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Career Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, publishes general non-fiction that addresses real, practical human needs. Our useful, accessible, how-to books reach a broad market of average Americans — people grappling with universal issues relating to job -hunting, career management, education, money, personal goals, HR & workplace issues, management, marketing/sales, negotiation, small business/entrepreneurship, and motivation/self-help.

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Compassionate Careers : Making a Living by Making a Difference

“What I see when I look into the eyes and hearts of the people who serve is joy. My invitation to you is to join them on compassionate careers.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu Many young people today are seeking something more - purpose, meaning, a cause. COMPASSIONATE CAREERS is filled with examples of people who have meaningful jobs in cause-focused organisations. These stories capture their spirit, i
€8.80 excl tax

You'Re Lying! : Secrets From an Expert Military Interrogator to Spot the Lies and Get to the Truth

Lena wrote YOU'RE LYING! because no matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception and reveal the truth. While you probably won't ever have to interrogate a detainee who doesn't want to tell you about an upcoming terrorist attack - as Lena has - YOU'RE LYING! will help you deal with that salesperson trying to rip you off, the
€11.60 excl tax

100 ways to overcome shyness - go from self-conscious to self-confident

100 WAYS TO OVERCOME SHYNESS is a powerful collection of useful information, case studies and exercises on how to manage your shyness so you can communicate with people you don't know very well (or at all) in a wide range of personal and professional settings and circumstances. Easy-to-use conversation starters are interspersed with lists and exercises throughout the book. There are, also, chapter
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Don'T Wear Flip-Flops To Your Interview : And Other Obvious Tips That You Should Be Following to Get the Job You Want

When it comes to getting a job, the smallest thing can trip you up. For 30 years, Dr. Paul Powers has asked thousands of successful job hunters a few basic but important questions: What do you wish someone had told you when you started your job search? What (obvious or not-so-obvious) job hunting mistake will you never make again? What job hunting tip, secret or technique would you stress to your
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Lead Inside The Box : How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results

Every employee is different, but, unfortunately, many leaders use a one-size-fits-all approach to leading. In doing so, these, otherwise well-intentioned, leaders are working harder than they should while not getting all they could out of their teams.LEAD INSIDE THE BOX gives leaders a way to get the best out of their teams by focusing their energy where it will make the biggest difference. It tea
€8.80 excl tax

Breaking through "bitch" - how women can shatter stereotypes and lead fearl

When a man strongly asserts his point of view and autonomy, he is hailed as a strong, competent leader. When a woman exhibits the same executive qualities, she is labeled a brusque, overbearing bitch. This is not really news anymore, is it? Yet these unfair perceptions are a key reason why only five percent of Fortune 500 company CEOs are women.How can women leaders break through that brick wall o
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Living Proof : Onyx Moonshine's Journey to Revive the American Spirit

LIVING PROOF tells the story of how, in just a few short years, Connecticut natives, Adam and Pete, took Onyx Spirits Company from a start-up concept born in a restored Civil War-era factory to a multimillion-dollar, award-winning spirit distillery by breaking rules, learning from failures and challenging the status quo. Business lessons distilled from the mind of a moonshiner include:· Finding yo
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Brand Seduction : How Neuroscience Can Help Marketers Build Memorable Brands

For many marketing professionals, “science” is a four-letter word. They see brand-building as an unteachable art guided by their intuition and experience. But at its core, marketing aims to seed ideas into people's minds, make them feel a certain way and, ultimately, get them to act.In BRAND SEDUCTION, Daryl reveals the latest psychological and neuroscientific discoveries about how our minds proce
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Elephant In The Boardroom : How Leaders Use and Manage Conflict to Reach Greater Levels of Success

“When leaders fail to confront conflict, they become the 'biggest elephant' in the room.” In a survey of more than 4,000 CEOs, executives and managers, more than 90 percent admitted they were uncomfortable confronting or engaging in conflict. Yet leaders must realise that every conflict presents an opportunity to reach higher levels of performance. In THE ELEPHANT IN THE BOARDROOM, award-winning l
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Retirement Boom : An All Inclusive Guide to Money, Life, and Health in Your Next Chapter

