After reading this book, you will never think about making small talk or presenting your ideas in a meeting the same way again. The authors describe the inner workings of the social mind in the workplace and decode the hidden rules of the social world by explaining how we think about our own, as well as other people's thoughts and emotions. The process is complex and it requires social multitasking or Social Thinking to successfully navigate the nuances and different mindset of others, especially people you may perceive as being difficult to work with.

"A Guidebook for Understanding and Navigating the Social Complexities of the Workplace"--Cover.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Social Thinking: What Is It, and How Is It Different From Social Skills? -- Thinking About Thinking Socially -- Emotions and Social Memory -- Social Thinking as an Equation -- ch. 2 What Plays Into Good Communication Skills? -- Strategies for Adult Communication -- ch. 3 Emotions: The Uninvited Guest That Keeps Showing Up -- Emotional Expression Compression -- Exploring the Social-Emotional Chain Effect -- Emotional Scale -- Problem-Solving Thermometer -- ch. 4 Perspective Taking: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? -- The Seven Core Tenets of Perspective Taking -- ch. 5 The Four Steps of Communication: Talking Isn't the Only Way to Connect -- ch. 6 The Core of Communication: What People Mean by What They Say and How They Say It -- Getting to the Core of Communication -- Contentious Versus Supportive Relationships -- Indirect Communication: Reading Between the lines --