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Life is built one conversation at a time. Learn which conversations matter, how to transform those conversations, and balance them all while leading change. Human beings are conversational animals. Every day we're in constant communication with ourselves, other people and the world around us, and while not all conversations may seem important, they all have the potential to transform our personal, professional and cultural lives for the better. This book explains how conversations work and offers practical advice on how to improve the quality of our exchanges.

Learn the arts of saying "no" and negotiation in less than 30 days. In Master of the Arts Series: Say No and Negotiation, you will discover how to set healthy boundaries with close friends, family, and romantic partners without feeling guilty about it, a simple change in wording that will make it less challenging to refuse someone who asks you for a favor, seven common mistakes that could backfire on you when trying to politely turn down an invitation or refuse a request, and more.

Becoming a great speaker isn’t a natural talent—you can learn to be an influential speaker through physical practice, repetition, and focusing on what matters most to the audience. End Boring is your roadmap to becoming the speaker everyone wants to listen to. Join our mission to End Boring!

Want to be your own boss? Or want to be the boss? Start here. Believe. Build. Become. is a hands-on manual designed to help any woman develop the skills and mind-set she needs to become a successful leader. Based on the AllBright Academy courses created by entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow (OBE, Founder of Love Home Swap) and leading businesswoman Anna Jones (former CEO of Hearst), Believe. Build. Become. offers a chapter-by-chapter system for listeners to work through, focusing on the skills and confidence required to master the mind-set of leadership. 

One mediocre meeting after another quietly corrodes our organization, and every day we allow it to happen. Culture change occurs when a transformational idea spreads to enough people. Like a virus that makes its way from person to person, spreading exponentially faster, so can the Modern Meeting. The status quo must go. Now. Before it's too late.

Public speaking has evolved. And most people haven't caught up! The traditional approach to public speaking stifles your ability to breathe comfortably - and fails to leave a message in the mind of your listener. The revolutionary method in What's Your Message? shows you how to think clearly, manage anxiety, and speak persuasively.

The ability to stand up and give a presentation, a speech, a lesson or a toast in a way that captures your audience's attention and actually makes them think, feel or do something as a result is one of the most effective ways to stand out at work and in life. This book is a shortcut to making you shine on stage when you are under the spotlight or presenting on screen. It is a practical guide to giving presentations that will take away the fear factor by providing the tips, techniques and tools to create and deliver presentations you'll enjoy giving and your audience will want to hear.

Say It Well is a resource for speakers, coaches, marketing professionals, educators, and anyone else who desires to empower their communications.

Here Roger Dawson explains the ins and outs of power negotiation—a process with its own secret rules and procedures. Knowing these rules will enable you to negotiate intelligently and honestly—in sales and in any other area of life. Power negotiating is not what you think. It’s an art and a science for reaching an outcome where both parties feel that they’ve won. This densely packed and easy to understand book will give you a wealth of information

Stop settling for mediocre results from your presentations! Be different, be bold, and become your own catalyst in enhancing your public-speaking confidence. The 5 Pillars of Effective Public Speaking is a comprehensive guide to presentation excellence and developing your public speaking confidence.

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the 10 most important ones to help you speak confidently in front of a group and connect with audiences of any size. This book will inspire you to: feel more confident when it's your turn to present; understand how to persuade, motivate, and change minds; frame your message so people really listen; gain your audience's trust by being more authentic; use visuals and data more effectively; learn to be more charismatic; and infuse your day-to-day communication with storytelling.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Truth by Hector Macdonald, read by Simon Ludders. For fans of Nudge, Black Box Thinking and The Art of Thinking Clearly, a fascinating dive into the many ways in which ‘competing truths’ shape our opinions, behaviours and beliefs. True or false? It’s rarely that simple. There is more than one truth about most things. Eating meat is nutritious, but it’s also damaging to the environment. The Internet disseminates knowledge, but it also spreads hatred. As communicators, we select the truths that are most useful to our agenda.

Get more of the communication ideas you want, from the authors you trust. With insights from leading experts, this book will inspire you to: rethink how you give feedback to employees; ask questions to encourage learning and the exchange of ideas; invest in the right virtual communication tools for your team or business; establish a language strategy for your company; negotiate effectively with anyone - including liars; and present data more powerfully using visualization.

Communicating to audiences remotely is an essential skill because the future of work is largely happening online. You’ve got to become a pro at virtual presenting so you can connect with others at a distance. This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences’ attention and move them to embrace your ideas. You’ll learn proven techniques that are used by the experts at Duarte, Inc., who have crafted some of the world’s best presentations for beloved brands, thought leaders, and causes.

Getting our voices heard can be a nerve-wracking and overwhelming task - particularly in a world where everyone seems to have something to say. The ability to present our ideas with confidence is now a coveted skill. Yet on stage, we become this other person: less funny, less engaging, less human. Mark Shayler draws on his own experience - from nervous speaker to charismatic compere - to guide you through the task of public speaking.

Pull Up! teaches you to rise up to life's challenges and stay cool when the heat is on.

Excellent communicating skills have always been crucial to success in leadership and management roles—and that's one of the reasons the first edition of this book has been an international bestseller taught at universities and referred to by leading CEOs. What's changed in the last ten years? Well, nothing—and everything. Mastering Communication at Work, Second Edition features an essential new chapter on remote team communication along with additional content on equitable leadership and updated case studies.

Every time we give a speech, we all want the same thing to happen: We want to change the world. However, in order to do that, we are going to have to find ways to connect with our audience. The challenge we are facing is that it turns out this is not an easy thing to do.

Public speaking causes anxiety in 75 percent of the population. Does your career depend upon mastery of this fear? Whether it’s giving a report to a handful of coworkers in a conference room or an auditorium full of your peers, this book can help you get over the nerves. Conquering that internal struggle is the focus of this book.

Now you’re buried in a sea of look-alike MSPs, every one of them claiming to be a “trusted advisor” while slinging bottom-barrel pricing and empty promises. Meanwhile, you’re trying to grow the right way: serving clients well, building a real team, and pushing for profit. But without a repeatable way to sell, you’ll keep hitting the same growth ceiling over and over again. This book is your way out.