Cedar Fort Books

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ISBN: 1-55517-582-1, SIZE: 226 pages, 6x9", Paperback
AVAILABLE: February 2002 CATEGORY: Family & Relationships/ Interpersonal Communication

Key Features:

• This dynamic book is certain to help anyone improve their communications skills at work and at home.
• The book contains essential keys to interpersonal success that will strengthen the reader's esteem and work performance.
• The author incorporates anecdotes from his varied business experiences, creating an easy-to-read, helpful guide.

Reviews-

Hissong takes a straight-forward, real-life approach to interpersonal communication skills in his book, Positive Impacts. Unlike many books that can be academic and dry in tone, Hissong covers a variety of practical interpersonal topics in a practical, down-to-earth manner-and he emphasizes the importance of good communication in both personal and professional life. Positive Impacts makes a good addition to any professional or personal library.

In "Positive Impacts: Interpersonal and Communication Skills," Doug Hissong demystifies the dynamics of interpersonal communication. Hissong uses familiar and accessible language, stories, and anecdotes to explain empirically based techniques for promoting and improving communication skills. A wide range of valuable topics are covered, motivation, listening, management styles, and pointers for effective written, telephone, and email communication. "Positive Impacts" is not a business manual, but a primer of basic rules for interpersonal communication that were part of the unwritten curriculum of childhood playtime but that many of us didn't learn during our hours in the sandbox. "Positive Impacts" should be required reading for students and professionals of all disciplines as well as anyone who wants to be more effective in day-to-day interpersonal communication.

 If you want to learn a proactive approach to making a positive difference in your life and the world, this book is exactly what you need. It is uplifting and inspiring, warm and touching. It is a beautiful message about your power and responsibility. I highly recommend it!

 Positive Impacts is a great tool to use in many areas of life and ministry. The many wonderful stories used in this book tug at the heart of the reader. I particularly enjoyed the chapter entitled 'Increasing our Impact on Others'. I recommend this 'easy to read' book to anyone involved in a "people" job, but isn't that all of us!

 Positive Impacts is very understandable and applicable to nearly everyone in the modern workplace. Dr. Hissong has placed a great emphasis on real world examples that guide the reader through the considerable range of concepts addressed in the book. Conceptually, I found Positive Impacts to have the range of coverage as many other popular books in the field, but the readability and "lagniappe" make this book a super choice for anyone needing fast directions in the changing world of workplace relationships.