Most companies around the globe clearly believe that people should have the opportunity to achieve as much as their initiative and native talent can justify, but too many managers still lack the wherewithal to effectively groom junior employees who have the potential to climb the corporate ladder. The support of a mentor is an integral part of any effort to maximize someone's full potential. A mentor-protégé relationship has many unique features, which both sides of the relationship need t...

Most companies around the globe clearly believe that people should have the opportunity to achieve as much as their initiative and native talent can justify, but too many managers still lack the wherewithal to effectively groom junior employees who have the potential to climb the corporate ladder. The support of a mentor is an integral part of any effort to maximize someone's full potential. A mentor-protégé relationship has many unique features, which both sides of the relationship need t...

Increasingly, organizations count on project teams to develop products and deliver services to their customers. Consequently, effective teamwork and team leadership are integral components of an organization's success. In 9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Teams, Stephen E. Kohn and Vincent D. O'Connell define the essence of superior performance by project teams at work, and identify nine attributes of team membership and team leadership that set the stage for accomplishment of ...

What does it take to win success and influence?Some people think that in today’s hyper-competitive world, it’s the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it’s actually those with the best people skills who win the day. Those who build the right relationships. Those who truly understand and connect with their colleagues, their customers, their partners. Those who can...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND PEOPLENAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • NPR • The Guardian •

Make Bob Proctor YOUR personal mentor!The Art of Living presents transcripts from legendary business speaker and mentor Bob Proctor’s most popular workshop—Matrixx—and brings this wisdom to a wider audience. With this book, readers will become a student of Bob Proctor’s as he teaches lessons and presents jewels of wisdom on living an extraordinary life. Readers will marvel at Proctor’s miraculous way of disseminating his decades of business wisdom...

The World's Greatest Salesman Reveals the Techniques of His Astounding SuccessThis newest book from sales phenomenon JOE GIRARD--The 13 Essential Rules of Selling--provides all the ammunition you need to succeed in an economy where budgets are being slashed and decision makers are scared to spend.Named the offi cial world's greatest salesman by Guinness World Records, Girard covers everything from maintaining a positive attitude and staying organized to dressing ...

This book covers several topics including: - Introduction to Management - How to Build Trust and Confidence - A Manager's Pitfalls - How to Build Team Spirit - Dealing with Problem Employees and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

This revised and greatly enlarged edition of "Pushing to the Front" is the outgrowth of an almost world-wide demand for an extension of the idea which made the original small volume such an ambition-arousing, energizing, inspiring force. This volume is full of the most fascinating romances of achievement under difficulties, of obscure beginnings and triumphant endings, of stirring stories of struggles and triumphs. It gives inspiring stories of men and women who have brought great things t...

Have you ever felt trapped in your life, at home or at work? You're stuck. You're probably complaining, blaming the world around you. Chances are you were saying the same things five years ago. If you don't change, you'll be saying the same thing five years from now. In her new book, Leslie Strong offers this blunt advice: It's not about them; it's about you. You have to take 100% responsibility for your life and how you react to what happens around you. When you do, you'll gain the power ...

This book has been written for those who work as well as for those of us who might play golf regularly or just now and then.  Specifically, it is written for those who desperately want to make work more than useless toil - rewarded only by a pay-cheque; and for those who wish to make leadership more than simply fulfilling organizational demands with “carrots and sticks”.  While this story takes place on a golf course, one does not need to play the game to appreciate the messa...

The last word in one-on-one coaching for productivity in business.The most effective way for companies to achieve goals is by energizing their most important asset: their staff. From the executive suite to the assembly line, each staff person is a member of a team. However, keeping that team motivated is no easy task—until now with this powerful model of coaching outlined by a master coach. In any workplace, large or small, this program motivates—for power...