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12 Steps To A New Career : What to Do When You Want to Make a Change Now!

Changing jobs in your 30's or at an executive or managerial level requires you to think more strategically about your career. As your coach, the author guides you through the process of making job and career changes in a step-by-step fashion that is specific to your level and situation. You will learn what you need to do, when you need to do it and why (from multiple perspectives - yours, recruite

Can I Have Your Attention? : How to Think Fast, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Concentration

CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? is not your traditional self-help book that offers 12 simple steps to enhance brainpower. Nor is it a book on Eastern Wisdom, spirituality, or conventional meditation. It is an eye-popping adventure that combines ancient, high-speed attention-building processes with cutting-edge attention research in psychology, neurology and biology. Through Joseph Cardillo's engaging p

Web Content Rx : A Quick and Handy Guide for Writers, Webmasters, eBayers, and Business People

Based on the latest research on how people read the Web, it also includes numerous tips, tricks, and techniques on writing a blog, training and creating an audio or video podcast.This must-have reference is for anyone working on the Web. Webmasters can avoid losing projects for lack of content. Business people can now create effective, readily understood Web content about their services or product

Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook

Are you a staff member, a board member or a volunteer of a faith-based, human service, arts or other nonprofit organization that needs additional funds to accomplish its mission? Are there not enough hours in the day to raise the funds your agency needs? Do your colleagues not have the expertise or interest to raise the cash needed? Do you need a quick source of practical information about ways to

Think Like A Marketer : What It Really Takes to Stand Out From the Crowd, the Clutter, and the Competition

Do you find marketing to be confusing, difficult or overwhelming? Are you not sure where to begin? Do you have a plan, but don't know how to make it happen? To act and succeed like a marketer, you must first think like one. When you do, marketing becomes routine, focused and successful as you take clear, confident steps to grow your business every day.THINK LIKE A MARKETER takes the mystery out of

Creating Passion-Driven Teams

Make your job easier. Get the inside scoop on the secrets of success that motivate teams to top performance. In the matrix of workplace roles and responsibilities, managers are pivotal to corporate success. Yet a manager is often the unsung hero who must adapt to demands from all sides - and do so with little or no training and without mentorship for the role. Learn from Dan Bobinski, who draws fr

Leap! : 101 Ways to Grow Your Business

Business growth requires more than a business plan and a dream. You must utilise many tools and techniques to take your company to the next level. LEAP! 101 Ways To Grow Your Business is loaded with practical strategies that you can use based on your business-growth goals and the distinct needs of your company.LEAP! is divided into four sections: Leverage, Execute, Accelerate, Prosper; you will le

Your Mind: An Owner's Manual For A Better Life--10 Simple Truths That Will Set You Free

Do you know that:· Emotions are understandable and contain valuable information?· Our behaviour has a hidden purpose?· We all have an internal saboteur whom we must identify and control?· We can change how we act if we change how we think?· Time heals nothing?During their more than 60,000 hours facilitating psychotherapy, Drs. Cortman and Shinitzky realised that most people are unaware of 10 cruci

Emotional Fitness At Work : 6 Strategic Steps to Success Using the Power of Emotion

As the world's economies continue to melt down, Dr. Goldsmith gives us the information we need to help make it through this difficult and scary time. Anyone who wants to keep his or her job - and any leader who wants to keep his or her company afloat - needs to learn how to deal with and utilise the power of emotions. Packed with simple tools, tactics, tricks and techniques, EMOTIONAL FITNESS AT W

Top Notch Executive Interviews

In these turbulent times, the job-interview game is more difficult than ever for executives. They face a longer interview process, must demonstrate a vision to meet the prospective employer's challenges and will undergo intense vetting before receiving a job offer. TOP NOTCH EXECUTIVE INTERVIEWS reveals what employers really want and expect to see in 'executive' candidate interview behaviour and c

Don'T Take The Last Donut : New Rules of Business Etiquette

DON'T TAKE THE LAST DONUT gives you the tools you need to be confident and letter-perfect in any business setting - from pitch to presentation, from networking to contract negotiations and everything in between. With this book, you will easily master the art of small talk, the protocol of the perfect business introduction and the many nuances of the business lunch. You'll learn:· The protocol of t

Winning Job Interviews

Here is one book every job hunter needs. Fast paced, with no fluff, WINNING JOB INTERVIEWS is packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market-proven and easy to use. Combining 30 years of career expertise with equal doses of motivation and humour, Dr. Paul Powers shows you how to:· Overcome the “deadly dozen” roadblocks that trip up the even the most-seasoned job hunter.· Always h

Work At Home Now : The No-Nonsense Guide to Finding Your Perfect Home-Based Job, Avoiding Scams, and Making a Great Living

Many legitimate home-based jobs and projects can be found online, but trustworthy guidance is scarce. Worse, with a 56-to-1 “scam ratio” in work-at-home ads, the terrain is a minefield of fraud. Nevertheless, customer service agents, researchers, test scorers, tutors, writers and concierges are just a few of the many people regularly hired to work from home. In WORK AT HOME NOW, you'll learn:· The

Healing Companions: Ordinary Dogs & Their Extraordinary Power To Transform Lives

As millions of dog owners worldwide will attest, there's something about the presence of a dog that inspires confidence, nurtures emotional well-being and brings out the best in ourselves. But for some people, the presence of a dog can do even more. Written by the leading expert in an emerging new field of therapy, HEALING COMPANIONS is the first book to detail how dogs are increasingly benefiting

Competency-based interviews - how to master the tough interview style used

People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Technology is becoming more sophisticated and virtual assessment centres are being used to assess how strong candidates are in key competency areas. Global competencies are being used to help organisations choose people for international assignments or simply to work on diverse international teams. The bes

Find Out Anything From Anyone, Anytime : Secrets of Calculated Questioning From a Veteran Interrogator

The secret to finding out anything you want to know is amazingly simple: Ask good questions. Most people trip through life asking bad questions—of teachers, friends, colleagues, customers, experts and suspects. Even people trained in questioning, such as journalists and lawyers, commonly ask questions that get partial or misleading answers. People in any profession will immediately benefit by deve

How to study - the program that has helped millions of students study smart

HOW TO STUDY reveals the study skills that all students need to know to be successful, whether the goal is landing a top scholarship, excelling in school or preparing to return to school. This edition includes information on how to create an effective work environment, stand out in class, conduct research online and much more. Fry, also, covers all the traditional elements of a winning study strat

Innovation by design - how any organization can leverage design thinking to

Why are some organisations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, encourage and exploit the natural innovation within our organisations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative organisations. In study after study, leaders say that fostering innovation and the need for transforma

I Can Read You Like A Book : How to Spot the Messages and Emotions People Are Really Sending with their Body Language

Are you in business, journalism, law enforcement, or medicine? Do you face students in a classroom or criminals in a courtroom? Are you in a relationship or looking for one? Do you have children? Then you need the skills to read them like a book!I Can Read You Like a Book features a system for scanning and interpreting anyone's body language, enabling you to figure out what they are really saying

Find Your Happy At Work

Has your career plateaued? Do you sometimes dread starting work? Are you bogged down by frustration, boredom, loneliness, or uncertainty? There's hope.FIND YOUR HAPPY AT WORK, the latest book by acclaimed executive coach Beverly Jones, gives you a road map to quickly create more joy and meaning in your work, even if you don't love your job.Yes, aspects of your career are beyond your control. But J

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