
How to Improve Your Communication Skills
How to Build Trust, Be Heard and Communicate With Confidence
Alan Barker(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
7th Edition
Published on 3. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-3986-2112-1 (ISBN)
Description
Better communication skills will have a direct impact on your career development. Improve Your Communication Skills is your practical guide to effective communication in business.
This fully updated 7th edition now features a handy self-assessment tool to help you profile your own preferred communication style, even more practical exercises, useful checklists and top tips, as well as content on influencing others and managing difficult conversations. This book provides vital guidance on improving your conversations, building rapport, giving effective presentations, writing excellent reports and networking successfully. With the help of
Improve Your Communication Skills
, you will be able to get your message across - every time.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3986-2112-1 (9781398621121)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions

Alan Barker
How to Improve Your Communication Skills
How to Build Trust, Be Heard and Communicate With Confidence
Book
05/2025
7th Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€62.40
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Previous edition

Alan Barker
Improve Your Communication Skills
How to Build Trust, Be Heard and Communicate with Confidence
Book
07/2022
6th Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€36.11
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Person
Author
Alan Barker is Managing Director of Kairos Training Limited, a specialist consultancy dedicated to developing creativity and communication skills. A prolific writer, he is the author of Improve your Communication Skills, How to be Better at Managing People, 30 Minutes to Brainstorm Great Ideas, 30 Minutes Before a Meeting and How to Manage Meetings (all published by Kogan Page).
ISNI: 0000 0001 0993 6217
ISNI: 0000 0001 0993 6217
Content
- Chapter - 01: What is communication?;
- Section - 02: What's your communication style?;
- Section - 03: Seven ways to improve your conversations;
- Section - 04: The skills of enquiry;
- Section - 05: The skills of persuasion;
- Section - 06: Tough conversations;
- Section - 07: Making a presentation;
- Section - 08: Putting it in writing;
- Section - 09: Networked - The new conversation