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Bridges, Pathways and Transitions
Author Gail Whiteford , Mahsood Shah
Bridges, Pathways and Transitions: International Innovations in Widening Participation shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures and Sound
Author Lynda Felder
With Writing for the Web, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create effective Web content using words, pictures, and sound. Follow along as instructor and writer Lynda Felder combines easy-to-follow guidelines with photographs, lists, and tables to illustra....
Release Date 2011/10 -
The Truth About Knowing How to Negotiate: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes
Author Leigh Thompson
“The 53 Truths provide incredible insight into the art and science of negotiating. This is a must read for sales professionals but is equally beneficial to all who wish to be better negotiators.”–CHRIS WEBER, Vice President, West Region Enterprise, Microsoft Corpora....
Release Date 2007/09 -
201 Knockout Answers to Tough Interview Questions
Author Linda MATIAS
Increasingly, employers today are using a tough new kind of interview to evaluate candidates and determine how well they think on their feet. To be successful in these new competency-based interviews, job seekers must be prepared with situation-specific examples tha....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Own It. Love It. Make It Work.: How to Make Any Job Your Dream Job
Author CARSON TATE
“If you want to create your dream job, this is a must read. Filled with inspiring stories, practical tools, and strategies, this is your roadmap.”—Ellen Latham, Founder and CEO of Orange Theory Is work WORKING for you?If you experience the “Sunday night scaries,” count do....
Release Date 2020/10 -
The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence, 10th Edition
Author James , L. Pinson , Brian S. Brooks
The Art of Editing continues to be the standard by which editing texts are judged, offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of editing available.Long viewed as the “classic” in the field of editing, The Art of Editing continues to evolve to meet the....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Scott Kubie
From product documentation to menu labels to marketing emails, writing for the web can feel challenging—even insurmountable. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Whether you’re new to writing or looking to hone your skills, Scott Kubie’s guide will empower you to ge....
Release Date 2018/10 -
HBR Guide to Being More Productive (HBR Guide Series)
Author Harvard Business Review
Every day begins with the same challenge: too many tasks on your to-do list and not enough time to accomplish them. Perhaps you tell yourself to just buckle down and get it all done—skip lunch, work a longer day. Maybe you throw your hands up, recognize you can't ....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Author Syed Omar Faruk Towaha
Gear up for a roller-coaster ride into the world of JavaScript and programming with this easy-to-follow, fun, and entertaining project-based guideAbout This BookGet to know the concepts of HTML and CSS to work with JavaScriptExplore the concepts of object-oriented ....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Susan Swords Steffen , Jacob Hill
Excellence in the Stacks details the philosophies, practices and innovations of award-winning libraries over the last ten years. It will inform the profession and highlight the themes and strategies these liberal-arts colleges share, and where they differ. Using the....
Release Date 2013/03 -
What Email Reveals About Your Organization
Author Peter A. Gloor
By studying data from email archives and other sources, managers can gain surprising insights about how groups should be organized and led — as well as about optimal participation and communications patterns. Show and hide more
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Kelly Monahan , Maggie Wooll , John Hagel III , Jef Schwartz
By reframing current future of work efforts to encompass the broader understanding of the opportunities ahead, leaders can better define the series of stages and initiatives that will make up the journey. Show and hide more
Release Date 2019/03 -
Author Al Switzler , David Maxfield , Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny
Hold anyone accountable. Master performance discussions. Get RESULTS.Broken promises, missed deadlines, poor behavior--they don’t just make others’ lives miserable; they can sap up to 50 percent of organizational performance and account for the vast majority of divo....
Release Date 2013/04 -
How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts (9780131855175), by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Two Line DescriptionPowerful lessons in answering tough questions from the legendary “Storm....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author Roberto Valenzuela
Foreword by Skip Cohen Translating the chaos of the real world into a breathtakingly simple, beautiful photograph can often seem like an impossible task. With busy, cluttered backgrounds and subjects who don’t know how to pose, how can you take control and get a gr....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Now You’re Thinking: Change Your Thinking... Revolutionize Your Career... Transform Your Life
Author John Maketa , Heather Ishikawa , Russ Hall , Stewart Emery , Judy Chartrand
Learn more with the video links included in this e-book!Want to improve? Want to change? Start inside your own head: You are what you think! Now You’re Thinking will help you build your great life by teaching you breakthrough techniques for thinking far more effecti....
Release Date 2011/09 -
The Ultimate LinkedIn Checklist For Small and Medium Businesses
Author Lauren Dugan
With over 175,000,000 users, LinkedIn is the social business network: the web’s best place to leverage your entire network of partners, suppliers, employees, vendors, and competitors. By establishing a strong LinkedIn presence, you can deepen your links with your cu....
Release Date 2012/12 -
The Unwritten Rules: The Six Skills You Need to Get Promoted to the Executive Level
Author John Beeson
Maximize your chances to get promoted to the executive levelAs predictable career paths have become extinct in most organizations, managers aspiring to the C-level job are left to their own devices to determine how to advance their careers. Even in companies committ....
Release Date 2010/10 -
The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
Author Jon Gordon
Discover the benefits of being positive.We all have two dogs inside of us. One dog is positive, happy, optimistic, and hopeful. The other dog is negative, mad, sad, pessimistic, and fearful. These two dogs often fight inside us, but guess who wins the fight? The one....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Scratch 3 Programming Playground
Scratch, the colorful drag-and-drop programming language, is used by millions of first-time learners worldwide. Scratch 3 features an updated interface, new programming blocks, and the ability to run on tablets and smartphones, so you can learn to code on the go.In Scratch 3 Programming Playground, .... -
Author Jeremy L. Hall , Maria P. Aristigueta , Theodore H. Poister
New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performanceThoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing e....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Author S. Ian Robertson
The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life. Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved in solving problems. Drawing on research from cognitive psychology and neuroscience, it exa....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Email Marketing in a Digital World
Author Jason Smith , Scott D. Swain , Richard C. Hanna
Despite annual predictions of its demise, email marketing remains one of the most important tools for businesses and other organizations. The reason is simple. Other communication tools, including social and digital media channels, cannot duplicate or recreate the ....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Vikram Mansharamani
We've outsourced too much of our thinking. How do we get it back?Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Or unquestioningly followed the advice of an expert—perhaps a doctor or financial adviser—only to learn later that your own thoughts and dou....
Release Date 2020/06 -
Author Didier Vinot , Alain Roger
Managing skills is at the core of Human Resources Management. Based on previous literature and realized with researchers from Magellan, the Research Center in Management of iaeLyon, Skills Management examines how skills can be analyzed at the individual and collect....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Can We Really Test People for Potential?
Author Reb Rebele
A good psychometric test can easily outperform a résumé scan and interview at predicting job performance and retention. Yet personality testing and other ways of analyzing potential present some significant challenges: For instance, not all assessments ar....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed
Author Amy Lemley , Jonathan Berent
A proven therapeutic method that channels workplace anxiety into powerful, confident performanceMillions of people are afraid of work. The situations they fear may be different-public speaking (e.g., presentations and speeches), meetings, conference calls, new assig....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Author Gavin Oattes , Andy Cope
Start living the life you’ve always wantedIt could be that you’ve figured everything out on your own and have ended up acing your career, meeting and marrying your perfect partner, producing three wonderful kids, owning a holiday home in Mustique and having a drop-....
Release Date 2018/04