We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

Celeste Headlee gives some amazing advice learned from her years of interviewing. She also has a TED talk where she shares tips from this book at a higher level. A really good read for anyone looking to improve conversation skills and connect better with others.

I read this book in less than a week. It was practical, and I have used several suggestions from Headlee. I will say that I did not agree 100% with her assessments, however, this book is well worth the asking price and will help anyone improve conversational skills. I have even adapted two strategies outlined in this book into lessons for my high school students.

I highly value this book and I look forward to implementing the tools I learned and implement them in my podcast What Men Hear!

It was watching Headlee's brilliant TED talk about how to have better conversations that eventually led to me reading this book. Although her talk didn't "blow my mind" - like many other TED talks have done - she really struck a chord in me with her straightforward and surprisingly obvious advice. After reading the book, the TED talk seems like the perfect "trailer" for it. In short, this is one of those books that everyone would benefit from reading. It's an easy read, written with a passion for the subject at hand that shines through the whole text. This book might be seen as a warning in a society more and more dominated by social media and its electronic devices, but it is driven by a genuine desire to help and thoroughly backed by an impressive amount of scientific material. Headlee shows us why we "need to talk" as part of the human experience, how modern life is taking that away from us, how we can reclaim this part of our humanity and why we would benefit from doing so. In that respect this is probably one of the most important books written in years.

As a person struggling with communication, I found this book very useful. It gave me an in-depth knowledge of how to have a conversation. I have been able to meet new friends such as a girl name Rosalia and we became best friends. It's a remarkable and insightful book that give you the ins and outs on how to have better and more meaningful conversations with people around you. I really like how this book went was divided into different sections based on different tips and ideas on how to have a better conversation. The book was well written, organized and easy to read. I also really like how Headlee relates her advice to her own experiences so we can understand why her advice works. It gives a credibility towards her advice. Headlee also uses facts from studies to back up the advice that was given throughout the book. Thank you for writing this book and I 100% recommend everyone to read it.

I was excited to receive this book after I watched the TED talk but i was a bit disappointed and lost interest very quickly. More of her story than help book didn’t really see anything that I don’t know already.

Her TedTalk about how to have a better conversation is one of my all time favorites- so of course I had to check out the follow up book- which only added to what I learned in the TedTalk.If you're interested in having better conversations- I highly recommend this one.

This was a gift for my nephew. I flipped through it, and it looked like a great book. But my nephew isn’t talking to me anymore.

Ny job is to listen, I am a negotiator and sales strategist. I love listening to say the “right words” whenever necessary. This book is great if you are a “conversational narcissist”...

Now to put it into practice! I think this is a great resource for anyone interested in becoming a better communicator.

It is one of the best books about Communication I have read so far and I am sorry, that it is not available in German.

Este livro é um gostoso livro que mostra dicas de como desenvolver a empatia, e ela passa muitas vezes por nosso diálogo e nossas palavras. Eu achei muito útil e fácil de ler.

I found this book one of the best books on the subject. It is based on the author's professional experience as interviewer and provides a clear set of rules to follow to achieve meaningful conversations. The books offers a lot of themes for self-reflection on the mistakes we unconsciously make during our verbal interactions. I definitely make use of them in the coming months and I will recommend the book to my colleagues