Talk that Works: Communication Skills for Professionals

Author(s)
Penny Joyner Waddell
Edition
1
Copyright
2026
Pages
36
Book Type
Retail

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Communication is the foundation for personal and professional success because it builds strong relationships, fosters teamwork, and achieves common goals. Leaders equipped with effective communication skills drive organizational change and maintain focus on achieving strategic objectives.

Let's face it! Communication skills impact the organization's overall business success. More importantly, it serves as a cornerstone fostering clarity for business operations.

Poor communication skills result in higher financial losses, reduced productivity, employee disengagement, negative brand impact, leadership challenges, and reputational damage.

What are you doing to remedy communication problems in your workplace? Recognizing there is a problem is the first step in solving the problem. Talk That Works is a corporate training handbook that provides realistic verbal and nonverbal strategies to promote effective communication skills in the workplace. Usable instruction along with interactive discussions and practice directly impacts productivity and benefits every level of the organization.

Regardless of whether your business operates in person or online, businesses must have employees with skills to communicate effectively face-to-face and across all digital platforms.

Penny Joyner Waddell

Dr. Penny Joyner Waddell is an author and corporate trainer for speech, communication, and leadership skills. A proud Georgia native, Dr. Waddell works with local, state, national, and global industries preparing them to become workforce ready.

Experience working with adult students in the classroom and being an administrator in one of our nation's most celebrated technical colleges have provided Dr. Waddell with an excellent background in preparing others for workplace challenges. She continues to break ground creating instructional materials to reach youth and adult audiences as well as business professionals as they develop skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

Dr. Waddell has been awarded the National Communication Association's Community College Educator of the Year, Georgia's Presidential Award from Toastmasters International, Technical College System of Georgia's Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching, and SkillsUSA National Educator of the Year Award for Career and Technical Colleges.

When she is not writing books and leading workshops, Penny loves spending time with her husband, Bill, their three daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren, extended family, friends, and an excessive number of pets. Bill and Penny enjoy traveling all over the world and nurturing their small apiary farm to harvest enough local honey for family, friends, and acquaintances.

"Dr. Waddell's book guides novice and experienced speakers to create a professional presentation in a quick and organized way. Her advice will help you feel more confident by giving a well-structured presentation and knocking it out of the water."
Nick "Sunshine" Tokman, Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch Television Series

"If you're seeking to reach your highest potential, Dr. Penny Waddell's insights will bring you one step closer to success."
Sean Antonio Lally, Film Director and Producer

Communication is the foundation for personal and professional success because it builds strong relationships, fosters teamwork, and achieves common goals. Leaders equipped with effective communication skills drive organizational change and maintain focus on achieving strategic objectives.

Let's face it! Communication skills impact the organization's overall business success. More importantly, it serves as a cornerstone fostering clarity for business operations.

Poor communication skills result in higher financial losses, reduced productivity, employee disengagement, negative brand impact, leadership challenges, and reputational damage.

What are you doing to remedy communication problems in your workplace? Recognizing there is a problem is the first step in solving the problem. Talk That Works is a corporate training handbook that provides realistic verbal and nonverbal strategies to promote effective communication skills in the workplace. Usable instruction along with interactive discussions and practice directly impacts productivity and benefits every level of the organization.

Regardless of whether your business operates in person or online, businesses must have employees with skills to communicate effectively face-to-face and across all digital platforms.

Penny Joyner Waddell

Dr. Penny Joyner Waddell is an author and corporate trainer for speech, communication, and leadership skills. A proud Georgia native, Dr. Waddell works with local, state, national, and global industries preparing them to become workforce ready.

Experience working with adult students in the classroom and being an administrator in one of our nation's most celebrated technical colleges have provided Dr. Waddell with an excellent background in preparing others for workplace challenges. She continues to break ground creating instructional materials to reach youth and adult audiences as well as business professionals as they develop skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

Dr. Waddell has been awarded the National Communication Association's Community College Educator of the Year, Georgia's Presidential Award from Toastmasters International, Technical College System of Georgia's Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching, and SkillsUSA National Educator of the Year Award for Career and Technical Colleges.

When she is not writing books and leading workshops, Penny loves spending time with her husband, Bill, their three daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren, extended family, friends, and an excessive number of pets. Bill and Penny enjoy traveling all over the world and nurturing their small apiary farm to harvest enough local honey for family, friends, and acquaintances.

"Dr. Waddell's book guides novice and experienced speakers to create a professional presentation in a quick and organized way. Her advice will help you feel more confident by giving a well-structured presentation and knocking it out of the water."
Nick "Sunshine" Tokman, Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch Television Series

"If you're seeking to reach your highest potential, Dr. Penny Waddell's insights will bring you one step closer to success."
Sean Antonio Lally, Film Director and Producer