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    An Engineer's Guide to Influencing and Persuading
    An Engineer's Guide to Influencing and Persuading
    An Engineer's Guide to Influencing and Persuading
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    An Engineer's Guide to Influencing and Persuading

    By David Sykes

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    If you currently struggle to get your ideas accepted or feel invisible to those around you, this book will provide you with a road map for change. By managing your own behaviour you will realise how easy it is to influence the behaviour of others. It presents the subject in an easy, step-by-step, waffle-free way. Divided into ten easy to read modules you will discover the secrets of influencing and persuading. Written by a coach and trainer with over 30-years experience of people management it reveals a proven methodology to get you the success you deserve.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateOct 22, 2016
    ISBN9781326824907
    An Engineer's Guide to Influencing and Persuading

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