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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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Management Productivity Multipliers

In his work consulting to major corporations for more than thirty years, Gerald Kraines consistently hears that 60–70 percent of business organizations' potential effectiveness goes unrealized. He shares how to engage, align, and develop employees in order to leverage and encourage optimal performance and long-lasting results.Filled with useful anecdotes and lively case studies, this book will hel
€10.30 excl tax

Badvertising

Jim Morris has been responsible for some of the most memorable ad campaigns in history. He knows best that bad ads don't just create themselves. Part indictment on the advertising industry, part cautionary tale on what not to do with your ads, Jim pulls no punches to better ad people everywhere. How can the ad industry even exist when almost all of the products that it produces fall on a continuum
€10.30 excl tax

Wait, I'M Working With Who?!?

Who hasn't had to deal with a jerk at work? Whether it's a toxic team member who loves nothing more than to suck the life and excitement out of her colleagues, the difficult coworker who isn't happy unless the office is filled with mayhem and drama, or a bad boss who causes his employees to constantly dream of telling him to “Take this job and shove it!”, we've all had to deal with people on the j
€9.60 excl tax

Essential Diversity Mindset

In our divided climate with heightened concerns and emotions over inclusion, racism, and activism, THE ESSENTIAL DIVERSITY MINDSET offers a transformative approach to diversity—as a mindset, not as a formula. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviours (not enforcements, compliances, or statistics) drive diversity outcomes.THE ESSENTIAL DIVERSITY MINDSET provides answers to businesses, organizations, and p
€9.80 excl tax

Small Data, Big Disruptions

An organization's future success depends on their decision makers' ability to anticipate changes and disruptions in the marketplace. But how do you get information about tomorrow today? How can your decisions today account for tomorrow's uncertainties?SMALL DATA, BIG DISRUPTIONS presents a tool kit to foresee coming changes:· Understand why big data will not help you with understanding tomorrow's
€12.90 excl tax

Secrets Of Power Negotiating - 25th Anniversary Edition

SECRETS OF POWER NEGOTIATING covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice, from beginning steps to critical final moves: how to recognize unethical tactics, key principles of the Power Negotiating strategy, why money is not as important as everyone thinks, negotiating pressure points, understanding the other party and gaining the upper hand, and analyses of differen
€13.70 excl tax

Leader Mentoring : Find, Inspire, and Cultivate Great Leaders

Mentoring differs from instruction, teaching and coaching in that it emphasizes not talents and skills used in executing a project, but the qualities and values of life that are needed to sustain oneself in the creative endeavour. In LEADER MENTORING, Shenkman makes the case for leader mentoring. “No mentors, no leaders,” he says. Yet, this great, ancient and necessary catalyst for learning has be
€9.30 excl tax

Customer Service In An Instant : 60 Ways to Win Customers and Keep Them Coming Back

The In An Instant series is a new brand of user-friendly, engaging, and practical reference guides on core business topics, which capitalises on the authors' extensive experience and knowledge, as well as interviews they have conducted with leading business experts. Written in an upbeat and engaging style, the series presents 60 tips and techniques with anecdotes, examples and exercises that the r
€7.20 excl tax

Make Meetings Matter

Meetings should drive results. Instead they drive most people crazy! MAKE MEETINGS MATTER will help you rethink the role of meetings in your organisation and enable you to:· Reinvent meetings to get more done, minimise time spent and maximise productivity.· Avoid unnecessary and useless meetings.· Keep participants engaged and energised.· Keep the agenda on track.· Leverage technology.· Ensure fol
€8.80 excl tax

Job Search Bloopers : Every Mistake You Can Make on the Road to Career Suicide...and How to Avoid Them

You've been told, “Learn from your mistakes.” But why? You don't have to waste your time or energy in missing out on the job of your dreams while learning as you go!In JOB SEARCH BLOOPERS you'll peek into the lives of job seekers as they share their sometimes hilarious and, all-too-often, horrendous career blunders. With each story you'll also gain practical and easily applicable real-world advice
€8.30 excl tax

