ConnectAbility: 8 Keys to Building Strong Partnerships with Your Colleagues and Your Customers [Paperback]

David Ryback (Author), Jim Cathcart (Author), David Nour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 2009

ConnectAbility
-noun: 1. an agile approach to running an organization that takes into account the psychology of human interaction; 2. the only way to do business in today’s economy

Drawing from the powerful lessons of emotional awareness and relationship dynamics, ConnectAbility promotes a sophisticated yet simple method for developing superior partnerships guaranteed to create quality results on a consistent basis. Even the best-intentioned team players too often focus more on communicating their own ideas than hearing and understanding what others have to say. ConnectAbility changes all this using eight steps to fostering optimum communication, which include:

• Sharing your power with others
• Expressing yourself with authenticity
• Engaging your audience with humor
• Challenging yourself by taking charge
• Maintaining awareness of emotional dynamics

The book contains two tests you can take that will help you pinpoint your own level of ConnectAbility.

ConnectAbility is your key to getting things done in a positive manner that benefits not only you and your team--but the organization as a whole.

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About the Author

David Ryback, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed speaker and consultant, as well as a columnist for Business to Business.
Jim Cathcart is president of Cathcart Institute, Inc., a research and consulting firm.
David Nour is a popular speaker and head of The Nour Group, a provider of business solutions for Fortune 500 clients.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071638857
• ISBN-13: 978-0071638852
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #763,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authors to the third power!, December 7, 2009

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Jim Cathcart "Motivation & Sales Expert" (Newbury Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ConnectAbility: 8 Keys to Building Strong Partnerships with Your Colleagues and Your Customers (Paperback)

Hello, I'm Jim Cathcart, coauthor of ConnectAbility. You get a triple payoff in this book: David Ryback, author of Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work plus many other books, David Nour, author of Relationship Economics® and one of the hottest speakers on the circuit today, and Jim Cathcart, author of 15 books including The Acorn Principle and Relationship Selling, both national best sellers.
Under the leadership of David Ryback we collaborated to bring this important new book to you for 2010. It combines the practical experience of a sales leader and trainer (me), a corporate consultant who is expert in Social Media (David Nour) and a psychologist, educator and consultant (David Ryback.) We not only have different skills and perspectives, we also have different temperaments and passions. So whoever you are, one of us will connect with you!
Please post your reactions and comments here, on Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace, Plaxo, our website/blogs and wherever you might help spread the message of this book. You are the one who will determine its success and we appreciate your assistance.
Let us know how we can help you. We are easy to find (as all business people need to be these days) and eager to chat with you.
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