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Author Evelyne Clement
Cognitive flexibility is the cornerstone of learning and enables us to cope with a constantly changing environment. By adapting our knowledge and habits in order to respond to new situations, cognitive flexibility plays a fundamental role in learning.This book proposes a study of the fundamenta....
Release Date 2022/04 -
Author Shel Leanne
Updated to include speeches on the death of bin Laden, the Arab Spring, and other historic moments on the podium In speech after speech, Barack Obama fires up enthusiastic supporters with his inspiring vision, rousing rhetoric, and charismatic presence. His outstand....
Release Date 2012/07 -
The Home Owner's Guide to Taking Control of Your Money
Author Farnoosh Torabi
Should you buy your first home? What will it really cost? How can you manage the finances if you’ve already jumped in?You’ve turned to this report because you want to understand how to prepare to purchase your own first home. (Or, perhaps, you’ve already made the mo....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Brilliant Tactics to Pass Aptitude Tests, 2nd Edition
Author Susan Hodgson
Susan Hodgson has run a university careers service and worked closely with students preparing them to take many of the tests covered here and helping them to deal with the results. She has also worked closely with employers, in many instances helping them to use her practising students as guinea pig....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Author Nic Peeling
Nic Peeling recently retired from his managerial position with Qinetic. He is a research scientist by background and is the author of the bestselling book Brilliant Manager. This book is the result of Nic’s mission to bring together personal experiences and the latest research into one entertaining ....
Release Date 2012/07 -
The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds
Author Mohamed El-Erian , Myron Scholes , Maneet Ahuja
The ultimate behind-the-curtain look at the hedge fund industry, unlocking the most valuable stories, secrets, and lessons directly from those who have played the game best.Written by Maneet Ahuja, the hedge fund industry insider, The Alpha Masters brings the secret....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author Chris Westfall
Unlock your potential with practical strategies for simplifying your biggest challengesA frustrated client hires a coach. He's looking for answers. Direction. And clarity. He wants to leave his job but can't find the self-confidence to do so. Should he stick it out? Is entrepreneurship a good idea....
Release Date 2021/12 -
The Problems of Viewing Performance
Author Michael Y. Bennett
The Problems of Viewing Performance challenges long-held assumptions by considering the ways in which knowledge is received by more than a single audience member, and breaks new ground by, counterintuitively, claiming that viewing performance is not a shared experience. Given that viewers come to ....
Release Date 2021/03 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Discovering Your Perfect Career
Author Rene Carew
What do you really want to do? Finding the perfect career isn't easy, but it's certainly attainable.This guide offers readers the chance to trade in their unsatisfying jobs for fulfilling careers. This book helps them by providing a process of self-assessment tha....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Steven R Shallenberger , Robert R Shallenberger
Time management remains a huge challenge for most people. This book shares the habits and processes used by top leaders worldwide to minimize distractions and maximize accomplishments.In researching more than 1,260 managers and executives from more than 108 different organizations, Steve and Rob Sha....
Release Date 2021/05 -
We Can't Talk about That at Work!
Author Mary-Frances Winters
We Need to Talk!Conversations about taboo topics happen at work every day. And if they aren't handled effectively, they can become polarizing and divisive, impacting productivity, engagement, retention, teamwork, and even employees' sense of safety in the wo....
Release Date 2017/04 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide® To The Perfect Resume
Author Susan Ireland
Resumé: revamped for the times, technology, and the recession... The recession has made finding a job harder than ever. Everything now takes place online, and a resumé's preparation is different than even a few years ago. This new edition has changed with the times....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career
Author Jordan Hudgens
This unique book provides you with a wealth of tips, tricks, best practices, and answers to the day-to-day questions that programmers face in their careers. It is split into three parts: Coder Skills, Freelancer Skills, and Career Skills, providing the knowledge yo....
Release Date 2017/07 -
The Truth About Effective Job Candidate Interviewing
Author Stephen P. Robbins
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Managing People (9780132346030), by Stephen P. Robbins. Available in print and digital formats.Why your applicants’ personality traits won’t tell you how they’ll perform–and what they will tell you.What are you looking....
