Posted in Architecture, Communication, People, Psychology, Reading on February 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
This book review is a part of the series on architects’ soft skills.
The title of this book is self explanatory. If you work for a large organisation, you probably don’t have too much choice over who you you work with and sometimes you have to rub along with people you would rather strangle.
Brinkman and Kirschner, […]
Posted in Architecture, People, Psychology, Reading on January 18th, 2008 No Comments »
This book review is a part of the series on architects’ soft skills.
Every person thinks, motivates themselves, makes decisions and cares about different things. The premise on which Words that Change Minds is based is that the words you use reflect all these various mental characteristics and give a significant pointer to your expected behaviour. […]
Posted in Architecture, Communication, People, Psychology, Reading on December 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Are excellent communicators born or bred? To communicate well you need probably a bit of both, but it turns out that a large part can be learnt.
Genie Laborde, the author Influencing With Integrity, comes from the school of thought that looks at an effective communication process, breaks it down into smaller elements that can be […]