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  Why is it that most people start a job with high hopes but eventually become disillusioned? With mounting pressure for results, companies can’t afford employees who are going through the motions. The truth is, most employees want to do their best at something they enjoy, feel valued for their contributions, and make an impact. The majority of leaders understand this, but making it happen can be a mystery.In Pick Up the Gum Wrapper, Joe Bertotto walks you through three proven steps to building a compelling workplace. With concentrated effort, these steps—assessing and leveraging each employee’s unique strengths, setting clear behavioral expectations to unify the team, and applying effective leadership practices—will keep everyone’s enthusiasm high by building a workplace that’s positive, productive, and rewarding. Filled with examples and tools,

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  STFU - The Power of Keeping Your...

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  This program is read by the author."Lyons is an able narrator who brings self-deprecation and humor to parts that may lose their impact in print. His emphatic delivery is dynamic, and listeners may find themselves nodding along in agreement."- Library Journal New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons is here to tell you—and don't take this the wrong way—that you really need to shut the f*ck up!Our noisy world has trained us to think that those who get in the last word win, when in fact it’s those who know how to stay silent who really hold the power. STFU is a book that unlocks this power and will change your life, freeing you to focus on what matters. Lyons combines leading behavioral science with actionable advice on how to communicate with intent, think critically, and open your mind and ears to the world around you.Talk less, get more. That’s what STFU is all about. Prescriptive, informative, and addictively readable, STFU gives you the tools to become your better self, whether that’s in the office, at home, online, or in your most treasured relationships. Because, after all, what you say is who you are.So take a deep breath, press play, and quietly change your life.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

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  The McKinsey Edge - Success...

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  WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A GREAT LEADER?
  
   
  The ultimate guide to managing your career-at every level, through every transition-The McKinsey Edge culls the best practices of an exclusive group of executives and consultants from McKinsey & Company, the legendary consulting firm that services eighty percent of the world’s largest corporations. Drawing on his time as an Engagement Manager with McKinsey, Hattori presents rigorously selected, battle-tested tips that will give you the edge you need to up your game, raise your profile, and take your career to the next level-using a proven four-step program:
  
  Learn more effective ways to get ahead by making multiple self-improvements.
  
  Strengthen your skills of communication, connection, and understanding to influence your team and other stakeholders.
  
  Increase your productivity and performance using tools that work best for your specific environment.
  
  Push yourself further to focus your energies, renew your life, and revitalize your career with a new leadership profile.
  
  
  
   
  Each section of this empowering guide includes precise strategies and hard-won advice that will help you tackle the challenges that are unique to each level of management. By applying these 47 principles to your own situation and workplace, you’ll be able to change not only your personal mindset and managerial effectiveness but others’ perceptions of you as a leader. You’ll discover the best methods for dealing with clients, solving problems, motivating teams, and surpassing expectations. These are the strategies that have taken McKinsey’s managers and trainers to the top of their fields-and this is the program that shows you how to take your career wherever you want to go.
  
   
  Whether you’re climbing your way up the corporate ladder, starting on the very first rung, or feeling stuck somewhere in the middle, The McKinsey Edge gives you the edge you need to take the next step and make it to the top.
  
   
  Shu Hattori is a Japanese-British national with extensive experience in management consulting, start-ups, online social commerce, and news media.While at McKinsey & Company, he served in advanced industries, high-tech, and media in Asia, North America, and Europe for more than five years. Now, he runs a leadership development start-up. Shu earned an MBA from National Taiwan University with a full government sponsored scholarship and a bachelor’s degree in commerce with distinction from McGill University in Canada.

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  How To Buy A Used Car

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  I have been in the car business for approximately 18 years, and have been a licensed car dealer and have run my own dealership and business for about 16 years.  Therefore, I know this business very well.So, are you concerned about being able to pick a good quality used car?Are you worried about being capable of getting a good deal?Are you worried about getting ripped off?Are you unsure about whether you have the knowledge to get a good deal on a used car?Are you tired of being unsure about your ability to go out and seal a good deal on a used vehicle?If so, this book is for you.In this book you will learn how to buy a used car, whether you are paying cash or doing a payment contract; whether you are dealing with a dealer or a private-party seller.  This book breeds confidence in any car-buying deal.Here is just a fraction of what you will learn:*How to determine if a particular vehicle is a good quality vehicle to buy.• How to get the best price on a vehicle• How to get the best payment terms within the deal• How to get the best interest rates within the deal• How to get the best contract terms within the deal• How to get a great warranty on the vehicle; and,• How to insure you get a good quality used vehicle that will serve you well for a long time!Plus, inside this book, you will learn general buying principles for any buying situation.And if that is not enough, you will learn even more strategies and tactics that will last you a lifetime.  For instance... if you implement these principles, they can be used in many types of business deals....which will most likely maximize your discretionary income...which means you can invest in ways you could not before...giving you opportunities and results like never before.Even if you only applied one of the principles covered in this book, it would easily cover the cost of this book 10x over.Click "Buy Now" and grab your copy today!

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  Corporate Social Responsibility

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  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) basically covers any business approach that aims at sustainable development through its delivery of economic, social and environmental benefit for the stakeholders involved in the complete process. The CSR concept along with all the practices are wide and varied. Similarly, Corporate Social Action (CSA) involves all the acts performed and executed by the corporate houses as part of their greater goal to contribute to the betterment of the society as a whole. Corporate Social Performance or popularly known as CSP is nothing but the result with regard to that of CSA, which can be observed. 

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  Crucial Conversations - Make...

  Deaver Brown

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  Crucial conversations usually come at inconvenient times. This makes it even more important to recognize these conversations, in fact crucial moments, and be prepared to respond promptly according to your personal objectives and goals. Your second approach is to prioritize your needs so you can start to deal with the content of these conversations. Finally, you need to learn how to best perform and execute the tasks required. The author emphasizes that recognition is the number one thing to be alert for. If your personal objectives and goals are in alignment, you can have prioritize them and perform your part of the conversation the best you can. The author provides advice on all issues as well as 10 General Tips about how to maximize opportunity in reduce risk in your life by being prepared for these conversations when they arise. Keywords:Conversation, moments, Winesburg Ohio, Sherwood Anderson, Peter Drucker, Jack Welch, Oscar Wilde, conflict, negotiate, negotiations, conflict resolution, Thomas Perry, Pursuit, Getting to Yes, Mark McCormack, What You Didn't Learn at Harvard Business School, Roger Ury, Harvard Negotiation Project, Getting to Yes.

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