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What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career
Author Pedro Oliveira , Harold DeMonaco , Daniel Kahneman , Dan Lovallo , Andrew Torrance
Volatility in an industry should concern not only the companies within it but also the people who work for them. To stay ahead of developments that may disrupt your professional life, you must make two evidence-based diagnoses: How volatile is your industry? And wh....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Author Keith Rollag
Have you ever felt nervous in new situations? Reluctant to introduce yourself? Afraid to ask questions? We all have. But if you let those worries stop you, you may miss out on real opportunity. Whether you’re changing jobs, joining a group, or moving to a new city, ....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Carole Martin
"TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF . . ." Decode the hidden meaning behind interview questions and prepare the perfect answer to land the jobDuring a job interview, there are no right or wrong answers, just better and worse answers. When you rethink the process in those ter....
Release Date 2013/12 -
What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential
Author Robert Kaplan
How do you create your own definition of success—and reach your unique potential?Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to “success” as defined by those around us—an....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Author Amy Ruppel , Sharon Sayler
Train your body to communicate with confidence and clarity-have your body match what your mouth says...The popular phrase "leading from influence" takes for granted that influence derives chiefly from verbal communication. However, communication is about more than w....
Release Date 2010/08 -
What Your Boss Really Wants from You
Author Steve Arneson
Take Charge of the Relationship That Matters Most to Your Career Your most important work relationship is with your boss. You need it to go well. But even the best bosses can be hard to read, and some seem downright inscrutable. Your boss isn’t going to change for ....
Release Date 2014/05 -
What's Luck Got to Do with It?
Author Joseph Mazur
Why do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are "hot" in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? What's Luck Got to Do with It? takes a l....
Release Date 2010/05 -
What's Stopping You Being More Confident?
Author Robert Kelsey
A prescriptive, commonsense approach to self-confidence and successWith his bestselling book, What's Stopping You, Robert Kelsey helped thousands of people conquer their fear of failure and unlock their full potential in life. Now Robert is applying his unique appr....
Release Date 2013/01 -
What's Wrong with Work?: The 5 Frustrations of Work and How to Fix them for Good
Author Blaire Palmer
Work isn't working.We all love to hate our jobs. Everyone moans about the same things: we're not listened to; we're not trusted; we spend our time in pointless meetings; we're weighed down by bureaucracy; we hate our boss; we're overloaded and work saps time ....
Release Date 2010/12 -
What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena
Author Sunday Mancini , Scott Schwertly
A practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool—a Myers-Briggs for presenters—that provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOUWhat kind of presenter are you? Are you charming? Purposeful? Inform....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: To Get from Good to Great, You Must Learn How to Get Good
Author Stewart Emery
This Element is an excerpt from from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats.Discover the power of becoming good at something you love to do!E....
Release Date 2010/02 -
What’s In a Presentation for You? How to Focus on Audience Needs
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The secret of presentation success: “WIIFY”--a relentless focus on what’s in it for your audience!Constantly ask the key question: “What....
Release Date 2010/02 -
When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education
Author Daniel T. Willingham
Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliableEach year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." Wh....
Release Date 2012/07 -
When Is Business Email the Tool of the Devil: Communicating Well Through This Overworked Medium
Author William S. Kane
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Thriving in Change (9780132354622) by William S. Kane. Available in print and digital formats.When it makes sense to use email for business communication--and when email is the worst possible solutionPeople get nervous....
Release Date 2010/08 -
When Is It Best to Write a Letter Instead of an E-mail?
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.When to write a letter, not an e-mail--and how to make sure that letter does the j....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Thomas H Davenport
Most of us view our jobs as specialized or somehow differentiated, but the world of business and management increasingly feels otherwise. For many organizations today, the next big driver of job commoditization is automation driven by smart machines. Simply put, if....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author David Shapiro , Richard Leider
Calling is natural. We all possess it. It needs only to uncovered, not discovered. Whistle While You Work makes the uncovering process inspiring and fun. Featuring a unique “Calling Card” exercise—a powerful way to put the whistle in your work—it is a liberatin....
Release Date 2001/01 -
Author Ed Jent , John Britt , Harry Paul
In the tradition of Who Killed Change?, the book begins with a crime being committed: Excellence (personified) has been kidnapped and Leadership assembles Excellence’s team (Passion, Flexibility, Communication, Competency, and Ownership) and challenges them to work ....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Brian Tracy , Rob Jolles
For some, projecting confidence and credibility is second nature. For others, it seems like a foreign language they'll never learn – until now. Rob Jolles delivers down-to-earth solutions for anyone looking to enhance the most basic need of all; to be believe....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume I
These two volumes are about understanding—why—and application—how—with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.Quality is the consistent achievement of the user’s expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be “The right thing, right first time, every time, in time..... -
Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume II
These two volumes are about understanding—why—and application—how—with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.Quality is the consistent achievement of the user’s expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be “The right thing, right first time, every time, in time..... -
Author Gareth Jones , Rob Goffee
Imagine designing the best company on earth to work for... What would that company be like? How would you build and sustain it? As a leader, you need to know. In the past, businesses made people conform to the organization’s needs. But the old paradigm has sh....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author Terry Hawkins
Discover Your Super Power! We all want to change something about ourselves: lose weight, quit smoking, improve our finances, and so on. But change is hard, even painful, and it’s our nature to avoid pain. In this inspiring how-to guide, Terry Hawkins provides exact....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths—And How We Can Stop!
Author Bill Eddy
Bestselling author, therapist, lawyer, and mediator Bill Eddy describes how dangerous, high-conflict personalities have gained power in governments worldwide—and what citizens can do to keep these people out of office. Democracy is under siege. The reason isn'....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Wicked Success is Inside Every Woman
Author Vickie L. Milazzo
We're all just one step away from achieving what we want and getting what we deserve out of life.To seize control of her own life and career, Vickie Milazzo, internationally known women's mentor, New York Times bestselling author, Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur and self....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Widening Higher Education Participation
Author Erica Southgate , Anna Bennett , Mahsood Shah
Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes import....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Wiley IFRS: Practical Implementation Guide and Workbook, 3rd Edition
Author Liesel Knorr , Graham Holt , Abbas A. Mirza
— Explanations of IFRS and IFRIC interpretations— Practical insights into implementation issues— Worked-out illustrations and examples— Case studies with solutions— Multiple-choice questions with answers— Extracts from published financial statementsA one-stop resour....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Author Ros Taylor
Whip your self-control into shapeWillpower is the handbook you need for success in all areas of your life. Regardless of what you want to achieve, you need the strength to persevere, forge ahead and keep going no matter how tough it gets. If you find that you allow....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Author Mark Miller
Every great company has an engaged workforce, and nurturing a culture of engagement is at the heart of great leadership—employees who really care about their work, their coworkers, and the organization can supercharge a company's success. But for many years, ....
Release Date 2019/03