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The MAPP Young Professionals Book Club is a community for people within the YP Network who want to learn how to become more effective and productive manufacturing professionals while reading, networking, and participating in group discussions. We are a community for thoughtful conversation and meaningful connections to help everyone improve themselves and their businesses.

Quarter 2 Theme: Communication and Influence

Book Choices:

Never Split the Difference - This book takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss’s head, revealing the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles—counterintuitive tactics and strategies—you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life.

Crucial Conversations - The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high. This new edition gives you the tools to prepare for high-stakes situations, transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue, make it safe to talk about almost anything, and how to be persuasive, not abrasive.

The Power of Influence - Ty Bennett challenges leaders to shift old mindsets, perceptions, and even skill sets – to take a broad, expansive view of what’s possible. To envision – then design a life and career filled with extraordinary possibility. The kind that has both a rock-solid foundation and sky’s-the-limit potential. Learn to invite creativity and collaboration within their teams, re-engineer relationships to cultivate value, trust, and mutual respect. develop and nurture honest and effective communication, and bring care and compassion back into the mainstream.