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Surrounded by idiots : the four types of human behavior and how to effectively communicate with each in business (and in life) / Thomas Erikson.
Language: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Essentials, 2020Edition: First St. Martin's Essentials paperback editionDescription: xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250179937 (paperback)
- 1250179939 (paperback)
- HM1166 .E7413 2020
Contents:
Foreword --
Introduction: The man who was surrounded by idiots --
Why are we the way we are? --
An introduction to the system --
Communication happens on the listener's terms --
Red behavior: how to recognize a real alpha and avoid getting in his way --
Yellow behavior: how to recognize someone whose head is in the clouds and get him back to reality again --
Green behavior: why change is so difficult and how to get around it --
Blue behavior: in pursuit of perfection --
No one is completely perfect: strengths and weaknesses --
Learning new things: how to use what you've learned --
Body language: why how you move matters: how do you really look? --
A real-life example: the company party-- how to understand everyone you meet -- Adaptation: how to handle idiots (i.e., everyone who isn't like you) --
How to deliver really bad news: the challenge of speaking your mind --
Who gets along and why it works: group dynamics at their finest --
Written communication: how to evaluate someone when you can't meet in person --
What makes us as mad as hell?: temperament can reveal everything about a person --
Stress factors and energy thieves: what is stress? --
A short reflection through history: people have always been like this --
Voices from real life --
A quick little quiz to see what you've learned --
A final example from everyday life: perhaps the most enlightening team project in the history of the world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword --
Introduction: The man who was surrounded by idiots --
Why are we the way we are? --
An introduction to the system --
Communication happens on the listener's terms --
Red behavior: how to recognize a real alpha and avoid getting in his way --
Yellow behavior: how to recognize someone whose head is in the clouds and get him back to reality again --
Green behavior: why change is so difficult and how to get around it --
Blue behavior: in pursuit of perfection --
No one is completely perfect: strengths and weaknesses --
Learning new things: how to use what you've learned --
Body language: why how you move matters: how do you really look? --
A real-life example: the company party-- how to understand everyone you meet -- Adaptation: how to handle idiots (i.e., everyone who isn't like you) --
How to deliver really bad news: the challenge of speaking your mind --
Who gets along and why it works: group dynamics at their finest --
Written communication: how to evaluate someone when you can't meet in person --
What makes us as mad as hell?: temperament can reveal everything about a person --
Stress factors and energy thieves: what is stress? --
A short reflection through history: people have always been like this --
Voices from real life --
A quick little quiz to see what you've learned --
A final example from everyday life: perhaps the most enlightening team project in the history of the world.
Translated from the Swedish.
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