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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for THE AWAKENING COURSE.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get to grips with Sage One in simple steps.Sage One For Dummies explains every aspect of setting up and navigating Sage One, the newest accounting solution for small businesses and sole traders. It includes clear instructions for using Sage One Accounts including setting up customer and supplier records, creating invoices, paying customers and suppliers, bank reconciliation, VAT returns and reporting. It also explains how to use the Cashbook function (if your business is more cash-based) and how to work with your accountant using the Accountant Edition. Packed with step-by-step instructions and fully illustrated with screenshots, this book is the easiest way to get the most from Sage One and take control of your business finances.\* Shows readers how to set up, install and navigate using dummy data\* Features setting up customer & supplier records\* Details how to create invoices for customers and suppliers\* Enables the reader to produce their own reports.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the secrets to influencing the performance of the people you leadManagers don't get paid for what they do but rather for the performance of their people; therefore, a manager's most important job is coaching behaviors in order to improve performance. In People Follow You managers will learn five easily understood and implemented levers critical to influencing the performance of the people they lead. Ultimately, people follow people that they like, trust, and believe in. Understand how to build stronger relationships with direct and indirect reports that lead to loyalty, higher productivity, and long-term development.Relevant to middle and high level managers, People Follow You provides a foundation for managing people. Practical lessons help managers employ winning interpersonal skills to move others to take action.\* Learn how to leverage the basics of interpersonal relationships to inspire others to take action\* Get a simple and actionable formula for connecting with employees and indirect reports and gaining their buy-in through the use of personal power vs. the power of authority\* Discover the fundamental on-the-job coaching skills that deliver instant performance improvement\* Author Jeb Blount is the most downloaded sales expert in iTunes history; his Sales Gravy and Sales Guy audio programs have been downloaded more than 3 million timesWhen all else is stripped away, people don't work for companies, paychecks, perks, or slogans, people work for you. Become a manager people will follow, and lead your team to greater achievements and measurable gains.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn the relationship-building secrets that lead to lifelong clients, repeat customers, and endless referralsIn today's commoditized marketplace, no matter what product or service you sell, there's probably someone somewhere able to offer it cheaper, faster, and maybe even better. So how do you differentiate yourself from your competitors The Connectors shows that the only thing that truly sets you apart is the quality of your relationships with your clients and customers.Everyone knows that relationships are important in business. Yet most people would admit that their relationships could be better--but don't spend time working on the underlying skills. This book explains how to develop better, more profitable connections--as illustrated proven by some of the world's most successful professionals. Even if you're not a 'people person,' you can dramatically grow your business or your career through a few simple approaches to relationship-building.The Connectors presents a five-step methodology that lead to lifelong clients, repeat customers, and endless referrals. Inside, you'll learn how to:\* Stop networking and start truly connecting\* Create an avalanche of referrals and an army of happy customers\* Become a 'connector,' even if you've never been a 'people person'\* Find your social IQ--and improve it\* Put relationship-building principles to work daily\* Focus on others and reap the rewards yourself\* Ask the right questions--and sell without selling\* Differentiate yourself through the impact you have on othersIn The Connectors, Maribeth Kuzmeski, founder of Red Zone Marketing, LLC, and consultant to Fortune 500 firms, shows you how to build profitable, long-lasting business relationships.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results!While social media is doing much to change the marketing landscape, it doesn't mean you have to take an either/or approach between it and more traditional methods. And the Clients Went Wild! gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods--traditional, online, or both--to win at a given marketing goal. And, whether by means of Facebook, Twitter, streaming video, or by old-fashioned word of mouth, public relations, or personal sales skill, the goal is to win, right \* Find real-life examples of success from some of today's best businesses\* Shows how to integrate and benefit from both traditional and new marketing methods\* Uses the proven business growth strategy Red Zone Marketing(r) as a central concept\* Author has proven the concepts successful in her work for numerous major clientsDon't throw out tried and true marketing techniques just for the sake of the new. Do what works! Perfect your marketing mix and win with And the Clients Went Wild!