The latest from the author of 'The Art of Gathering' is a 'vital primer' for navigating disagreements from the playground to the boardroom
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NEED TO KNOW
- The acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering has a new book on the way
- Priya Parker’s The Art of Fighting breaks down how and why we can all have better conflicts
- The Art of Fighting comes out this fall
From the playground to the boardroom and everywhere in between, conflict is all but unavoidable. That doesn't mean we can't handle it better.
In her new "paradigm-shattering" book, The Art of Fighting (out Sept. 8 from Riverhead Books) Priya Parker breaks down how to engage in healthy conflict and why we can't form and grow effective relationships without a fight.
"All groups change and evolve; indeed, it’s because people disagree that good groups flourish," the book's official synopsis explains. "As she did in the now-classic The Art of Gathering, Parker draws on her far-reaching experience as a conflict facilitator, her own detailed research and real-world examples to lay out the ways that people can identify disputes, determine how to address them and what to do if they are insurmountable."
The acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering explains that the reason so many people are lonely in our modern world is because we haven't been provided with the skills to fight well.
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"Over the past few years, I’ve watched so many friend groups, teams and communities implode around me. I’ve seen how when things get tough or complicated or messy or hurtful, many folks find it easier to bounce rather than bother," Parker tells PEOPLE. "I wrote The Art of Fighting to teach you how to have better, richer, more meaningful and long-lasting relationships at home, at work and in community."
"My first book, The Art of Gathering, looks at how to bring people together meaningfully," she adds. "The Art of Fighting looks at what you do with those people when shit gets real."
Fernando Palofox
Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor and author who is trained in the field of conflict resolution. In addition to her books, she has worked on race relations on American college campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa and India. She studied organizational design at M.I.T., public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and political and social thought at the University of Virginia.
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The Art of Fighting will hit shelves on Sept. 8 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
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