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Improve your leadership skills - even if you aren't a "natural" communicator - with a specific communication strategy that anyone can use. Authors Matha and Boehm present research showing that all managers can improve performance by using the principles outlined in Beyond the Babble. They explore why communication is crucial, how and when to do it, how to embed it in an organization's culture, and how to measure results.

Women have been told that being pretty comes at the expense of being taken seriously. If a woman is physically attractive, there is often a presumption that she lacks the substance and smarts necessary to provide leadership. This narrative implies that being pretty and being capable are mutually exclusive. But in Pretty Powerful, Fox News political commentator and legal analyst Eboni Williams rejects that narrative. She says that to accept the false notion that beauty and power are mutually exclusive is to leave an incredibly powerful tool on the table.

In this accessible and beautiful book, Yen Ooi explains the various facets of Rén and explores how this philosophy applies to everything from our relationship with ourselves and the people in our lives, to how we relate to society and the wider world. She shows us how, using the basic principles of Rén and through simple changes to our lives, we can connect better with friends, family, and colleagues, become helpful members of society, and find fulfillment in ideas of community, justice, morality, and compassion.

This book will give you a head's up on all the defining moments you are guaranteed to experience as a parent. It'll warn you when your life is going to take a change of course and how your child is going to influence the choices you make, and it’ll give you some practical, knowing, sanity-saving methods of dealing with them. Each moment is headlined with a common scenario that dads have encountered down through generations - but that will still come as a shock to you for the first time.

Die Präsentation auf der Bühne erscheint dir wie ein unüberwindbares Hindernis und deine Ängste haben dich fest im Griff. Du fühlst dich überfordert und verloren. Ob vor großem Publikum oder vor der Kamera - Daniela Landgraf zeigt dir, wie du jede Bühne erobern kannst.

Das kennen Sie garantiert: Ob Arbeitskollegen, Verwandtschaft, Chor oder Sportmannschaft – unter all den netten Menschen gibt es mindestens einen, bei dem Sie sich denken: „Was für ein Idiot!” Davon müssen Sie sich aber künftig nicht mehr die Laune verderben lassen, denn dieses Hörbuch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie den Idioten-Faktor ganz einfach entschärfen können.

This is Exspeaktations. The words you use are powerful, and will create your future. Your thoughts become your words. Your words produce your actions, and your actions determine your future. The words we choose to use and speak to others are like a magician casting spells over their audience. These stories of athletes, historical and public figures and average ordinary people will demonstrate the power of their words and how their Exspeaktations shaped their futures—both positively and negatively.

If you are the spouse, a family member, or a friend of an automotive enthusiast, you are likely subjected to endless jabbering about cars. To your special fanatic, cars are a passion that you tolerate, but probably do not understand. Although you might accompany that person to car shows or cruises from time to time, the point of such gatherings might elude you. The tales in this book offer insight about the automotive lifestyle and the genuine, good-hearted people who comprise the car community.

Entdecken Sie die Macht der dunklen Psychologie und befreien Sie sich erfolgreich von Manipulationen im Alltag & Beruf! Kommen Ihnen folgende Szenen bekannt vor: Ihr Kalender ist vollkommen ausgebucht und Ihr Kollege fragt Sie, ob Sie ihm einen Gefallen tun können? Ehe Sie es sich versehen, sagen Sie ihm zu - obwohl Sie ihm eigentlich absagen wollten. Oder Sie diskutieren mit Ihrem Partner, welchen Ausflug Sie als Nächstes machen wollen. Das Ergebnis am Ende: Sie machen immer das, was Ihr Partner vorschlägt, obwohl Sie eigentlich etwas anderes machen wollten.

