How to Have Difficult Conversations is the first book in the "How-To" series of self-help publications written by Dr. Sherard A. Robbins. This book offers 20 different techniques and approaches specifically designed to help you, the reader, effectively engage in those difficult conversations that you have maybe avoided or been burdened by on more than one occasion. Supported by research, data, and empirical evidence, How to Have Difficult Conversations brings together several years of experience in order to provide the reader with techniques and strategies on how to discuss often challenging matters anywhere from competing political ideologies to social and structural racism.