Communicating at Work


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The 11th edition of Communicating at Work enhances the strategic approach, real-world practicality, and reader-friendly voice that have made this text the market leader for three decades. On every page, students learn how to communicate in ways that enhance their own career success and help their organization operate effectively. This edition retains the hallmark features that have been praised by faculty and students--a strong emphasis on ethical communication and cultural diversity, discussions of evolving communication technologies, and self-assessment tools--while incorporating important updates and ground-breaking digital teaching and learning tools to help students better connect to the course material and apply it to real world business situations.




Wellbeing at Work


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What if the next global crisis is a mental health pandemic? It is here now. One-third of Americans have shown signs of clinical anxiety or depression, and the current state of suffering globally has risen significantly. The mental health pandemic manifests everywhere, not least in your workplace. As organizations around the world face health and social crises, as well as economic uncertainty, acknowledging and improving wellbeing in your workplace is more critical than ever. Increasingly, leaders and managers must support mental health and cultivate resilience in employees — not just increase engagement and performance. Based on more than 100 million Gallup global interviews, Wellbeing at Work shows you how to do just that. Coauthored by Gallup’s CEO and its Chief Workplace Scientist, Wellbeing at Work explores the five key elements of wellbeing — career, social, financial, physical and community — and how organizations can help employees and teams thrive in those elements. The book also gives leaders ideas and action items to help employees use their innate talents and strengths to thrive in each of the wellbeing elements. And Wellbeing at Work introduces a metric to report a person’s best possible life: Gallup Net Thriving, which will become the “other stock price” for organizations. In a world where work and life are more blended than ever, maximizing employee wellbeing takes on greater urgency. Wellbeing at Work shows leaders how to create a thriving and resilient culture. If you and your leaders don’t change the world, who will? Wellbeing at Work includes a unique code to take the CliftonStrengths assessment, which reveals your top five strengths.




Say This-Not That!


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This is THE ORIGINAL Say This--Not That Book! Description: Have you ever had one of those "I wish I hadn't just said that!" moments? In "Say This, Not That," expert communication trainer Dan O'Connor gives you the words and phrases you can use to effortlessly hit your communication target every time. With "Say This, Not That," you can skip right to the punch and learn the danger phrases to avoid-the ones that are sabotaging your message, and the power phrases to use-the ones that will enable you to deliver your message with clarity and effectiveness-the ones that will move you to a new communication level and put you in the category of savvy communicator. No more skimming through pages to find what you're looking for--every page has useful tools you'll be able to apply immediately, and examples of each phrase in use. Furthermore, this program comes complete with quick-reference reminder cards you can have at-the-ready, so you can really make these techniques your own-not just for one enthusiastic moment, but forever! What will you find in Say This Not That? 1- The words! Most chapters deal with one specific danger phrase to be eliminated from your verbal repertoire and one specific power phrase to replace it. However, since not all phrases we'll be covering have exact opposites, you'll also find chapters that deal solely with danger phrases to be purged from usage, and other chapters that deal solely with power phrases that should be added to your every day communication arsenal, to infuse your speech with punch and power. 2- The theory--A great deal of research has gone into determining the effect of words on the listener. You'll learn the reasons-the "why" of every lesson. 3- Examples--You'll find examples of situations in which the phrases should or should not be used, as well as variations of the words under discussion. 4- Quick reference cards--The number of the quick-reference card that accompanies each lesson. In the back of this book you'll find the quick-reference card. If you're using an e-reader, you can simply turn to that page and keep it open to your phrase for the day, and if you'd like to print out these cards, simply go to our website www.powerdiversity.com and click on the customer resources section. It's as easy as that to achieve new levels of communication success! "Thank you, Dan, for giving me the words! I didn't know it could be so easy to improve my communication skills. I carry your book with me wherever I go, and use the power phrases both at work and at home. Because of your training, I have a better relationship with my boss, my husband, and even my teenagers! I just can't thank you enough." -Marsha Thompson, Washington DC, USA




Ask a Manager


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From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together




Communication in the Workplace: A Practical Guide to Improve Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace for Better Environment, Client Relationships


