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Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways...And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed! Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master...how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often...ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively. Learn how to ask tough questions and take control of tough situations...use questions to promote innovation, drive change, identify hidden problems, and get failing projects back on track. Ask better questions, get better answers, achieve better results! “Required reading for every leader who wishes to see his or herorganization flourish and career progress.” Garry A. Neil, MD, Corporate Vice President, Johnson & Joh...
This Element is an excerpt from The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers (9780137144242) by Terry J. Fadem. Available in print and digital formats. How to develop your own personal questioning style–and when to abandon it for a whole different approach. Most managers have a general style when questioning people. It is their default mode. It’s a habit. If a manager consistently uses one style, people start to rely on it. This is positive because it presents a consistent face for people to react to. Consistency is valuable in normal business settings. Sometimes, however, it might prevent a manager from gaining new perspectives or reacting to new circumstances.
This business book is great for leaders, middle managers and entrepreneurs interested in the following categories; CONFIDENCE BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION & PRESENTATION PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE & PERSUASION Does the idea of public speaking leave you in a cold sweat? The Speaker's Coach is the answer to all your worries. Whether you’ve got a talk, speech or presentation to do, this book will give you the confidence to do it with style. With 66 short sections learning how to communicate will be easy. You can read the night before, the morning of, or just before your talk to help you prepare, perform and speak confidently in no time. Written by a leading presentatio...
You'd trust your life with some people. Others, you wouldn't trust for an instant, even when the stakes are low. Why? What builds the personal credibility that some people simply exude? What do they do differently? This book shows you and helps you build your own personal credibility, the #1 attribute in earning trust and achieving success. Renowned personal coach Sandra K. Allgeier begins with a set of powerful stories that demonstrate what personal credibility really consists of, how it's earned, and how easily it can be destroyed. You'll discover how small daily actions, together with specific communication techniques and decisions, shape others' view of whether you can be trusted. Next, ...
This Element is an excerpt from "Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You" (9780137058495) by Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. Available in print and digital formats. Build a great career on "your terms," consistent with "your" career-related values and "your" priorities in life. Like high-dollar lottery winners who kept working, you want to focus on the stimulation gained from doing what you enjoy most. You want a career on "your" terms, consistent with "your" career-related values, leaving enough time and emotional resources for those you love. The big news: You don't need to win the lottery to make this happen.
This Element is an ecerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats. The world’s #1 corporate presentation consultant teaches 7 proven techniques for grabbing your audience from the get-go--and never letting go! Picture your audience at the start of your presentation. Where are their minds? Chances are, not on you. If you were to launch into your presentation at full speed, describing your product, service, or technology, you’d vault ahead of them. Instead, capture them immediately, with an Opening Gambit....
This book is the first to provide an aerial view, as well as detailed information, on 'how' activities in translational medicine are under development in countries such as the USA, China, the UK, and Taiwan. Institutions in each country are training investigators to work as sophisticated interdisciplinary teams. Investigators from 11 US academic health centers explain how they are incentivizing collaborations through pilot project programs, forming partnerships with business schools to promote efficient management of basic and clinical research, creating ethical, high- value public-private (industry) partnerships, improving efficiency with utilization of informatics, and engaging the communi...
Achieve greatness! Fast, practical ways to overcome your weaknesses, build on your strengths, and supercharge your personal effectiveness Proven techniques for defining your vision, building your credibility, motivating your team, handling surprises and failure, getting answers, finding your passion, living your dream, preserving your integrity, and achieving breakthrough personal performance! From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, Dean A. Shepherd, Jon M. Huntsman, Terry J. Fadem, and many more Included in this collection: · Credibility: I've Lost It–Can I Rebuild It? (Sandy Allgeier) · Success Starts with a Pure Vision: How to See Yourself Winni...
A brand new collection of powerful insights into persuading, motivating, and inspiring everyone you work with… 4 pioneering books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 4 remarkable eBooks help you persuade, influence, convince, and inspire everyone around you These 4 extraordinary eBooks offer you an unprecedented toolset for persuading, influencing, inspiring, and motivating everyone around you. In How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, Oxford's Jonathan Herring teaches you how to calmly and confidently persuade in any environment -- free of fear, confusion, and intimidation. You'll earn practical skills that make some people so articulate and compelling… how to ...
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats. Play tough, play hard, play fair: returning to the simple values that made American business great. Growing up poor in rural Idaho, I was taught to play by the rules. Be tough, be competitive, give the game all you have--but do it fairly. These simple values formed a basis for how families, neighborhoods, and communities behaved. They did not lose their legitimacy when I became a player in business. Yet they are missing in segments of today’s marketplace....