Business Development Skills

Step into Your Moxie is a soul-stirring call to action to speak up for yourself and the ideas and issues that matter most to you. Dubbed a "Moxie Maven" by President Obama's White House Office of Public Engagement for her potent approach to women's empowerment, Alexia Vernon has helped thousands of women (and men) slay diminishing self-talk and cultivate confidence. She has created a timely, refreshingly playful guide for women to communicate with candor, clarity, compassion, and ease every time they open their mouths to speak - in their careers, communities, and homes.

This audio is a synthesis of Stephen R. Covey's two-day interactive and intensive workshop on leadership. In this audio program Dr. Covey teaches managers and leaders how to define their contributions, develop greater influence, leverage hidden resources, give constructive feedback, and unleash the full potential of their team against critical priorities.

Meet the 12 people that can accelerate your success - in business and in life. It's Who You Know is the long-awaited handbook to effective, productive, and influential networking.

If you constantly second-guess yourself, overanalyze small decisions, or feel mentally drained trying to solve problems, this audiobook offers a transformative shift. Designed for busy professionals and thinkers ready to level up their logic, this powerful 10-in-1 guide gives you the clarity and structure you’ve been missing. Through modern examples, proven tools, and timeless mental models, you’ll learn how to think critically under pressure, make confident decisions, and protect yourself from manipulation, bias, and misinformation. This isn’t about learning more—it’s about thinking better.

As an introvert, do you ever feel like the things you're best at—deep thinking, keen observation, focused listening, and strategic planning—are not highly valued in your workplace because they are internal rather than external? Have you ever been ignored or passed over while the extrovert in the next office is recognized and rewarded? Do you feel like you have to pretend to be someone you're not in order to get ahead? Just because your greatest strengths are internal doesn't mean your workplace doesn't need them. In fact, your invisible skills are essential to any business's success!

Workplaces are filled with all types of people, and some of them can be very difficult to get along with. By understanding difficult people and their behaviors, a savvy individual can resolve the awkward and problematic situations they create. Dealing with Difficult People looks at difficult behavior - what drives it and how to cope with it by managing aggression, avoiding awkward situations, and keeping calm. This third edition provides tools and techniques for dealing with difficult customers, difficult people in the digital sphere, and difficult bosses.

For some, projecting confidence and credibility is second nature. For others, it seems like a foreign language they’ll never learn - until now. Rob Jolles delivers down-to-earth solutions for anyone looking to enhance the most basic need of all: to be believed. He leverages his over 30 years of experience to equip listeners with empowering and practical tools for achieving business and social success.

Master the art of public speaking with a mind- and content-based approach to success.

Analogies are far more complex than their SAT stereotype and lie at the very core of human cognition and creativity. Once we become aware of this, we start seeing them everywhere - in ads, apps, political debates, legal arguments, logos, and euphemisms, to name just a few. At their very best, analogies inspire new ways of thinking, enable invention, and motivate people to action. Unfortunately, not every analogy that rings true is true. That's why, at their worst, analogies can deceive, manipulate, or mislead us into disaster.

Say goodbye to awkward silences and hello to magnetic charisma. Become the person everyone wants to know, talk to, and be around. Are you an introvert? Not anymore! This audiobook will unleash your inner social butterfly, allowing you to spread your wings and soar in any social situation. Are you ready to talk your way to the top? Press play and let's revolutionize your social life!

Speaking to Influence is all about helping you understand how the way that you speak has a powerful effect on your ability to influence your surroundings, your relationships, your reputation, and your potential to succeed. If you feel stuck, like you’ve hit a plateau in life then this audiobook will show you how to take a step back and assess how your current style of communication is keeping you from achieving the results you want and maximizing your powers of influence.

In It’s Not Just Who You Know, Tommy Spaulding - the former CEO of Up With People - has written the new How to Win Friends and Influence People for the 21st century. Success - in business and in life - is all about relationships. In this powerful guide to reaching out to others, Spaulding takes Dale Carnegie’s classic philosophy to the next level - how to create lasting relationships that go well beyond mere superficial contacts and “second floor” relationships.

Owning a business is tough; so is being married. Finally, an audiobook that will help you navigate through many of the main problems married couples face when they become business partners. Things like lack of direction, mixing roles, ineffective communication, and poor money management are a tried-and-true formula for disaster. Stop fighting over the business and putting that added stress to your marriage! Business owners who implement these strategies are able to grow their business and strengthen their marriage simultaneously.

Parlez-moi de vous... ? C'est la question qui bloque ! Sans doute le passage le plus difficile dans un entretien ! Que faut-il dire ? Et comment le dire ? Comment valoriser ses points forts... et muscler ses points faibles ? Parler de soi, raconter son histoire est un exercice très difficile mais qui peut rapporter gros. Avec vos proches, vos clients, vos collègues... vous n'avez que quelques instants pour être bon ! Et gare aux discours trop longs, confus, hors sujet ou ennuyeux... Les pièges ne sont pas là où vous les croyez.

Maybe you’re trying to make new friends, get that job promotion, be a charismatic leader, or get lucky in love. Do you want to become more than just another one of the crowd? Effective communication verbally, physically, and online will open these doors for you. Through a series of engaging and practical exercises, you'll learn how to banter and build rapport with anyone you meet. You'll discover the secrets of confident body language, effective listening, and engaging storytelling.

Communicating to audiences remotely is an essential skill because the future of work is largely happening online. You’ve got to become a pro at virtual presenting so you can connect with others at a distance. This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences’ attention and move them to embrace your ideas. You’ll learn proven techniques that are used by the experts at Duarte, Inc., who have crafted some of the world’s best presentations for beloved brands, thought leaders, and causes.

Do you think that you have to be a lawyer to have the skills that are needed to become a leader and resolve problems that you may come across? Think again. What if I told you that simply by listening to this audiobook, you will be in a better place to solve any problem or become a leader in any situation? Think Like a Lawyer...Even if You’re Not One is the audiobook that you need to make sure that you have the skills and tools you need to take on anything that gets in your way, and solve any problem like a boss.

Having difficult conversations at work is a necessary discomfort. Instead of avoiding these conversations with your boss, colleagues, or direct reports, you need a strategy that won't leave you feeling like you were being talked at or ignored. The key to solving this problem starts and ends with changing the conversation. Recognizing that it takes two people to engage in meaningful conversation, Can We Talk? outlines what each contributor needs to do to achieve the best possible result.

Former hostage negotiator, international peacekeeper and professional interrogator J. Paul Nadeau spent over 31 years as a police officer and specialist, studying human behavior and the art of friendly persuasion. Paul talked hostage-takers into giving up, criminals into confessing, and terrorists into cooperating, and he now offers his persuasion techniques and principles to you in this informative and easy-to-follow guide.

We always run into issues in every aspect of life, whether we are juggling the responsibilities of school, dealing with difficulties at work, or making choices in our personal lives. While some are straightforward and call for quick choices, others are intricate and need careful consideration, originality, and teamwork. Regardless of the form, one fundamental reality holds true: one of the most crucial life skills a person may have is the capacity to handle issues successfully.