Wie Sie sprachlich überzeugen und Menschen begeistern: Keine Fertigkeit ist im Privat- und im Berufsleben so gefragt wie die Kunst, wirkungsvoll und gut strukturiert zu sprechen... Permanent sind Sie gefordert, zu überzeugen, Brücken zu schlagen, zu gewinnen und Türen zu öffnen. Doch den wenigsten gelingt es, sich verständlich auszudrücken und den eigenen Redefluss zu kontrollieren. Die Folge sind Nervosität und Unsicherheit, wenn es darum geht, in der Gruppe zu sprechen und die Zuhörenden zu etwas zu bewegen.

Many couples have a false notion of what married life truly is, and these rose-colored assumptions tend to heighten expectations to such unrealistic levels that couples find themselves frustrated and feeling alone.

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Amaranth Borsuk considers the history of the book, the future of the book, and the idea of the book. Tracing the interrelationship of form and content in the book's development, she bridges book history, book arts, and electronic literature to expand our definition of an object we thought we knew intimately. Contrary to the many reports of its death (which has been blamed at various times on newspapers, television, and e-readers), the book is alive.

Elevate the Debate helps researchers of all types more effectively communicate their work in any number of areas, from traditional news outlets to the new media platforms of the digital age. After listening to this book, you will be inspired and equipped to use traditional and digital media environments to your advantage. This real-world guide helps you present your data-driven research with greater clarity, coherence, and impact.

So you want to be a star at work? NLP is your ticket to excellence in every situation. With NLP you can aim higher, do more, and stand out from the crowd. How to Succeed with NLP tells you how. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)is the art and science of personal excellence.

In Engagement, best-selling authors Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos offer a compelling workplace parable to illustrate the strategies and skills needed to make unworkable relationships positive and productive. The audiobook introduces the four-step SURE model, which offers rules of engagement for staying alert, grounded, and productive when faced with the prickly, taxing, or toxic folks who block progress.

This audiobook is designed to help listeners understand how they and other people think, feel and behave. The author, an experienced coach based at Warwick University, shares a range of models based on key concepts from the psychological literature, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Transactional Analysis, and Emotional Intelligence. Topics include understanding your personality type, how to handle conflict and influence others, and managing your time effectively.

Fading are the days of direct communication by phone or in person, which have immediate responses and clarifications. The immediate feedback loop has been replaced by "broken loops" of communication. Now, due to hundreds of emails and texts, endless waiting, perpetual unreturned messages, and unlimited misunderstanding, we are in a Dyscommunication Crisis. This gives rise to the "Dyscommunication Syndrome" - a cluster of symptoms that comes together and repeats when our message is not returned, including anxiety, worst-case scenarios, catastrophizing, and negative loops of thinking.

Verspüren Sie immer wieder das beklemmende Gefühl, dass andere Menschen versuchen, Sie mit bösen Absichten zu kontrollieren? Bemerken Sie, dass Ihnen der Umgang mit einem bestimmten Kollegen oder einem Verwandten Kraft raubt und Sie unsicher macht? Wünschen Sie sich eine Möglichkeit, ohne schädliche Einflüsse endlich die volle Kontrolle über Ihr Leben zu übernehmen? Dann hilft Ihnen dieses Buch, die Fesseln der Manipulation ein für alle Mal zu lösen.

"Ich war nur kurz abgelenkt." Viele Menschen halten sich für gute und empathische Zuhörer. Das ist ein Trugschluss - das Gegenteil ist der Fall. Wir sind viel zu sehr mit uns selbst beschäftigt, planen bereits im Voraus die nächsten Argumente, meinen, im Vorfeld zu wissen, was der Andere sagen will. Wir sind abgelenkt durch ständige Erreichbarkeit auf allen Kanälen, die unterschiedlich bedient werden wollen, durch Multitasking und den beschleunigten Puls der ganzen Gesellschaft. Die vermeintlich simple und passive Tätigkeit des Zuhörens haben wir verlernt.

Whether you're a leader looking to connect with your workforce; a member of a small team, hungry to make a difference; or at the helm of a global organization, with an eye on the horizon - this is a how-to for forward thinkers like you.