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  Smart Skills: Business Writing

  Patrick Forsyth

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  Book 3 of the Smart Skills series: practical guides to mastering vital business skills and techniques. Using proven strategies from business experts, these essential smart skills can empower anyone with the tools to get ahead. 
  Gain a competitive edge at work with your business writing skills. 
  Effective business writing skills can help you win that million-pound contract, earn a promotion, resolve a dispute or generate a significant increase in business leads. Our Smart Skills book offers proven, practical advice on how to put over a clear and impressive message in a style that's deceptively simple and even enjoyable to read. These guidelines will teach you how to:Write and format business reports, proposals or presentationsRecognise the dangers of poor writingWrite effectively under time pressureUse persuasive techniques and structuresDeal with all types of documentation from a "simple" email to a long report 
  Accessibly written, it includes checklists, templates and exercises to help you work through even the most basic building blocks of good writing. Business Writing provides an antidote to the dangers of 'gobbledegook' and 'business-speak' and allows you to generate any kind of document with confidence. After reading this guide, your writing will be effective, engaging and memorable- a vital skill for all professionals.

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  China's Century - The Awakening...

  Laurence J. Brahm

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  China's Century examines why China's economy is expected to overtake that of the U.S.--from both a Western and Chinese perspective. Woven together with commentary from Laurence Brahm, this book will cover a wide range of current topics, featuring a number of leading names from both China and the West such as Ezra Vogel, Brent Scowcroft, and Zhou Nan.* One of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging books on China yet published.* Features Chinese experts and Westerners with extensive experience of this remarkable country.

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  from the arena - an...

  Michael Dwyer

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  A tale of the thrills and spills of a 20-year “overnight success story” … Dwyer’s vision, resourcefulness and stamina are inspiring. Gareth Lambe, former VP, Meta 
  A rare insight into the mind of the entrepreneur as they confront the myriad of unforeseen challenges that are part and parcel of a business journey ... a book brimming with insights and lessons for business students and aspiring entrepreneurs. Joanne Lynch, Assistant Professor Marketing, Dublin City University Business School 
  An inspiring illustration of what it takes to get through the darkness when things go wrong … and in startups, things always go wrong. Brian O’Mahony, Entrepreneur (co-founder of Bounce Marketing and Tribe Charity) and Start-Up Business Advisor 
  A must-read for any budding entrepreneur, marketer or business person. I felt like I got to know and love the team, collectively and individually! John Rooney, Managing Director, Flogas 
  A white-knuckle ride laced with optimism, despair and triumph. An enthralling read. A rollercoaster, if ever there was one! Noel Hayes, Business Lecturer. 
  Told through his journals, from the arena recounts Michael Dwyer's marathon entrepreneurial journey with Pigsback.com, starting at the height of the dot-com boom in late 1999, going on to pursue international ambitions in Britain and North America, facing a myriad of unforeseen shocks along the way.  
  The journals tell the entrepreneur's business and personal highs and lows, persisting on a wing and a prayer, reinventing time and again until that final chance - an encore - one last shot at success. 
  Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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  The Opposite of Spoiled - How to...

  Ron Lieber

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  We may not realize it, but children are hyperaware of money. They have scores of questions about its nuances that parents often don't answer, or know how to answer well. But for Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist and father, good parenting means talking about money with our kids much more often. When parents avoid these conversations, they lose a tremendous opportunity—not just to model important financial behaviors, but also to imprint lessons about what their family cares about most. 
  Written in a warm, accessible voice, grounded in real-world stories from families with a range of incomes, The Opposite of Spoiled is a practical guidebook for parents that is rooted in timeless values. Lieber covers all the basics: the best ways to handle the tooth fairy, allowance, chores, charity, savings, birthdays, holidays, cell phones, splurging, clothing, cars, part-time jobs, and college tuition. But he also identifies a set of traits and virtues—like modesty, patience, generosity, and perspective—that parents hope their young adults will carry with them out into the world. 
  In The Opposite of Spoiled, Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that will help every parent embrace the connection between money and values to help them raise young adults who are grounded, unmaterialistic, and financially wise beyond their years.

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  A Necessary Evil - Managing...

  Aliah D. Wright

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  Based primarily on interviews and evaluations of existing practices and policies, this audiobook emphasizes why companies must have social media policies and why they are important in governing employee behavior.Good companies pay attention to the social networking sites their customers and employees inhabit. They watch behaviors, they listen to concerns, they apologize when their companies make mistakes, they are transparent and honest, and they engage their audiences and employees to foster growth, increase brand awareness, and tap their collective knowledge to improve their bottom lines.Anyone who manages employees who access social media from the palms of their hands or from their workspaces or even at home must stay abreast of the constantly shifting ways social media does all of this while helping employees maintain productivity and avoid damaging reputations. In addition, managers must help employees be mindful of corporate values while safeguarding corporate data.This audiobook will help business leaders, HR professionals, and people managers guide employees in their usage of such sites while balancing productivity and help HR set policies that do both.

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  STFU - The Power of Keeping Your...

  Dana Lyons

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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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