wiley apr 2010 (173 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The original guide to creating wealth!With this seminal book, Wallace Wattles popularized the Law of Attraction, the powerful concept that inspired The Secret. The Science of Getting Rich explains how to attract wealth, overcome emotional barriers, and apply foolproof methods to bring financial success into your life.This special 100-year edition contains the complete, original text, along with never-before published biographical information on Wattles, and a foreword by Catherine Ponder, the doyenne of modern prosperity writers. It also features an introduction from personal development authority Tom Butler-Bowdon, plus another Wattles classic, The Science of Being Great.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The original and bestselling leadership book!Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates how to win without conflict. It shows that with enough intelligence and planning, it is possible to conquer with a minimum of force and little destruction.This luxury hardback edition includes an introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon that draws out lessons for managers and business leaders, and highlights the power of Sun Tzu's thinking in everyday life.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tough, smart business advice from the star of the hit TLC reality show 'American Chopper'Now in paperback, The Ride of a Lifetime elucidates the business principles that have made Paul Teutul Sr. and Orange County Choppers a household name. Paul's smart, commonsense business wisdom works for businesses both big and small in any industry. Here, he shows you firsthand how he built a uniquely successful business by working hard and demanding it from others; encouraging and embracing unfettered creativity; establishing well-defined roles for every team member and demanding they support each other; and using honest conflict and confrontation to solve problems and constantly innovate.Paul and his sons build the best one-of-a-kind choppers in the world with unrivaled passion, creativity, and honesty. The Ride of a Lifetime shows you how they do it.\* Offers an inside look at the business practices that built Orange County Choppers into a massively successful business\* Reveals a different side to the OCC family patriarch\* Full of practical, real world business principles that lead to unlimited success for any businessThe Ride of a Lifetime is a smart, tough-as-nails guide to business success that every entrepreneur should read.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'These poignant stories spread out like blood from a gash.This book is like a big brother reminding you of what is important in life. It will make you want to pick up the phone and call out: Brother, where art thou ' --The Boston Globe.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Grammar Teacher's Activity-a-Day: 180 Ready-to-Use Lessons to Teach Grammar and Usage, Grades 5-12.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Marriage Garden.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One of our most influential commentators on photography investigates the future of visual media as the digital revolution transforms images, changing the way we conceptualize the world. From photos of news events taken on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance, digital media has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information. Simultaneously, the increased manipulation of photographs has made photography suspect as reliable documentation, raising questions about its role in recounting personal and public histories.In a world beset by critical problems and ambiguous boundaries, Ritchin argues that it is time to begin energetically exploring possibilities created by technological innovations, and to use them to better understand our rapidly changing world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your complete guide to the fastest growing sport in North America!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition is grammar First Aid for anyone wanting to perfect their English and develop the practical skills needed to write and speak correctly. Each chapter focuses on key grammatical principles, with easy-to-follow theory and examples as well as practice questions and explanations. From verbs, prepositions and tenses, to style, expressions and tricky word traps, this hands-on workbook is essential for both beginners looking to learn and practise the basics of English grammar, and those who want to brush up skills they already have - quickly, easily, and with confidence.English Grammar Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition covers:Part I: Laying the Groundwork: Grammar BasicsChapter 1: Placing the Proper Verb in the Proper PlaceChapter 2: Matchmaker, Make Me a Match: Pairing Subjects and Verbs CorrectlyChapter 3: Who Is She, and What Is It The Lowdown on PronounsChapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete SentencesPart II: Mastering MechanicsChapter 5: Exercising Comma SenseChapter 6: Made You Look! Punctuation Marks That Demand AttentionChapter 7: One Small Mark, a Whole New Meaning: ApostrophesChapter 8: 'Let Me Speak!' Quotation MarksChapter 9: Hitting the Big Time: Capital LettersPart III: The Pickier Points of Correct Verb and Pronoun UseChapter 10: The Case of It (And Other Pronouns)Chapter 11: Choosing the Best Pronoun for a Tricky SentenceChapter 12: Travelling in Time: Tricky Verb-Tense SituationsChapter 13: Are You and Your Verbs in the Right Mood Part IV: All You Need to Know about Descriptions and ComparisonsChapter 14: Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and AdverbsChapter 15: Going on Location: Placing Descriptions CorrectlyChapter 16: For Better or Worse: Forming ComparisonsChapter 17: Apples and Oranges: Improper ComparisonsPart V: Writing with StyleChapter 18: Keeping Your BalanceChapter 19: Spicing Up and Trimming Down Your SentencesChapter 20: Steering Clear of Tricky Word TrapsPart VI: The Part of TensChapter 21: Ten Over-correctionsChapter 22: Ten Errors to Avoid at All Cost.