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How to Focus Your Time for Success
Author Jurgen Wolff
This Element is an excerpt from Focus: Your Key to More Productivity at Work (ISBN: 9780137002566) by Jurgen Wolff. Available in print and digital formats.Overcome your negative patterns for using time--and start using your limited time far more effectively.People h....
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Africa Is Richer Than You Think
Author Vijay Mahajan
This Element is an excerpt from Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think (ISBN: 9780132339421) by Vijay Mahajan. Available in print and digital formats.Africa: more consumers, more wealth, more opportunity for your business.The aver....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Embracing Risk in Your Career: A Story of How to Make More and Worry Less
Author Wes Moss
This Element is an excerpt from Make More, Worry Less: Secrets from 18 Extraordinary People Who Created a Bigger Income and a Better Life (ISBN: 9780132346863) by Wes Moss. Available in print and digital formats.What it really means to see risk as opportunity: the u....
Release Date 2010/02 -
You’ve Been Laid Off: Now, Make a Plan!
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss (ISBN: 9780137021147) by Martha I. Finney. Available in print and digital formats.Laid off? Perform “personal strategic planning” to stay on track, focused, and strong enough to....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Start Your New Job with Confidence: Ideas for Success in Your First 100 Days
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss (ISBN: 9780137021147) by Martha Finney. Available in print and digital formats.Got a new leadership job? Take charge with confidence--no matter what happened in your previous pos....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Make Sure You Have a Plan for Your Exit Before You are Laid Off
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss (ISBN: 9780137021147) by Martha Finney. Available in print and digital formats.Be ready: know what to say and do when they’re laying you off...what never to say and do...and what....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Life Balance Is Fiction: Finding Your Passion Will Bring a Life Built to Last
Author Mark Thompson , Jerry Porras , Stewart Emery
This Element is an excerpt 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.As conventionally defined, “balance” doesn’t matter. Passion does. Lea....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Life Happens: Saving on College, Divorce, Hospital, and Funeral Expenses
Author Gregory Karp
This Element is an except from Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want (ISBN: 9780132350099) by Gregory Karp.¿Available in print and digital formats.¿How to prepare financially for what might happen--so you won’t be blindsided if it do....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Get Your Business to Work!: 7 Steps to Earning More, Working Less and Living the Life You Want
Author George Hedley
George Hedley, who turned $2,000 into a $50 million company in seven years, provides a perceptive new guide with a simple, real-world solution to running a business smoothly while allowing profits to flow in effortlessly. Get Your Business to Work! 7 Step....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking
Author Tim Hurson
There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better.Think Better is about Productive Thinking — why it’s important, how it works, and how to use it at work, at home,....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You
Author Ph.D. Paula Caligiuri
You can design your own career, so you love what you do! You only have one life: why settle for anything less? Whether you’re an entrepreneur or working within a company, Get a Life, Not a Job shows how you can make it happen for yourself. You’ll learn how to move t....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Robert H. Vaughn
Every day, people make decisions and solve problems in both their business and personal lives. For some people, working through problems and making decisions is easy—their natural abilities allow them to make sound, fast, and good decisions—these are your natural le....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Applaud Employee Effort, But Reward Real Contribution
Author David Russo
This Element is an excerpt from 17 Rules Successful Companies Use to Attract and Keep Top Talent: Why Engaged Employees Are Your Greatest Sustainable Advantage (9780137146703) by David Russo. Available in print and digital formats.How to reward what really matters--....
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How to Identify and Weed Out Low Performers in Any Business
Author David Russo
This Element is an excerpt from 17 Rules Successful Companies Use to Attract and Keep Top Talent: Why Engaged Employees Are Your Greatest Sustainable Advantage (9780137146703) by David Russo. Available in print and digital formats.A better way to identify low perfor....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Author Dale Purves
This Element is an excerpt from Brains: How They Seem to Work (9780137055098) by Dale Purves. Available in print and digital formats.Why the conventional explanations of how brains work is wrong--and a far more promising direction for research.The conventional conce....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Author Wendy Ulrich , David Ulrich , Marshall Goldsmith
THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Before you ask, "Why aren't my employees working harder?" ... ask yourself, "Why are my employees working?"ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE WHY OF WORK:"Will help managers create a sense of purpose among emplo....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Great Companies See Employees as Investments Not Human Capital
Author David Russo
This Element is an excerpt from 17 Rules Successful Companies Use to Attract and Keep Top Talent: Why Engaged Employees Are Your Greatest Sustainable Advantage (9780137146703) by David Russo. Available in print and digital formats.What “human capital” really means--....
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Mixing, Recording, and Producing Techniques of the Pros, Second Edition
Author Rick Clark
Veteran music journalist Rick Clark conducted hundreds of revealing interviews with some of the biggest names in the industry to create this extraordinary book. Tony Visconti, Phil Ramone, Richard Dodd, Jim Scott, and David Kershenbaum are just a few of the 115 cont....
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Author Jack Walters
There is a myth in American and other first-world business cultures that being tough and unreasonable are keys to extracting high productivity from employees, but profound economic, demographic, and cultural change are creating a workplace where that myth can no lon....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Successful Onboarding: Strategies to Unlock Hidden Value Within Your Organization
Author Lilith Christiansen , Mark Stein
CAPTURE THE ONBOARDING MARGIN WITH THE “4 PILLARS” OF SUCCESSFUL ONBOARDING Bringing a new employee on board can be the start of a rewarding relationship or the beginning of a missed opportunity. This smart book can teach you how to make the most of each employee’s ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams
Author Trent Hamm
Struggling with debt?Frustrated about work?Just not satisfied with life?“Trent Hamm set out to boost his happiness by freeing himself from debt. This account of how he succeeded, and how he was able to construct the life he’d always wanted, will inspire readers to p....
Release Date 2010/06 -
The Truth About Hiring Older Employees
Author Cathy Fyock
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Hiring the Best (9780132381864), by Cathy Fyock. Available in print and digital formats.Why it may make sense to start hiring retirees--and how to do it effectively and successfully.Many retirees are interested in retu....
Release Date 2010/06 -
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 -
Author Peg DAWSON , Richard GUARE , Chuck MARTIN
Ever feel like you’re in the wrong job, maybe even the wrong career? You may be right. But before you make another move, consider this: Your brain is hardwired with a unique combination of 12 different Executive Skills—the cognitive strengths that determ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Akashic Record
Author Colin Andrews , Dr. Synthia Andrews
The universal consciousness is an open book to those willing to explore it.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Akashic leads readers on a journey into their personal past, present, and future, learning the fundamentals of the Akasha - a Hindu word variously translated as ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Author David Wang , Spencer Ng , Bruce Jacob
Is your memory hierarchy stopping your microprocessor from performing at the high level it should be? Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk shows you how to resolve this problem. The book tells you everything you need to know about the logical design and operation....
Release Date 2010/07 -
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 -
The Truth About Background and Reference Checks When Hiring
Author Cathy Fyock
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Hiring the Best (9780132381864) by Cathy Fyock. Available in print and digital formats.How to ferret out and avoid “scam-didates”: job candidates who flat-out lie about their credentials and experience.The candidate yo....
Release Date 2010/07