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive story of Fischer Black, one of the greatest financial minds of all timeBesides revolutionizing finance with the Black-Scholes option pricing model, Fischer Black forever changed Wall Street by developing what is now known as quantitative finance. Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance explores Black's intellectual journey from Harvard to the offices of ADL, from the University of Chicago to MIT, and then to Goldman Sachs. This poignant book tells the story of one man's intellectual adventure at the very center of modern finance, fully describing the birth of quantitative finance and financial engineering along the way.\* Years of research and interviews with Black's business and academic associates, as well as family and friends, are distilled into a scholarly yet personal story of the formation and development of the extraordinary mind and unique character of this unassuming renegade\* Black deciphered the universe of modern finance in ways that went underappreciated for many years and would have won the Nobel Prize in Economics, if not for his untimely death in 1995\* Author Perry Mehrling weaves Black's personal story with the birth of modern finance into a vignette-based business biography that captures the essence of this extraordinary man, explaining, for the first time, the ground-breaking impact Fischer Black had on the worlds of money and finance as well as world marketsThis compelling biography of the 'Einstein of Finance' follows Fischer Black through his incredible career, from his transition from academia to one of the most elite of firms on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs--where he developed quantitative models that tens of thousands of professionals still use today. Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance demystifies this genius of finance and provides an engaging and entertaining look at a man whose life's work encapsulates modern financial theory.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everything potential landlords need to know about the UK rental market.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Drawing from the more than twenty years of experience of the New Teacher Center, Mentoring Teachers illuminates the subtleties and struggles of becoming an excellent and effective mentor. Step-by-step, the book outlines how people develop and grow as mentors, and the authors share the following five 'tensions' as the key areas of focus:

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive A-to-Z guide to researching, selecting, and starting a viable franchise businessWith more and more professionals looking for alternatives to traditional corporate employment, Become a Franchise Owner! informs would-be franchise owners of the joys and perils of purchasing a franchise. Authored by a trusted, feisty, tell-it-how-it-is independent franchise industry insider, this book offers straightforward, step-by-step tips and advice on how to properly (and carefully) research and select a franchise business.Get tips on how to locate information about franchises, current industry trends, interviews with franchisors, and hot franchise opportunities.\* Offers a self-evaluation to discover if you are 'franchise material'\* Describes how to choose the right franchise for your specific situation\* Lists the 40 crucial questions to ask current franchise ownersOwning a franchise isn't for everyone; in fact, as Joel Libava says, 'it's really not for most people.' But if it is for you, this book can guide you in starting your own successful franchise business.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law and ace your contracts course.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How the very best get to--and stay at--the topFrom the arenas of professional sports to the boardrooms of major businesses, a thin slice of peak performers dominates every field. What is their secret to success Few people know what drives these world-leaders like sports agent Molly Fletcher. Not only has Fletcher herself risen to the top of a tough, male-dominated field--CNN dubbed her 'the female Jerry Maguire'--but she has also represented hundreds of successful athletes, coaches, and broadcasters in baseball, golf, basketball, and football. Her experience reveals exactly what it takes to play like 'the best.'\* Breaks success into accessible strategies like smart negotiation, likability, and personal brand-building\* Features interviews with such notables as Home Depot cofounder and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, future Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, and football legend Roger Staubach\* Connects high performance to values by showing how the best give backNo matter what you do or what game you play, Fletcher's authoritative and inspirational look at the top 1 percent will help you win.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many people want to gain trust or support in business and throughout life, but the true skill is doing so in a charming fashion! Whether you're convincing the boss about your much-deserved promotion or a busy restaurateur to offer a better table, the power of persuasion can help improve and increase your successes.Elizabeth Kuhnke, author of the bestselling Body Language For Dummies, guides the reader through easy-to-implement techniques that can turn a timid person into someone bursting with self confidence and the ability to influence.Topics covered will include:\* The key elements in becoming more persuasive - body language, listening skills, using persuasive words and actions\* Finding a common ground and establishing a connection with your audience\* Capturing their attention and keeping them interested\* Putting yourself across convincingly\* Getting things done through others\* Identifying the type of person you're dealing with - and responding in an appropriate manner.