Leadership Communication Skills

The coauthors of the New York Times best-selling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: How we see ourselves. Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past 15 years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. In Thanks for the Feedback, they explain why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice.

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.

Often the decision between a customer choosing you over someone like you is your ability to know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make it count. Phil M. Jones has trained more than two million people across five continents and over 50 countries in the lost art of spoken communication. In Exactly What to Say, he delivers the tactics you need to get more of what you want.

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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.

You will never look at people the same way again - including yourself - after this lively look at how we make character judgments. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress, and Nobel Prize winners, authors Matt Kohut and John Neffinger demystify the process we use to size each other up.

Our increasingly interconnected, digitized, and globalized world presents immense opportunities and unique challenges. Modern businesses and schools interact with individuals and organizations from a diverse range of cultural and national backgrounds - increasing the likelihood for miscommunication, errors in strategy, and unintended consequences in the process. Use Your Difference to Make a Difference provides listeners with a skills-based, actionable plan that transforms differences into agents of inclusiveness, connection, and mutual understanding.

In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!, Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with Leadership is Language he gives businesspeople the tools they need to achieve such transformational leadership in their organizations.

Unlock your potential as a leader and manager with the "Handbook on Feedback and Recognition." In this practical guide, you'll learn how to give and receive feedback effectively, communicate with impact, and create a culture of recognition in the workplace. With insights into the psychology of feedback and the importance of recognition, this book offers a comprehensive approach to unlocking the full potential of your team. By reading the "Handbook on Feedback and Recognition," managers can expect to see a significant improvement in their career prospects. With the skills and knowledge ...

Discover the foundational principles and frameworks to further develop yourself as a strong community leader. This guide makes the case that anyone can develop the leadership and communication skills required to sustain high-growth communities. It includes: 3 Core Leadership Values: How to sustain long-lasting communities through values-based leadership. Community Lifecycle Framework: Discover the 5 development stages of high-growth communities. Communities vs. Crowds: How connectedness, identity, and growth differentiate communities from crowds. 3 Steps to Build Collective Relationships: ...

Gain Insights To Exceptional Leadership Communication In a world where effective leadership is synonymous with clear communication, Voice of a Leader: Enhancing Your Communication Skills For Success emerges as the quintessential guide for mastering the art of influence and expression. This book equips current and aspiring leaders with the strategies they need to communicate effectively in any professional scenario. Inside, You'll Discover: The Art of Communication in Leadership: Understand the pivotal role communication plays in leadership, and how you can leverage it to your advantage. ...

How to Hone Your Emotional Intelligence provides readers with tools and strategies to develop stronger emotional intelligence. Through a mix of research and practical advice, this book discusses the importance of emotional awareness, self-regulation, and empathy, and provides useful tips to develop these skills. This book is an ideal resource for those interested in learning how to better manage their emotions and increase their level of contentment and happiness.

Every day, you have an opportunity to use your voice to have a positive impact - at work or in your community. You can inspire and persuade your audience - or you can distract and put them to sleep. Nervous, rambling robotic - these presentation styles can ruin a talk on even the most critical topics. And with each weak performance, career prospects dim. To get ahead and make an impact, you need to deliver well-crafted messages with confidence and authenticity. You must sound as capable as you are.

Become a stoic woman in thirty days with this no-nonsense, foolproof guide to learning stoic principles. Are you a woman who wants to discover the path to inner peace? Then say goodbye to confusing jargon and hello to a straightforward approach to a life-changing journey. A journey filled with purpose and fulfillment. Get the ball rolling on mastering the ways of the Stoic woman and living a life that matters! Now is the time, and this book will show you that embracing stoicism will improve your life in incredible ways. You will experience a level of mental, emotional, and physical health ...

In Mastering Civility, Christine Porath shows how people can enhance their influence and effectiveness with civility. Combining scientific research with fascinating evidence from popular culture and fields such as neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, this audiobook provides managers and employers with a much-needed wake-up call, while also reminding them of what they can do right now to improve the quality of their workplaces.

Do you struggle with communicating your thoughts, feelings, and ideas? Have you ever been misunderstood and misinterpreted? Do you, sometimes, misunderstand or misinterpret the signals you are receiving? These situations indicate the inability to communicate appropriately, and it can prove to be detrimental in life and your career.

The 25 Minute Meeting goes beyond "cut to the chase" and shows you how to take back your work day with smarter planning and more productive action. Meetings have become a de facto way of working, and as they pile up and stretch to interminable lengths, they eat up our days and sink productivity - if they are poorly planned and run. Done well, meetings are short, sharp, productive affairs that provide critical time and space for the interactions that drive business forward.

Everyone has had a bad boss. You might have one right now. You might even be one. Bad bosses are a fact of the workplace, whether they’re short-tempered, unclear about expectations, or too disorganized to manage so much as a stapler. But how do you not only survive a difficult boss, but help your career thrive despite them? Written with Erikson's signature humor and warmth, Surrounded by Bad Bosses (and Lazy Employees) will help you deal with the most hopeless managers and employees you can imagine—and keep you entertained along the way.

Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, author Mark Goulston combines his background with the latest scientific research to help listeners turn the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends. Just Listen provides simple but powerful techniques listeners can use to really get through to people.

Human behavior professor and award-winning executive career coach Melody Wilding has helped thousands of clients advocate for their needs at work while navigating the minefield of office politics. In this clear, tactical guide, Wilding shows you how to operate from a position of power—even if you lack formal authority—to build the emotional intelligence, relational capital, and negotiation savvy to succeed in a world of competing stakeholders and remote work.