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" In GOOD LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, John C. Maxwell delves into the process of becoming a successful leader by examining how questions can be used to advantage. What are the questions leaders should ask themselves? What questions should they ask members of their team? He then responds to the toughest problems leaders have presented to him. Using social media, Maxwell offered the floor to followers with unanswered questions about what it takes to...
3) The 27 challenges managers face: step-by-step solutions to (nearly) all of your management problems
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"It's not easy to be a manager. With growing resource constraints, relentless change, and high turnover, today's business climate poses many difficulties, but most managers point to the same greatest challenge: time. Daily crises require immediate attention, managers must drop everything to resolve the issue, they fall behind on their work--and then another crisis takes over the next day. How can anyone find the time to manage?In truth, time isn't...
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"The communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them, from the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted. Jeff Bezos is a dreamer who turned a bold idea into the world's most influential company, a brand that likely touches your life every day. As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and present. He created a scalable model that grew from a small...
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"People often say "you can't change other people." But that's not true. If you're a leader or a manager in an organization, you have to change other people. It's your job. If you care about the people in your life who aren't reaching their potential or, worse, are acting in self-destructive ways, it's your heart's desire. The problem isn't that you can't change other people, the problem is that the things you do and say to try to change them don't...
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Five Stars teaches listeners how to master the art of persuasion - written and read by the bestselling author of Talk Like TED. Ideas don't sell themselves. As the forces of globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence combine to disrupt every field career, having a good idea isn't good enough. Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is...
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Based upon interviews with scores of leaders who lead with questions, this book presents the power of asking the questions that lead to real solutions and answers in today's complicated world of business. Leading with Questions provides a comprehensive foundation for effectively employing questions when leading others. It offers a variety of principles and strategies for asking questions and stories illustrating how leaders from every type of organization...
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Milo Frank is America's foremost business communications consultant. He has discovered that the 30-secondmessage is the heart of every effective business communication, whether you are talking to your associates, selling an idea or a product, conducting a meeting, or giving a speech. Using examples from familiar everyday business situations, he will show you how to prepare and deliver your own 30-second message. You will learn how to get your listeners'...
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"How leaders can use the right story at the right time to inspire change and action This revised and updated edition of the best-selling book A Leader's Guide to Storytelling shows how storytelling is one of the few ways to handle the most important and difficult challenges of leadership: sparking action, getting people to work together, and leading people into the future. Using myriad illustrative examples and filled with how-to techniques, this...
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"To engage readers, you need to make mentally stimulating choices in language--choices that electrify your readers' mental hotspots. Veteran journalist Bill Birchard reveals the secrets of making that happen. He details eight potent writing strategies, based on today's latest scientific breakthroughs, to give you the power to write with more confidence, win over more people, and earn influence as a thought leader"--provided by publisher.
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An all-new guide to help first-time managers and supervisors develop effective communication skills for leading and inspiring their staff.
From the author of How to Say It(r) at Work, a one-stop communication primer for anyone in a management position for the first time. Covering everything from delegating, planning and running meetings, and mentoring, to building a team and motivating subordinates, this is the perfect reference...
From the author of How to Say It(r) at Work, a one-stop communication primer for anyone in a management position for the first time. Covering everything from delegating, planning and running meetings, and mentoring, to building a team and motivating subordinates, this is the perfect reference...
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"Storytelling expert Paul Smith helps salespeople add this potent tool to their toolkit, and get dramatically better results. Based on interviews with sales and procurement professionals at more than 50 top companies, including Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Hewlett Packard, Sell with a Story explains how stories work, when to use a story to move the sales process along, which ones to always have handy, and how to turn real-life...
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Unfortunately, we've all been there. You and your team are facing a problem. Yet rather than working with you to come up with a solution, your manager swoops in squawking like a seagull, dumps orders riddled with formulaic advice, then takes off, leaving everyone else to clean up the mess. Or-let's be honest-there's been a time (or two) when all of us have been guilty of this very behavior.The truth is, seagull managers live in every workplace-but...
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"Aspiring and seasoned leaders have been trained to manage their leadership communication in many important ways: how they provide feedback and motivate employees, how they convey the strategy for their organization, how they interact with major clients or partners. And yet, all their efforts to communicate effectively can be derailed by even the smallest nonverbal gestures such as the way they sit in a business meeting or stand at the podium at a...
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Our brains are constantly transmitting and receiving signals of which we are unaware. Morgan highlights recent research that shows how humans are programmed to respond to the nonverbal cues of others. He introduces seven "power cues" which are essential for any leaders in business or the public sector.
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"This is just the kind of synergistic, customer-centric, upsell-driven, out-of-the-box, customizable, strategically tactical, best-of-breed thought leadership that will help our clients track to true north. Let's fly this up the flagpole and see where the pushback is." It's Monday. Time to hit the pause button on your personality and get ready for the next meeting because, for the next five days, we'll be speaking the language of business. And, from...
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If you want your speeches to really resonate and shine among the countless yawn-inducing presentations heard (and immediately forgotten) every day, this book gives you a treasure trove of proven ideas and techniques for: getting attention, empathy, and respect from your audience; identifying and avoiding correcting common speech-killing mistakes; developing a bigger and better stage presence; and more. With The How of Wow, you'll make it through the...
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