Reddit reviews Communication Skills For Dummies, UK Edition

Resources:

Find someone in-person:

-Go to psychologytoday.com -> Find a Therapist -> Enter your location -> Scroll down on the side until you see "Types of Therapy" and expand to see all the options -> Select "Motivational Interviewing" or "Coaching"

Online Courses:

Professional: Harvard has an (expensive but fantastic) extension training program that you don't have to apply to. You just sign-up and pay to take courses and you can receive a certification from Harvard for Business Communication: https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/professional-graduate-certificates/business-communication-certificate

YouTube: Dan O'Connor; this specific video is fantastic for communicating with difficult co-workers/negative people. (skip to 3:38.) He doesn't do private sessions but he does sell online courses. If you don't want to spend money you can just watch his free content on YouTube.

You can also take business communication, sociology, or psychology at a local community college.

Books:

How to Win Friends and Influence People (Classic and helpful/condensed versions are great too)

Communicating Effectively For Dummies (the "For Dummies" series is straight forward and inexpensive)

Communicating Effectively 11th Edition Textbook (educational textbook that's highly informative but pricey)

Myers-Briggs Personality Test:

This can help you gain a sense of self and why you communicate a certain way vs. other personalities.

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test (free version)

https://www.mbtionline.com/TaketheMBTI (official version/costs $50)

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At the end of the day, there are always going to be difficult people and sometimes you can't change that. You can only be your best self and you clearly care if you want to take courses to learn to better yourself. If others are rude or unprofessional, that's a fault within themselves, not you.

https://www.amazon.com/Communication-Skills-Dummies-Elizabeth-Kuhnke/dp/1118401247

But seriously, you talking about 37-year-old Millenials or 22-year old millennials? Perhaps explaining the problem you are having would be a bit better.

But I know what has always worked for me. Making an effort, trying, and meeting whomever halfway. Outside of that, a simple google search will give you a bunch of hits or miss best practices. From what I saw I would recommend treating them like adults, and keeping it informal when possible, and that "because I said so" gets you about as far as you think it would.

Go on a quest to attain the tome of leadership and influence

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