Heidi Grant Halvorson
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever had the feeling that you're just not getting through to the person you're talking with, or coming across the way you intend to? You're not alone. Our usual approach is to just talk louder, to try harder to get our message through. This is almost always the wrong approach. Why? Because other people almost never see us the way we see ourselves. Fortunately, these distortions in perception are systematic, understandable, and surmountable....
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
We all need help--especially in today's uber-collaborative workplaces. Here's the good news: humans are naturally wired to want to help each other. Now here's the bad: asking for help makes most of us wildly uncomfortable. As a result, we do a poor job of calling in the reinforcements we need, leaving confused or even offended colleagues in our wake. This pragmatic book explains the research on what psychologists call social intelligence. To elicit...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Get specific -- Seize the moment to act on your goals -- Know exactly how far you have left to go -- Be a realistic optimist -- Focus on getting better, rather than being good -- Have grit -- Build your willpower muscle -- Don't tempt fate -- Focus on what you will do, not what you won't do.
Are you at the top of your game--or still trying to get there? Take your cues from the short, powerful 9 Things Successful People Do Differently, where the strategies...
Series
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Language
English
Description
"Is your message getting through? The right communication tactics can motivate your people -- and fuel your business.Get more of the ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you get your message across -- whether you're speaking face-to-face, or connecting with someone across the world."--From...
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