5 Best communication books like The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams by Marsha Acker

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The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams

By: Marsha Acker

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever been with a team that was spinning in circles and felt unsure how to help? Have you e…

If you liked the communication plot in The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams by Marsha Acker , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders

By: David Kantor

4.01

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In Reading the Room , renowned systems psychologist and family therapist David Kantor applies his t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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2. Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.

By: Michael Bungay Stanier , Michael Port , Seth Godin , None , None , None

4.53

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

You work hard. You put in the hours. Yet you feel like you are constantly treading water with "Good… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of Team of Teams: The Power of Small Groups in a Fragmented World by Stanley McChrystal, Chris Fussell

3. Team of Teams: The Power of Small Groups in a Fragmented World

By: Stanley McChrystal , Chris Fussell

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Hardcover

The retired four-star general and and bestselling author ofMy Share of the Taskshares a powerful ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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4. The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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5. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell

3.37

Format: None pages,

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. Scale: The Search for Simplicity and Unity in the Complexity of Life, from Cells to Cities, Companies to Ecosystems, Milliseconds to Millennia

By: Geoffrey West

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the fi… read more

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7. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

By: Kristin Neff

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more sel… read more

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8. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

By: Roger Fisher , Bruce Patton , William Ury

3.95

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Describes a method of negotiation that isolates problems, focuses on interests, creates new options… read more

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  • communication
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Never yield to pressure, only to principle."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Recast an attack on you as an attack on the problem."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Sidestep their attack and deflect it against the problem."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

"Rather than resisting the other side’s criticism, invite it."

-Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

9. The Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World

By: Jon Gordon

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, yo… read more

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10. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more

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"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

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11. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

By: David Allen

4.01

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"My mission is to create a world where there are no problems only projects."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist."

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Getting things done, and feeling good about it, means being willing to recognize, acknowledge, and appropriately manage all the things that have your consciousness engaged. Mastering the art of stres…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"Your life and work are made up of outcomes and actions. When your operational behavior is grooved to organize everything that comes your way, at all levels, based upon those dynamics, a deep alignmen…"

-David Allen, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

12. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt , Jeff Cox

4.21

Format: 539 pages,

Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goalis the gripping novel which is transforming managem… read more

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13. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • communication
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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14. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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15. Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

By: Nicole Forsgren

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Does technology actually matter? And how can we apply technology to drive business value? For years… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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16. Measure What Matters

By: John Doerr

3.99

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber. With a f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
"For anyone striving for high performance in the workplace, goals are very necessary things."

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

"Acute focus, open sharing, exacting measurement, a license to shoot for the moon—these are the hallmarks of modern goal science."

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

"If the heart doesn't find a perfect rhyme with the head, then your passion means nothing. The OKR framework cultivates the madness, the chemistry contained inside. It gives us an environment for risk…"

-John Doerr, Measure What Matters

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17. Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

By: Shane Parrish

4.21

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFew things will change your trajectory in life or business as m… read more

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  • business
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"Our desire to feel right overpowers our desire to be right."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"The social rewards for going with the crowd are felt long before the benefits of going against it are gained."

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

"Most people go through life assuming that we’re right about everything all the time and that people who don’t see things our way are wrong. We mistake how we want the world to be with how it actually…"

-Shane Parrish, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results

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18. Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

By: Matthew Skelton

4.21

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Effective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and susta… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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Cover of The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it by Will Storr

19. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it

By: Will Storr

4.14

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more

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  • business
"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."

-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it

"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"

-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it

"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"

-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it

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20. Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less

By: Jim Vandehei

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communicat… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"Brevity is confidence. Length is fear."

-Jim Vandehei, Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less

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21. Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

By: Teresa Torres

4.47

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

"If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book c… read more

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Cover of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

22. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • business
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"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Cover of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson

23. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.99

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy The Fearless Organization: Creati… read more

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24. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy C. Edmondson

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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Cover of No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings

25. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

By: Reed Hastings

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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Cover of The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

26. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

By: Julie Zhuo

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the ch… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • design
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Cover of How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships by Michael Bungay Stanier

27. How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships

By: Michael Bungay Stanier

3.65

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

Your happiness and your success depend on your working relationshipsThe people you manage. How well… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • leadership
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28. The Art & Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams

By: Marsha Acker

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever been with a team that was spinning in circles and felt unsure how to help? Have you e… read more

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29. Agile Practice Guide

By: Project Management Institute

3.73

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Agile Practice Guide – First Edition has been developed as a resource to understand, evaluate, and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of Lead It Like Lasso: A Leadership Book for Life. Your Life. by Marnie Stockman

30. Lead It Like Lasso: A Leadership Book for Life. Your Life.

By: Marnie Stockman

4.13

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ted Lasso was hired as the new gaffer (coach) for AFC Richmond, the team, the town, and the en… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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31. Toolkit for Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters: 99 Creative Exercises and Training Formats

By: Charlotte Bendermacher

4.20

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you an agile coach, product owner, Scrum master, or are you in another facilitating role in an … read more

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Transform Your Habits

Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders

David Kantor

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.

Michael Bungay Stanier , Michael Port , Seth Godin , None , None , None

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Team of Teams: The Power of Small Groups in a Fragmented World

Stanley McChrystal , Chris Fussell

3.76

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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

Patrick Lencioni

4.73

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

4.15

The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations

Gene Kim , Jez Humble , Patrick Debois , John Willis

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Michael Lopp

4.11

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Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Nicole Forsgren

4.06

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