Online Courses
Refresh Your Workplace Social Skills (49 minutes)
If you, like many in the workforce, have spent an extended period of time working from home, social distancing, and engaging with colleagues primarily via screen, it's no wonder you’re out of practice when it comes to workplace social skills. In this course, Marielle Legair highlights the skills to prioritize and refresh, whether you're headed back into a physical office or a hybrid working environment. Complicating matters further, the work environment you’re returning to may be markedly different from the environment you left. Or maybe you started your job working remotely and are going to your workplace for the first time. If you need tips on navigating any or all of these concerns, join Marielle in this course to brush up on some old skills and learn some new ones that will make your transition back to the workplace a smooth one.
Social Success at Work (18 minutes)
When it comes to success, social skills are just as vital as intelligence, hard work, and expertise. Long-term success requires good communication, coordination, negotiation, and understanding. Luckily, like any talent, these “people skills” can be learned. In this short course, Dr. Todd Dewett shares his secrets for social success at work. Get tips for building productive relationships, networking effectively, navigating politics and coalitions at work, and adopting a service mentality that can benefit your whole team. By the end of the course, you can use your new skills to unlock career opportunities and a whole new level of job satisfaction.
Working More Effectively with Different Personalities (10 minutes)
Understanding personality differences is a powerful method toward becoming more successful. By recognizing how your personality impacts your behavior, you can gain deeper insight into how you collaborate and communicate with others. In this course, Dr. Eric Zackrison teaches the concepts of how personalities can be identified so that you can be more effective in your life and your work. He shares methods for how you can better comprehend the key aspects of your personality and how these influence how you operate in various work environments. Eric then shares strategies to better recognize personality differences amongst others, the impact this can have on your relationships, and how you can use tools to better work amongst all personality styles. After watching this course, you’ll be better positioned to navigate conflicts, solicit and give feedback, and collaborate with others while being mindful of the personalities of others.
Books
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
Author: Daniel Goleman
Summary: Our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have a far-reaching biological impact, sending out cascades of hormones that regulate everything from our hearts to our immune systems, making good relationships act like vitamins—and bad relationships like poisons. We can “catch” other people’s emotions the way we catch a cold, and the consequences of isolation or relentless social stress can be life-shortening. Goleman explains the surprising accuracy of first impressions, the basis of charisma and emotional power, the complexity of sexual attraction, and how we detect lies. He describes the “dark side” of social intelligence, from narcissism to Machiavellianism and psychopathy. He also reveals our astonishing capacity for “mindsight,” as well as the tragedy of those, like autistic children, whose mindsight is impaired. Is there a way to raise our children to be happy? What is the basis of a nourishing marriage? How can business leaders and teachers inspire the best in those they lead and teach? How can groups divided by prejudice and hatred come to live together in peace? The answers to these questions may not be as elusive as we once thought. And Goleman delivers his most heartening news with powerful conviction: we humans have a built-in bias toward empathy, cooperation, and altruism–provided we develop the social intelligence to nurture these capacities in ourselves and others.
The First Minute: How to Start Conversations That Get Results (Business Communication Skills Books)
Author: Chris Flenning
Summary: This award-winning book is a step-by-step guide for clear, concise communication in everyday work conversations. Being concise is not about trying to condense all the information into sixty seconds. It is about having clear intent, talking about one topic at a time, and focusing on solutions instead of dwelling on problems. Throughout this book you’ll discover how to:
Have shorter, better work conversations and meetings
Get to the point faster without rambling or going off on tangents
Lead your audience toward the solution you need
Apply one technique to almost every discussion, email, presentation and interview with great results
This book is a result of more than 20,000 conversations in both business and technical jobs. Chris Fenning has trained individuals and teams around the world in these techniques. He has worked with organizations from start-ups to Fortune 50 and FTSE 100 companies. These methods work for them all.
Author: Dr Mike Bechtle
Summary: As an introvert, do you ever feel like the things you're best at—deep thinking, keen observation, focused listening, and strategic planning—are not highly valued in your workplace because they are internal rather than external? Have you ever been ignored or passed over while the extrovert in the next office is recognized and rewarded? Do you feel like you have to pretend to be someone you're not in order to get ahead? Just because your greatest strengths are internal doesn't mean your workplace doesn't need them. In fact, your invisible skills are essential to any business's success! And the key to your personal success is not trying to be someone else but being 100% yourself. Backed by research, case studies, and personal observation, communication expert Dr. Mike Bechtle shows you how to capitalize on your unique strengths so that you can reach your full potential with confidence and authenticity. His simple, actionable advice can change your work life-starting today.
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