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everyone gets angry. And in a turbulent economy where finances are stretched, property prices waver and unemployment booms, blowing a fuse is par for the course. But you don't have to take it out on others! Anger Management For Dummies, UK Edition shows you how to work through feelings of rage, emerge from the red mist, and lead a healthier, happier and more positive life.This fully adapted UK edition guides you through ways to recognise and deal with the underlying causes of anger at work, in relationships and in your personal life - and teaches you how to stay positive in spite of all the stresses and strains life throws your way. From letting go of resentments, preventing new rage and dealing with the anger of others, to improving self-expression, honing spiritual calm and getting a good night's sleep, this user-friendly guide tackles the latest anger-busting exercises and therapies (including CBT) and demonstrates how to deal with anger constructively.Anger Management For Dummies, UK Edition includes:Part I: The Basics of Anger\* Chapter 1: Anger: A Natural Human Emotion\* Chapter 2: When Is Anger a Problem Measuring and understanding your anger\* Chapter 3: Is Anger Damaging Your Life Part II: Managing Your Anger Today\* Chapter 4: Taking Immediate Action\* Chapter 5: Speaking Out in Anger\* Chapter 6: Keeping Your CoolPart III: Preventing Anger Tomorrow\* Chapter 7: Adopting a New Outlook\* Chapter 8: Saying What You Feel\* Chapter 10: Balancing The Effects of Your Temperament\* Chapter 11: Using Anger HelpfullyPart IV: Handling Anger from the Past\* Chapter 12: Why Is Letting Go So Difficult \* Chapter 13: Looking ahead, moving forwardPart V: Lifestyle Changes That Improve Your Anger and Health\* Chapter 14: Managing Daily Stresses\* Chapter 15: Managing Your Body Chemistry\* Chapter 16: Adding Balance to Your Life\* Chapter 17: Getting a Good Night's Sleep\* Chapter 18: Your Spiritual Health\* Chapter 19: Staying in a Good MoodPart VI: Managing Anger in Relationships\* Chapter 20: With Strangers\* Chapter 21: At Work\* Chapter 21: At Home and In Intimate RelationshipsPart VII: The Part of Tens\* Chapter 23: Ten Ways to show Children Anger Balance\* Chapter 25: Ten Anger-Freeing Thoughts\* Chapter 25: Ten Anger-Freeing Actions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Don't just get your message out. ROAR it out!In this captivating parable, you'll follow Ryan Miller, an executive struggling with reduced sales in a challenging economy. Ryan is mentored by his old Livingston, New Jersey high school friend, Lenny Bernstein, now a Hasidic Jew in Brooklyn having great success in his packaging business. Over a series of lunches around New York City, Lenny shares the key insights that have driven his sales through the roof, while allowing him to run his business efficiently-and still have plenty of time for family. Lenny explains the simple mnemonic R-O-A-R\* Recognize the four types of buyers\* Observe from the buyer's perspective, and adapt your message\* Acknowledge the buyer's special wants and needs\* Resolve the buyer's issuesPraised by renowned money manager Ken Fisher, Roar! gives you a 3,500-year-old sales secret that has never before been articulated in a business context, one you can use to recharge your sales operation and revitalize both your business and your life. It may be a jungle out there, but it's a little less scary once you know how to ROAR!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You don't need a marketing degree or intensive training to build an attention-grabbing brand; you just need this book - and 30 days.Simon Middleton shows you how to create, manage and communicate your brand profoundly and effectively, in just 30 days, by following 30 clear exercises. How you work through the book is up to you, the result will be the same: an authentic, compelling, and highly distinctive brand that will attract and engage customers and fans. You will learn how to:\* Establish your brand values and positioning\* Get the all-important name right\* Bring your brand to life\* Turn your customers into your advocates\* Manage your PR and use your marketing budget wisely\* Inspire your staff to live the brand too\* Deal with problems when something goes wrongBranding isn't about funky logos and expensive advertising. Your brand is what your company means to the world. Getting that meaning right is the most important thing you can do in business.'Passionate and persuasive, Simon Middleton has a natural instinct for uncovering the Wow! factor in every brand.' Dawn Gibbins MBE, Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year and Star of Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How to find great employees, make great hires, and take your business to the next levelIt is always easy to find people who want a job, but it's never easy to find and hire A-players. In How to Hire A-Players, consultant Eric Herrenkohl shows owners, executives, and managers of small and medium-size businesses where and how to find A-player employees. It is these individuals who will help keep quality high and growth and profits strong.Herrenkohl explains how to use your existing marketing, sales, and networking efforts to find top candidates. He provides current examples of companies that consistently hire A-players without big recruiting departments as well as step-by-step explanations for making these strategies work in your own company.\* Shows you how to find and hire top employees.\* Ideal for owners of small businesses, executives and managers of large businesses, as well as corporate recruiters and HR specialists who need new ideas\* Herrenkohl's client list includes privately held businesses in over 50 industries as well as big corporate names like Bank of America, Edward Jones, and Northwestern Mutual LifeA-player employees are the life blood of any growing business. This handy hiring guide shows you where to look, what to ask, and who to hire to boost your business today.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Expert advice on a mature, reliable way to invest moneyAccording to Fortune magazine, investing in dividends is one of the top five ways to survive market instability. Dividend Stocks For Dummies gives you the expert information and advice you need to successfully add dividends to your investment portfolio, revealing how to make the most out of dividend stock investing-no matter the type of market.\* Explains the nuts and bolts of dividends, values, and returns\* Shows you how to effectively research companies, gauge growth and return, and the best way to manage a dividend portfolio\* Provides strategies for increasing dividend investmentsWeather a down market-reach for Dividend Stocks for Dummies!