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A technology-enabled management philosophy to accelerate your organizationBusiness at the Speed of Now delivers a new real-time management philosophy and system to leaders looking for better results in today's constantly changing market. Companies that inspire and equip employees and expect them to seize opportunities and solve problems in the now will enjoy a distinct competitive advantage in a world where speed matters most. Get systematic advice on how to build an integrated and transparent management system, enabled by cloud computing and internal social networks. Use this comprehensive guide to create a NOW organization where everyone boldly pursues every opportunity every time.The vast majority of businesses cling to a THEN management model and philosophy designed to prevent immediate action. In this practical handbook, you'll learn how to apply technology to the three essential types of work: Fundamentals (routine work that consumes 95 percent of all resources), Breakthroughs (initiatives that can change the game), and Problems (daily challenges and crises that occur in all organizations).\* Provides a wealth of real-world examples, assessments, tools, guidelines, and checklists that enable readers to apply the concepts immediately\* Offers practical tools for building accountability and transparency into every position, thereby eliminating the loose ends that so often cause business execution to stumble\* Presents the groundbreaking insights of John Bernard, an expert on management theory and practice, the use of social media inside the organization, and the modern workforce, whose company, Mass Ingenuity, consults around the world and develops Web-based tools to support real-time managementSet your organization free from the old THEN management ways that no longer get the results you need. Adopt the new NOW management thinking and the state-of-the-art tools that will get your organization doing business at the speed of now.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A leading consumer advocate reveals how to protect your money, time, and integrity from corrupt businessesOnce upon a time store prices were simple and fair, businesses stood behind their products with guarantees free of fine print and loopholes, and companies genuinely seemed to care about their valued customers--but those days are long gone. In this groundbreaking exposé, consumer advocate Christopher Elliot reveals the broken relationship between American consumers and businesses and explains how companies came to believe that fooling their customers was a viable, and profitable, business plan.Scammed explores how companies control information to mislead, distort the truth, and even outright lie to their consumers.\* Exposes the various ways companies have led their war against information--from seductive ads, disingenuous fine print, and unconventional promotions that involve seeding discussion forums and blogs with company-friendly comments\* Offers consumers insider knowledge of the system, reasonable expectations, and a clear understanding of the games businesses play\* Christopher Elliott is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocatesProtect yourself, your time, and your money from the predators of the consumer world. Armed with knowledge, readers will become far more discerning and every business's worst nightmare.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An unbiased look at how the economic practices of corporations, leaders, and government are severely damaging the American way of lifeMost of us have lived our lives by the rules--going to school, investing in real estate, and building careers--but the so-called Great Recession has changed everything. Cannibal Capitalism: How Big Business and the Feds Are Ruining America answers the questions on everyone's lips; what happened and where do we go from here Unlike in most other recent instances of financial turbulence, when this crisis hit, the country turned on itself economically, with the powerhouses--corporations, business leaders, and government--throwing the everyman under the bus. In an effort to avoid becoming slightly less rich, the super-rich effectively cannibalized the true engines of growth in the economy, in the process putting the bottom ninety-nine percent of the population at serious risk of losing everything. Cannibal Capitalism fights back, arguing that to really recover we need to educate our children, invest in our small businesses, use our inflated money to develop real things that build real wealth, and get back to exporting in a big way.\* Takes a thoughtful look at how income and wealth disparity, industry consolidation, anticompetitive business practices, political ideological extremism, and the hoarding of existing wealth are destroying the wealth building capacity of the nation and the promise of ideal capitalism\* Examines the financial crisis and its fallout in a clear, no-nonsense way\* Explains what we can do to fix a broken system and come out on topThe economic crisis rocking the foundations of the international financial system has had a disproportionately devastating affect on the average person. Angry, afraid, and confused, regular people are looking for answers and Cannibal Capitalism is here to help, illustrating how the super-rich did everything in their power to stay safe at the expense of everyone else.