What Do I Say Next?: Talking Your Way to Business and Social Success

by Susan RoAne

Overview

A professor emeritus of business at Stanford University has found only one consistently common trait among successful MBA graduates - great conversation skills. With this book, Susan Roane shows how to improve conversation skills for business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446930345
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/08/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	872 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction ..... 1
Chapter 1: Schmooze or Lose: Why We Need Conversation to Succeed ..... 5
Chapter 2: The Banquet of Banter is a Potluck ..... 13
Chapter 3: ConverSensations: How Do They Do It? ..... 31
Chapter 4: Even If You are Not Shy ... Read This ..... 45
Chapter 5: Reading Your Way to Great Conversation ..... 63
Chapter 6: Hear, Hear - Lend Me Your Ear ..... 73
Chapter 7: Surely You Jest! ..... 93
Chapter 8: How to Shine in a Crowd ..... 105
Chapter 9: Working the Virtual Chat Room: On-Line, Not Out-of-Line ..... 139
Chapter 10: Talk Targets: Becoming a Magnet ..... 157
Chapter 11: Conversation Killers: What Not to Say ..... 173
Chapter 12: Coping with Conversation Killers: End It or Mend It ..... 191
Chapter 13: How to Converse in a Diverse World and Workplace ..... 211
Chapter 14: Ten Commandments of Conversation ..... 233
Index ..... 261