Say What You Mean Get What You Want

Put your words to work for you! Say What You Mean, Get What You Want Anyone can talk their way to success with this revolutionary guide to better communication. Using the innovative and flexible strategies outlined in this practical primer to power communication, you can secure the job you want, achieve the promotion you deserve, get yourself out of hot water, and much more. It all comes down to understanding that everyone has their own unique communication style. Communication expert Linda McCallister reveals how to identify a colleague's style as well as your own and tailor your conversation for the best possible outcome. You'll learn how to control interpersonal conflict and emerge from any situation confident that your point of view was not only understood, but agreed upon by vital people in the office. Packed with real-world examples and dialogues, Say What You Mean, Get What You Want also features a unique Communication Profile test that will help you identify your communication style as well as those of the people you work and live with. In no time at all, you'll be the most persuasive person in the office. Wiley Business Basics Inexpensive resources for today's savvy entrepreneurs!

The complete guide to making effective presentations. The proven program that helps you fight performance anxiety - and communicate with confidence and ease. Teaches you how to say what you meand and get what you want.

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to having more meaningful and mindful conversations through nonviolent communication We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to get defensive or go on the attack? In this groundbreaking synthesis of mindfulness, somatics, and Nonviolent Communication, Oren Jay Sofer offers simple yet powerful practices to develop healthy, effective, and satisfying ways of communicating. The techniques in Say What You Mean will help you to: • Feel confident during conversation • Stay focused on what really matters in an interaction • Listen for the authentic concerns behind what others say • Reduce anxiety before and during difficult conversations • Find nourishment in day-to-day interactions “Unconscious patterns of communication create separation not only in our personal lives, they also perpetuate patterns of misunderstanding and violence that pervade our world. With clarity and great insight, Oren Jay Sofer offers teachings and practices that train us to speak and listen with presence, courage, and an open heart.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge

The premier guide to combining verbal and nonverbal communication to gain confidence, establish credibility and make lasting impressions Yes—a small word, but the key to opening doors both professional and personal. The power of The Yes Factor gets you the job, the promotion, or the second date. But getting a "yes" can be tricky. Tonya Reiman explains how communication works—what the words you speak actually say about you, and how the perfect pitch can help you achieve your goals, convince your boss or client you should get the account, give a killer presentation, or win control of the remote (without ticking off your spouse!). Combining verbal and nonverbal tricks—identifying types of communicators, recognizing subconscious motivations, and adopting covert communication techniques-The Yes Factor is a simple approach to influencing and framing communication so that your message resounds clearly, ensuring that your ideas are implemented effectively and that you present your best possible self. A leading body language expert and Fox News contributor, Reiman's accessible prose, firsthand anecdotes, step-by-step advice, sidebars, diagrams, and short quizzes make The Yes Factor the ultimate how-to for exuding confidence, establishing authority, gaining credibility, and making the lasting impression that will get you a "yes" everytime. Watch a Video

Required reading at Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School. Everyone wants to be more appealing and effective, but few believe we can manage the personal magnetism of a Bill Clinton or an Oprah Winfrey. John Neffinger and Matthew Kohut trace the path to influence through a balance of strength (the root of respect) and warmth (the root of affection). Each seems simple, but only a few of us figure out the tricky task of projecting both at once. Drawing on cutting-edge social science research as well as their own work with Fortune 500 executives, members of Congress, TED speakers, and Nobel Prize winners, Neffinger and Kohut reveal how we size each other up—and how we can learn to win the admiration, respect, and affection we desire.

Learn to strengthen your communication skills and handle difficult conversations with confidence in this guide from the author of Power Phrases. Research shows ninety percent of us stay silent in situations that call for strong words. But while many of us don’t want to rock the boat, author Meryl Runion explains that some boats need to be rocked—provided that it happens for the right reasons, at the right time, and in the right way. In Speak Srong, Runion helps you know when it’s time to speak up, overcome resistance to unwelcome truths, establish and implement boundaries, create new communication standards, supercharge your message, elevate the quality of your conversations, overcome destructive communication habits, and put your best foot forward sincerely. Runion’s “PowerPhrases!” book series has helped over a quarter million readers find the perfect phrases to communicate clearly. Speak Strong is the perfect “next step” for those who rely on communication skills to build successful careers and relationships.

Words have great power. They shape our thoughts and behaviour, and influence how others see us and react to us. This book contains words and phrases which everyone can use with a view to becoming more popular, more persuasive and more powerful in their business and social conversations.

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say - Surefire Ways to Get The Results You Want is a book on how to communicate with conscious awareness. Have you ever had a conversation and felt that you were coming across clearly and understandably and yet the other person looks completely confused and frustrated? This book provides methods to prevent ever being misunderstood again! When we communicate consciously and with outcome based principles we can create incredible results with others. This book provides ways to achieve results through the words we choose, the knowledge of the communication cycle, preventing conflict through proactive awareness and much more. Most of us have based our communication on habit and have not intellectualized the importance of having a plan before we open our mouths. Words are powerful and this book goes into the many benefits of becoming a conscious communicator such as improved relationships, increased job satisfaction, happier customers, productive teams and increased morale. Through assertive techniques and specific examples of words that create positive impressions and words that create negative perceptions this book brings the reader to awareness and through awareness positive change in their communication approach. This book is an easy read and an excellent reference tool for all those wanting to create greater satisfaction in their work and personal relationships.