Business Development Skills

You are missing out on so many relationships in your life. Communication is the bedrock of our relationships. But we often don’t know how to express ourselves, or truly hear others. Make sure that you are not letting amazing people pass you by. Increase your social and emotional awareness. Conversations Skills Training is truly about arming you with the tools you need for effective expression, listening, and relationships.

From stages across America to the classrooms of Yale and Harvard...comes Deb Sofield's inspirational, instructional guide to help you conquer your fear of public speaking. Speak Without Fear transforms our old ways of thinking about public speaking and provides the listener with the necessary tools to move beyond the fear and craft their message in a way that will inspire, move, and most of all, be heard!

A new way of understanding language provides a powerful new foundation and a new set of tools for designing and re-designing your life, at home and at work, and everywhere in between. This is especially relevant for everyone seeking meaningful change in their lives, as well as those for whom building and maintaining mutually-beneficial relationships is important. And it's particularly useful for leaders, managers, salespeople and anyone else who "gets paid to have effective conversations"!

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.

Have you ever struggled with making emails deliver a powerful punch? If you already create punchy emails, you can make them deliver an even mightier blow. From novice to master, this guide has lessons and tips you can begin applying to your life right away. Don’t waste another second feeling your messages are when there’s a potent tool of electronic communication right in your hands. You will become an unstoppable dynamo of multimedia communication once you are through with these 7 easy steps.

If you want to know how to learn to recognize your emotions, manage them, and use them to grow in work and in your private life, then you absolutely must not miss this audiobook. In this audiobook the various aspects that characterize emotional intelligence have been revised and updated to the present day, with particular attention not only to the personal field, but also to the professional one.

A best seller since 1990 and fully updated in 2010, Professional Writing Skills: A Write It Well Guide provides a step-by-step process for planning business letters, memos, e-mail, and other business documents. Learn how to position your message from the reader's point of view, write persuasively, include the right information, and organize the information logically. Expanded sections on language, punctuation, and grammar offer busy professionals the tools they need to get their message across clearly, concisely, and professionally.

Discover how to use proven spy techniques to bolster your business strategies - from self-advocation to selling to interviewing - and ultimately make more money with this unique guide.

What will I learn? Discover the Power of Words. Master Clear Thinking and Language for Impactful Communication. Learn to Structure Your Thoughts for Effective Speaking. Learn to speak fluently with strategic exercises. Learn how to be more articulate in every conversation.

Listening is harder than it looks - but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help you become an active listener, able to shape and focus any conversation.

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.

How to read the room and understand the people and the situation instantly. Social awareness is not a given these days. But if you have it, it will seem like you have a superpower because of how perceptive you'll be. But the secret is that it's not hard. Get inside people's heads with a simple conversation or observation.

Would you like to be more confident? Do you wish you could hold a woman’s attention longer? Do you want to really stand out and be recognized as the highest status person in your group? With this guide, you’ll gain access to a massive toolbox of proven tips and strategies for dating success. These mouth and voice strengthening exercises can dramatically improve your vocal tonality and your level of success with women. You will also be taught how to capture attention and hold it in a trance-like state every time you open your mouth!

The Art & Science of Storytelling is a practical audiobook that will teach you how to tell better stories in conversations, business meetings, in leadership positions, and for brand building. The Information Age has ended, and the Storytelling Age has begun. Enter the new era with the utmost confidence.

Quando aprendemos a prestar atenção em nossa linguagem corporal e a interpretar corretamente a dos outros, passamos a ter maior controle sobre as situações, pois podemos identificar sinais de abertura, de tédio, de atração ou de rivalidade e agir de forma adequada aos nossos objetivos. Com bom-humor e uma sólida base científica, os autores explicam o significado real de gestos que usamos no dia a dia, como cruzar os braços, coçar o nariz e balançar a cabeça, evitando os habituais mal-entendidos causados pela contradição entre o que dizem nossas palavras e nosso corpo.

सफल नेता बनने के लिए किसी को न केवल अच्छे काम करने होंगे, बल्कि एक ओजस्वी वक्ता की तरह अपने विचारों को प्रभावी ढंग से पेश भी करना होगा। महान् नेता हमेशा अपने कामों और फैसलों पर भरोसा रखते हैं। वे अपने शब्दों की कीमत और उनकी ताकत को समझते हैं। मानव मनोविज्ञान की गहरी समझ के कारण व्यक्तित्व विकास के विश्वविख्यात लेखक डेल कारनेगी अपने पाठकों को जीवन में सही और फलदायी विकल्पों को चुनने की राह दिखाते हैं।

Negotiations are challenging and sometimes scary. You prepare and know what you want, but then things go terribly wrong. Your emotions get in the way. Sometimes you don’t even try, or lose your way and fail to achieve your objectives. This audiobook helps you get out of your own way, manage your emotions, and negotiate effectively.

Nearly a quarter century ago Carter Cast seemed to have it all together: he had a first-class education, an all-American athletic career, and was a very bright and energetic rising star on the fast track at a Fortune 100 company, PepsiCo. But blissfully unaware of how negative perceptions were shaped, he was stunned when called into his boss's office, and told he was "unpromotable" because he was "obstinate", "resistant", and "insubordinate".

Too much valuable time is wasted in meetings. Often little advance planning takes place, resulting in productivity drains rather than productivity gains. It’s time to think like a ninja. With realistic and practical advice, this book shows how to reduce the amount of time you spend in meetings and ensure that the ones that you do attend are genuine opportunities to collaborate and get things done.

Negotiating with a Bully will teach you how to skillfully deal with bullies in different forms and environments. You'll explore the mindset of a bully and understand the motivations and behavior so you can gain an advantage over him or her.