‘THE PERSONAL POWER EQUATION: STEP BY STEP BLUEPRINT TO MAGNIFY YOUR IMAGE’ BY GOPIKA KUMAR .
Purpose of the Book
It is a book on Soft Skills and targeted to Youth to enhance their soft skills . According to a research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center 85% of job success comes from having well-developed people skills and soft skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge (hard skills). It has been emphasized that soft skills play a crucial role in increasing the chances of the candidates to get an employment as the employability gap is increasing as per the statistics and thereby there is a need to work on soft skills to bridge this employability gap.
The purpose of this book is to guide the youth on the important soft skills that the employers are looking for in their employees and how to enhance their soft skills and experience their personal power for success. This would help the young generation to know what they should equip themselves before approaching for a job in the corporate world.
About the Book
‘Personal Power Equation’ is an assimilation of skills INSIDE OUTSIDE of soft skills and image management that an individual must enhance to experience personal power. Personal power has an enormous capacity to accommodate more and more attributes in oneself to see an enhanced version. Being blessed with one or more skills from the skillset that you require to be successful is being lucky. The more and more skillsets you acquire, the more powerful your personality. Endowing yourself with skills that help you to become a superpower in your field is what you need to adopt. You need to apply the power of PLUS ‘+’ to keep learning, imbibing and absorbing new soft skills and then you will see yourself manifest an enigmatic image and experience high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem.
Launch of the Book
The book was released on 15th February 2019 and the book launch was held at the India Habitat Centre, Maple Hall. The eminent guests included Prof Sanjay Sehgal, Dean, Department of Financial Studies, Delhi University; Prof Arindam Chaudhuri, IIPM and Planman Consulting; Dr Preeti Singh, Head, JIMS,kalkaji and Cdr. Prof Satish Seth, Director General, JIMS Kalkaji amongst many other distinguished guests from the Industry and Education Industry.
About the Author
Gopika Kumar is a Motivational Speaker, trainer, teacher, writer, orator, mentor, researcher, image consultant and personality development practitioner who has conducted training programs for the corporate sector and educational institutions. She is a specialist in Soft Skills Training and pursuing her Ph.d in Soft Skills in management education. An Ex Miss India Finalist 2003, she has expertise in the areas of Soft Skills, Image Management and Self Improvement.
Few words as spoken…
The ‘Personal Power Equation’ is very relevant and addresses some of the key areas of employability skills. It is a unique combination of all germane skills from the inner depths such as attitude, motivation, determination and positivity to extrinsic skills such as communication, presentation and image enhancement. It is the amalgamation of all these skill that makes this book a must read for all professionals so as to embed the right mindset for reflection and improvement .By covering a broad spectrum of topics related to personal development, this book is significantly more than a quick fix or an English communication guide. With loads of interesting anecdotes and quotes it makes the reading enjoyable and would be pertinent to everyone, regardless of which stage of career they are in. I am sure this book will be useful to anyone who wants to get a clear perspective on soft skills and wants to succeed.
Dr Alka Sehgal, Associate Professor, Jesus and Mary College
The book is available online on Amazon and Flipkart.###
