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Kerry Patterson

Author, Leadership Consultant

Kerry Patterson is an American author and co-founder of VitalSmarts (now Crucial Learning), an organisation specialising in corporate training and behavioural change. He co-authored the New York Times bestsellers Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, and Influencer, which have helped millions of people navigate high stakes dialogue. He completed doctoral work at Stanford University and is a recipient of the Brigham Young University Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Books by Kerry Patterson

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson

Crucial Conversations

by Kerry Patterson

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Patterson argues that most organisational failures trace back to crucial conversations people avoid. Learning to speak honestly when stakes are high and emotions run strong changes everything.

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Crucial Accountability by Kerry Patterson

Crucial Accountability

by Kerry Patterson

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Originally published as Crucial Confrontations, Patterson and the VitalSmarts team give a step-by-step toolkit for holding people accountable when expectations are violated, commitments are broken, or behavior is bad. They argue the skill is not about having tough conversations but about creating safety so the other person can hear hard truth.

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Most Recommended by Kerry

The books Kerry Patterson references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen Covey

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Covey argues lasting effectiveness comes from character, not technique. His framework moves from dependence to independence to interdependence through principle-centred habits.

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Influence by Robert Cialdini

Influence

by Robert Cialdini

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Cialdini identifies six universal principles of persuasion: reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. Understanding these triggers explains why we say yes, and how others get us to comply.

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The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit

by Charles Duhigg

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Duhigg reveals the neurological loop behind every habit: cue, routine, reward. Understanding this cycle gives you the power to reshape behaviours at individual and organisational level.

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Influence Map

Who Kerry draws from, and who draws from Kerry — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.

Kerry cites most often

  1. 1Stephen Covey
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  2. 2Robert Cialdini
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  3. 3Charles Duhigg
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Authors who cite Kerry most often

  1. 1Patrick Lencioni
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