Showing results by publisher "Phoenix BookS" in Communication & Social Skills

Is verbal abuse ruining your business, your personal life, or even your physical and emotional health? With a little help from Suzette Haden Elgin, you won't have to put up with it anymore. She'll show you how to create an environment in which verbal abuse almost never happens, and how to take complete control of your language behavior. Once you've mastered the techniques, you'll be able to defuse a verbal attack before it can even be completed, and deal effectively with the rare attack that cannot be avoided.

This live seminar covers relationships: between husbands and wives, children and their parents, and employers and employees. Those who have learned to play the negotiating game well relieve tensions, substantially improve communications, and solve many day-to-day problems. With his trademark humor and irreverent style, Cohen uses stories, metaphors and real-life examples to inspire listeners to reflect upon their own personal behavior and experience to take charge of negotiating anything!

Gaining the competitive edge in today's business world requires every advantage. How you speak and sound is as important to your success as the clothes you wear and the way you look. The Executive Voice Trainer shows you how to speak and sound to become a dynamic, confident speaker and advance your career.

In Getting Through to People you will discover powerful, proven ways to break through the mental and emotional barriers that obstruct the flow of ideas from one person to another. Over 300,000 people are already using these principles of effective person-to-person communications to enhance their business and personal success.

Build a stronger vocabulary in just an hour with this fast and funny exercise program. You'll learn tough words and tricky meanings, and you can test your knowledge at the end of each session with a quick quiz. The tape includes parts of speech, spellings, definitions, pronunciations, and 60 troubling terms - and all with humorous or pointed examples that help you remember them easily. Author Jeffrey McQuain created the Smithsonian Institution's first course on the American language and coauthored the best seller The Elements of English.

Master negotiator and New York Times bestselling author of You Can Negotiate Anything Herb Cohen says, "Negotiation is the game of life." With his signature humor and self-deprecating style, Cohen explains how to learn powerful yet subtle negotiating ploys to help in business, career, and even family relationships. With his extensive international negotiating experience and unique presentation style, Herb offers this essential guide to the art and practice of negotiation in the 21st century.

In How to Negotiate Anything, Anywhere, Cohen demonstrates—in an entertaining way—how to negotiate with savvy. Using humorous lessons and insightful anecdotes—and even employing apt imitations of famous personalities and personal acquaintances—Cohen communicates different negotiating strategies and how they can be used.

When a woman acts assertively, makes demands, and struggles for what she wants, she is labeled a b---h. The secret is to know when and how to turn on (or turn off) that "b---h switch." Locating your switch prevents you from being exploited or being saddled with a label that is hard to shake. Omarosa wants women to not just find their inner b---h but learn to control it. Whether you're striving to reach your career goals or struggling to maintain a personal relationship, this manual on the use and control of your b---h switch provides intelligent strategies for success.

In this powerful program, two of America's top communications experts provide you with the practical techniques and strategies you need to conduct a winning conversation in any business or social situation. Using realistic dialogues, they demonstrate how to employ the art of conversation to enhance your job performance...be at ease and enjoy yourself at social events...persuade and motivate others...and build your communications skills and confidence.

Invaluable techniques for top achievers - how to communicate ideas effectively, strengthen your self-confidence, and motivate others.

CBS news reporter Charles Osgood offers practical and humorous advice that can save the day when one's called upon to speak in public.

In today's highly competitive business environment, you must know how to write in a clear and convincing way if you want to get ahead. This unique audio enables you to do so quickly and easily! Business writing consultant Carol Gelderman provides simple techniques and practical examples.