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  Management - The Brian Tracy...

  Brian Tracy

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  The strength of any organization is determined by the quality of its managers. What they do and how they do it is the key determinant of corporate success. Want to become invaluable to your company? Boost your managerial skills.The good news is that great managers are made...not born. When you discover what the most successful managers know, you will unlock the secrets to turning even ordinary employees into extraordinary performers.Now with this informative audiobook, success expert Brian Tracy reveals how anyone can easily:set performance standardsdelegate productivelydefine key result areasconcentrate attention and resources on high-payoff activities and eliminate distractionshire and fire effectivelybuild a staff of peak performershold meetings that workfoster team spiritcommunicate with claritynegotiate successfullyremove obstacles to performanceset the right example; make good decisions quicklyand more.Filled with practical, proven techniques and tools, this essential guide shows you how to bring out the best in your people - and hit new heights in your own career.

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  Invention in PR

  Adam Ritchie

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  A handbook for pushing the limits of PR to inventing things, rather than only promoting them. When PR teams live or die on the success or failure of the products and services they support, Invention in PR shows how they can take a stronger hand in their creation. This book says the profession can do better than waiting for someone else to determine, develop, and package what a company sells. It spurs PR pros to go beyond what they're handed and come up with new products and services that change a brand's life.Through tales of award-winning campaigns passionately told by their creator, listeners learn how to apply invention at the beginning of the PR process and take away usable strategies and tactics. With PR under constant pressure to evolve, communications pioneer Adam Ritchie uncovers practitioners' aptitude for invention and empowers them to harness it.For PR professionals ready to rebel against taking a back seat to their counterparts in marketing and advertising, Invention in PR teaches them how to beat every other discipline to the punch by coming up with the product or service idea first. This guide will fire up professionals of all generations about what they can build. It will change the way experienced pros approach their jobs, and inspire students to break the rules in the best possible ways.

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  Work as Art

  Dick Richards

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  Why are so many of us unhappy in our jobs?  Dick Richards gives us many answers to this question as well as practical insights for what we can do about it.  A graphic artist, poet and international organizational consultant on leadership, change, teamwork and personal growth, Richard believes "all work has the capacity to be both science and art".

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  When Not If - A CEO's Guide to...

  John Kador, Jeff Martinovich

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  A book for turbulent times, When Not If is essential reading for anyone preparing to lead through crisis and change. Jeff Martinovich’s gripping story of resilience and perseverance is carefully interwoven with actionable lessons from a CEO who journeyed from zero to a billion, only to be reduced back to zero — and a shocking 14-year prison sentence.True, not every reader will experience the trials faced by Jeff. The circumstances of the crisis will differ, but the responses Jeff advocates will bear fruit in most all situations. When Not If gives readers a toolkit of proven practices, behaviors, and actionable takeaways that prepare leaders to survive when the black swan knocks on their front do or.So if you're ready to take your leadership skills to the next level and emerge stronger from any crisis, When Not If is a mandatory guide for you.

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  How to Stay Motivated: 7 Easy...

  Miles Toole

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  What drives you when you get out of bed in the morning? What is motivation? 
    
  “How to Stay Motivated” is the driving force that will fuel you to take action, even when you’re reluctant and don’t want to do it because it’s hard. The mark of truly successful people is when they dig deep and find that willpower to do the things they don’t want to do, and this is a skill that can be harnessed with 7 easy steps.  
    
  Motivation can lead to the accomplishment of incredible feats. Achieving any kind of goal (big or small) requires the ability to persist through obstacles and have the endurance to keep going in spite of the difficulties. Everyone wants to harness the power of motivation, but sometimes we fall into a rut that we struggle to get out of. Why? Because we don’t have the right strategies needed to initiate effective and lasting change. 
    
  YOU WILL LEARN:How to switch your routines in 7 easy steps.How to boost your productivity.How to tap into the power of reading.Why it’s important to stop wasting time.Why building self-discipline is going to make a difference. Why decluttering your environment will boost your motivation.What the habits of highly successful and organized people are. 
    
  The outcome of your life is determined by the habits you have. It’s not the number on the scale, the bank account, or the test scores that need to be changed. It’s your habits. Obstacles are always going to exist, but if you know how to overcome them, nothing can stand in your way or rob you of your motivation to get things done.

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  151 Quick Ideas to Deal With...

  Carrie Mason-Draffen

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  If you have ever wished you had the equivalent of a “Nanny 911” to defuse tensions in the office, your wish has come true. 151 Quick Ideas to Deal With Difficult People is the ultimate guide on how to face challenging employees and coworkers. The extensive topics in this book deal with how to handle characters ranging from Bunglers to Backstabbers to Bullies. Few books on difficult employees, if any, offer such an extensive assortment of the characters you’re likely to encounter at work and how best to deal with them. When faced with difficult employees, too often managers and coworkers lack the skills for handling the stressful encounters, so they throw up their hands in complete exasperation. Well, all that ends with this book. You’ll learn how to:Keep problem employees from setting the tone in the office.Take steps to turn troublemakers into team players.Keep them from demoralizing or scaring away other employees.Know when to cut your losses.Avoid hiring troublemakers in the first place.Confront bullies, harassers, and ageists.Keep a backstabber from sabotaging your career.Keep an aggressive colleague from commandeering your meeting.Deal with colleagues who infringe on your time.Because the information in this book is so concise and practical, you’ll refer to it again and again. Whether you are a manager or a coworker of difficult employees, the advice will give you the tools to better supervise problem workers or the confidence to stand up to them. You will no longer live in fear of an aggressive employee ruining your day.

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