Communication Genius: 40 Insights from the Science of Communicating

  • 4h 34m
  • Tony Buon
  • Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • 2015

The fast-track MBA in communication

Imagine having instant access to the world's smartest thinking on human communication - and being shown exactly what to do to guarantee that all of your communication is right, every time.

Communication Genius makes it easy to apply the scientific facts that researchers know about communication to the real world. 40 chapters based on cutting-edge business and psychology research projects reveal what works and what doesn't work when we interact with each other. Each of the 40 chapters is a mini-masterclass in communicating better, explaining the research and showing you how to apply it for yourself to improve your own communication skills.

Too often, conventional wisdom says one thing while research says another. Communication Genius cuts through the noise to bring you proven research and techniques for applying it that will simply make you a better all-round communicator.

With chapters on body language, emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), presentations, mimicry, groupthink and the latest neuroscience, Communication Genius explodes some myths and gives you the best that science has to offer on communication.

Quick to read and intensely practical, this book will bring a little communication genius into your day.

In this Book

  • Communication is not All About Body Language
  • Men and Women are not from Different Planets
  • Brainstorming: You may have been Doing it Incorrectly
  • Does Everybody Lie?
  • Can your Handwriting Reveal your Personality?
  • Maslow was Wrong; Your Needs are not Hierarchical
  • The Myths of Emotional Intelligence
  • Subliminal Communication: Hidden Messages
  • Women do not Talk More than Men
  • NLP and Communication
  • The Placebo Effect and Communication
  • Attending Skills in Communication: The Soler Model
  • Discovering Active Listening
  • Restricting Powerpoint® to Enhance Communication
  • Space Wars: Why Proxemics Matters
  • Mimicry, Mirroring and the Chameleon Effect
  • Checking your Email too Often Wastes Time
  • Stop Judging a Book by its Cover
  • Paraphrasing and Listening
  • We are All Individuals, or are We?
  • Obedience: The Communication of Compliance
  • Communicating Violence
  • Groupthink: Revisiting the Theory of Error
  • The Forer Effect: Gullibility in Action
  • Educational Credentials and the Racism of Intelligence
  • Measuring National Culture
  • Cultural Differences in Communication
  • Silence as a Form of Communication
  • Communication and Facial Expressions
  • The Obama Effect: Reducing Stereotyping
  • Communication Starts with the Eyes
  • Neuro-Scientific Communication
  • Our Brain cannot Cope with too Much Information
  • Reading a Good Book May Improve your Empathy
  • Using Big Words doesn't Make you Look Smarter
  • Turning off your Smartphone can Make you Work Smarter
  • Social Media Communication
  • Online Communication: Why do People Troll?
  • Selfies: A New Form of Communication
  • Swearing, Cursing and Communication
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