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How to Improve Your Communication Skills in the Workplace, Organization and in Your Personal Life Good communication is an important skill in any environment, organization with human interactions. moreover, when it comes to communication in the business, effective communication is an integral element to business success. This book contains: Internal Workplace Communication External Workplace Communication Group Workplace Communication How to Communicate Effectively at Work How to Deal with a Difficult Boss and Still Keep Your Job Choosing to Get Better at Explaining Things At Work Steps of Developing Effective Workplace Communication Skills Techniques to Develop and Display Open-mindedness, Empathy and Respect in Workplace Communication Workplace Communication Techniques And more In any organizations, good communication isn't just about resolving conflict. Good communication is an important elements in client relationships, profitability, team effectiveness, and employee engagement. Building healthy working relationships is vital to any business success. A major part of this is understanding your own personal communication style, how you can influence other people, and how to use your communication style to create effective business relationship and it isn¡ ̄t just about being able to more accurately speaking and concisely present your thought and ideas. It¡ ̄s also not just about resolving conflict or creating a more positive team environment it is essential to sales, client relationships, better team environment, company culture, employee and team management engagement. The most comprehensive guide for interpersonal communication in the workplace for better productive environment, client relationships, team development, and employee engagement! Order Communication in the workplace Book, and learn to write more effectively, communicate with customers and employees, and craft compelling communication plans and proposals, as well as communication skills training for difficult situations, such as dealing and managing.




How to Say Anything to Anyone


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Take charge of your career by taking charge of your business relationships and communication skills. We all know how it feels when our colleagues talk about us but not to us. It's frustrating, and it creates tension. When effective communication is missing in the workplace, employees feel like they're working in the dark. Leaders don't have crucial conversations; managers are frustrated when outcomes are not what they expect; and employees often don’t get positive feedback or constructive feedback. Many of us remain passive against poor communication habits and communication barriers, hoping that business communication will miraculously improve--but it won't. Business communication and relationships won’t improve without skills and effort. The people you work with can work with you, around you, or against you. How people work with you depends on the business relationships you cultivate. Do your colleagues trust you? Can they speak openly to you when projects and tasks go awry? Do you have effective communication skills? Take charge of your career by eliminating communication barriers and taking charge of your business relationships. Make your work environment less tense and more productive by improving communication skills. Set relationship expectations, work with people how they like to work, and give positive feedback and constructive feedback. In How to Say Anything to Anyone, you'll learn how to: - ask for what you want at work - improve communication skills - strengthen all types of working relationships - reduce the gossip and drama in your office - tell people when you’re frustrated and have difficult conversations in a way that resonates - take action on your ideas and feelings - get honest positive feedback and constructive feedback on your performance Harley shares the real-life stories of people who have struggled to get what they want at work. With her clear and specific business communication roadmap in hand, Harley enables you to improve communication skills and create the career and business relationships you really want--and keep them.




Engaging Employees through Strategic Communication


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Engaging Employees through Strategic Communication provides a detailed overview of employee communication and its evolution as a tool to drive employee engagement and successful change management. Approaching the subject with the philosophy that internal audiences are essential to the success of any strategic communication plan and business strategy—particularly as they relate to driving change—Mark Dollins and Jon Stemmle give readers a working knowledge of employee communication strategies, skills, and tactics in ways that prepare students for careers in this rapidly expanding field. Providing the tools necessary to evaluate the impact of successful employee communication campaigns, they put theory and cutting-edge research into action with practical examples and case studies sourced from award-winning entries judged as best-in-class by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), PRWeek, and PRNews. The book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in internal, corporate, or employee communication courses and will be a useful reference for practitioners who want to understand how to carry out effective employee communication engagement and change-management campaigns. Please visit www.engage-employees.com to learn more about the book and its applications.




Effective Communication


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Supporting people with a variety of difficulties including hearing loss, impaired speech, visual impairment, dementia and learning disabilities requires a range of communication skills. This book will provide workers with the ability to enable adults with limited or no verbal communication skills to make decisions, and to express themselves.




The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace


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OVER 600,000 COPIES SOLD! Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages® (over 20 million copies sold) Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers’ language of appreciation. This book will give you the tools to create a more positive workplace, increase employee engagement, and reduce staff turnover. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer “Yes!” A bestseller—having sold over 600,000 copies and translated into 24 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers. PLUS! Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory (does not apply to purchases of used books). The assessment identifies a person’s preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. When supervisors and colleagues understand their coworkers’ primary and secondary languages, as well as the specific actions they desire, they can effectively communicate authentic appreciation, thus creating healthy work relationships and raising the level of performance across an entire team or organization. **(Please contact [email protected] if you purchased your book new and the access code is denied.) Take your team to the next level by applying The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace.




The Art of Communicating


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Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life's most important skill. How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear? How can we listen with compassion and understanding? Communication fuels the ties that bind, whether in relationships, business, or everyday interactions. Most of us, however, have never been taught the fundamental skills of communication—or how to best represent our true selves. Effective communication is as important to our well-being and happiness as the food we put into our bodies. It can be either healthy (and nourishing) or toxic (and destructive). In this precise and practical guide, Zen master and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh reveals how to listen mindfully and express your fullest and most authentic self. With examples from his work with couples, families, and international conflicts, The Art of Communicating helps us move beyond the perils and frustrations of misrepresentation and misunderstanding to learn the listening and speaking skills that will forever change how we experience and impact the world.