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Skills for New Managers, 2nd Edition
Author Morey Stettner
PROVEN TIPS TO HANDLE EVERYDAY MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS --ALL IN A FAST-MOVING, EASY-TO-REFERENCE FORMATManaging people is one of the most demanding yet career-enhancing and rewarding skills you can have. Skills for New Managers, Second Edition, provides everything yo....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Public Debt Dynamics of Europe and the U.S.
Author Dimitris N. Chorafas
Public Debt Dynamics of Europe and the U.S., provides the evidence and implications of current policies by sovereigns and central banks, in dealing with the debt abyss. It brings in perspective the diversity of opinion reigning in modern economics and finance and o....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Emma Ledden
Make the next presentation you do, the best you’ve ever done. The Presentation Book shows how you can easily put your nerves behind you and calmly and confidently deliver a clear, sharp and very influential presentation. With Emma Ledden’s expert help, quick tips an....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management
Author Ralph L. Kliem
Creative companies are distinguished by their ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, changing economy. Their products and services stand out in the market, and these companies’ ability to be agile and innovative is key to their success.Creative, Efficient, and ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
EGO vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps with Emotional Intelligence
Author Jen Shirkani
As leaders climb the corporate ladder of success, the risk of falling into “ego traps” increases, which in turn can hurt business and threaten hard-won success. In EGO vs. EQ, author Jennifer Shirkani presents ways of honing Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to eliminate ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
It Starts with One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations, Third Edition
Author Hal Gregersen , J. Stewart Black
As many as 60% of organizational change initiatives fail. This means that many normally successful, motivated, and determined managers nonetheless struggle to lead change effectively. Most of those leadership failures share a common cause: managers mistakenly believ....
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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 -
The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence
Author John Baldoni
A leader’s most important job is to communicate. Every day, whether in a meeting or a presentation, a water-cooler conversation or a formal speech, his or her ability to craft and deliver a clear message, one the audience will believe, is the tipping poin....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author John D. Skrentny
A provocative new approach to race in the workplaceWhat role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects
Author Maryann O. Keating , Barry P. Keating
CBA is an attempt to fully account for all costs associated with a new proposal along with a detailed calculation of specific private and public benefits. Properly employed, CBA is simply a method for assessing a proposal prior to a collective decision by cal....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author Garr Reynolds
Creating and delivering a successful presentation today often means breaking through the noise and allowing your audience to focus on you and your message. You can have a great impact using simple design choices in your presentations but you just need to know where ....
Release Date 2013/12 -
An Introduction to the Nikon Creative Lighting System
Author Alan Hess
The most important aspect of capturing a quality image isn’t the camera you use, the aperture settings, the shutter speed, or the ISO–it’s the light. With this ebook, you will learn how to enhance the light in your images by using the Nikon Creative Lighting System ....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Tim Grierson
Screenwriting looks at the foundation on which every great film is built—the script. Whether an original concept or an adaptation, the screenplay is the key to the success of a movie—good dialogue, story pacing, and character development are the framework everything....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Success as an Introvert For Dummies
Author Joan Pastor
Thrive as an introvert in an extrovert worldBill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and author J.K. Rowling have more in common than being highly successful. They're also introverts. Success as an Introvert For Dummies identifies common misunderstandings about introverts and ....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Maryann Karinch
To get the truth from someone, you need two sets of skills. The first are the interpersonal skills necessary to get the facts. But the second group of skills is equally if not more important: they enable you to assess whether the facts actually fit together whether ....
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The Virtual Training Guidebook
Author Cindy Huggett
Packed with checklists, advice, and howto features, The Virtual Training Guidebook teaches you how to design, deliver, and implement live online learning. This book will help learning professionals transition to the online classroom by taking a holistic look at succ....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Scott Keyser
The decision to award a contract is often based on marginal differences between bidders. If you want to raise your tendering win-rate and ROI, you must do everything you can to widen those margins and shorten your odds of winning. Full of hints, tips, tools and tech....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Bill Hoogterp
"Bill's Own the Room methodology has helped countless speakers play at a higher level."—Sheryl Sandberg, COO of FACEBOOKOvercome Your Fear and Deliver Dynamic PresentationsYour style is perfect for you. Public speaking coach to the C-suite Bill Hoogterp shows you p....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships
Author Charles L. Adler
From teleportation and space elevators to alien contact and interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some brilliant and innovative ideas. Yet how plausible are these ideas--for instance, could Mr. Weasley's flying car in the Harry ....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 5th Edition
Author Hal Rainey
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, FIFTH EDITION"This is the definitive place for all serious students of public administration to start. It is the most comprehensive book in the field. It is required reading for MPA students, Ph.D. students, and all s....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Tom Stern , Lester Kaufman , Jane Straus
A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guideThe Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Alexandra Samuel
If you’re looking for a way to more effectively manage your inbox, your email program’s built-in filtering tools can do a lot of the heavy lifting—and this short book by social media expert Alexandra Samuel shows you how to set them up. Samuel walks you through tool....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Mark Peters
Writing and speaking with correct grammar and style is the key to getting ahead in business and life. For many, however, mastering the details of grammar is a slow and painful process. The Idiot's Guide®: Grammar and Style makes learning and using proper grammar cl....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers
Author Barry Dorr
Engineers know that, as in any other discipline, getting a good job requires practical, up-to-date skills. An engineering degree provides a broad set of fundamentals. Ten Essential Skills applies those fundamentals to practical tasks required by employers. Written i....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Presentation Lab: Learn the Formula Behind Powerful Presentations
Author Simon Morton
Revealing the difference between great slides and great presentationsBased on a proven process from one of the world's most prominent presentation consultancy and design firms, The Presentation Lab challenges everything you thought you knew about creating and deliv....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Ryan Avery , Jeremey Donovan
The secrets of superb public speaking—based on the best of the best of ToastmastersToastmasters, a name synonymous with public speaking, is dedicated to developing its members’ communication and leadership skills.Now Distinguished Toastmaster Jeremey Donovan and Pub....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports
Author Michael Hass , Jeanne Anne Carriere
"This book focuses on how to write a psychological report that is first and foremost helpful to consumers, while also being technically and legally defensible. Like the reports the authors describe, the book is carefully organized, beautifully written, and accessibl....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Hedwyg van Groenendaal
Create amazing Prezis presentations with ten exciting Prezi projectsIn DetailPrezi is a new and marvelous approach to the visualization of information, with over 30 million users across the globe. It's used all over the world for business presentations, pitches, an....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Frank J. Pietrucha
In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Emotional Intelligence: Managing emotions to make a positive impact on your life and career
Author Gill Hasson
From the author of the bestselling Mindfulness: Be Mindful. Live in the Moment.Emotional Intelligence is fast becoming the skill to master that will unlock your true potential.You've probably noticed that it's not the smartest people that are the most successful o....
Release Date 2014/05