Career Management Development

The Tatas have a legacy of nation-building over 150 years. Dancing across this long arc of time are thousands of beautiful, astonishing stories, many of which can inspire and provoke us, even move us to meaningful action in our own lives. A diamond twice as large as the famous Kohinoor pledged...

Read by the author. If you want to change your career and circumstances but aren't sure how, this practical guide from business leader Jeff Henderson will help you reevaluate your purpose and determine your next best step. Navigating what's next in life--whether in your career, personal life, or...

How do you turn your social media accounts into viable business opportunities? Michael Hyatt has the blueprint. Michael Hyatt learned to use his social media platform as the foundation for his own successful writing, speaking, and business coaching practice. In this straightforward how-to, he...

Never Say Sell explains how to scale individual engagements into long-term business relationships. Cowritten by Tom McMakin, the coauthor of How Clients Buy and expert in account development, and colleague Jacob Parks, this book provides insights into how key rainmakers at firms like Accenture and IBM drive growth from existing relationships. Never Say Sell is a business development guide for professional service providers like consultants, accountants, and lawyers, whether they are sole proprietors or members of account teams tasked with expanding key accounts.

Read by the author. Learn a new model for understanding how organizations really operate and implement changes that get real results. With so many forces of change buffeting the business world today, a scary state of flux has replaced any sense of certainty, stability, and familiarity...

To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that. Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple...

In The Invisible Game: The Secrets and the Science of Winning Minds and Winning Deals, neuroscientist Kai-Markus Mueller and sales professional Gabriele Rehbock deliver a hands-on guide to the hidden dynamics that influence the outcomes of most business deals. In plain English, the book unpacks recently discovered insights from psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience, and explains how to apply them to your advantage in real-life business situations.

Optimism is your secret weapon in business and in life. It is custom designed specifically for you, and it is capable of bringing you everything you want. Optimism can overcome financial problems, physical disabilities, and personal challenges. In Jim Stovall's latest audiobook The Art of Optimism, he uses stories, studies, and personal experience to illustrate how adopting an attitude of optimism can change your life.

The Experience is a unique guide to mastering the art of customer service and service relationships, based on the principles employed at the renowned leader in customer experience - the Walt Disney Company. Co-author Bruce Loeffler spent 10 years at Disney World overseeing service excellence. He has partnered with Brian T. Church to show you how to bring that same level of care and value to your own organization.

Are you holding yourself back from growing your business by working too hard? If your business isn't growing as fast as you want it to and you're not living the lifestyle of your dreams, there's only one reason: you don't have the right system! Systems work without you - and the right system could grow your business 10x or more!

Do motivation and "how-to's" really work? Almost never! Why? There is something missing. In his newest results-getting book, If How To's Were Enough We Would All Be Skinny, Rich & Happy, Brian Klemmer explores what is missing and the real reason why most people do not succeed. The secret is found in seven paradigms that will change the course of your life. They are the basis of Klemmer & Associates' hugely popular series of experiential leadership seminars.

Here at last is a clear, easy-to-follow interpretation of the classic Chinese text The Art of War by Sun Tzu which incorporates modern business lessons to make this relevant and accessible to today's executive facing strategic and competitive challenges. For years, business schools and professional consultants have turned to Sun Tzu's 2,500-year-old Chinese text for its invaluable commentary on such topics as leadership, strategy, organization, competition and cooperation.

Searching for a job is always stressful-the majority of job seekers experience nervousness, anxiety and tension during their job search. While one's qualifications, experience and talent are important, all these are of no consequence if one cannot locate the right job, identify the right time to...

Fun is something you have to earn, right? You work hard, and then maybe once a year you get to enjoy yourself on a vacation. And after a lifetime of this you retire and finally do what you want. Dynamic speaker and consultant Dave Crenshaw calls this the culture of WISH: you slave away and hope it will be Worth It Someday, Hopefully. And it's all wrong.

Kill stress. Resurrect peace, joy, and self-control. Overwhelmed by life? Feel stuck in the chaos of endless commitments? You are not alone. People die every day due to stress-related illnesses. But, it doesn't have to be that way. In The Stress Less Business Owner, discover how to eliminate stress triggers and maintain balance in your personal and professional life.

Through his Persuasion Institute, Kurt Mortensen has sought out and studied the Persuasion IQ (PQ) of the world’s top influencers. Now, in this game-changing guide, he’s leveraging his vast knowledge to teach listeners the essential habits, traits, and behaviors necessary to cultivate their...

Have you ever felt invisible? Taken advantage of? Reluctant (or unable) to articulate what you really want? If so, join the club. The Nice Girls Club. Nice girls - that's right, girls - are those who are more concerned with pleasing others than with addressing their own needs and who haven't yet learned how to overcome the childhood messages and cultural stereotypes that are keeping them from getting their voices heard, their needs met, and the lives they want.

Hypothesis-Driven Development (HDD) is an emerging approach to digital product management for both business people and engineers. It emphasizes rigorous, continuous experimentation as a way to both minimize waste and focus teams’ creative capabilities in directions that drive growth and innovation.

Has fibromyalgia put your career on hold? Is it keeping you from your passions (and your life)? Do you spend hours online searching for solutions that only leave you more confused and exhausted? Whether you’re still struggling to get a diagnosis or actively trying to convince those around you that your “invisible illness” is real, Karen Brinklow knows where you’re coming from. Career or Fibromyalgia, Do I Have to Choose? sorts out all the symptoms that are keeping you in a cycle of confusion and unable to work.

You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of America's best companies, you need to have an answer to this and other puzzling questions. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google...