Economics and Business

A fantastic presentation of history and culture, of designers and automobiles. The author has explored family history and far beyond to explain how pedal cars were made, and why they ultimately lost favor in the marketplace. Workers who actually made the cars provide information that counts for collectors.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO (The Great Gatsby, The Aviator),MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY (Mud, Magic Mike), JONAH HILL (Moneyball), JEAN DUJARDIN (The Artist), KYLE CHANDLER (Friday Night Lights, Zero Dark Thirty) AND JOANNA LUMLEY (Absolutely Fabulous), AND ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN BY TERENCE WINTER (Boardwalk Empire).

In Ted Talks Chris Anderson, Head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks Storytelling whetted the appetite, here is the official TED guide to public speaking from the man who put TED talks on the world's stage. 'Nobody in the world better understands the art and science of public speaking than Chris An

This boldly illustrated 56-card deck delivers messages from the universe and deepens the reader's knowledge of astrological terminology with each draw. Learn the challenges and gifts of each card and choose an action, because-no matter what your chart or the cards say-the power is truly within you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Traditional ways of motivating a sales force have included money, incentives, contests and even turnover (regardless of performance). While it's true being a sales professional is not for everyone, there is a way to identify, build and retain a top-notch motivated sales force. The trick is to build and keep a sales team that delivers sustainable results.

THE WILD IDEA CLUB will help you get there, by providing managers with an easy, step-by-step approach that harnesses the collective genius of their people to drive innovation, improve efficiency and increase morale.

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.

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.

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?