Release Date 2010/06 -
How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything . . . in Business (and in Life)
Author Dov Seidman
The flood of information and unprecedented transparency reshaping today's business world has dramatically changed the rules of the game. It's no longer what you do that sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. Whats are commodities, easily duplicate....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Grassroots Grants: An Activist's Guide to Grantseeking, Second Edition
Author Andy Robinson
In the revised second edition of the bestselling guide to grantseeking, author and activist Andy Robinson walks you through the challenges of incorporating grants into a complete fundraising program, using grant proposals as organizing plans, designing fundable proj....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Author Amber Cabral
Concrete strategies to call out wrongdoing at home, at work, at school, and elsewhereIn Say More About That, veteran inclusion strategist, coach, writer, and speaker Amber Cabral delivers an incisive and practical guide to assertively addressing inequitable treatment you see at home, work, school, a....
Release Date 2022/07 -
The Most Valuable Things in Life Do Not Involve Currency
Author Saly A. Glassman
This Element is an excerpt from It's About More Than the Money: Investment Wisdom for Building a Better Life (9780137050321) by Saly A. Glassman. Available in print and digital formats.Restoring real perspective on life: what money will buy you and what it won’t.If....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Living the Dream: Putting your creativity to work (and getting paid)
Author Corwin Hiebert
Living the Dream is a business book for creative people. It provides the insights and action steps they need to confidently put their skills and passions to work, to make the best business decisions possible, all in service of the ultimate goal--to make a living doi....
Release Date 2012/11 -
How to be a Presentation God: Build, Design, and Deliver Presentations that Dominate!
Author Scott Schwertly
How to build, design, and deliver a fire-breathing, wing-flapping, roar-bellowing behemoth of a presentationUnlike most presentation books that say the same things regarding presentation design and delivery (less is more, get rid of bullets and use images, emulate S....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Problem Solving & Comprehension, 6th Edition
Author Ron Narode , Jack Lochhead , Arthur Whimbey
This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and to comprehend what they read. First, it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then, it provides practice in applying th....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Complete Idiot's Guides to Starting and Running a Thrift Store
Author Ravel Buckley , Carol Costa
A thrifty offering for the prospective thrift-store owner...In economic times like these, thrift stores have seen a 35% increase in sales in 2008; so what better time to start one? While fairly cheap, it is complicated, however. Here, two experts cover the entire p....
Release Date 2010/01 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your Personality
Author Arlene Uhl
It really is all about you!Everyone loves taking personality tests. Presented in an easy-to-read format, this collection of entertaining and insightful self-scoring quizzes lets readers explore different aspects of their personalities with tests such as Am I a Risk....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Understanding Government Contract Source Selection
Author Margaret G. Rumbaugh
Your Go-to Resource for Government Contract Source Selection!From planning to protest and all the steps in between, Understanding Government Contract Source Selection is the one reference all government acquisition professionals and contractors should keep clo....
Release Date 2010/03 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to LinkedIn
Author Susan Gunelius
Develop your business or career with the pre-eminent professional networkMost people who are new to LinkedIn don't intuitively recognize the potential of the site when it comes to promoting a business, finding a job/project (or being found for one), or raising mone....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Author Jacob Morgan
Solve business problems, uncover new opportunities, and ignite innovation using the newest collaborative technologiesThe Collaborative Organization gives you a strategic approach to building, implementing, and using social and collaborative technologies—such as thos....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Encourage Unconventional Thinking
Author James F. Parker
This Element is an excerpt from Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits (9780132343343) by James F. Parker. Available in print and digital formats.Your employees’ wild ideas: they’re one of your greatest resources for bus....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Moving from Brevity to Aha! in Your Presentation
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presentations in Action (9780132489621) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.More succinct = more successful! Cut the fat from your presentation, and quickly get to the “Aha” moment!Your audience doesn’t need ever....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Author Bryan Tillman
Create compelling, original characters using archetypes and design elements such as shadows and line with the tips and techniques found in this image-packed book. Bryan Tillman bridges the gap between the technique of drawing characters and the theory of good charac....
Release Date 2012/12