
Top 100 Power Verbs
The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You Can Use to Win in Any Situation
Pearson FT Press
Published on 15. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-13-315885-4 (ISBN)
Description
Electrify
all your communications...
in business and beyond
with everyone, everywhere!
The top 100 power verbs
* express strength, intelligence, and confidence
* drive change and motivate action
* make you a more powerful, charismatic leader
Grab the right verb and use it the right way to:
Work any room and become a truly unforgettable networker
Write crisp, focused, highly-effective reports, emails, memos, and business plans
Present brilliantly, whether you're a president, professor, preacher, or pundit
Deepen and strengthen your relationships with every client, customer, and investor
Jam-packed with examples drawing on thousands of years of storytelling, literature, and experience
Indispensable for everyone who wants to win!
all your communications...
in business and beyond
with everyone, everywhere!
The top 100 power verbs
* express strength, intelligence, and confidence
* drive change and motivate action
* make you a more powerful, charismatic leader
Grab the right verb and use it the right way to:
Work any room and become a truly unforgettable networker
Write crisp, focused, highly-effective reports, emails, memos, and business plans
Present brilliantly, whether you're a president, professor, preacher, or pundit
Deepen and strengthen your relationships with every client, customer, and investor
Jam-packed with examples drawing on thousands of years of storytelling, literature, and experience
Indispensable for everyone who wants to win!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
NJ
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-315885-4 (9780133158854)
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Persons
Dr. Michael Lawrence Faulkner is the author of six books. He is a professor at the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University. He is a former U.S. Marine who spent 30 years in a variety of leadership and executive management positions with Fortune 500 firms and major nonprofit trade associations. He also helped his family run the family business before beginning his second career in academics. Michael is a member of MENSA, a Rotary International Fellow, and a Keller Master Teacher Award recipient. He holds a Silver Certification by the Toastmaster's International. In addition to his Ph.D., Michael has earned two Master's degrees: one from NYU and an MBA from NYIT.
Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford is a 2001 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University where she majored in English and minored in Writing. Mrs. Lunsford spent 10+ years in the world of advertising and marketing as an Account Manager and Director of Marketing and New Business Development, managing multimillion dollar accounts from male-enhancement medications to beer ads. In 2011, Michelle left the corporate world for the opportunity to raise her daughter.
Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford is a 2001 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University where she majored in English and minored in Writing. Mrs. Lunsford spent 10+ years in the world of advertising and marketing as an Account Manager and Director of Marketing and New Business Development, managing multimillion dollar accounts from male-enhancement medications to beer ads. In 2011, Michelle left the corporate world for the opportunity to raise her daughter.
Content
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 The Connection Between Communications and Success 2
Verb Forms 5
CHAPTER 2 How to Use This Book 9
Additional Support for You 10
CHAPTER 3 100 Top Action Verbs for Business, Brokering, Banking, Bargaining, and Occasionally Betting the Farm 14
CHAPTER 4 100 Top Action Verbs for Challenging Situations and Difficult Moments, Calumny, Comebacks, or When You Just Want to Get in the Last Word 83
CHAPTER 5 100 Top Action Verbs for Mind Games, Mental Panache, Mastermind Monkey Business, Meeting MENSAs, or Just Showing Off 125
CHAPTER 6 100 Top Action Verbs for Presenters, Professors, Preachers, Poets, Playwrights, and Pundits Searching for Savoir Faire 165
CHAPTER 7 100 Top Action Verbs for Schooling, Sagacity, Shrewdness, and Other Times to Be Sharp and Serious 210
CHAPTER 8 100 Top Action Verbs for Schmoozing, Socializing, Shindigs, Getting Sentimental, or Using Your Networking to Work the Room 256
Additional Sources 307
Index 311
CHAPTER 1 The Connection Between Communications and Success 2
Verb Forms 5
CHAPTER 2 How to Use This Book 9
Additional Support for You 10
CHAPTER 3 100 Top Action Verbs for Business, Brokering, Banking, Bargaining, and Occasionally Betting the Farm 14
CHAPTER 4 100 Top Action Verbs for Challenging Situations and Difficult Moments, Calumny, Comebacks, or When You Just Want to Get in the Last Word 83
CHAPTER 5 100 Top Action Verbs for Mind Games, Mental Panache, Mastermind Monkey Business, Meeting MENSAs, or Just Showing Off 125
CHAPTER 6 100 Top Action Verbs for Presenters, Professors, Preachers, Poets, Playwrights, and Pundits Searching for Savoir Faire 165
CHAPTER 7 100 Top Action Verbs for Schooling, Sagacity, Shrewdness, and Other Times to Be Sharp and Serious 210
CHAPTER 8 100 Top Action Verbs for Schmoozing, Socializing, Shindigs, Getting Sentimental, or Using Your Networking to Work the Room 256
Additional Sources 307
Index 311