Skills2Grow Recommended Reading List 2011

19th December, 2011 - Posted by bethcurl - 1 Comment

This is a list of the top books we recommend drawn from our numerous workshops designed to promote confident and outcome focused communication at all levels, whether you’re presenting, negotiating, leading, or just trying to work effectively  with your colleagues.
We’ve trawled our recommended reading lists, so you don’t have to, because some of these books come up again and again – they cover many angles of communicating at work and are invaluable sources of helpful information, valuable models and nuggets that you can apply in numerous situations.

Tell us what you’ve thought about any you’ve read.

The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People	Stephen Covey
Assertiveness At Work	Ken & Kate Back
Develop Your Assertiveness	Sue Bishop
Improve Your Communication Skills	Alan Barker
Entitled To Respect	Suzanne & Conrad Potts
Emotional Intelligence	Daniel Goleman
NLP At Work	Sue Knight
Drop The Pink Elephant	Bill Macfarlan
Visible Thought – The New Psychology Of Body Language	Geoffrey Beattie
Counselling For Toads	Robert De Board
How To Win Friends And Influence People	Dale Carnegie
Influence: Science And Practice	Robert Cialdini
Yes – 50 Secrets From The Science Of Persuasion	Noah Goldstein, Steve Martin, Robert Cialdini
The New Negotiating Edge	Gavin Kennedy
Getting To Yes	Fisher And Ury
Getting Past No	William Ury
Blink	Malcolm Gladwell
Your Brain At Work	David Rock
The One Thing You Need To Know	Marcus Buckingham
Harvard Business Review On Negotiation And Conflict Resolution	Harvard Business School Press
Me And You – 100 Ways To Work Out A Formula For Success	Maureen Bowes
First Break All The Rules	Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
Effective Motivation	John Adair
Shackleton’s Way	Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
Coaching For Performance	John Whitmore
Effective Coaching	Myles Downey
Teach Yourself Presenting	Amanda Vickers & Steve Bavister
Learning – Begin With The Brain In Mind	Stella Collins & Ann Grindrod
Effective Writing	Christopher Turk & John Kirkman
Business Writing that works	Robert Gentle
The Complete Plain Words	Sir Ernest Gowers
What Not To Write	Kay Sayce
Lend Me Your Ears	Max Atkinson
Time to Think	Nancy Kline