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Our world is witnessing a major change
in communication patterns, with expanding social spheres, openness in
communication and professionals working in multicultural environments.
It is crucial, therefore, that India’s workforce remains world-class,
through re-training and continuous improvement, to remain competent,
competitive and successful. To create and nurture successful
professionals, the acquisition, cultivation and fine-tuning of soft
skills are highly essential in the given business paradigm. The ACE of Soft Skills
is a part of this educational process that produces top-notch
professionals. Divided into three parts—Attitude, Communication and
Etiquette—this unique book provides a broad-based coverage of what
constitute soft skills. The foundations of soft skills lie in a strong
attitude; this attitude gets manifested as communication, which gets
further refined as etiquette. This book covers a wide range of
topics—a gamut of nearly 40 essential soft skills—including personal
accountability, listening skills, business proposals, and the role of
small talk and humour at work. The numerous case studies, cartoons,
figures, tables and quotations not only offer an insightful, practical
and well-rounded perspective into soft skills, but also make reading a
joyful experience.
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ReviewsEducation Times: "The book addresses some of the core issues we need to retrain our students and professionals in..." Read MoreTrinity Mirror: "This
book offers insightful, practical and well-rounded perspectives into
soft skills and makes reading a joyful experience..." Read More
Madras Management Association (MMA) Business Mandate: "The
authors have done an excellent job of highlighting one of the most
persistent issues (soft skills) that dog the employer and the young
executive alike, but continues to be ignored at great cost" Read MoreComputer Society of India (CSI) Communications: The book covers a wide range of topics—a
gamut of nearly 40 essential soft skills—including personal
accountability, listening skills, business proposals, and the role of
small talk and humour at work. The numerous case studies, illustrations,
figures, tables and quotations offer insightful, practical and ready to
emulate practices for young professionals. The book can be used as a
tool for self paced learning for executives and first line mangers..." Read MoreSoftware Process Improvement Network, (SPIN), Chennai Newsletter: "It is no doubt an ACE book. As the title indicates what is given in this book is the success mantra for one’s career..." Read More
Mr. Ajay Chowdhry, Founder-HCL; Chairman & Managing Director, HCL Infosystems: "I
am sure this book will be an indispensable addition to anyone who
wants to get a real perspective on soft skills and aims to go further in
his or her career..." Read More
Prof
Bala Balachandran, J LKellog Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Northwestern University, IL, USA & Founder & Dean, Great Lakes
Institute of Management, Chennai: "This book includes the
full range of communication scenarios and hence useful to everyone
regardless of which stage of the career they are in.." Read More
Mrs Meera Rao, Journalist, Chennai: The ACE of Soft Skills which is a three in one is indeed a unique
book as it deals in great detail the co relation of attitude,
communication and etiquette and their importance to face challenges
and achieve success in this competitive world. The several practical
examples and case studies called snap shots and the cartoons thrown
in are of added interest... " Read More |