Expanding on the principles, insights, and wisdom that made Getting to Yes a worldwide bestseller, Roger Fisher and Scott Brown offer a straightforward approach to creating relationships that can deal with difficulties as they arise. Getting Together takes you step-by-step through initiating, negotiating, and sustaining enduring relationships-in business, in government, between friends, and in the family.

The Steps:

Rationality-Balance emotion with reason.
Understanding-Learn how others see things.
Communication-Always consult before deciding . . . and listen
Reliability-Be wholly trustworthy, but not wholly trusting.
Persuasion, not coercion-Negotiate side by side.
Acceptance-Deal seriously with those with whom you differ.

"This is the last best word on Resolving Differences."

"Any reader will learn a lot from this book. . . . The authors do indeed tell us, as they promise they will, what each of us can do to make a relationship work better."

"The best hardheaded practical advice I have ever seen for making a working relationship succeed."