Showing results for "Becoming" in Communication & Social Skills

Not everything should be explained. Some people speak less and are listened to more. Some answer questions without fully answering them. Some leave conversations unfinished, and others keep thinking about them long after. This is not an accident. For generations, intelligence services have understood how restraint shapes perception. Silence creates pressure. Ambiguity invites curiosity. What is withheld often carries more weight than what is revealed. This audiobook teaches how mystery works in everyday life.

There are hundreds of books on management. This is not just another book about what makes an effective manager. Becoming a Better Boss highlights why well-known advice on good management is so rarely heeded. By focusing on management through the eyes of an employee, Julian Birkinshaw gives us insightful and helpful advice on what we might do differently - both as individual managers of others, and as architects of the organizations in which we work. To achieve this, Birkinshaw has spent time working "in the trenches" to remind himself what life as an employee feels like.

As an introvert, do you ever feel like the things you're best at—deep thinking, keen observation, focused listening, and strategic planning—are not highly valued in your workplace because they are internal rather than external? Have you ever been ignored or passed over while the extrovert in the next office is recognized and rewarded? Do you feel like you have to pretend to be someone you're not in order to get ahead? Just because your greatest strengths are internal doesn't mean your workplace doesn't need them. In fact, your invisible skills are essential to any business's success!

The Art of Spycraft: Becoming Popular explores how influence actually spreads inside groups, not through charisma or performance, but through access, familiarity, and momentum. Using the lens of espionage and human intelligence tradecraft, this audiobook reveals how popularity forms quietly, how trust moves through networks, and why certain people become accepted by default while others remain outsiders.

Most people try to be interesting by talking more. They explain. They perform. They overshare. And they lose attention. Intelligence operatives understands something different. Attention flows toward those who listen, observe, and leave space. Presence creates pull where performance never does. Becoming Interesting shows why people aren’t drawn to impressive stories, but to genuine interest. When you stop trying to impress and start paying attention, conversations deepen and people remember you without knowing why.

Speak your mind effectively! The best, most direct way to convey your intelligence, expertise, professionalism, and personality to other people is through talking to them. But most people have no idea what they sound like. And even if they do, they don’t think they can change it. It’s the Way You Say It is a thorough, nuts-and-bolts guide to becoming aware and taking control of how you communicate with others. Dr. Carol Fleming provides detailed advice and scores of exercises.

When speaking to groups, one of the surefire techniques that you can employ to be effective is the use of stories. Stories have intrigued humankind since our earliest days as cave dwellers. Regardless of what you’re trying to achieve, telling the audience a story increases their propensity to be attentive.In this captivating session, professional speaker Jeff Davidson, who has addressed nearly eight hundred audiences in forty six states of the union and in six foreign countries, lays out exactly what it takes to effectively use stories with your audiences.

Essential skills for today's leaders: learn how to embody your ethics, earn your team's trust, and dismantle toxic work culture Leaders and managers everywhere are learning the importance of creating safe, satisfying workplaces rooted in principles of social justice. But many of us who try to...

An empowering handbook on how to have candid conversations around race and become a better advocate, written by a Black woman and a white woman who ask and answer 20 common, uncomfortable-but-critical questions about racism. Many people struggle to have honest conversations about race, even...

Help! I Work with People is not a book about leadership theory, but rather a handbook on how to connect with people and influence them for good. With his signature transparent and relatable storytelling, Chad Veach uses modern research and biblical principles to encourage you to lean into your leadership potential regardless of your level of influence or experience. In short and easily digestible chapters, he addresses the three phases of becoming a quality leader: learning to lead the hardest person you will ever be in charge of-yourself and more.