How to stand out : proven tactics for getting noticed / Dr. Rob Yeung.
"Why do some people walk into a room and turn heads and others aren't noticed? Why are stories more important than qualifications when it comes to job interviews? Why don't the smartest people always get promoted - and what does get them noticed? Why might telling a joke be the best w...
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken :
Capstone : Wiley Brand,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""The science of standing out""; ""Finding techniques that work""; ""Navigating through this book""; ""1: Boosting Self-belief and Debunking the Confidence Con""; ""Being both successful and scared""; ""Understanding the confidence con""; ""Performing mind over matter""; ""Dispelling illusions""; ""Powering through job interviews""; ""Nurturing deep-rooted confidence""; ""Mixing and matching to find what works best for you""; ""Onwards and upwards""; ""Notes""
- ""2: Persuading through Body Language and Nonverbal Communication""""Understanding your nonverbal style""; ""Understanding the power of what’s not said""; ""Understanding the three nonverbal communication tactics""; ""Painting on the canvas of the human face""; ""Becoming pitch perfect""; ""Choosing the right speaking velocity""; ""Indicating intent through gestures and animation""; ""Delving deeper into gestures""; ""Combining nonverbal cues""; ""Matching your message""; ""Building your nonverbal repertoire""; ""Interpreting individual facial cues""; ""Onwards and upwards""; ""Notes""
- ""3: Winning with Words""""Starting with your audience""; ""Tapping into the persuasive power of emotion""; ""Trading on terror""; ""Inspiring through high expectations""; ""Using metaphor, simile and analogy""; ""Invoking moral arguments""; ""Telling tales""; ""Sharing your autobiographical adventures""; ""Using contrasts and lists""; ""Asking questions""; ""Extending your repertoire of winning words""; ""Onwards and upwards""; ""Notes""; ""4: Augmenting Performance through Passion""; ""Exploring the link between ardour and attainment""; ""Choosing how we make sense of the world""
- ""Linking passion to performance""""Moving from job design to job crafting""; ""Analysing your efforts at job crafting""; ""Delving into your relationship with your work""; ""Crafting the perfect career""; ""Putting job crafting into practice""; ""Creating the i-deal job""; ""Onwards and upwards""; ""Notes""; ""Conclusions: Onwards, Upwards and Over to You""; ""Making the time to learn""; ""Three final thoughts""; ""Onwards and upwards""; ""Index""; ""Advert""; ""EULA""