Show up on time, work hard, do well, and rise up the corporate ladder? Maybe. Oral communication is the most crucial ingredient in advancement on the job. In Power Talk, Sarah Myers McGinty analyzes the social and psychological elements of speech in the workplace, helping readers hear who's in charge and talk their way ahead. Fast trackers match the right speaking style to the situation and develop a corporate voice that comes across loud and clear. From the voice mail message that gets a call back to navigating a department meeting, listeners will learn how to become their own best spokesperson and advocate.
Over the past thirty-five years, Ms. Rogers’ Panic Clinic For Public Speaking Workshops, with 13,000 successful and satisfied participants, have proven that this unique program works.
In fact, I even talked with 2 gang members from out of state who said that Seattle was “ours to be had,” and they intended ... The problem eventually became enormous, and it took too much time and energy to find anyone to speak on the ...
The must-read summary of Sarah McGinty's book: "Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence".
With Mochtar Riady at the Mochtar Riady Institute of Nanotechnology in Lippo Karawaci, the Lippo Group's township where Pak Mochtar lives and works, in 2015. With Balbina Wong (middle) and executive producer Huang Weixian (right) in ...
In Talk, Inc., Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind show how trusted and effective leaders are adapting the principles of face-to-face conversation in order to pursue a new form of organizational conversation.
This enlightening book helps educators use everyday language to create more equitable school environments, and offers exercises that strengthen communication and leadership skills.
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A guide to ``power talking'' offers fifty ways to maximize language and use words effectively as tools of persuasion. Reprint.
“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, ...