Richard S. Gallagher - Writing and publishing credits

 

Experienced freelance writer and ghostwriter with expertise in science and technology, business management, computing, communications skills, leadership, psychology and numerous other topics.

 

Author of numerous critically acclaimed books on communications skills, workplace culture and technology:

· The Customer Service Survival Kit, AMACOM, 2013. A #1 customer service bestseller.

· How to Tell Anyone Anything: Breakthrough Techniques for Handling Difficult Conversations at Work, AMACOM, 2009. Top 10 career skills book.

· What to Say to a Porcupine: 20 Humorous Tales that Get to the Heart of Great Customer Service, AMACOM, 2008. Ranked #1 customer service and #1 business humor on Amazon.com in January 2009, top 10 business humor worldwide, finalist for 800-CEO-READ’s 2008 Business Book of the Year.

· Great Customer Connections: Simple Psychological Techniques that Guarantee Exceptional Service, AMACOM, 2006. Spanish edition 2007.

· The Perfect Company: A Simple Four-Step Process for Creating a High-Performance Workplace, Skills Development International, 2003. A selection of the Forbes Book Club.

· The Soul of an Organization: Understanding the Values That Drive Successful Corporate Cultures, Dearborn Trade Publishing, 2002. Reached Amazon.com top 2500 and number 15 on BizReading.com’s BestMovers list. A selection of the Chapter-a-Day Business Book Club. Published in four languages worldwide.

· Delivering Legendary Customer Service: Seven Steps to Success, Oasis Press, 2000. Second edition of Smile Training Isn’t Enough. A selection of the Forbes Book Club. Excerpted in Dale Carnegie Training.

· Delivering Legendary Customer Service on the Telephone, Skills Development International, 1998.

· Smile Training Isn't Enough: The Three Secrets of Excellent Customer Service, Oasis Press, 1998. An alternate selection of the Doubleday Executive Program Book Club.

· Effective Software Customer Support, International Thomson Computer Press, 1995.

· Computer Visualization, CRC Press, 1994 (editor).

 

Recent self-published titles include:

· The Million Dollar Writer: How to Have a Legitimate—and Lucrative—Career as a Writer (2018). Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible audiobook formats.

· No Bravery Required: A Clinically Proven Program for Fears, Phobias and Social Anxiety (2017). Reached #1 on Amazon.com for Anxiety and Phobias.

· Managing Your Workplace Stress (2017). A collection of blog articles written for New York Times bestseller and CNBC host Carol Roth.

· The Consummate Communicator: Discovering the Art and Science of What to Say (2012).

 

Extensive freelance and technical writing experience

· Ghostwriter for two “A-list” business thought leadership books.

· Style and content editor for the National Cancer Institute’s Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph Series, as well as numerous other research and public health projects.

· Over 100 articles and editorials in markets including Time Magazine, CNN.com, Training Magazine, Personal Excellence, Supportindustry.com, IEEE Spectrum, Mechanical Engineering, and many others.

· Business and research whitepaper projects for Battelle, SSPA, Supportindustry.com, RecognizeServiceExcellence.com and others.

· Corporate newsletter editing and article content for PATRAN News, CBORD UserNews, Putting the Patient First and others.

· Book except on respect and leadership used in Dale Carnegie on-line training.

· Numerous manual and book projects, articles, training materials, refereed journal papers and web sites. Experience in corporate, academic, government and other environments.

 

Partial client list

· National Cancer Institute

· National Institutes of Health

· Battelle Centers for Public Health Research & Evaluation

· Concept Systems

· TransAct Technologies

· McMurry Publications

· NEC Business Communications Systems

· Cornell University

· National Association of Business Management

· MSC Software

· Ansys

· 3D/EYE

· ITC Project, University of Waterloo

· University of Illinois, Chicago

· and many others

 

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