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“There is no necessary tradeoff between empathy and assertiveness.”

Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level by James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin

April 24, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This is a nice little gem of a negotiation book. Harvard Negotiation Project’s James Sebenius and his co-authors spent a lot of time and research delving deep into the subject and the mind of the man. They look not just into the substance of Henry Kissinger’s negotiation history but also into his specific tactics and philosophy of negotiation. Kissinger himself wrote the foreword to this book and apparently was pretty candid with the authors as they researched and interviewed him. Perhaps most importantly, they also […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ford, Henry Kissinger, James K Sebenius, James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Nixon, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Vietnam, world history

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ford, Henry Kissinger, James K Sebenius, James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Nixon, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Vietnam, world history ·
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Chief of Staff Reading List #15-17

December 31, 2018 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

Ok, this is crappy and I know it but I am finishing the cannonball.  Last year I finished book 52 on the 31st but I was a dozen reviews behind.  This year, I got to 64 books and I’m still behind on my reviews but I can get there and I read all of these books for the same reason and that is professional development at work which makes them inherently less interesting to those who do not share my profession.  Anyway, here I go. […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Army Chief of Staff, barbara tuchman, Henry Kissinger, John Keegan, WWI

thewheelbarrow's CBR10 Review No:51 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Army Chief of Staff, barbara tuchman, Henry Kissinger, John Keegan, WWI ·
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