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Know if you'll hit your targets before pulling the trigger on any marketing planMore than sixty five percent of new products are commercial failures, and if you compound this with a recession, now more than ever you can't afford to be wrong. In If You Build It Will They Come, business professor and strategy consultant Rob Adams shows you how to make sure you hit your target market before you spend a lot of money. He shows you the fast, systematic and proven approach of performing Market Validation in advance of making a large product investment.Adams outlines a simple and effective market validation and testing strategy that is proven, giving entrepreneurs and managers the ability to dramatically improve the prospect of product success. He explains how to quickly gather information on competitors, directly interview members of your target market, and figure out what the market really wants to buy, versus what customers say they want.\* The steps to quickly understanding the viability of your market\* Where to go to gather the information needed to hit the market requirements\* How to follow through with the right product launched in the right way\* Adams cuts through the fancy terms and expensive market research that gives lots of data but no real product oriented information about usage, pricing, features and competitive forces. In the end you'll produce results on your first release of a far more mature product, shipped in a faster timeframe with features customers will actually use.\* This book is for anyone involved with designing, developing and launching new products. Its examples and advice cover everything from the fledgling start-up that needs their first product to work just to survive to the successful Fortune Class company establishing new worldwide markets. Examples cut across all major industrial sectors including consumer, retail, manufacturing, technology, life sciences and services. This book offers the step-based guidance you need to make sure failure is not an option.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Schools for All Kinds of Minds.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Keith Brewster joined the School of Historical Studies at Newcastle University in 2003, having spent five years as a Research Officer at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. His PhD, which he completed at Warwick University, centred on the militarism and politics in post-revolutionary rural Mexico. His main area of research interest and expertise is twentieth century Mexican history and culture.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The only guide devoted exclusively to social media metricsWhether you are selling online, through a direct sales force, or via distribution channels, what customers are saying about you online is now more important than your advertising. Social media is no longer a curiosity on the horizon but a significant part of your marketing mix.While other books explain why social media is critical and how to go about participating, Social Media Metrics focuses on measuring the success of your social media marketing efforts. Success metrics in business are based on business goals where fame does not always equate to fortune. Read this book to determine:\* Why striving for more Twitter followers or Facebook friends than the competition is a failing strategy\* How to leverage the time and effort you invest in social media\* How to convince those who are afraid of new things that social media is a valuable business tool and not just a toy for the overly-wiredKnowing what works and what doesn't is terrific, but only in a constant and unchanging world. Social Media Metrics is loaded with specific examples of specific metrics you can use to guide your social media marketing efforts as new means of communication.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Viral Churches.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The bestselling Excel book on the market, updated for Excel 2010As the world's leading spreadsheet application, Excel has a huge user base. The release of Office 2010 brings major changes to Excel, so Excel For Dummies comes to the rescue once more!In the friendly and non-threatening For Dummies style, this popular guide shows beginners how to get up and running with Excel and helps more experienced users get comfortable with new features.\* Excel is the number one spreadsheet application worldwide, and Excel For Dummies is the number one guide to using it\* With the major changes in Microsoft Office 2010, Excel has new features and a new interface design; users need help to get up to speed\* The book includes everything you need to know to perform basic Excel 2010 tasks\* Covers creating and editing worksheets and charts, formatting cells, entering formulas, inserting graphs, designing database forms, and adding database records\* Also covers printing, adding hyperlinks to worksheets, saving worksheets as Web pages, adding existing worksheet data to an existing Web page, and much moreWhether you're new to Excel or just need to understand the 2010 version, Excel 2010 For Dummies provides what you need to know.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bring positive change and attain the highest levels of successRobin Crow has years of experience working in the trenches as an entrepreneur and business owner. Now he has put all that work at your disposal with his unique Seven Step Challenge. Presented as a call to action, Evolve or Die delivers optimistic solutions to become better than you were yesterday and realize abundance at every level for personal and professional growth. The method teaches\* Exceed expectations\* Gets things done\* 100% accountability\* Commit to continual improvement\* Boundless optimism\* Environmental responsibility\* Make a differenceWhether you're the CEO or cleaning the CEO's office, by following the author's program you'll be able to regain control, refocus, and bring positive change to attain the highest levels of success.