Peoplesmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence

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Summary: a how-to book with step by instructions and exercises
Review: I did not finish the book - it is more like a 'workbook' than a book. I was hoping to get some insight into how to deal with people in the workplace - this book is full of material that I consider to be common sense. Little emperical or formal evidence is offered.
I suggest 'The Secret Handshake' by Kathleen Kelley Reardon for readers interested in improving their polical skills in a business setting.
That's my take - loopster - Chicago, IL

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Summary: Working Through Communication Challenges, Now Alittle Easier
Review: Peoplesmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence by Mel Silberman is a wonderful resource that has helped me to focus on communication difficulties and generate creative solutions. Mel Silberman's insightful and witty style makes this book an easy-read and a resource that I will turn to again and again.

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Summary: What's your PQ?
Review: Practical, engaging and personal, PeopleSmart is a book that delivers on it's promises. For every situation, there is a PeopleSmart answer. Individuals, teams and organizations will value the lessons in each chapter of this book. If you have been baffled by others' behavior, you will find strategies for survival in the 'Understanding People' chapter, my personal favorite. The authors of this book articulate complex themes in easy to understand methods. It is a motivating read! This book combines the best in performance improvement training, with cutting edge psychological awareness. And, it does so with such fluidity, you will want to keep reading, and trying new methods! It's amazing how much I have referred to this book in my consulting practice...and how WELL the solutions have worked!

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Summary: Creating Smarter People
Review: This book is practical and down-to-earth. The ideas given are novel and can be put into practice easily. The book stresses more on inter-personal communication, rightly so as this happens to the foundation for Interpersonal relations. Chapters like 'influencing others' and 'being a team player' would certainly help the 'organisational man'. I would suggest that this is an essential reading for enhancing relationships - personal as well as professional.

Prof.Dr.B.Janakiram Prof & HOD, MBA Dept., MSRIT.Bangalore

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Summary: Peoplesmart: Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence
Review: This is an amazing book. Everything you ever wanted to know about how to communicate and collaborate more effectively. "Peoplesmart" contains more comprehensive information than any book I've seen on the subject, and presents it in clear language with practical exercises and tips. In addition, "Peoplesmart" does an excellent job of acknowledging that communication is hard. We all have our issues. This book does not assume that we are all the same, or that we will change just by reading a text. How nice it is to feel so respected as a reader and human being.