Learn Business English

In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, "Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons." In Billion Dollar Lessons, Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 business failures to reveal the misguided tactics that mire companies over and over.

Learn how to think and act like successful people. Concentrating on seventy-seven proven principles that have worked for millions of others, you will have the ability to create and achieve your goals.

There’s a message getting a lot of airtime these days. It says to be successful, you have to step into the spotlight, climb the ladder, become the boss, or chase whatever version of success that’s been dangled in front of you.

This audiobook is designed to help you improve your public speaking and presentation skills, whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro.

Regardless of the enterprise you want to run, it’s your choice to step up, set goals, achieve them and manage your career. But a simple desire to lead isn’t enough. Future leaders need to learn true and sustainable principles of what it means to do the work of leading to achieve success. John Hilbrich, a nearly 30-year CEO, entrepreneur, investor, and leadership coach, provides a transparent and actionable guide toward getting to CEO.

In Secrets of Silicon Valley, entrepreneur and media commentator Deborah Perry Piscione takes us inside this vibrant ecosystem where meritocracy rules the day. She explores Silicon Valley's exceptionally risk-tolerant culture, and why it thrives despite the many laws that make California one of the worst states in the union for business.

We all know that the world of SEO is vast, complex, and shrouded in secrecy. The industry prides itself on that secrecy because revealing the exact formulas for its algorithm would defeat the essence of organic search rankings.

This audiobook is intended for people who want to know something about the fundamentals of financial accounting without becoming an accountant. Most of these folks do not need a deep understanding of accounting; they just need to learn what accounting is and how they should be using it. Just as important, they need to understand what accountants are talking about in their reports. They must learn the vocabulary and the most important terms. If you are one of those, you have found the right book for you.

One of the most important things you need to do to achieve any kind of success is to be very realistic about yourself. You need to understand who you really are. Now, if you cannot even run for three minutes, you cannot start believing that you can win a gold medal in running, can you? Probably you can if you practice, but certainly not with what you are at present. This is what is extremely important to you when you begin. You have to understand your strengths and your capabilities. Realizing that is a very important step in believing in yourself.

Right now in America, there are about two million homes with solar panels. Considering there are about 90 million single-family homes, that doesn’t seem like a lot. But consider this: We’re now on track to start adding a million new solar-powered systems each year. It’s taken a while to get here, but solar energy is increasingly becoming a popular option to power the home of the future.

Does avoiding conflict to “keep the peace” mean key issues go unaddressed? Learn simple ways to firmly address conflict issues before they erupt into major problems at work or home.

In Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, Fortune 1000 strategic advisor, noted author, and distinguished thought leader Randy Bean tells the story of the rise of Big Data and its business impact-its disruptive power, the cultural challenges to becoming data-driven, the importance of data ethics, and the future of data-driven AI.

What if there were a way to cut through all the financial mumbo-jumbo? Wouldn't it be great if someone could really explain to us - in plain and simple English - the basics we must know about investing in order to insure our financial freedom? At last, here's good news.

The Lean Tech Manifesto is a major step toward solving your greatest challenge: getting ahead of the competition without the need for massive investments in staff and resources, which always result in higher levels of organizational confusion and waste.

Make achieving your goals and finding success possible with this one-of-a-kind guide by Robert Irvine, popular host of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible.

Perhaps you are in another role, such as a teacher or parent who has a desire to motivate younger people? Or maybe you just want to motivate those around you, so that they perform better? Being someone who can motivate others is a skill that is as valuable as any other. By inspiring people to improve their lives or careers, it can have a significant impact on your own life, making things easier for you and making less work for you as well. But while we are not all born with an innate ability to motivate others, it is a skill that can be learned.

Chcesz swobodnie rozmawiac w sytuacjach biznesowych? Ucz sie z kursem "Angielski w typowych sytuacjach: Business English - New Edition" - to praktyczny kurs konwersacyjny, który rozwija umiejetnosc komunikowania sie w biurze i róznych sytuacjach biznesowych. Poprzez wszechstronne rozszerzanie slownictwa kurs uczy, jak bez trudu porozumiewac sie w pracy, podczas podrózy sluzbowej czy ubiegania sie o nowa posade.

The first edition of A Complaint Is a Gift introduced the revolutionary notion that customer complaints are not annoyances to be dodged, denied, or buried but are instead valuable pieces of feedback—not to mention your best bargain in market research. Complaints provide a feedback mechanism that can help organizations rapidly and inexpensively strengthen products, service style, and market focus. Most importantly, complaints that are well received create customer loyalty.

TED talks are popular for several reasons: they captivate, inspire, and take listeners on emotional journeys. Even if you're not preparing to give an actual TED talk, you can use the same principals to wow your audience and give the talk of your life. In this audiobook, you'll learn exactly what piques and keeps your audience's interest by modeling your delivery on the best presentations in the world!

A clinical psychologist and writer/producer share secrets to overcoming presentation anxiety and crafting the perfect "award-winning" pitch - no matter what industry you work in!