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Creative Execution: What Great Leaders Do to Unleash Bold Thinking and Innovation
Author Eric Beaudan
The ultimate game-changer for reinventing strategy and igniting peopleWhether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or Google, the indisputable alchemy of strategy, execution, and leadership led to each's phenomenal succes....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author Ken Kirk
This Infoline will tackle the readability issue more appropriately by discussing guidelines for mastering clear and concise sentences in your workplace writing. The goal is to practice composing a sentence that requires only one reading to decipher the intended mess....
Release Date 2010/07 -
The Government Manager's Guide to Plain Language
Author Judith G. Myers
The ability to write well correlates highly with the ability to think well—to analyze information, weigh alternatives, and make decisions. Government managers must make instructions and policies clear to employees, give effective presentations, and communicat....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Give Your Speech, Change the World: How To Move Your Audience to Action
Author Nick Morgan
Do you remember the topic of the last speech you heard? If not, you're not alone. In fact, studies show that audiences remember only 10% to 30% of speech or presentation content. Given those bleak statistics, why do we give speeches at all? We give them, says commu....
Release Date 2005/02 -
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 Louis de Saussure , Andrea Rocci
Common sense tells us that verbal communication should be a central concern both for the study of communication and for the study of language. Language is the most pervasive means of communication in human societies, especially if we consider the huge gamut of comm....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals
Author Mamta Bhatnagar , Nitin Bhatnagar
Communicative English for Engineers and Professionals covers the syllabi of B. Tech, BE, B.Com, M.Com, BBA, MBA, hospitality, B. Pharma, nursing, physiotherapy, and other courses being taught at various universities, and professional and technical institutions. It i....
Release Date 2010/06 -
Best Practices: Communicating Effectively
Author Garry Kranz
In this age of digital communication, getting the right message across clearly is crucial to success. Communicating Effectively, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Build relationships through effective communica....
Release Date 2009/10 -
PR 2.0 in a Web 2.0 World: What Is Public Relations 2.0?
Author Deidre Breakenridge , Brian Solis
This Element is an excerpt from Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR (ISBN: 9780137150694) by Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge. Available in print and digital formats.Discover the new public relati....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Truth About Perfecting Your Presentation Skills (Collection)
Author Claire Meirowitz , Michael Solomon , James O’Rourke , Natalie Canavor
150 powerful bite-size presentation and communication solutions for motivating any audience to action: colleagues, employees, customers, anyone!Three full books of breakthrough techniques for presenting and communicating more effectively! Discover how to speak more ....
Release Date 2010/11 -
The Truth About Investment Scams
Author Steve Weisman
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Avoiding Scams (9780132333856) by Steve Weisman. Available in print and digital formats.10 huge financial rip-offs: how to recognize and avoid them!We’ve all received emails that contained glowing recommendations of a ....
Release Date 2010/11 -
The Truth About Employee Engagement
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Getting the Best from People (9780137080571) by Martha I. Finney. Available in print and digital formats.Engaged employees: how to transform the manager’s dream into your day-to-day reality!Imagine the perfect day at w....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Produce Powerful Presentations (Collection)
Author Jerry Weissman
In Presentation in Action, Weissman does just that: he teaches how to make spectacularly successful presentations by showing exactly how great presenters have done it. Weissman dives into his library of outstanding presentations, sharing examples from current events....
Release Date 2013/08 -
The Truth About Making Complex or Critical Decisions: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes
Author Robert E. Gunther
Praise forThe Truth About Making Smart Decisions “The Truth About Making Smart Decisions offers a truly valuable and entertaining journey through the complex terrain of decision making. Robert Gunther combines a writer's gift of the pen with a keen understanding o....
Release Date 2008/04 -
Author Patrick Harris
The Truth About Creativity provides a practical and example-laden journey through creativity and its talent-releasing benefits for organisations, teams and individuals. Many of the truths are new perspectives on well-known creativity topics and will teach you how to....
Release Date 2010/01 -
The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Third Edition
Author Howard E. Book , Steven J. Stein
REVISED AND UPDAT ED WITH NEW RESEARCH INTO EQ AND PERSONAL AND CAREER SUCCESSWhat is the formula for success at your job? As a spouse? A parent? A Little League baseball coach or behind the bench of a minor hockey team?What does it take to get ahead? To separate yo....
Release Date 2011/06 -
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 -
The Communication Clinic: 99 Proven Cures for the Most Common Business Mistakes
Author Denise Cowie , Barbara Pachter
The proven prescription for powerful business communicationSending an email plagued with typos. Rushing through a presentation. Never saying “no.” Under-dressing for a company event. What do these all have in common? Bad messaging.The Communication Clinic is a comp....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author Sarah van Gelder
We're bombarded by messages telling us that bigger and better things are the keys to happiness—but after we pile up the stuff and pile on the work hours, we end up exhausted and broke on a planet full of trash. Sarah van Gelder and her colleagues at YES! Magaz....
Release Date 2011/11 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide® To Book Proposals & Query Letters
Author Coleen O'Shea , Marilyn Allen
Inside information from publishing professionals.The Complete Idiot's Guide9781615640454 to Book Proposals & Query Letters will help writers catch the attention of literary agents with step-by- step instructions on crafting effective queries and proposals for b....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects, Second Edition
Author Maryann O. Keating , Barry P. Keating
The cost benefit technique is so often referenced in government policy that a correct understanding is necessary for officials entrusted with public decisions. This book presents essential elements for understanding, interpreting, and conducting cost benefit analys....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Running Virtual Meetings (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
Author Harvard Business Review
From crackly conference lines to pixelated video, virtual meetings can be problematic. But you can host a productive conversation in which everyone participates. Running Virtual Meetings takes you through the basics of:Selecting the right virtual venueGiving partic....
Release Date 2016/07 -
A Manual for English Language Laboratories
Author D. Sudha Rani
A Manual for English Language Laboratories offers a rigorous training in phonetics and role play and eventually builds on these two elements and discusses scenarios ranging from informal speech, such as giving directions and describing people or things, to more form....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Firefox and Thunderbird: Beyond Browsing and Email
Author Peter D. Hipson
There's a new browser in town: Firefox is quickly becoming a leading alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you are new to Firefox and want to see what all the buzz is about, Firefox and Thunderbird: Beyond Browsing and Email is the guide that you need. By ....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Writing Effective Business Rules
Author Graham Witt
Writing Effective Business Rules moves beyond the fundamental dilemma of system design: defining business rules either in natural language, intelligible but often ambiguous, or program code (or rule engine instructions), unambiguous but unintelligible to stakeholder....
Release Date 2012/03 -
How to Share Good or Bad News by 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.How to deliver good news more successfully--and deliver bad news in the most posit....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
Author Anne Rudloe , Jack Rudloe
The story of shrimp is as delicious as the creatures themselves. Renowned nature writers Jack and Anne Rudloe tell that story with passion, revealing a hidden history that has spanned millennia. You’ll discover the human stories and heritage behind centuries of shri....
Release Date 2009/12 -
The Proper Role of Graphics in a Presentation
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The #1 killer mistake presenters make with graphics–and what you need to do....
Release Date 2010/02