Showing results by publisher "Alessandra & Associates, Inc." in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

"After you listen to this powerful series and take my advice, people will instantly notice your transformation. They'll start coming to you for guidance because you will have become a leader in their eyes. When conflicts arise, you'll notice how quickly you're able to bring arguments to a halt. By being able to build rapport with anyone you choose, your ability to communicate will get the results you want in any business situation, no matter if you are closing a sale or motivating your team." (Dr. Tony Alessandra)

This program identifies the key elements of a first impression, and offers some skill-building tips on how to maximize yours. Topics covered include the five different aspects of who you are - your "Image Rainbow" - and how they impact your image, as well as how to jumpstart your way to a better overall image.

This 2-part program will give you a guide to developing a more thorough understanding of nonverbal communication techniques. By increasing your awareness of nonverbal behavior, you can read the emotions and attitudes of fellow employees, supervisors, customers, and others you interact with inside and outside your organization. As a result, you will have a greater feeling for and awareness of all your interpersonal transactions.

Your ability to understand nonverbal communications is apparently not related to IQ, the ability to take tests, or the grades one makes in school. Practice tends to improve the ability to understand body language. People tested for body language comprehension generally score higher on second and subsequent tests than on their first tries.

What is the cost of losing a customer? In today's competitive environment, it is a cost no business can afford. It costs you up to 4 times more to get a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. However, That does not even take into account the fact that an unhappy customer will tell an average of 20 customers about their bad experiences, while a satisfied customer will only tell 10 people about their good experiences. This means you have to make twice as many customers happy as unhappy ...

This 2-part program gives you guidelines on preparing for an effective meeting - determining the purpose for the meeting, preparing an agenda, inviting the attendees, setting an appropriate time and place as well as the skills needed to be an effective meeting leader.

The Platinum Rule is Dr. Tony Alessandra’s system for achieving instant rapport and chemistry with almost anyone. It teaches you how to "read" people by their words and actions in order to determine their behavioral style. Then you learn how to adapt your behavioral style to meet them halfway. The result is an unmistakable and unbreakable bond based on 39+ years of Dr. Alessandra’s behavioral research in the area of human relationships.

Joe explains that successful failures do what others want them to do rather than what they really want to do, because of their high need for social acceptance. He covers career builders versus career busters. Joe also says that to move to the top 3%, we must study the masters and use them as role models.

In this audiobook, Dr. Tony Alessandra covers the 5 positive flexibility traits. Flexibility is your willingness to engage in a range of behaviors not necessarily characteristic of your usual ways of behaving in order to be more effective in a situation or in a relationship.

This program by Dr. Tony Alessandra covers how to have conflict-free relationships in your working environment and in your personal life.

Active listening is a skill so important that anyone who lacks it is sure to have problems at home and at work. What they didn't teach you in school - but what you'll learn in this program - could be the key to becoming closer to your friends and family as well as becoming a better, stronger leader.

What do you feel passionately about? What do you care really deeply about? Whatever your objective - whether it's ending world hunger or ensuring better care for stray animals - you'll never influence anyone to change their ideas or take action if you don't feel strongly about it yourself. This program covers how to expand your vision and ideas.

This program covers the five positive versatility traits of being resilient, having vision, being attentive, being competent, and knowing how to self-correct. Versatility is your ability to engage in a range of behaviors, not necessarily characteristic of your usual ways of behaving, in order to be more effective in a situation or in a relationship.

Dr. Tony Alessandra covers the 5 negative versatility traits of subjectiveness, bluntness, resistance, single-mindedness, and taking unreasonable risks. Versatility is your ability to engage in a range of behaviors not necessarily characteristic of your usual ways of behaving in order to be more effective in a situation or in a relationship.

In this audiobook, Dr Tony Alessandra covers the 5 negative flexibility traits. Flexibility is your willingness to engage in a range of behaviors not necessarily characteristic of your usual ways of behaving in order to be more effective in a situation or in a relationship.