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fascinating look at how the brain controls our relationships and romancesNeuroscientists, psychologists, and most men and women readers today have learned that the brain is Grand Central Station for our most erotic associations, memories, and secret desires. The latest c research shows that the popular myth is true: Sexual orientation and identity is hard-wired, the result of our neurological predisposition, not a choice or result of socialization. We instinctively crave connection and relationship as an essential part of our well-being, self-esteem, and pleasure. The process of achieving and recovering from orgasm ignites the same pleasure centers in the brain as exercise, music, religion, food, alcohol, and drugs. Sexual desire can be triggered by a thought, a smell, a touch, or the sight of an object of desire. These sensorium are located at different parts of the brain, and can be activated indefinitely into our senior years.\* Filled with little known and fascinating information about the brain\* The third Scientific American book in the series about the brainThe core science and latest research is drawn from the prestigious Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Somewhere along the way, something has gone very wrong with the way individuals invest and save. All too often, ordinary people are drawn in by promotional suggestions masquerading as impartial investment advice and end up saddled with more risk than they realize.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New tools for tapping the creativity of teams and achieving breakthrough resultsThe Innovative Team is an engaging business fable that reveals the impact our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. The authors present a breakthrough thinking process for developing successful teams. They introduce a uniquely effective set of tools built on FourSight, a measure of problem-solving preferences field-tested by top consultants, which can help anyone from professionals to novices solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs. FourSight enables teams to understand their patterns of thinking and manage themselves more deliberately toward accomplishing a goal.\* Written as a business fable that recounts the story of a team's journey from dysfunctional to high functioning\* Outlines a new and effective set of tools for enhanced team performance\* Details the four stages of a dynamic breakthrough thinking processThe Innovative Team offers a great resource for management and leadership development professionals, team leaders, and anyone interested in kick-starting innovation in their workplaces and lives.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is George Michael's crush on his cousin unnatural Is it immoral for Lindsay to lie about stealing clothes to hide her job Is Gob better off living his life in bad faith What inferences can we draw from Tobias's double-entendres Are the pictures really of bunkers or balls.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - CNBC's Fast Money Commentator Steve Cortes shows how to buck the trend and become a well-informed investorThe public needs to think independently and not be duped, particularly because those who are selling their messages or promoting their ideas have a plethora of powerful media through which to do so. Against the Herd presents six contrarian views of major events that will shape the future. Steve Cortes of CNBC pulls no punches in explaining these trends.Many will find his views counterintuitive and even controversial. Some will find his forecasts alarming. But open-minded readers who are willing to heed his well-informed advice will find it illuminating, beneficial, and profitable.\* Steve Cortes presents six contrarian views of major events that will shape the future for investors including the fall of China and the end of the golden era of free trade\* The contrarian stances are presented because they are actionable\* Reveals how these events will affect global markets and specific investments, and how and when to take advantage of these key movesAgainst the Herd shows you how to profit by bucking conventional wisdom and what to do to get ready when situations call for contrarian investing.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional law.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Fast Company blogger and former McKinsey consultant profiles the next generation business strategists: the 'Outthinkers''Outthinkers' are entrepreneurs and corporate leaders with a new playbook. They see opportunities others ignore, challenge dogma others accept as truth, rally resources others cannot influence, and unleash new strategies that disrupt their markets. Outthink the Competition proves that business competition is undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift and that during such revolutions, outthinkers beat traditionalists.Outthink the Competition presents stories of breakthrough companies like Apple, Google, Vistaprint, and Rosetta Stone whose stunning performances defy traditional explanation and will inspire readers to outthink the competition. Core concepts in the book include:\* Discover the Eight Dimensions of Disruption\* Learn to play by the Outthinker Playbook\* Develop the Five Habits of the Outthinker\* Implement the Outthinker ProcessIt's time to buck tradition in order to stay ahead. Outthink the competition and uncover opportunities hiding in plain sight.