better communicators, then the world would be a far better place. Kendall shares great stories of communication fails and successes, while also giving actionable steps in how to commmunicate better both professionally and personally.......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on March 16, 2019

Nice book with very well examples. Good to see the views of author on how to improve the conversations in real life. The examples shared in this book are based on the real life problems which everyone has to face in different ways. The book is good if you read it with full focus. I felt a bit boring......more

Goodreads review by Markus on September 19, 2022

A decent book about communication, pitfalls and avoiding them. Even though the book is titled blamestorming, it has a broader context in communication than just crucial or difficult conversations - which is kind of nice. The book gets right to point from the beginning and I feel that the writer has......more