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“Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result." This quote, from author Bob Proctor, illustrates perfectly the key role accountability plays in personal and organizational success. But it begs the question: If accountability brings results then how do I ensure it in my own life? It feels like nobody is accountable today. Excuses abound, and our society seems to have fostered an atmosphere of complacency. This culture of complacency can seriously hurt your team or organization.

In Business Spotlight Audio 11/2024 können Sie Artikel, Dialoge und Interviews aus der Welt des Business-Englisch anhören. Mit Übungen verbessern Sie Ihre sprachlichen und kommunikativen Kompetenzen. Und Sie erfahren Interessantes über Entwicklungen in Politik, Kultur, Gesellschaft und der Geschäftswelt - in dieser Ausgabe etwa darüber, wie man ein gelungenes Meeting gestalten kann, die Vor- und Nachteile der Zeitumstellung und wie sich die individuellen Präferenzen des eigenen Arbeitsteams herausfinden lassen. Die Texte werden von Muttersprachlern vorgetragen.

Turn your meetings from standard status reports into remarkable conversations! Meetings have become a pain point for millions, wasting time, money, and energy. But in reality, meetings are at the heart of effective organizations. In Make Meetings Matter, business consultant Paul Axtell reaffirms...

The way we do business in the US and across the world has changed. We now meet through Zoom, Skype, Meet, and Teams. Those who sell virtually are likely to suffer a longer sales process. Since 82 percent of communication is non-verbal, virtual communication is difficult.

The harsh truth? Nobody gets promoted for their people skills. You got promoted because you were good at the old job. But now the rules have changed—and nobody bothered to hand you the playbook. That’s why Emotional Intelligence Training for New Managers exists. It gives you what corporate training and “feel-good” leadership books never do: the exact words to say in the toughest conversations you’ll ever face.

You meet someone new and in a matter of seconds they make up their mind about you. They're responding to your presence: what people see when they look at you, what they hear when you speak, and how they feel when they're around you. If you're not thrilled with the responses you're getting - if you don't attract clients the way you'd like to...if you didn't get the promotion you wanted...if you don't make the money you ought to be making - it may very well be because you're missing that powerful presence.

If you are a B2B high-ticket service provider seeking to grow, you need cost-effective outreach to your ideal clients. Sweet Leads is the perfect guide to identifying, approaching and nurturing prospects who need your solutions or you are looking to partner with. Using the proven six-step ZZ Framework, this concise handbook gives you the tools and know-how to plan, execute and optimise your outreach campaign.

Leadership literature is full of principles and ideas - but they rarely leave the page. Practice is what turns abstract concepts into useful skills. Leadership Step by Step walks listeners through what to do and how to do it in an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experience. The 22 exercises in this hands-on book help you accomplish the inner work and gain the social skills required for great leadership.

Work, family, relationships—life is demanding. A high-stress situation, or being on the X where all the pressures converge, could be right around the corner. How will you confront it? Your ability to succeed in stressful and challenging situations and seize opportunities depends on how you show up to face these moments. When you’re up against obstacles, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed and underprepared. But the battles you face are won when you prepare for life on the X. Life on the X shares strategies used by the world’s highest performers.

Driving the most successful startups today is Business Development (BD), which includes strategic partnerships, content licensing, product distribution, data partnership, monetization, and acquisitions. Pitching and Closing reveals how to master the specific skills that people in BD at today's startups need to succeed, including forging relationships, pitching a company's product, building network, sourcing deals, dealing with rejection, and closing large deals.

It really is true: What you say and how you say it speaks volumes about your professional promise and leadership potential. Whether it's giving an impromptu sales pitch or keynoting a major business conference, public speaking can make you or break you.

This book gives you a proven step-by-step method for generating new client inquiries in bulk and without significant cost or complication using webinars. This second edition also gives a bonus segment on a proven, simple method for building a quality email list fast. No email list? No problem! Discover how to create a high quality subscriber list, fast. You'll learn three styles of webinar presentations, how to attract C-Suite executives to webinars who would not normally attend, the most profitable day and time to run marketing webinars, and more.

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.

Most everyone has something they are passionate about. But without the ability to actually effect change...things just stay the same. In order to truly inspire change, we need to be able to effectively explain the problem, inspire people to join us, create a vision for the new reality, and then motivate people to take the actions that lead to the change. Inspiring change requires charisma - the ability to communicate a clear, visionary, and inspirational message that captivates and motivates an audience.

Rule the Room is the product of Jason Teteak’s twenty-year experience as a trainer and coach. His thoroughly tested advice covers every presenter’s concerns, from hooking the audience immediately to entertaining them, and from overcoming your fears to handling questions. He covers every base - content creation, delivery, audience management - with an overview plus step-by-step instructions, review exercises, and scores of specific and practical tips.

The Relationship Blueprint: Unleashing the Power of Business Connections by Curtis Waters offers a timeless guide for anyone looking to develop and nurture lasting, impactful connections in both their personal and professional lives. Drawing from over 45 years of experience in high-technology sales, real estate investing, and brokerage, Curtis provides a roadmap to not only making connections but also sustaining them for long-term success.

52 Weekly Sales Meetings is more than a book—it’s a complete sales coaching system. Designed for managers, team leaders, and anyone responsible for driving sales performance, this guide delivers a full year of impactful, ready-to-use meeting plans that build skills, boost morale, and drive results.

This book serves as a presentation resource for everyone from interns to executives in the private sector. It centers around a proprietary presentation framework and outlines the complete formula to preparing, designing, and delivering an effective professional presentation. The Effective Presenter combines information, research, and firsthand experiences to offer unique insights and outline common misconceptions of professional presentations. It provides a blend of practical skills and advice to supplement the optimal presentation formula and build confidence.

From stages across America to the classrooms of Yale and Harvard...comes Deb Sofield's inspirational, instructional guide to help you conquer your fear of public speaking. Speak Without Fear transforms our old ways of thinking about public speaking and provides the listener with the necessary tools to move beyond the fear and craft their message in a way that will inspire, move, and most of all, be heard!

What’s your story? It’s a question human beings have been asking each other since we first gathered around a campfire. Millennia later, this human need for storytelling hasn’t changed. We communicate most effectively through our personal stories - and our professional success depends on it. This groundbreaking guide shows you how to tap into the timeless power of storytelling to transform your business.