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Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerrilla Guide to Raising Money
Author Susan L. Golden
Susan Golden provides not just another book on proposal writing, but one which provides a realistic view of proposal writing with practical step-by-step guidance towards success -- useful for both novice and experienced grantwriters.Patricia F. Lewis, ACFR, presiden....
Release Date 1997/02 -
Successful Grants Program Management
Author David G. Bauer
As school districts struggle with decentralized management, the need to coordinate grant proposal development has grown dramatically. This indispensable resource contains all the practical tools that districts need to manage cross-curricular proposals for all their ....
Release Date 1999/11 -
Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants
Author Martin John Brown , Larissa Golden Brown
Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful gra....
Release Date 2001/08 -
Author Robert Heller
Learn all you need to know about creating and using a resume successfully, from summarizing your achievements to targeting potential companies and replying to job advertisements. Writing Your Resume not only shows you how to decide on your career objectives, but als....
Release Date 1999/11 -
Author Brian Tracy
The ability to speak with confidence and deliver winning presentations can accelerate your career, earn people’s great respect, and enable you to achieve your greatest -- even most impossible-seeming goals. But what many people don't realize is that anyone can lear....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Author Adele B. Lynn
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a strong indicator of individual, team, and organizational success. But stocking up on emotionally intelligent employees isn’t enough: you need a concrete plan for putting this valuable resource to work. The EQ Difference offers ....
Release Date 2004/11 -
Author Tom Sant
Language is the medium of business. To be successful, we need to communicate effectively in writing. That’s true whether we are providing instructions to our colleagues, communicating with our customers, or advising our direct reports. We must be able to deli....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Author David G. Pugh
In their book Winning Behavior, Terry Bacon and David Pugh showed how great companies outperform good ones through "behavioral differentiation" -- going beyond superior products and dependable service to connect with customers at every touchpoint. The Behavioral Ad....
Release Date 2004/05 -
Author Harvey DEUTSCHENDORF
We have known for years that the difference between those who become successful in life and those who struggle is their degree of emotional intelligence (EI), or "people skills.” Now, The Other Kind of Smart shows readers how they can increase their emotional intell....
Release Date 2009/05 -
Planning Successful Meetings and Events
Author Ann J. Boehme
Planning a meeting or event is no easy task. Just ask any of the administrative staffers who are increasingly being asked to do it. One minor mistake -- a plane ticket that doesn't arrive on time, not enough vegetarian meals at the luncheon, the wrong kind of audi....
Release Date 1998/11 -
The AMA Handbook of Business Writing
Author Jennifer WAUSON , Kevin WILSON
Just because you’re not a born writer doesn’t mean you should settle for less than perfect business documents. After all, every piece you write reflects directly on the quality of the product or service your business offers. Now, this helpful guide takes....
Release Date 2010/08 -
The Cultural Intelligence Difference
Author David LIVERMORE
IQ, EQ, and now…CQ! A proven way to measure cultural intelligence, with strategies for pushing the score higher. The CQ Self-Assessment is not available in this electronic edition of The Cultural Intelligence Difference. You can purchase the assessment at www....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Author Richard Lauchman
Good writing is good business. Simple, straightforward writing saves time, creates good relationships, and prevents expensive misunderstandings. But why is it so hard to achieve? This incisive guide suggests ways to think about writing -- what it should look and so....
Release Date 2008/06 -
Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success
Author Jill Konrath , Colleen Stanley
Even skilled salespeople buckle in tough selling situations—getting defensive with prospects who challenge them on price or too quickly caving to discount pressure. Those are examples of the fight-or-flight response—something salespeople learn to av....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Author Dorothy Grover Bolton , Robert Bolton
Want better results? Talk less and listen more.Listening might seem like the easiest thing in the world to do. But most people retain only a fraction of what they hear, resulting in miscommunications and lost opportunities.When you actively listen, you learn to gat....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
Author Anthony Mersino
Research indicates that emotional intelligence (EI) accounts for an astonishing 70-80 percent of management success. Technical expertise just isn’t enough anymore: project managers need strong interpersonal skills and the ability to recognize emotional cu....
Release Date 2013/06 -
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 -
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 Lynn Curry
Bullies aren’t limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don’t steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell—and even ruin your career.Whether the bully is ....
Release Date 2016/01 -
The Etiquette Edge, 2nd Edition
Author Beverly Langford
Intelligence, ambition, and skill will start you on the road to success, but without strong communications skills, social savvy, and a sense of appropriate behavior...you won’t get far.The Etiquette Edge gives you a crash course on modern business manners. New advi....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Harry Mills
When it comes to messaging, what worked in the past won’t work today. Our noisy, digital world has undermined our ability to focus.For a message to grab attention and persuade, it now has to pass the SAUCE test and be: Simple, Appealing, Unexpected, Credible, and E....
Release Date 2017/02 -
A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths
Author Annette Simmons
No more "checking for feet." This illuminating guide gets people to tell the truth at the meeting--not in the bathroom afterwards. Almost everybody does it--lie, that is. In one recent survey 93% of people admitted to lying regularly at work! Why? Because it's sa....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Author Paul Hellman
Every day at work, people do three things: talk, listen, and pretend to listen. That’s not surprising—the average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds. To get heard, says high-stakes communications expert Paul Hellman, you need to focus your message, be slightly....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Author Derek Lewis , Matthew Pollard
An introvert? Great at sales? YES.Sales is a skill anyone can learn and master — and introverts are especially good at it once they learn how to leverage their natural strengths.Introverts aren’t comfortable with traditional tactics like aggressively pushing a prod....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Beverly Langford
Intelligence, ambition, and skill can take you a long way to achieving your career goals—but no matter where or with whom you work, one of the factors most essential to your success is knowing how to act and interact with your colleagues. In the modern workplace, if....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Author Anthony C. Mersino
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers introduces readers to the basic concepts of emotional intelligence and shows how to apply them to their project goals. Readers will learn how to:Set the tone and direction for the projectCommunicate more effectivelyImprove....
Release Date 2007/07 -
John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Brilliant Communication
Author John Adair
Everything You Need to Communicate Effectively. . .in an InstantJohn Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Brilliant Communication is all you need to master the skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading, from one of the world's best-known and moist sought-after ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
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 -
Author Elizabeth Kuhnke
What does your body language say about you? From strangers on the street, to your closest friends and family – even if you're not speaking, you're saying a lot with your body. Body Language explores the way we use our bodies to communicate, the way we hold oursel....
Release Date 2016/07 -
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