E-Mail In An Instant : 60 Ways to Communicate With Style and Impact

Surveys show that people in corporations receive an average of 175 messages per day. Topping the list is e-mail, surpassing voice mail, faxes and telephone messages as the most frequent type of message received.While e-mail is the biggest communication tool for business use, its remote nature - which eliminates tone of voice and body language - presents a huge potential for misunderstanding and mi
€6.20 excl tax

6 Steps To Free Publicity

Want the world to know who you are, what your company offers or the urgency of your cause? With the popularity of the Internet, it's never been easier for an ordinary person to use publicity to spread the word. Whether you want to attract new business, establish yourself as an expert, build your company's reputation or introduce a new concept to the community, free publicity is the cheapest, most
€8.30 excl tax

Battling Big Box : How Nimble Niche Companies Can Outmaneuver Giant Competitors

Turning any small business into a success is tough. Doing so in a market crowded with national and global sized competitors seems challenging, to put it kindly. Yet the millions of small business owners continue to fight. Many thousands lose every year. Why? Because they fail to capitalise on the agility their small size affords them. Small businesses must adapt virtually every day if they are to
€8.30 excl tax

151 Quick Ideas To Improve Your People Skills

Do you work with other people? Fellow employees; your boss; customers; buyers; colleagues? Of course, we all work in organisations comprised of people. People with whom we must have strong, positive relationships in order to ensure our own success as well as the organisation's.Do we get any training or education on this key skill at our companies? Rarely. 151 QUICK IDEAS TO IMPROVE YOUR PEOPLE SKI
€7.70 excl tax

Capitalizing On Kindness : Why 21st Century Professionals Need to Be Nice

To be successful in the 21st century global marketplace you need many things - determination, well-articulated goals and a bit of luck. But more than anything else, you need kindness. Kindness becomes the key business asset when you couple a caring attitude toward others with a focus on achieving your goals. Often people see business as a choice between being kind and being successful. This is a f
€9.30 excl tax

Why Customers Really Buy : Uncovering the Emotional Triggers That Drive Sales

The motivations customers act on are seldom logical, predictable or even conscious. Instead, their strongest responses stem from one source: emotion. It's a deceptively simple reality. But it permanently changes the way organisations must go about understanding their customers. WHY CUSTOMERS REALLY BUY introduces emotional-trigger research, a revolutionary new approach that uncovers the core, unfi
€8.80 excl tax

Business Reports For Busy People : Timesaving, Ready-to-Use Reports for Any Occasion

BUSINESS REPORTS FOR BUSY PEOPLE is a handy, quick-reference guide that describes how to write the most common types of business reports and provides a wide range of samples and templates that can be used to produce professional-looking, clear and concise reports.Business is about decisions. Reports that capture, analyse and explain the right data in a clear, concise format allow managers and deci
€11.80 excl tax

Awesome Grammar

In addition to knowing what to say, it is also important to know how to say it correctly. This book explains how to work with the structure and rules of English to construct powerful, effective sentences that communicate clearly and correctly. Targeted to an intelligent audience with a basic understanding of the parts of speech, AWESOME GRAMMAR discusses the most frequent grammar mistakes and the
€6.20 excl tax

Awesome Vocabulary

If your skill with words isn't up to scratch, you may find yourself sidelined or ignored at work and elsewhere. You create an impression with what you write and a weak or incorrect vocabulary is a serious liability. AWESOME VOCABULARY offers a painless way to build an exceptional vocabulary. Readers will discover comprehensive, useful lists of words and exercises focused on improving word choices.
€6.20 excl tax

Green business guide - a one stop resource for businesses of all shapes and

Climate change. Energy security. Water shortages. These perils affect our world and, increasingly, the ability of businesses to operate profitably. In the face of soaring energy prices and decreasing inventories of natural resources, larger businesses are taking steps to control their costs. In addition, these businesses are implementing environmentally friendly practices in order to manage risks,
€8.20 excl tax