Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

The fast-track MBA in communication
Imagine having instant access to the world's smartest thinking on human communication - and being shown exactly what to do to guarantee that all of your communication is right, every time.

Communication Genius makes it easy to apply the scientific facts that researchers know about communication to the real world. 40 chapters based on cutting-edge business and psychology research projects reveal what works and what doesn't work when we interact with each other. Each of the 40 chapters is a mini-masterclass in communicating better, explaining the research and showing you how to apply it for yourself to improve your own communication skills.

Too often, conventional wisdom says one thing while research says another. Communication Genius cuts through the noise to bring you proven research and techniques for applying it that will simply make you a better all-round communicator.

With chapters on body language, emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), presentations, mimicry, groupthink and the latest neuroscience, Communication Genius explodes some myths and gives you the best that science has to offer on communication.

Quick to read and intensely practical, this book will bring a little communication genius into your day.

'A must read if you want to communicate better' Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

'Required reading for anyone seeking to better their communication skills in the workplace and otherwise' Dr Anastasia P. Rush, Clinical Psychologist, CEO HELLAS EAP (Greece)

'Calls into question accepted 'beliefs' (Maslow's hierarchy) and introduces the reader to an array of new theories from "IQ" racism to the Obama effect' Kate Nowlan, Chief Executive, CiC Employee Assistance, Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

'Tony has done a fantastic job in pulling together an amazing number of articles and scientific studies and making them understandable to the lay person' Andrew Kinder,
Chartered Counselling & Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA -UK) Chair

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Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

The fast-track MBA in communication
Imagine having instant access to the world's smartest thinking on human communication - and being shown exactly what to do to guarantee that all of your communication is right, every time.

Communication Genius makes it easy to apply the scientific facts that researchers know about communication to the real world. 40 chapters based on cutting-edge business and psychology research projects reveal what works and what doesn't work when we interact with each other. Each of the 40 chapters is a mini-masterclass in communicating better, explaining the research and showing you how to apply it for yourself to improve your own communication skills.

Too often, conventional wisdom says one thing while research says another. Communication Genius cuts through the noise to bring you proven research and techniques for applying it that will simply make you a better all-round communicator.

With chapters on body language, emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), presentations, mimicry, groupthink and the latest neuroscience, Communication Genius explodes some myths and gives you the best that science has to offer on communication.

Quick to read and intensely practical, this book will bring a little communication genius into your day.

'A must read if you want to communicate better' Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

'Required reading for anyone seeking to better their communication skills in the workplace and otherwise' Dr Anastasia P. Rush, Clinical Psychologist, CEO HELLAS EAP (Greece)

'Calls into question accepted 'beliefs' (Maslow's hierarchy) and introduces the reader to an array of new theories from "IQ" racism to the Obama effect' Kate Nowlan, Chief Executive, CiC Employee Assistance, Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

'Tony has done a fantastic job in pulling together an amazing number of articles and scientific studies and making them understandable to the lay person' Andrew Kinder,
Chartered Counselling & Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA -UK) Chair

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Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

by Tony Buon
Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating

by Tony Buon

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The fast-track MBA in communication
Imagine having instant access to the world's smartest thinking on human communication - and being shown exactly what to do to guarantee that all of your communication is right, every time.

Communication Genius makes it easy to apply the scientific facts that researchers know about communication to the real world. 40 chapters based on cutting-edge business and psychology research projects reveal what works and what doesn't work when we interact with each other. Each of the 40 chapters is a mini-masterclass in communicating better, explaining the research and showing you how to apply it for yourself to improve your own communication skills.

Too often, conventional wisdom says one thing while research says another. Communication Genius cuts through the noise to bring you proven research and techniques for applying it that will simply make you a better all-round communicator.

With chapters on body language, emotional intelligence, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), presentations, mimicry, groupthink and the latest neuroscience, Communication Genius explodes some myths and gives you the best that science has to offer on communication.

Quick to read and intensely practical, this book will bring a little communication genius into your day.

'A must read if you want to communicate better' Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

'Required reading for anyone seeking to better their communication skills in the workplace and otherwise' Dr Anastasia P. Rush, Clinical Psychologist, CEO HELLAS EAP (Greece)

'Calls into question accepted 'beliefs' (Maslow's hierarchy) and introduces the reader to an array of new theories from "IQ" racism to the Obama effect' Kate Nowlan, Chief Executive, CiC Employee Assistance, Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

'Tony has done a fantastic job in pulling together an amazing number of articles and scientific studies and making them understandable to the lay person' Andrew Kinder,
Chartered Counselling & Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA -UK) Chair


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473605466
Publisher: John Murray Press
Publication date: 11/05/2015
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 962 KB

About the Author

Tony Buon holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in psychology, behavioural sciences, and workplace Education. He has taught Leadership, Psychology and Human Resources Management up to Master's Level in Universities and Colleges in Australia and the UK. He also founded one of the first private psychological services in the People's Republic of China. This is his second book.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

1 Communication is not all about body language 1

2 Men and women are not from different planets 9

3 Brainstorming: you may have been doing it incorrectly 17

4 Does everybody lie? 25

5 Can your handwriting reveal your personality? 32

6 Maslow was wrong; your needs are not hierarchical 41

7 The myths of emotional intelligence 49

8 Subliminal communication: hidden messages 58

9 Women do not talk more than men 65

10 NLP and communication 72

11 The placebo effect and communication 80

12 Attending skills in communication: the SOLER model 87

13 Discovering active listening 94

14 Restricting PowerPoint® to enhance communication 101

15 Space wars: why proxemics matters 108

16 Mimicry, mirroring and the chameleon effect 116

17 Checking your email too often wastes time 124

18 Stop judging a book by its cover 132

19 Paraphrasing and listening 139

20 We are all individuals, or are we? 146

21 Obedience: the communication of compliance 155

22 Communicating violence 163

23 Groupthink: revisiting the theory of error 172

24 The Forer Effect: gullibility in action 180

25 Educational credentials and the racism of intelligence 188

26 Measuring national culture 195

27 Cultural differences in communication 201

28 Silence as a form of communication 211

29 Communication and facial expressions 212

30 The Obama Effect: reducing stereotyping 227

31 Communication starts with the eyes 235

32 Neuro-scientific communication 242

33 Our brain cannot cope with too much information 249

34 Reading a good book may improve your empathy 257

35 Using big words doesn't make you look smarter 264

36 Turning off your smartphone can make you work smarter 271

37 Social media communication 278

38 Online communication: why do people troll? 285

39 Selfies: a new form of communication 292

40 Swearing, cursing and communication 299

List of research studies 307

Index 311

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