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Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
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Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Nick Morgan, Robert B. Cialdini, Linda A. Hill, Nancy Duarte
November 2017
Beginner content levelBeginner
160 pages
1h 29m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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Storytelling That Moves People

An interview with Robert McKee by Bronwyn Fryer

Persuasion is the centerpiece of business activity. Customers must be convinced to buy your company’s products or services, employees and colleagues to go along with a new strategic plan or reorganization, investors to buy (or not to sell) your stock, and partners to sign the next deal. But despite the critical importance of persuasion, most executives struggle to communicate, let alone inspire. Too often, they get lost in the accoutrements of company-speak: PowerPoint slides, dry memos, and hyperbolic missives from the corporate communications department. Even the most carefully researched and considered efforts are routinely greeted with cynicism, lassitude, or ...

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ISBN: 9781633693944