Personality development is an indispensable tool that helps an individual to flourish personal and professional skills. An extraordinary personality is sophisticated, well dressed and groomed, exuding confidence in speech and interpersonal skills. The factors such as biological characteristics, family and social groups, cultural and social factors contribute towards formation of an individual personality. Good communication is vital to any institution’s successful operation and equally imperative for personality development. The book ‘Communication Skills and Personality Development’ is a thorough attempt to present the aforesaid concepts in a simple, understandable, and student-friendly language to gaze the difficult situations and handle them appropriately. The course on Communication Skills and Personality Development has been recommended by V Deans Committee for B.Sc. (Agri.), B.Sc. (Horti.) and B.Tech. faculties throughout the agricultural universities in India; this book has been administered to cover the entire syllabus of this course. The book is highly recommended as a text book for the under graduate agricultural students.
This book empowers students with specific skills that can be used to improve communication and relationships with other people. Each chapter explores concepts and valid theories that explain how interpersonal communication processes work to define, develop, and sustain relationships. The necessary communication skills namely, speaking, listening, reading and writing and their enhancement techniques have been discussed in detail with contemporary examples to make better understanding among the readers. Each and every chapter is supported with a small glimpse of it, short notes and possible objective type questions in view of examinations. This book will be useful to UG, PG, academicians, researchers and a layman who wants to improve his communication skills and personality.
This high-impact book has been written by an experienced industry professional with a corporate perspective. The author is a Master Trainer who approaches the soft skills training from the point of view of a corporate soft skills training. Written in a business storytelling format, the training in the book is imparted by a skillful industry leader. This has not been written as the theoretical exercise. No boring theory, no wasted time! Rather, each chapter has been approached as a working session: Imparting soft skills by solving real problems and discussing workable solutions which the reader can apply immediately and keep for life. The structure of the book is in the form of a Personal Development Compass developed by the author. Just as a compass guides travelers through their journey and helps them to reach their destination, in the same way, the Personal Development Compass too guides the reader to navigate their way through the maze of the different soft skills and help them to polish their personalities. The methodology applied is `Learning-By Doing': This approach can be summed up as follows: `Educate Briefly-Then Train at Length'- On other words, less focus on theory, more real-world action, and solutions. The training imparted in the book starts with the Personality Development objective in mind and then facilitates and demonstrates methods to achieve those objectives.VERTICAL 1: Theme: CONFIDENCEHeadings: RELATIONSHIPS & WELL-BEINGThis vertical helps the reader in gaining the mental strength, motivation & confidence to approach their lives with a Positive Mental Attitude. The ability to be optimistic even in dire situations enables them to develop Emotional Intelligence and have meaningful relationships with their peers and colleagues, paving the way for the next level of Competence.VERTICAL 2: Theme: COMPETENCEHeadings: COMMUNICATION & CAREERGood Communication is a huge demand from recruiters and employers today. In fact, it is a pre-requisite for success. Effective Communication helps the reader to get a head start in their careers. They are able to think fast and creatively, impress and convince others of their point of view, they develop good listening skills thereby gaining an edge over others. They become the candidates of choice for promotion and progress.VERTICAL 3: Theme: COURTESYHeadings: ETIQUETTE & HABITSThere is a popular saying: The First Impression is the last Impression. A good first impression is created through effective habits and an ability to say the right thing at the right time to the right person. To develop these skills, the reader learns to exhibit appropriate behavior in all situations: personal and professional. Sustained behavior becomes a habit. This then becomes part of the reader's basic nature. A Good professional need to have strong Language skills. Recognizing this need, the book has a section in every chapter that highlights important words and Business phrases used in the corporate industry along with their meanings.ContentsSoft Skills: An OverviewEmotional IntelligenceSelf-Image ManagementTeam building and cooperationTime Management and Goal SettingCommunication SkillsVerbal Communication Part 1Verbal Communication Part 2Non-Verbal CommunicationLevel 2: CareerLevel 3: Courtesy & HabitsResume Writing & Job ApplicationsGroup DiscussionPersonal Interviews and Interactions
Explore the psychology behind what really motivates and influences your clients, colleagues and customers. Discover what makes people tick, how they perceive and react to different situations and why they behave the way they do. In this fast, focused guide, emotional intelligence expert Robin Hills reveals insights into motivation and how people perceive situations in business. As he unlocks the secrets of human nature you’ll learn how to inspire top performance, gain trust, win confidence and build lasting relationships – more effectively and with great results!
Communication has an important place in human society. Social awareness is the product of communication. Communication is the process of transmitting information and common understanding from one person to another. The study of communication is important, because every administrative function and activity involves some form of direct or indirect communication. Communication is the basis of social interaction. Communication skill can decide our success in social life in general and professional life in particular. In the process of communication, the sender of the message and its receiver may have to face certain obstacles called 'barriers of communication'.
This book aims to provide crucial insights into various facets of developing one's personality, as well as to improve written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills. Special attention has been paid to the specific needs of a job aspirant, such as writing of effective CVs, participation in group discussions, tackling job interviews, and to hone one's public speaking and speed-reading skills.
Our personality styles affect all areas of our lives. Communication Skills Magic, helps the reader easility identify the four personality styles - including one's own personality style - and communicate most effectively with each style; prevent or manage conflict with each style, motivate effectively each style; and much more. Self-knowledge, of course, goes beyond communication - the book also helps the reader understand the strengths and weaknesses of each style and gives concrete tips for each style on how to become more productive.
In the present book “Personality Development and Communication Skills” the author Ramesh Yanamshetti entails the upliftment of the Personality of the learner. The author has picked up four units for this purpose. The main object of the book is to provide appropriate inputs for the students to acquire basic knowledge and skills required for communication in general in the context of classroom transactions. This book specifically fulfills the needs of the learners who opt for in the subjects not related to their main study. The author tried to present the components of the each unit in a lucid way. In First unit the concept of education, Role of different agencies, the concept of Personality and its various dimensions are well structured. The Second unit deals with the Mental Health and Adjustment where in, the author depicts the concept in the pragmatic way. In the third unit he narrates the concept of communication and education in an effective manner in order to grasp the matter without any difficulty and finally in the fourth unit he deals with the communication in the context of the classroom emphasizing the need for the technology and micro teaching skills.
