Concise Advice

This is a concise and practical manual for understanding and implementing public relations campaigns and communications in today's business world. Modern-day PR is both science and an art, strategy and execution, fact and finely tuned intuition. This book, written by a leading PR practitioner and educator, enables you to create the right mindset and build the necessary skills to meet the communications challenges that face most businesses. This includes mastery of the fundamentals of PR, cultivating unbridled curiosity and creativity, the art of listening, and never losing sight of the business objectives at hand.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to manage your own emotions and those of others. It is one of the most underrated skills in business and work that anyone can develop and use effectively. In this book, a leading EQ practitioner with more than 25 years commercial experience shows you how to develop your self-awareness, social skills, self-management and ambition in order to cope with and succeed in your work and career. The great news is that your EQ – unlike your IQ – is not fixed, it can be developed over time with a bit of guidance and practice. The Emotional Intelligence Book provides practical and authoritative advice on making a difference through EQ. Part of the Concise Advice series.Each book in this smart and stylish series contains simple ideas, tips and visual guides to help readers make sense of hot topics. The series addresses the various challenges that one faces in daily working life. Topics include storytelling, strategic thinking, successful networking and presenting. Concise Advice expert-authors dissect, simplify and explain topics to help readers make more of an impact in business, future-proof their work, become more mindful or just get through more tasks each day.Each book is short, snappy and easy-to-read, yet bursting with instantly actionable takeaways. The topics have been carefully selected to form a collection of thought-provoking, yet practical guides that will make a vital addition to any savvy business person’s briefcase, handbag, bookcase or boardroom. The series is stylish and elegant in design and the books make a great gift as a single item or an entire series.