Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 2. Collaboration, Interpersonal Communication, and Business Etiquette
"Personality type tests are hugely popular, though if you ask working psychologists, they’ll tell you the results are little better than astrological signs.
"Be genuine.
"Maybe someone told you that you need to be more succinct when you speak.
"You may wonder if anyone will even notice if you don't demonstrate professional behavior at work.
These brief podcasts focus on marketing applications of social media.
"Author Vanessa Edwards and her team watched thousands of hours of TED Talks and noticed something surprising: The least popular TED Talkers used an average of 272 hand gestures during their 18-minute presentations, while the most popular used an average of 465 hand gestures in the same amount of time.
"Consider environmental factors when preparing for a successful outcome.
Karin Hurt (photo, left) reports both the problems and the solutions.
Check out this excerpt from Work Party by Jaclyn Johnson (photo, left).
"This kind of discussion is all about degrees of certainty.
"This kind of discussion is all about degrees of certainty.
"Advice from 7 TED speakers on creating better connections.
"On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive.
"There are many problems with the way most meetings are run.
"It’s time to use your introversion to your advantage instead of trying to change it.
Alex Cavoulacos has the list at TheMuse.
"Did you know that someone can tell how extroverted you are based on your face?
"Lori Wright, general manager of Microsoft Teams and Skype marketing, offers advice for making daily meetings less repetitive and more inclusive.
"We all want to be more productive, but we’re drowning in a sea of productivity apps and hacks.
"A classic introvert preference is aversion to meetings.
"Your business needs collaboration -- but not everyone's a team player.
"Cognitive diversity has been defined as differences in perspective or information processing styles.
"In The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption, Farai Chideya [photo, left], an award-winning author, journalist and professor, reports on today’s challenging job landscape and offers tools for navigating the inevitable changes.
"Maybe someone less qualified gets a promotion you worked hard to earn.
"Though he’s nearly seen it all, Tyler Gaffney [photo, left] still gets surprised when early-stage B2B startups tell him how they’ve determined their pricing.