Bestsellers from AMACOM

Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success, Second Edition

ISBN: 9780814429761 (ebook)

A practical, step-by-step guide for creating, cultivating, and capitalizing on networking opportunities and relationships, this book shows you how to make a memorable entrance, make conversations flow, and follow up. In this completely revised edition, the authors offer new case studies, examples, checklists, and questionnaires, as well as expanded advice on building social capital at work and in job hunting. Complete with a unique self-assessment test that lets you chart your progress as you master the strategies that will help you build beneficial business relationships.

Personality Power: Discover Your Unique Profile—and Unlock Your Potential for Breakthrough Success

ISBN: 9780814431184 (ebook)

The key to both enjoying and succeeding at work lies in knowing your core strengths—and making the most of them. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Grounded, realistic, and accountable? Competitive and theoretical? Spontaneous and action-oriented? Creative and empathetic? Based on the easy-to-understand “Color Q” model of the four major personality groups—used by more than 50,000 professionals worldwide—Personality Power gives you a clear blueprint for using your natural abilities more effectively…and reenergizing your professional life.

Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure's On

ISBN: 9780814432129 (paperback)

Success Under Stress offers a veritable arsenal of “magic bullet” solutions—hundreds of situation-specific, quick-acting tips for defusing stress and boosting productivity. Complete with quizzes, examples, exercises, and more, this practical book helps you gain control, exude calmness and confidence amidst everyday chaos, and achieve the success you richly deserve.

Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire

ISBN: 9780814420317 (ebook)

In the world of business, storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager, with major companies encouraging its use as a means to sell ideas, communicate a vision for the future, and inspire commitment. Whether it's in a speech or a memo, communicated to one person or a thousand, using stories to convey your ideas allows you to engage others emotionally and to effortlessly make them remember and “experience” your ideas on a tremendously powerful, personal level.