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Improvise! - Use the Secrets of Improv to Achieve Extraordinary Results at Work - cover

Improvise! - Use the Secrets of Improv to Achieve Extraordinary Results at Work

Max Dickins

Publisher: Icon Books

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Summary

A Financial Times Top Business Book 2020

Improv performers look like creative geniuses, coming up with brilliant comedy on the spur of the moment. But they rely on some simple rules and techniques - ones which anyone can learn, and which can help us offstage to think creatively, collaborate with others and communicate with impact.
Improvise! will show you how to handle whatever comes your way at work - from giving confident presentations and handling difficult conversations to coming up with great ideas and persuading others to make them happen.

Comedian and improvisation for business coach Max Dickins combines examples from the world of work with exercises from the stage to teach you how to achieve extraordinary results with what you've already got.
Available since: 08/20/2020.
Print length: 304 pages.

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