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Exploring the evolving relationship between the two political economies, contributors from Asia and other international experts look at the ways neo-liberal ideology has materialized in Asian urban and regional settings and examine how neo-liberal axioms have been used to justify urban and regional projects. Readings reveal how neoliberalism in many East Asian regions is actually the outcome of highly sophisticated and conflictual interactions between the institutional legacies of state-led developmentalism and neoliberal discourses and practices. In essence, this collection of essays offers illuminating insights on the global effects of neo-liberalism while shaping our understanding of contemporary political-economic transformations in Asia.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Build a disruptive marketing agency for the modern ageThe marketing services industry is on the cusp of a truly transformational period. The old guard, rooted in tradition and resistant to change, will fall and new leaders will emerge. Hybrid marketing agencies that are more nimble, tech savvy, and collaborative will redefine the industry. Digital services will be engrained into the DNA and blended with traditional methods for integrated campaigns. The depth, versatility, and drive of their talent will be the cornerstones of organizations that pursue a higher purpose. The Marketing Agency Blueprint is a practical and candid guide that presents ten rules for building such a hybrid agency.The new marketing agency model will create and nurture diverse recurring revenue streams through a mix of services, consulting, training, education, publishing, and software sales. It will use efficiency and productivity, not billable hours, as the essential drivers of profitability. Its value and success will be measured by outcomes, not outputs. Its strength and stability will depend on a willingness to be in a perpetual state of change, and an ability to execute and adapt faster than competitors. The Marketing Agency Blueprint demonstrates how to:\* Generate more qualified leads, win clients with set pricing and service packages, and secure more long-term retainers\* Develop highly efficient management systems and more effective account teams\* Deliver greater results and value to clientsThis is the future of the marketing services industry. A future defined and led by underdogs and innovators. You have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the transformation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The sixth book in the Wrightbooks Made Simple series, Options Made Simple is an uncomplicated guide to trading options for beginners. This book outlines some simple, easy to understand strategies anyone can use to start trading options. The book will be a succinct paperback with lower price point, and provide the perfect first step into trading options.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New insights for investors and business people looking to create wealth in the turbulent post-crisis worldIn a no holds barred expose of the 2008 financial meltdown from the inside, Ziad K. Abdelnour argues that the political and financial elites have done nothing to fix the structural problems and instead have worsened the situation. By creating more market bubbles, they are actually waging a war on the most productive members of society.For investors, business people, and entrepreneurs that need to navigate the troubled geopolitical waters of the post-crisis world, Abdelnour offers several solutions, including looking at the world anew and understanding that the federal government's primary objective is to promote the creation of an environment conducive to the creation of wealth not job creation, not bailouts, not subsidies, not expansion of the federal bureaucracy, and not providing lifetime support to those who choose not to take advantage of the innumerable opportunities that exist in this nation for them to create a better, more productive life for themselves.Written for investors that need to navigate the troubled geopolitical waters of the post-crisis world\* Offers 'out of the box' investment tactics and strategies to outsmart the system\* Describes political and business solutions that anyone can engage in to restore freedom and prosperityThe author is President and CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc., a private family office that has two major lines of business, private equity investments and advisory services, and physical commodities tradingCompelling and persuasive, Economic Warfare reveals that wealth can be created in the new, post-crisis world, but investors need to understand that the rules of the game have changed.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Does the thought of presenting a paper make you go cold There are so many things to consider: getting your message across clearly, making the PowerPoint easy to read, keeping to the right length and keeping the audience riveted - enough to induce nerves even without the thought of standing up in front of a crowd and delivering your talk fluently. How to Present at Meetings, 3 rd Edition, gives you practical advice on all these aspects, and more. Written by high-profile public speakers in the health sciences, it includes chapters on the 10-, 20- and 45-minute presentation, how not to make a mess of PowerPoint, and how to appear on stage.