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This dramatic, inspiring audio presentation reveals how successful managers cut through red tape, people problems, and inertia in their day-to-day work to make things happen. In this audio you'll discover powerful, proven methods you can use to: Identify new professional opportunities and envision new managerial goals where others see none. Organize and motivate employees to work to the fulfillment of your goals.

Gaining the competitive edge in today's business world requires every advantage. How you speak and sound is as important to your success as the clothes you wear and the way you look. The Executive Voice Trainer shows you how to speak and sound to become a dynamic, confident speaker and advance your career.

Learn what every entrepreneur needs to know - without spending time and money on business school. In this remarkable guide, written by highly respected Babson College Professor William D. Bygrave, you'll discover how top MBA programs prepare their students to succeed in today's increasingly small business-based economy. You'll find solid, substantive information on starting and managing your own business, strategizing for growth, and understanding legal and tax issues - all presented in an interesting way.

When a woman acts assertively, makes demands, and struggles for what she wants, she is labeled a bitch. The secret is to know when and how to turn on (or turn off) that "bitch switch." Locating your switch prevents you from being exploited or being saddled with a label that is hard to shake. Omarosa wants women to not just find their inner bitch but learn to control it. Whether you're striving to reach your career goals or struggling to maintain a personal relationship, this manual on the use and control of your bitch switch provides intelligent strategies for success.

Feeling like you need a personality overhaul? Let international best selling author Edward de Bono help you develop your own "playground of the mind", where interest is created. In this book, de Bono provides over 70 challenging and provocative exercises designed to enhance your interesting characteristics.

Carl Jung defined the phenomenon of “synchronicity” as “a collaboration between persons and events that seems to enlist the cooperation of fate.” Joseph Jaworski posits you can take advantage of synchronicity, creating the conditions for “predictable miracles” versus being reactionary and a victim of circumstances. Instead of focusing on numbers, reports, and other inanimate objects, Jaworski encourages leaders and managers to look at the world primarily through relationships.

We've all heard the expression, "Use your head!" But what exactly does it mean? Dr. de Bono, regarded by many as the world's leading authority on conceptual thinking, shows you how to get your brain working better. You'll find out how to use your intelligence more creatively, dynamically, and successfully with his exciting Masterthinker course. Learn the thinking skills that major corporations pay de Bono tens of thousands of dollars to teach.

The challenges of today and tomorrow demand new ways of leading organizations, building collaborations, and creating communities. Since its premiere issue, the award-winning journal Leader to Leader—published by The Drucker Foundation—has presented the best thinking from leaders for leaders. This recording collects some of the best contributions to the journal from the likes of management pioneer Peter F. Drucker, Southwest Airlines leader Herb Kelleher, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Using the metaphor of "the game," this audio illustrates how conscious inattention ("caring, but not that much") will produce heightened awareness, self-confidence, and a greater sense of mastery, as well as convey options where none seem apparent, in all your interpersonal dealings.

In this selection from The Fortune Book Club, two Pace University Business professors show you how to apply economics to business decision-making. Other programs from the Portable M.B.A. series are available in management, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

Chicken Soup for the Soul partners with top doctors to give you the information you need to survive—and the positive inspiration to thrive—while tackling the challenges of a stressful life. This recording focused on managing stress offers inspirational stories followed by positive, practical advice on ways to slow down and enjoy life. It provides uplifting motivation to address the number-one lifestyle and health issue today: stress.

Welcome to the communication-intensive Fifth Wave where achievement is more than just graduating from a good school and obtaining a set of skills. In an era where information travels and technology spreads almost instantaneously, the next frontier is about us, not the external forces that we often blame for our own lack of achievement. Great strides and advantages in competitive business are now attained through self-knowledge, available to everyone regardless of your skills or education.

Bill Geist, two-time Emmy recipient and long-time CBS news correspondent, chronicles 19 wacky but true entrepreneurial endeavors that prove the American Dream is alive and well - if but just a tad warped. Who says America doesn't make anything anymore? Where else could you find Bob Chandler who made a fortune by inventing the huge-wheeled behemoth of the arena, the car-crushing monster truck? How about Hardy Warren, dean of the dog-eat-dog California traffic school?

Here are fast and proven methods to recognize and correct the nearly two dozen common mistakes that can stand in the way of a successful management career. Discover the "hidden" blunders you may be unknowingly making—and correct them with this sure-fire program that helps you recognize even the hardest-to-acknowledge misstep and discover everything you'll need to excel as a manager.

Part of a series to cover the range of business functions in a typical MBA course, Total Quality Management: Strategic Planning teaches how to integrate strategic quality and business planning to create one tactical process for your entire business. Developed by two leading quality control experts, this well-researched, step-by-step guide helps your company successfully transition from traditional management to total quality management.

Let America's foremost authority on management prepare you for the 21st century. Peter F. Drucker's wide-ranging guide explores such topics as the new cost savings revolution in retailing, the urgent requirement for each company to have a "theory of the business," and the need for executives to seek new kinds of information through new technology.

In this powerful program, two of America's top communications experts provide you with the practical techniques and strategies you need to conduct a winning conversation in any business or social situation. Using realistic dialogues, they demonstrate how to employ the art of conversation to enhance your job performance...be at ease and enjoy yourself at social events...persuade and motivate others...and build your communications skills and confidence.

Employing a geocentric perspective, Herb Cohen shows you how others often see bargaining as an enriching social exchange akin to an art form. Then, by recounting his own colorful cross-cultural encounters, he takes you through the steps of this delicate dance. Afterwards, he provides a point-by-point analysis - ten tidbits and practical techniques - that you can use in reconciling all differences.

Listen to the experts reveal the secrets of preparing budgets, justifying investments to top management, motivating employees, and more. Why waste years at an expensive business school, when you can hear top professors present all the practical strategies and techniques that M.B.A. candidates must learn - from management and accounting to marketing and human resources.

Get instant access to cutting-edge ideas and the hard-won wisdom of one of today's leading experts on information technology (IT). Using real-world examples, this audio guide delivers the facts you need to navigate complex IT issues.