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sharing the results of her four-year research journey in simple, jargon-free language, Pryce-Jones exposes the secrets of being happy at work.\* Focuses on what happiness really means in a work context and why it matters to individuals and organisations in both human and financial terms\* Equips readers with the information, knowledge and skills to make the most of the nearly 100,000 hours that they'll spend at work over a lifetime\* Demystifies psychological research through a fascinating array of anecdotes, case studies, and interviews from people in the trenches of the working world, including business world-leaders, politicians, particle physicists, and philosophers, sheep farmers, waitresses, journalists, teachers, and lawyers, to name just a few.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most churches, blatantly or subtly, have an unspoken objective--'How can we be the 'best church in our community ''--and they staff, budget, and plan accordingly. How a church answers that question determines its entire approach to its members, staff, prayers, finances, time, technology, and facilities. Becoming an externally focused church is not about becoming the best church in the community. The externally focused church asks, 'How can we be the best church for our community ' That one little preposition changes everything. And that is the big question this new book from the authors of The Externally Focused Church seeks to answer.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Can intelligence be developed Do teacher expectations shape student learning How can I make learning 'stick' for my students.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lessons for attaining global competitiveness, one market at a time, from international business giant NokiaWinning Across Global Markets examines how 145-year-old Nokia grew from a paper mill in Finland to a multinational telecommunications leader. Why are Nokia's lessons critical for other companies and industries While multinationals based in large countries benefit from inherent advantages--such as a home base that often accounts for 30 to 50 percent of their revenues--multinationals based in smaller countries such as Nokia, enjoy no such competitive edge. Nokia, in fact, generates less than 1% of its revenues in its home base. To such a company, global competitiveness is a matter of life and death. With unparalleled access to Nokia's leadership, Winning Across Global Markets reveals the remarkable story of Nokia's resilience and endurance. Shows how Nokia's flexibility and focus on its people and local markets drive its distinct global approach.\* Includes exclusive interviews with Nokia's senior executives and key partners\* Provides a roadmap for developing, capturing, and sustaining global advantageThis book provides a roadmap for developing, capturing, and sustaining strategic global advantage in today's ever-changing world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Marketing for the Mental Health Professional: An Innovative Guide for Practitioners.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Insight from leaders who experienced major setbacks and redefined successIn tough economic times, when careers are derailed and leaders are forced to rewrite their professional plans, this book enlightens and uplifts. Comebacks features an all-star cast of ten leaders who endured setbacks-for some a public fall in the midst of media scrutiny-then reassessed and moved ahead with new purpose. Based on revealing interviews, the book presents a behind-the-headlines glimpse into the lives of leaders; how they drew upon resources, both internal and external, to move on; and the lessons that helped them redefine success. Leaders profiled include:\* Jacques Nasser, former CEO of Ford Motor Co., recently appointed Chairman of BHP Billiton, the world's largest natural resources company\* Patricia Dunn, former Chair of Hewlett-Packard, vilified for her alleged role in corporate espionage only to be exonerated from all charges, today active in philanthropy\* Jamie Dimon (JP Morgan), Herbert 'Pug' Winokur (Enron Corp.), David Neeleman (JetBlue), and moreRedmond, a top executive recruiter, and Crisafulli, author of The House of Dimon, show how all leaders face adversity, but true leaders turn adversity into success.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An all-new approach to understanding the (in)formal connections of an organizationFrom the bestselling coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams comes an all-new exploration of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must embrace it for success. Katzenbach and Khan examine how two distinct factions together form the bigger picture for how organizations actually work: the more defined 'formal' organization of a company-the management structure, performance metrics, and processes-and the 'informal'-the culture, social networks, and ad hoc communities that spring up naturally and can accelerate or hinder how the organization works. With dynamic examples from enterprises around the world, this book takes a timeless organizational approach and creates a powerful paradigm-shifting tool set for applying it.\* Includes self-assessment guidelines for senior leaders, front-line managers, and individual contributors\* Features organizations in business, government, the nonprofit sector, and academia-including the New York City schools system, Aetna, the Marines, United Nations, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Home Depot, Bell Canada, and the Houston Police DepartmentLeading Outside the Lines illustrates how leaders can make the two distinct factions work together to get the best of both.