Business Communication Skills

Most of us assume our success relies on a network of friends and close contacts. But innovative thinking requires a steady stream of fresh ideas and new possibilities, which strangers are more likely to introduce. Our survival instincts naturally cause us to look upon strangers with suspicion and distrust, but in The Necessity of Strangers, Alan Gregerman offers the provocative idea that engaging with strangers is an opportunity, not a threat, and that engaging with the right strangers is essential to unlocking our real potential.

How many people do you know who have a knack for connecting with others? Few of us are born with it. The rest of us need to learn it. This audiobook explains in clear, simple terms, the skills you need to get your message across in any speaking situation.

Do you wish to know the secrets to influence people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior? Do you wish that you could easily win over friends and leverage your relationships to get what you want? The solution to these problems is to learn the insidious persuasion techniques that are used by some of the most successful people in the world. Psychology of Persuasion is full of tricks and techniques that will have an immediate and tangible impact on your ability to influence people.

Our world is constantly changing, but something that always remains true? Manners matter. Etiquette is about more than just knowing which fork to use at a fancy dinner or how to write a thank-you note. Modern Etiquette For Dummies shows you how to navigate tricky interpersonal scenarios and tough workplace dilemmas with ease. With the help of Dummies, you'll toss aside stuffy old notions of etiquette and discover how to conduct yourself in various environments. This book is full of tips on tackling today's unique challenges.

For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this previously revised and updated bestseller is available in trade paperback for the first time to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout the next century!

Almost every interaction involves negotiation, yet we often miss the cues that would allow us to make the most of these exchanges. In Getting (More of) What You Want, Margaret Neale and Thomas Lys draw on the latest advances in psychology and economics to provide new strategies for anyone shopping for a car, lobbying for a raise, or simply haggling over who takes out the trash. Getting (More of) What You Want shows how inexperienced negotiators regularly leave significant value on the table - and reveals how you can claim it.

Are you stuck in your home-based business? Have you tried sharing, but it’s not leading anywhere? Is your life an endless chain of no’s? Then, it’s time to get unstuck. Find your unique way of sharing. Get over the fear of talking to people you’ve never met with specific action steps. It’s time to grow! This is the year you get unstuck.

Desbloquea el Poder de Tus Palabras: Comunica con Confianza, Claridad y Propósito ¿Te cuesta expresar tus verdaderos sentimientos sin miedo ni culpa? ¿Estás cansada de ser malinterpretada o ignorada en las conversaciones? ¿Quieres manejar discusiones desafiantes y finalmente obtener lo que mereces? Imagina poder articular tus pensamientos con facilidad, inspirar a quienes te rodean y ganarte el respeto en cada conversación. Durante demasiado tiempo, a las mujeres se les ha dicho que bajen el tono, den un paso atrás o guarden silencio. Es hora de reescribir la narrativa.

Did you ever wonder what kind of impression you leave on the people you meet? Have you ever been introduced to someone only to run out of things to say after the initial “hello”? Do you struggle with small talk and often find yourself in a “awkward silence” situation? Luckily, there are methods and techniques you can use to improve your small talk skills, boost your confidence, and make a great first impression every time.

Why do so many organizations, teams, couples, families, and groups who should be working together end up wasting energy on unproductive conflict? Even when everyone has the same general goals, what’s often missing is a deeper alignment based on mutual trust, respect, and empathy. With Radical Alignment, top-level life and business coaches (and happily married couple) Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower share their potent method for helping groups to stop clashing and start working together.

What is great leadership? What separates the merely competent leaders from those rare individuals who leave a lasting impression on everyone around them? As one of the world's most in-demand CEO coaches and top leadership gurus, John Mattone has worked with some of our brightest business minds - Apple's Steve Jobs, Pepsi's Roger Enrico, and Nielsen's Armando Uriegas - and he's identified the key qualities that, together, make up the mindset of great leadership.

Do you struggle with public speaking or communication in your workplace or personal relations? Have you tried other solutions but find yourself slipping back into old, anxiety-ridden habits? Are you tired of feeling like a wallflower, overlooked or misunderstood when you do speak up? Many individuals struggle with social anxiety, leading to missed opportunities both personally and professionally. But what if you could transform your communication skills, master small talk, and command the room while remaining authentic to who you are?

Would you rather get a root canal than face a group of strangers? Does the phrase “working a room” make you want to retreat to yours? Devora Zack, an avowed introvert and successful consultant who gives presentations to thousands of people at dozens of events annually, feels your pain. She found that other networking books assume that to succeed, you have to act like an extrovert. Not at all. There is another way.

Contrary to conventional wisdom about what makes a good negotiator - namely, being aggressive and unemotional - in Bring Yourself, Taheripour offers a radically different perspective. In her own life, and in her more than 15 years of experience teaching negotiation, she's found that the best negotiators are empathetic, curious, and present. The essence of bargaining isn't the transaction, but the conversation and human connection.

Are you ready to conquer your call reluctance? That is the promise of this book! Everybody is promoting something, and most of us have some resistance to the process of getting other people interested in whatever you are offering. The resources in this book are a reflection of 30-plus years as a full-time sales performance coach. This information has helped thousands of people break through their barriers and find the will to make the prospecting calls they need to make.

This is a complete and practical guide which highlights the authors' new strategic approaches to selling when the buyer initially declines or is resistant on a sales opportunity. The authors introduce a novel concept called the Circle of Persuasion which offers sales reps a new approach in this potentially tricky process. Along the way, When Buyers Say No details prescriptive steps and even sample dialogues that will instruct and guide sales professionals on how to best cultivate buyer-seller relationships.

Have you noticed that on some days, everything seems to go so smoothly? Those times when everybody shares the same deadline and all of a sudden everything gets done. What’s going on here? What’s different in these scenarios? At the core of each situation is a replicable occurrence, a behavior pattern, or a trend you can understand and utilize. In fact, with just a little bit of heightened awareness and increased focus on your situation, you can pinpoint these exact patterns and recreate them at will.

A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills by two White House social secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important, and everyone deserves to be treated well. Part etiquette, part leadership, part personal empowerment, Treating People Well is a guide to developing social skills in order to build more successful relationships in life and at work.

Need to speak and make a great impression? If you want to go from fearful to confident and average to outstanding, then this is the book that will take you to a standing ovation. Acclaimed speaker Ron Tsang shows you 15 powerful public speaking lessons in this practical and entertaining book, From Presentation to Standing Ovation.

People all over the world have changed their lives by mastering the art of public speaking. This one skill can create life-changing career and social opportunities.