Business Communications Management

Being a great leader means getting the fundamentals right. It also means consistently doing the "little things" that make a positive difference in the lives of employees, customers, and other stakeholders. The Busy Leader's Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive is a practical, easy-to-use book filled with gentle reminders of what we should be doing every day - especially when work is at its most intense.

Diana McLain Smith addresses key questions about the nature of professional relationships, explaining how companies are irrevocably shaped by positive and negative relationships between colleagues, in a guide that shares strategies for building strong and flexible working relationships that can endure difficult interpersonal challenges.

Renowned executive coaches and global leadership strategists Jane Hyun and Audrey S. Lee offer lessons on the vital skill of “flexing” - the art of switching leadership styles to more effectively lead people who are different from you, allowing managers to successfully manage the multicultural workers of today and tomorrow. Flex offers a proactive strategy for managers to navigate and leverage diversity effectively in this new global economy....

Your style is perfect for you. Public speaking coach to the C-suite Bill Hoogterp reveals proven tips, techniques, and exercises to amplify your effectiveness as a speaker and communicator. He explains how the brain processes information, what people respond to, and how to hold the audience in the palm of your hand. Great public speaking can be learned. Hoogterp's unique method turns fear into fun and tells you how to be your natural, authentic, unique self - and deliver your perfect presentation for any audience each and every time.

Based upon research of what successful teams do to overcome severe odds, Do Big Things presents an intuitive, seven-step process that equips teams with how to quickly and consistently operate in a manner necessary for success. Filled with practical tools and engaging stories of teams today, Do Big Things equips leaders with “the how” to quickly identify and activate the behaviors needed to achieve more than you or your team ever thought possible.

In today's global business reality, the ability to work across cultures is key to teamwork and productivity. The Culture Solution is the book to provide businesspeople a step-by-step system to manage and recognize for themselves the cultural factors that affect international relationships and global partnerships. Using the new method of cultural analysis created by Deirdre Mendez, international managers can solve problems and create cultural synergies that produce the most productive international teams, projects, and alliances.

In a good negotiation, everybody walks away a winner. Drawing on her nearly two decades of experience negotiating multimillion-dollar agreements with the most savvy people in sports, Molly Fletcher provides the strategies and tactics business professionals need to find common ground, strengthen relationships, and close more deals.

Overcoming Fake Talk explains why we often fail at our most important communications and offers proven advice for turning challenging confrontations into rewarding exchanges that foster collaboration, improve performance, and achieve results. You'll develop an understanding of the skills for holding a REAL conversation, including both the "said" and the "unsaid" elements present in any conversation; discover the framework for preparing and holding difficult yet meaningful conversations; and learn to no longer avoid the tough conversations they need to have.

Much has changed in the world since the original publication of Leading Out Loud, Terry Pearce's book on authentic leadership communication. Now, more than ever, the development of a leader's message is as crucial to success as the delivery of that message. In the third edition of his classic book, Terry Pearce shows leaders in all sectors how to communicate their values and vision to inspire commitment. In this important resource, Pearce continues to broaden the application of core principles, putting the spotlight on everyday, spontaneous communication.

While exposing the risks inherent in maintaining a nontransparent relationship with customers, Tactical Transparency provides a methodology that will help your organization create its unique plan to bring greater authenticity to your company and your brands. Drawn largely from interviews with leaders in companies that have achieved measurable success in this arena, authors Shel Holtz and John C. Havens provide step-by-step details on how executives and professional communicators can create a transparency strategy that will keep their organization competitive in the 21st century.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, and finding the right words takes time, and time is money, then wouldn't it follow that business leaders could make more money-in less time-if they simply took a more "visual" approach to how they manage and lead? Okay, it's not quite that simple...but VisuaLeadership will forever change the way you think and communicate by showing how you can quickly and easily leverage the power of visual imagery, mental models, metaphor, analogy, storytelling, and humor to help you take your game to a whole new level.

Become the effective, proactive leader you aspire to be with this practical tool kit for leading people and organizations.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. În lumea contemporană, caracterizată de apariţia reţelelor de socializare, dominaţia e-mailului şi înlocuirea interacţiunilor directe de către cele virtuale, lecţiile lui Dale Carnegie nu sunt doar actuale, ci şi extrem de importante. Deşi nu ar fi putut niciodată prezice traiectoria pe care o va urma tehnologia, Carnegie se dovedeşte a fi un profesor înţelept, al cărui ajutor poate fi extrem de util în peisajul digital în care trăim.

One of Scarlett Abbott's 2023 World Changers, Marva Bailer takes a modern twist on business protocols that haven't changed since the '80s in her book, Be Unexpected. Energizing the routine and mundane professional lectures and meetings, Be Unexpected will teach listeners soft skills in a relatable way that will help create positive connections.

Extraordinary Outcomes presents an innovative approach to thinking and planning, giving leaders a playbook for dealing with uncertainty. Written by internationally recognized authorities on problem solving and creativity in organizations, this audiobook provides an alternative outlook on business strategy and people management for leaders navigating uncertain waters, where the future is anything but guaranteed.

Management was hard enough pre-pandemic, and now, the difficulty in getting things done has dramatically increased. How to Win Friends and Manage Remotely shares real-life examples, scientifically proven ideas, and distillations of tried-and-true business tenets—all mapped to a new virtual-first office. Combining academic research and personal experiences across various companies, roles, and countries, this is a roadmap to get listeners through the WFH (work from home) quagmire and help us all be more cognizant of others' perspectives in this brave new world.

The costs of faulty communication are enormous for companies. Each year, billions of dollars are lost, precious time is wasted, innovation is thwarted, and morale suffers. But sharpening influence skills can address these challenges and create huge payoffs.

Forandringer i virksomhedernes omgivelser kræver, at bestyrelserne hele tiden udvikler sig. Bestyrelsesledelse bliver en endnu vigtigere del af formandens rolle, og bestyrelsens opgaver - herunder det strategiske arbejde, risikohåndtering samt ledelsesudvikling og succession - skal løses med fornyet styrke. Derfor skal bestyrelsen arbejde endnu bedre sammen.

Wenige Dinge sind im Unternehmen so grundlegend wie Kommunikation. In einer Zeit, in der die Routine durch Automation verdrängt wird und alles nur noch "ein Projekt" ist, fühlen sich Mitarbeitende oft uninformiert und das eigene Unternehmen gleicht einem Chaoshaufen. Wie an Bindfäden halten persönliche Meetings, E-Mails und Telefonate die Unternehmensarchitektur notdürftig zusammen und Politik ist nicht nur an der Tagesordnung, sondern grundlegendes Werkzeug für Wirksamkeit. Immer mehr sind davon frustriert.

Dana Wright-Wasson, president of Take Action Inc. and renowned speaker, shares the components necessary for leaders to design an exceptional employee experience. Using design thinking, studies, and stories from more than 20 years of facilitating employee engagement within teams and organizations, Dana will show you how to develop your leadership strengths, recognize good ideas, and give voice to your teams. She also uses examples from admired global corporations that are creating real impact, including Zappos, Google, Netflix, and Mars, Incorporated.