The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa know what it takes to drive new ideas through complex organizations. They have advised thousands of executives from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and General Electric to organizations like the World Bank and even the FBI's hostage rescue training program. In The Art of Woo, they present their systematic, four- step process for winning over even the toughest bosses and most skeptical colleagues. Beginning with two powerful self-assessments to help readers find their "Woo IQ,"they show how relationship-based persuasion works to open hearts and minds.

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The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa know what it takes to drive new ideas through complex organizations. They have advised thousands of executives from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and General Electric to organizations like the World Bank and even the FBI's hostage rescue training program. In The Art of Woo, they present their systematic, four- step process for winning over even the toughest bosses and most skeptical colleagues. Beginning with two powerful self-assessments to help readers find their "Woo IQ,"they show how relationship-based persuasion works to open hearts and minds.

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The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

by G. Richard Shell, Mario Moussa
The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

by G. Richard Shell, Mario Moussa

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G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa know what it takes to drive new ideas through complex organizations. They have advised thousands of executives from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and General Electric to organizations like the World Bank and even the FBI's hostage rescue training program. In The Art of Woo, they present their systematic, four- step process for winning over even the toughest bosses and most skeptical colleagues. Beginning with two powerful self-assessments to help readers find their "Woo IQ,"they show how relationship-based persuasion works to open hearts and minds.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143114048
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2008
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 154,874
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

An internationally recognized expert in law, dispute resolution, and negotiations, G. Richard Shell is the author of several books, including the award-winning Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People.

Alan Sklar is the winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a multiple finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has twice earned him a Booklist Editors' Choice Award, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Woo? 1

Chapter 1 Selling Ideas: How Woo Works 9

Chapter 2 Start with You: Persuasion Styles 27

Chapter 3 Connect Your Ideas to People: Stepping-stones 59

Chapter 4 Build Relationships and Credibility: Trust 85

Chapter 5 Respect Their Beliefs: A Common Language 111

Chapter 6 Give Them Incentives to Say Yes: Interests and Needs 137

Chapter 7 State Your Case: The Proposal 159

Chapter 8 Make It Memorable: The Personal Touch 185

Chapter 9 Close the Sale: Commitments and Politics 207

Chapter 10 Woo with Integrity: Character 235

Appendix A Six Channels Survey 249

Appendix B Persuasion Styles Assessment 259

Appendix C The Woo Worksheet 265

Acknowledgments 269

Notes 271

Topical Bibliography 293

Index 303

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