Baby Boomers are reinventing retirement just as they have so many other aspects of their lives. They will live longer and be healthier than their parents and grandparents and they plan to remain relevant, be fulfilled and leave legacies. Many will continue to work well into their 70s and 80s, some because they want to, others because they need to. The co-authors of this practical guide are four Bo
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Dollarlogic - a six-day plan to achieving investment returns by conquering

Risk does not equal reward.This is the proprietary thesis of DOLLARLOGIC and what separates Martin's message from the rest of the “buy, buy, buy!” investment industry. Risk does not equal reward in relationships, behind the wheel of a car or in any other aspect of life, so why should it in the highly varied and sophisticated world of investing? In DOLLARLOGIC, Wall Street veteran, Andy Martin, exp
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501 ways to roll out the red carpet for your customers - easy-to-implement

It's no secret that companies that deliver one-of-a-kind experiences for their customers create raving fans that return, recommend and clamour for more. As a leader in your organisation, you are charged with coming up with unique and exciting ideas for rolling out the red carpet for your customers. But given your other responsibilities, where can you find the time to do so? 501 WAYS TO ROLL OUT TH
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Essential Executor's Handbook : A Quick and Handy Resource for Dealing with Wills, Trusts, Benefits, and Probate

Many of you, regardless of your feelings on the matter, will eventually be appointed as executor of your parents', spouse's, or another's estate. Just calling an attorney isn't enough. Settling a decedent's estate may require the combined expertise of accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, realtors, bankers, brokers, insurance companies, a myriad of bureaucrats, and, yes, even lawyers. Where do you
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Investing With Purpose : Capitalize on the Time and Money You Have to Create the Tomorrow You Desire

When he was 24 years old, Mark Aardsma was fired. He had little in the way of savings. But instead of panicking and seeking to land a new job immediately, he sat down and began to invest his time and money differently. By the time he was 34, he had multiplied his limited savings a thousand fold and controlled a multi-million-dollar portfolio of businesses and other investments. The notes he took a
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Simple Is The New Smart : 26 Success Strategies to Build Confidence, Inspire Yourself, and Reach Your Ultimate Potential

Whether you are at work or at home, you are probably being asked to do more with less. We often become consumed with what doesn't really matter and spend far too much of our precious time on what doesn't even count. In SIMPLE IS THE NEW SMART, Dr. Rob Fazio shows you how to block out the static so you can turn up the volume on the right information and accelerate your path to success. In an engagi
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Visibility marketing - the no-holds-barred truth about what it takes to gra

The landscape is littered with the corpses of great products and strong companies that died because of crappy marketing. Why do so many companies fail so miserably? Why do high-priced ad agencies and marketing firms keep spitting out stupid campaigns? Too many in business have failed to recognise the shift that has happened right under their noses. It's not so much that people have changed, it's t
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Your Creative Mind : Disrupt Your Thinking, Abandon Your Comfort Zone, Develop Bold New Strategies

Too many companies limit their strategic thinking by focusing on what they already know how to do. Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create detailed, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best. As a result, the business can find its
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Leadership Campaign : 10 Political Strategies to Win at Your Career and Propel Your Business to Victory

THE LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN is a playbook for winning in the reality of today's competitive global business environment. Each of the 10 steps it offers were learned on the most intensely competitive global battlefields.Thirty years ago, the authors were top-tier political consultants who could boast of a dozen presidential wins around the world. Candidates hired the authors' company to apply to their
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Scared Speechless : 9 Ways to Overcome Your Fears and Captivate Your Audience

SCARED SPEECHLESS is written by talent rep and 2015 Oscar® publicist, Steve Rohr and Dr. Shirley Impellizzeri, a clinical psychologist who has appeared on The Doctors, Hollywood Exes, Workout and Dr. Drew. It really is true: What you say and how you say it speaks volumes about your professional promise and leadership potential. Whether it's giving an impromptu sales pitch or keynoting a major busi
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Negotiating with tough customers - never take no for a final answer and oth

Negotiation is the middle ground between capitulation and stonewalling, a back-and-forth between two parties trying to reach agreement. If a price or other term is non-negotiable, there is no give and take, just “take it or leave it.” You may think you are negotiating, but if the other side isn't playing, you aren't either. Regardless of the industry, situation or product, the two most common mist
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