1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961260903321

Autore

Matha Bob <1953->

Titolo

Beyond the babble : leadership communication that drives results / / Bob Matha and Macy Boehm ; foreword by Marcia Silverman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2008

ISBN

9786611381660

9781119209508

1119209501

9781281381668

1281381667

9780470294079

0470294078

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Classificazione

85.08

Altri autori (Persone)

BoehmMacy

Disciplina

658.4/5

Soggetti

Communication in management

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beyond the Babble: Leadership Communication That Drives Results; Contents; Foreword; The Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Power of Communication; ON STRATEGY COMMUNICATION CUTS THROUGH BABBLE; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION GETS RESULTS; WHY COMMUNICATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: On Strategy Communication: An Overview; THE ACTION EQUATION; THE PEOPLE CHANNEL; SUMMARY; Chapter 3: What Do You Need Employees to Do?; THE ELEMENTS OF ON STRATEGY DIRECTION; SETTING A CLEAR PATH FOR THE LAND OF OZ; SUMMARY; Chapter 4: What Do Employees Need to Know to Take Action?

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHY WHO NEEDS TO KNOW?; THE LAND OF OZ KNOWS; SUMMARY; Chapter 5: What Do Employees Need to Feel to Take Action?; BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST; GETTING THE INSIGHTS YOU NEED; THE LAND OF OZ GETS EMOTIONAL; SUMMARY; Chapter 6: The "Why Nots": What's Getting in the Way?; THE BEHAVIOR



CHAIN; ADDRESSING A "WHY NOT"; BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST; THE LAND OF OZ CONFRONTS ITS DEMONS; SUMMARY; Chapter 7: Package: Turn the Action Equation into a Conversation; CONVERSATIONS ARE "IN THE MOMENT"; THE MEMORY ISSUE; THE CONVERSATION PLATFORM; THE LAND OF OZ GETS READY TO ROLL

WHEN ISSUES ARE THE ISSUE SUMMARY; Chapter 8: Align: Make Sure All Leaders Are On Strategy; DON'T BE FOOLED; START AT THE TOP AND WORK TO THE FRONT LINE; PROMOTE OPEN DISCUSSION AT MULTIPLE LEVELS; INCLUDE INFORMAL LEADERS IN THE PEOPLE CHANNEL; SUMMARY; Chapter 9: Equip: Give Leaders the Tools They Need to Communicate On Strategy; TRAIN LEADERS AS IF STRATEGY DEPENDED ON IT; SUPPORT LOCAL LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE CHANNEL; RECOGNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE WEAK LINKS; COMPLEMENTARY LEADER ASSIGNMENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 10: Drive and Support: Orchestrate and Sustain On Strategy Conversation

CREATE A DRUMBEAT TO RAISE THE VOLUME, RUN A CAMPAIGN; HOW COMMUNICATION (THE FUNCTION) CAN HELP; SUMMARY; Chapter 11: The Top Leader's Role; EXPECT A LOT; MEASUREMENT; REWARD, RECOGNIZE, AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE; PRIORITIZE; LEAD BY EXAMPLE; Chapter 12: "How to" Resource Guide; CONDUCTING DISCUSSION GROUPS; THE MEMORY GAME; ALIGNMENT INTERVIEWS AND SNAPSHOT; THE CONSIDER-DIALOGUE-SOLVE PROCESS; CONDUCTING A "RED FACE" TEST; IDENTIFYING INFORMAL LEADERS; SELECTING VEHICLES: OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND; Glossary of Terms; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Discover how to connect with and inspire employees throughout an organization. Improve your leadership skills -- even if you aren't a ""natural"" communicator -- with a specific communication strategy that anyone can use. Authors Matha and Boehm present research showing that all managers can improve performance by using the principles outlined in Beyond the Babble. They explore why communication is crucial, how and when to do it, how to embed it in an organization's culture, and how to measure results. They also show how internal communications professionals can improve an organization



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963984503321

Titolo

The representation and processing of compound words / / edited by Gary Libben and Gonia Jarema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-87004-4

0-19-153648-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 242 p. : ill

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

LibbenGary

JaremaGonia

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Compound words - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-221) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Why study compound processing? : an overview of the issues / Gary Libben -- Compound types / Wolfgang U. Dressler -- Compound representation and processing : a cross-language perspective / Gonia Jarema -- The neuropsychology of compound words / Carlo Semenza and Sara Mondini -- Preschool children's acquisition of compounds / Elena Nicoladis -- Doghouse/Chien-maison/niche : approaches to the understanding of compound processing in bilinguals / Erika S. Levy, Mira Goral, and Loraine K. Obler -- Conceptual combination : implictions for the mental lexicon / Christina L. Gagne and Thomas L. Spalding -- Processing Chinese compounds : a survey of the literature / James Myers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents new work on the psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics of compound words and shows the insights it offers on natural language processing and the relation between language, mind, and memory.