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The ACE of Soft Skills: Attitude, Communication and Etiquette for Success

Authors: Gopalaswamy Ramesh, Mahadevan Ramesh

Publishers: Pearson

To create and nurture successful professionals, the acquisition, cultivation and fine-tuning of soft skills

are highly essential in the given business paradigm. The ACE of Soft Skills is a part of this educational

process that produces top-notch professionals. Divided into three partsAttitude, Communication and

EtiquetteThis book covers a wide range of topicsa gamut of nearly 40 essential soft skillsincluding

personal accountability, listening skills, business proposals, and the role of small talk and humour at

work.

Effective Communication and Soft Skills ::.

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Author: Nitin Bhatnagar

Publisher: Pearson

This book provides a clear understanding of the attributes of good communication vis--vis soft skills and

hard skills. It guides you through each set of skills and provides practice and assessment modules to

sharpen learning, while covering all the four tenets of language learninglistening, speaking, reading and

writing. Covering all the topics essential for teachers and students of BCom, BBA and MBA and mass

communications, as well as professionals in all industries, Soft Skills and Communication Skills is a

complete manual to grooming yourself for inter-personal communication in the professional world

The Human Touch: Personal skills for professional success ::.

Author: Debra Paul, James Cadle, Phillipa Thomas

Publisher: BCS Learning & Development Limited

All professionals need strong interpersonal skills as they are a fundamental requirement in any business

environment. This book specifically addresses the application of those key skills within professional job

roles and the IT industry. It forms a comprehensive and practical reference manual relevant to a huge

variety of situations. Topics include: building rapport; team working; leadership; negotiation; managing

conflict; presentation skills; coaching and mentoring; and problem solving.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change ::.

Author: Stephen R. Covey

Publisher: Free Press

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated,

principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights

and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service,

and human dignity principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to

take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

Problem Solving for Teams: Make Consensus More Achievable ::.

Author: Sandy Pokras

Publisher: Axzo Press

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Working together Sharing responsibility Depending on each other These are probably things your team

does well already. Now you can add solving problems to the list. Whether it's a work group, ad hoc

committee or management team, it can be difficult for people to make decisions together. The book helps

in discovering pathways for unifying everyone around a common mission and leveraging individual

strengths to achieve it.

Public Speaking: A Student Guide to Writing and Delivering a Great Speech ::.

Students write lots of reports, but how do they turn their hard work into appealing oral reports? Where

can they learn to present their research with flair and style? Every student who will ever have to give an

oral report needs the sure-fire techniques in this book. You'll find the basics of public speaking in clear

language for children and busy teachers. Some of the topics covered are getting organized, preparing a

great opener, using visual aids, involving the audience, and speaking with confidence. Public Speaking is

a much needed resource that students, teachers, and parents can flip through or use cover-to-cover.

In this book students can learn how to organize information into a presentation that will interest and

amaze their classmates. They will discover exciting ways to start a speech, and lots of intelligent

techniques to use in the middle to keep the audience attentive. Here they will discover tricks to keep away

from nervousness, and special, easy ways to remember what to say. Using these new skills, your students

will be entertaining, informative, and confident.

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Cornerstone: Developing Soft Skills ::.

Author: Sherfield Robert M.

Publisher: Pearson

Cornerstone: Developing Soft Skills has been written especially for undergraduate students to discover

and realize their full potential through essential soft skills such as adaptability, self-unawareness,

motivation, time management, effective communication, critical thinking and overall liability. Replete

with practical exercises for self-improvement and concrete solutions to the problems that college

students face, this book offers strategies to develop study and work habits, hone creative and critical

thinking, improve interpersonal skills, and plan for personal change.