Communication Land Mines –
Marty Clarke
Your professional credibility is on the line every time you open
your
mouth, lay your hands on a keyboard, pick up the phone, leave
a
message, or put pen to paper. With each communication you tell
the world how well, or poorly you communicate. This book tells
you
how to avoid some of
the more damaging land mines.
Talk
your Way to the Top – Kevin Daley
Thoughtful advice on how to meet 16 communication challenges.
Each chapter deals with an issue like fear of presenting, disagreeing
with your boss without getting fired, selling your ideas, moving
a group
to action, and related challenges.
Communicating
for Results – Cheryl Hamilton
This best-selling book introduces the basic concepts of business
communication. Designed to improve the communication skills of
entry-level managers it covers such subjects as the communication
process, listening, nonverbal communication, and obstacles to
organizational communications.
The
Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz
Introduces a simple, but powerful code of conduct for attaining
personal
freedom and true happiness. The four agreements are: 1) BE
IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD; 2) DON’T TAKE ANYTHING
PERSONALLY; 3) DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS; and 4) ALWAYS
DO YOUR BEST. The author suggests that we must first know how
to
communicate with ourselves before we can be an effective communicator
with others.