The most essential communication skill today is engaging others in conversations that create relationships and achieve results. The Fine Art of Big Talk provides us with all the techniques and tactics we need to win over the people we live with and work alongside. I can't recommend this book enough. It's a must-have!
The author: Debra Fine
Professional Speaker, Best Selling Author, Conversation Expert, Communication Guru, Nationally Recognized Spokesperson
Business Vision is a practical intermediate level course designed to interest and motivate professional adults. The emphasis of the course is on communication and the skills and language needed to function in a professional environment. Key features include contemporary content from a wide range of sources, a logically developed grammar syllabus, speaking and communication skills and ideas for effective functioning in the workplace, a listening skills syllabus designed to improve students' abilities to understand and process natural speech and a complete email writing course and tips on handling other technologies such as the internet and mobile phones. 29 March 2008: AudioCDs added
Human language is based on syntax, a complex set of rules about how words can be combined. In theory, the emergence of syntactic communication might have been a comparatively straightforward process.
Terence Gargiulo's 'breakthrough' communications and storytelling are
amply demonstrated with dozens of corporate examples. And the best
part? Gargiulo shows us, step by step, how to create this storytelling
communication magic in our own organizations. The competencies assessed
by the instrument represent the nine essential communication behaviors
that need to be developed and cultivated in all of today’s leaders and
managers: Modeling, Telling, Selecting, Indexing, Synthesizing,
Reflecting, Eliciting, Listening and Observing.
Once Upon a Time
will show you how to develop exceptional communication skills, and it
will serve as an invaluable resource for helping others do the same.
Stories are a natural part of how we communicate. Yet many of us are
unaware of the different ways we use stories. This book will take the
intuitive aspects of communicating through stories and break it down
into repeatable practices and essential competencies. The story-based
activities in the second half of the book will give you powerful, easy
to lead, structured, experiential exercises that can be used in a
variety of settings and for lots of different purposes that go beyond
training.
The Secret Language of Business reveals the secrets of body language
and nonverbal communication. Successful professionals need more than
just good communication skills, you also need the ability to interpret
the nonverbal signals that everyone displays. You’ll learn how to
master and manipulate your own body language, read the body language of
others, and influence people through your new skills and perception. No
matter what business you’re in, this is a valuable guide to achieving
more in life and business.
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