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Author Michael C. Hyter
Straightforward advice for navigating the challenges facing professionals who are underrepresented in the leadership of today’s organizations Michael Hyter is one of the nation’s highest regarded executives of color, and a widely respected thought leader in the area of ....
Release Date 2020/12 -
Discover Your Emotional Intelligence
Author Philip Holder
Philip Holder has been inspiring delegates across the globe for more than twenty-five years by assisting them in understanding and developing the so-called ‘soft aspects’ of Business, Management and Leadership. Following extensive research into the field of behavioural science, he developed one of t....
Release Date 2021/05 -
Author Jeff Lyons
If a story is going to fail, it will do so first at the premise level. Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process that can be repeated and appli....
Release Date 2015/06 -
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 -
Author Lorenza Clifford
Bullying at work is a serious problem for many people today. Anyone who has ever been bullied will know how demoralising and difficult it can be, and at times it can seem as if there is no escape. Covering everything from understanding why bullies behave as they do,....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model
Author Randy Komisar , John Mullins
You have a new venture in mind. And you've crafted a business plan so detailed it's a work of art. Don't get too attached to it. As John Mullins and Randy Komisar explain in Getting to Plan B, new businesses are fraught with uncertainty. To succeed, you must chan....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Critical Knowledge Transfer: Tools for Managing Your Company's Deep Smarts
Author Gavin Barton , Walter C. Swap , Dorothy Leonard
How to transfer your organization’s most important knowledge—before it walks out the doorWhen highly skilled subject matter experts, engineers, and managers leave their organizations, they take with them years of hard-earned, experience-based knowledge—much of it un....
Release Date 2014/12 -
From Passion to Execution: How to Start and Grow an Effective Nonprofit Organization
Author Lyn Scott
Transform your vision and passion into positive change as you learn how to effectively start, grow, and lead a nonprofit organization with this practical, inspiring guide. FROM PASSION TO EXECUTION: HOW TO START AND GROW AN EFFECTIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION weaves me....
Release Date 2012/04 -
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 -
Brilliant Self Confidence, 2nd Edition
Author Mr. Mike McClement
Everyone can build lasting, unshakable confidence and go after the life they really want to live. Whether it’s making a career change, finding a romantic partner or meeting new people, Brilliant Self-confidence is packed with all the advice necessary to help you dev....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Trust-Based Selling: Finding and Keeping Customers for Life
Author David A. Monty
The first year of developing a new sales territory or establishing new customers is a daunting task—especially in dog-eat-dog industries. The traditional advice is to train quickly on products, grab a customer list, start calling for appointments, discover opportuni....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Laurie W. Ford , Jeffrey D. Ford
Talk is powerful. And it isn't just ‘difficult' conversations that matter— the everyday dialogue we have with one another is critical to both personal and organizational success. Packed with sample dialogues and dozens of personal stories, and backed by solid....
Release Date 2009/08 -
Author Sage Cohen
Produce your best work. Live your best life. Make your greatest impact. You have everything you need--and you are everything you need--to do the writing you are meant to do. And yet the path to success can be difficult to find and follow. Veteran author and writing ....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Thomas A. Kochan
Shaping the Future of Work lays out a comprehensive strategy for changing the course the American economy and employment system have been on for the past 30 years. The goal is to create more productive businesses that also provide good jobs and careers and by doin....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Andy Lester
You've got the technical chops -- the skills to get a great job doing what you love. Now it's time to get down to the business of planning your job search, focusing your time and attention on the job leads that matter, and interviewing to wow your boss-to-be.You c....
Release Date 2009/06 -
Solution Architecture Foundations
Author Mark Lovatt
This authoritative, practical introduction to solution architecture is suitable for new entrants to the field but also of benefit to experienced professionals wishing to consolidate their knowledge and skills. Tools and techniques are presented in context, taking a problem or idea through logical st....
