Social Skills Success

Having difficult conversations at work is a necessary discomfort. Instead of avoiding these conversations with your boss, colleagues, or direct reports, you need a strategy that won't leave you feeling like you were being talked at or ignored. The key to solving this problem starts and ends with changing the conversation. Recognizing that it takes two people to engage in meaningful conversation, Can We Talk? outlines what each contributor needs to do to achieve the best possible result.

Filled with logical yet counterintuitive answers to ordinary and extraordinary problems - whether it be buying a new home or pivoting a failing business model - Mudd's HEAD (High Efficiency Analytic Decision-making) methodology provides listeners with a battle-tested set of guiding principles that promise to bring order to even the most chaotic problems, all in five practical steps.

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.

It’s true…while nobody likes to be called a liar; the reality is we all lie! We are taught to lie by the very people who end up being most offended by the practice. Our parents tell us to 'wipe that expression off our face', when we turn our nose up at food we don’t like - they would apparently prefer us to pretend we do like it rather than admit the truth. As part of the New Emotional Intelligence series, in this book human behaviour and communication expert Craig Beck reveals the lie detection secrets of the F.B.I. and behavioural analysis unit (B.A.U).

Did you know that everything is negotiable? Unfortunately, most people are poor negotiators, and the number one reason why can be traced back to early childhood. This audio series can help you change that. Whether you are trying to influence or negotiate with your largest client, boss, spouse or even one of your children—you need to be skillful. Do you think it might help to be better at reading body language?

Secretos Oscuros Detrás de la Máscara revela la psicología oculta de la influencia, el engaño y el control. Basado en la ciencia de la psicología oscura, la decodificación del lenguaje corporal y la detección de mentiras, esta guía te brinda la conciencia y las herramientas para defenderte e incluso dar la vuelta a la situación con persuasión ética.

As an introvert, do you ever feel like the things you're best at—deep thinking, keen observation, focused listening, and strategic planning—are not highly valued in your workplace because they are internal rather than external? Have you ever been ignored or passed over while the extrovert in the next office is recognized and rewarded? Do you feel like you have to pretend to be someone you're not in order to get ahead? Just because your greatest strengths are internal doesn't mean your workplace doesn't need them. In fact, your invisible skills are essential to any business's success!

Get more of the communication ideas you want, from the authors you trust. With insights from leading experts, this book will inspire you to: rethink how you give feedback to employees; ask questions to encourage learning and the exchange of ideas; invest in the right virtual communication tools for your team or business; establish a language strategy for your company; negotiate effectively with anyone - including liars; and present data more powerfully using visualization.

There’s not just one way to get there, and it’s also not only for those who get straight as in school. Your kid literally doesn’t need to have a certain background or skill set. No, it isn’t a dream - it’s today’s reality! Finally, over 47 ways to get started with making some extra cash at a very young age - watch your kid have fun and understand more about money management so that they’re ready for future success.

The Puppet Master’s Codex is your tactical guide to exposing covert manipulation, building mental immunity, and cutting the strings before they tighten. It blends the dark truths of psychology, brain control, NLP, and emotional warfare into one brutally honest field manual for your mind.

CIOs need to be able to communicate their thoughts with the rest of their department and the company in order to maintain credibility as a thought-leader. Effective communication is a set of skills that every CIO needs to develop. Learn how in this comprehensive guide.

If you struggle with overwhelm, emotional ups and downs, sleep problems, or keeping up with basic self-care, you’re not alone. Adults with ADHD often face unique challenges that typical advice doesn’t address. The Adult ADHD Self-Care Handbook is a practical guide designed to help you manage the real-life struggles of ADHD, with simple, actionable strategies for building a calmer, more balanced life.

Dr. Horton took what the cult leaders and cult marketeers have done to control vast empires - now you learn this long-held secret. Like magic, the answer is simple, but hidden in plain sight. JFK, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and now Donald Trump, all follow this method, as should you. From the "Secret" to Harley Davidson, this will open your eyes. A must- listen in this day and age if you want to be in control.

Reveal your true inner self with The Art of Small Talk and create your personal toolbox of techniques and strategies that will give you true confidence and boost your self-value. I share here a scientific knowledge that has already helped numerous people, including me. With the book’s guidance, you can overcome your insecurity and fears without talking to a single person. It just takes you to help you.

The Speaking Wizard is a public speaking guide that will help you deliver presentations with ease. Within this book, you will learn how to turn speech anxiety into speech excitement, effective ways to brainstorm a speech, structure loose thoughts into a presentation, practice your presentation, and deliver your speech with grace on speech day. There are also sections that will teach you what to wear on speech day and eat prior to the talk. At the end, you will be given a bonus section on the Toastmasters public speaking club.

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.

Improve Your Conversations teaches you how to use the ingenious framework from improv comedy and apply it directly to your everyday social interactions and conversations...and can't we learn something from the greatest improv comedians in the world, like Tina Fey and Will Ferrell? Improv comedy and memorable conversations have almost everything in common, from their premise to what makes them great to their end goals.

Were you passed over for a promotion, or do you want to ensure that never happens? Are you sometimes unsure how to fit in and get along? The modern workplace is a stressful pressure cooker and a dangerous maze, and how you fare is determined not by your work - but by politics, your workplace conversation skills, and how to make yourself essential and likable.

A collection of short-short stories on creativity, public speaking, and social skills.

El lenguaje no verbal es determinante para el éxito o el fracaso en tu vida, en tu trabajo y en tus relaciones. Comunicar no sólo es dar información, sino también transmitir, conmover, persuadir, emocionar y hacer sentir a través de los gestos, la postura y la voz. Tu comunicación no verbal representa el 93% del impacto que causarás en los otros. Estas herramientas te permitirán tener congruencia entre lo que dices, lo que haces y lo que eres, y te ayudarán a mejorar la comunicación con los que te rodean y a elegir la manera ideal para transmitir tu mensaje.