Business Development Skills

When it comes to negotiation, there is an ugly double standard. As women, if we make concessions to further a deal, we're viewed as weak. But if we play hardball, we can be seen as overly aggressive - and the strategy backfires. No wonder most women hate negotiating.

151 Quick Ideas to Improve Your People Skills is constructed to help everyone do a better, more effective job of working with others. These ideas are culled from the study of human behavior, relationships, and communication. Everything here will help you be more effective, efficient, and in control of your relationships with people.

Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with business colleagues, family members, or friends? Wouldn't you like to make yourself heard and understood in all of your relationships? Using vivid examples, easy-to-learn techniques, and practical exercises for becoming a better listener and making yourself heard and understood, Dale Carnegie will show you how it's done, even in difficult situations.

In Speak!, you will learn to: conquer fear and gain comfort in public speaking; create and maintain positive impressions; be more natural and relaxed when making presentations; communicate ideas with clarity and force; sell ideas and inspire others; plan and organize professional presentations; speak to a virtual audience; and bring the audience into the conversation, don't talk them to death!

A good idea not shared or understood by others is a shame. A brilliant idea not shared and understood is a tragedy. Public speaking is so much more than the courage to stand in front of a group and talk. For a presentation to be powerful, it must have the right amount of content, organized in a memorable way for both speaker and audience, delivered with power, warmth, and charisma, and it must be spoken in the language of the audience.

This trusted reference puts thousands of ready-to-use words, phrases, descriptions, and action items right at your fingertips — perfect for review time, creating development plans, and monitoring performance year-round. Whether you're an HR professional or a manager, chances are there's one...

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!

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years...

This limited-edition insight unveils the Wizard's theories on how thoughts are assembled in the mind from stored sensory associations. Properly used, this knowledge will allow you to deepen perception and heighten interest in all your attempts at visual and auditory messaging.

Bestselling authors and international speakers Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram share their simple but powerful strategies for boosting your emotional intelligence and elevating your interpersonal communication skills. Step by step, you will learn to integrate Care, Celebration, Collaboration, Critique, and Clarification into your communication toolbox. Using one of these 5 Cs, you can verbally ask someone to respond in the way that you most want, and as a result, facilitate a successful interaction.

Imagine walking up to a stranger on the subway and asking them for their seat. What about asking a random person on the street if you could borrow their phone? If the idea makes you squeamish, you're not alone - social psychologists have found that doing these very things makes most of us almost unbearably uncomfortable. But here's the funny thing: even though we hate to ask for help, most people are wired to be helpful. And that's a good thing, because every day in the modern, uber-collaborative workplace, we all need to know when and how to call in the cavalry.

Meeting strangers at a party, alone in the elevator with the CEO, declining a second date because the first was a disaster - social situations apply a lot of pressure to do and say the right thing. 50 Essential Etiquette Lessons shows you the best way to approach these common challenges with confidence and ease. Never mind putting your pinkies up when you drink tea - this guide is packed with modern examples of how to handle any sticky situation.

In "How to Start a Memorable Conversation," author Blake Hall expertly guides listeners through the nuances of effective and impactful communication. This comprehensive book is divided into 31 chapters, each addressing a different aspect of conversation, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their communication skills.

Are you intrigued by the idea of influence? Ever wondered how some people can sway decisions in their favor? Want to learn how to persuade like a pro? Look no further. How to Strategize Like a Lobbyist by Scott Cardin unlocks the secrets behind one of the most misunderstood and powerful professions in America—lobbying.

Ein interaktives Hörbuch, das uns zeigt, wie wir mit zwischenmenschlichen Konflikten besser umgehen können.Wie können wir eine Meinungsverschiedenheit klären, wenn wir dieser mit Angst und einer gewissen Abwehrhaltungen entgegenblicken, weil sie mit Bewertungen einhergeht? Laut Rosenberg ist Empathie der Schlüssel. Auf einer empathischen und ehrlichen Grundlage sind wir in der Lage, Konflikte als eine Chance zu nutzen, um aus diesen etwas für sich mitzunehmen und voneinander zu lernen.

Now that you are recently promoted, do you know what it takes to be an outstanding new manager? In this no-nonsense, powerful audiobook, you are put on an overdrive mode to make a smooth transition from being an employee to managing employees.

Si estás dispuesto a estar en el lugar que estas soñando, lograr vencer tus pensamientos limitantes, ser la mejor versión de ti mismo, déjame decirte que estas en el lugar indicado, este libro PNL La Ciencia del Desarrollo Personal: Claves para persuadir, influir y Reprogramar tu Mente para eliminar tus Creencias Limitantes, ¡es tu solución!

This guide will provide the simple steps to enhance your communication skills at work leading to reduced office politics, great team work, and minimized work stress. You will discover: the communication techniques to apply in a workplace to attain job satisfaction; the essential ways to manage a difficult boss; how to lead a team using the right communication skills to accomplish a project successfully; nine strategies to become a brilliant public speaker; and more.

No matter what the speaking challenge is, this inspirational book will help listeners perform with passion, power, and persuasion - at the top of their game. Whether chasing a job, planning a pitch, giving a speech at a wedding, or presenting to one or 1,000 people, listeners of It's Not What You Say will discover how to use the rule of three to win any audience over.

This easy step by step guide will show you: how to make meetings more effective; how to get meetings off to the right start; how to get difficult messages across; how to encourage participation; how to manage conflict in meetings; how to set agendas and keep the meeting focused; whether or not to call a meeting; and the alternatives to meetings.