Release Date 2021/08 -
Author Mark Shaw
Writing copy is often assumed to be a natural talent. However, there are simple techniques you can employ to craft strong written content with ease. This new, expanded edition teaches the art of writing great copy for digital media, branding, advertising, direct mar....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Communication Toolkit for Introverts
Author Patricia Weber
Find your voice in everyday business situationsDiscover your voice in order to effectively influence those around youGet ahead in the business world by building up your toolkit of communication skillsDevelop meaningful relationships and leverage them through effecti....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Siddharth Mallavarapu
Banning the Bomb: The Politics of Norm Creation participates in the ongoing debate on international norm creation between Realists and Constructivists in international relations scholarship. The author argues from a Constructivist provenance that it is critical to e....
Release Date 2007/05 -
Author Michael T. Bosworth , Ben Zoldan , Michael Bosworth
Build better relationships and Sell More Effectively With a Powerful SALES STORY“Throughout our careers, we have been trained to ask diagnostic questions, deliver value props, and conduct ROI studies. It usually doesn’t work; best case, we can argue with the custome....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Stephan Schiffman
Think like America’s #1 sales trainer—and close more deals than everStephan Schiffman has trained more than half a million sales professionals. No one understands the sales mindset better.In The Power of Positive Selling, Schiffman provides instruction, tips, anecdo....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Jeremey Donovan
DELIVER THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR LIFE--AND LAUNCH YOUR CAREERA nonprofit dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TED challenges the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give "the speech of their lives" in 18 minutes or less. The more than 14,000 talks on TED.....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Determining Living Expenses for Retirement: Planning How to Live Well in Your Post-Work Life
Author Linda H. Lewis , James W. Walker
This Element is an excerpt from Work Wanted: Protect Your Retirement Plans in Uncertain Times (ISBN: 9780132354646) by James W. Walker and Linda H. Lewis. Available in print and digital formats.Be prepared: a realistic, indispensable new look at what you’ll really b....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with POLYMATH,
Author Michael B. Cutlip - University of Connecticut , Mordechai Shacham - Ben-Gurion Un
Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with POLYMATH™, Excel, and MATLAB®, Second Edition, is a valuable resource and companion that integrates the use of numerical problem solving in the three most widely used software packages: POLYMATH, Microsoft....
Release Date 2007/09 -
Making Better Sense: How Your Mental Models Define Your World
Author Yoram Wind , Colin Crook
This Element is an excerpt from The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business (9780131425026) by Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Colin Crook with Robert Gunther. Available in print and digital formats.Understand the menta....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Embrace the Entrepreneurial Spirit and Live the Rich Life
Author Farnoosh Torabi
This Element is an excerpt from Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life (9780137079278) by Farnoosh Torabi. Available in print and digital formats.Powerful lessons you can learn from entrepreneurs–even if you never i....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life, Second Edition
Author Richard Paul , Linda Elder
Use better thinking to empower yourself, discover opportunities, avoid disastrous mistakes, build wealth, and achieve your biggest goals! This is your complete, up-to-the-minute blueprint for assessing and improving the way you think about everything – from business....
Release Date 2013/08 -
Speaker Camp: A Self-paced Workshop for Planning, Pitching, Preparing, and Presenting at Conferences
Author Samantha Starmer , Russ Unger
Are you interested in getting out of the audience observing and onto the stage sharing your thoughts, ideas, and experience with the world? If so, Speaker Camp is for you! Russ Unger and Samantha Starmer are seasoned and popular presenters at venues such as South b....
Release Date 2013/11 -
It Takes a Genome: How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life Is Making Us Sick
Author Greg Gibson
Human beings have astonishing genetic vulnerabilities. More than half of us will die from complex diseases that trace directly to those vulnerabilities, and the modern world we’ve created places us at unprecedented risk from them. In It Takes a Genome, Greg Gibson p....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Audio Production and Critical Listening
Author Jason Corey
Making decisions about how and when to apply sound processing effects and recording techniques can make or break your song mix. The decisions you make come down to your listening skills - what you hear and how you perceive it. Your ability to properly discern sound,....
Release Date 2012/12