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The one primer you need to develop your entrepreneurial skills.
Whether you're imagining your new business to be the next big thing in Silicon Valley, a pivotal B2B provider, or an anchor in your local community, the HBR Entrepreneur's Handbook is your essential resource for getting your company off the ground.
Starting an independent new business is rife with both opportunity and risk. And as an entrepreneur, you're the one in charge: your actions...
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Grant writing is a billion dollar industry full of profitable business opportunities! Serving as the link between funders and grantees, professional grant writers are quickly becoming valuable partners to fundraising and philanthropy associations. Use this comprehensive guide to learn the art of researching, preparing and submitting winning grants as well as finding and maintaining clientele and grant projects. Learn how to: • Identify grants and...
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Each essay in Producing Fashion is presented in full and has been selected from the original print edition. The essays answer the following questions and more: How has Paris, the world's fashion capital, influenced Milan, New York, and Tokyo? When did the Marlboro Man become a symbol of American masculinity? Why do Americans love to dress down in high-tech Lycra fabrics, while they wax nostalgic for quaint, old-fashioned Victorian cottages?
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With this twelve-session audio and workbook program, you will learn the basic persuasion skills needed to help others achieve more in their lives, sell your values to your children, and move products. Session titles include: The Power of Persuasion, How to Control with Questions, Reflexive Questions, Persuasion Begins with Contact, Qualifying Guidelines for a Persuasive Presentation, Test Persuaders, Learning to Love Objections, The Anatomy of Persuasion,...
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How to Be Productive to Get Things Done Easier and Faster Instantly!
Shouldn't you be productive right now...instead of looking into how to be productive?
No wonder why you aren't productive. Ironic, isn't it?
Being productive, allows you to get things done easier, faster, but, most importantly, smarter so you use the less amount input of efforts and resources to yield the most amount output of results and rewards, giving you more time to do the things...
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"I've got a solution," Encore's CFO tells Brandon, "but it's unorthodox." It's 2005, and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change-and fast. Following his CFO's advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its...
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How to Train Your Voice Instantly!
In a world...where your "voice" totally matters - what do you do if you don't have the sexiest voice, the most commanding voice, the most articulate voice...or are simply not happy with the voice you have?
There is a myriad of reasons to why you would want/need to have a better voice:
* You want to be listened to more instead of falling on deaf ears by other people who can't understand you or can't stand the sound...
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Top leaders in the business community-a financial journalist, a bestselling author, and cofounder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University-teach you the character traits every employer wants to see in today's worker.In the race to become multitasking superhumans, we've lost touch with the actual root of where all these valuable skills are found. This audio gives you the training you need to set yourself apart from others and to advance...
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How HR can lead.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones on how HR leaders can partner with the C-suite, drive change throughout the organization, and develop the workforce of the future.
This book will inspire you to: overhaul performance management practices to jump-start motivation and engagement; use agile processes to transform how you hire, develop, and manage people; establish...
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The one book every innovator and every entrepreneur needs to make a difference in the world.
Social innovation and entrepreneurship are rising forces in the world. As stakeholder capitalism takes root, and as the extent of systemic challenges becomes clear-from climate change to income inequality to food security to healthcare and beyond-more and more of the best and brightest will hear the calling to become innovators and entrepreneurs who develop...
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What do How to Win Friends and Influence People and Sell! have in common (other than Dale Carnegie)? They're both based on the premise that relationships are what matter. In this age, where media is social and funding is raised by crowds, the sales cycle has permanently changed. It's no longer enough to know your product, nor always appropriate to challenge your customer's thinking based on your online research.
In Sell!: The Way Your Customers Want...
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Gaining power can help you influence others and bring about change. But the misuse of power, especially as a leader, can lead to mistrust, corruption, and abusive behavior. How do you strike the right balance to have the greatest positive impact?
This book explains how wielding power affects your emotions and decision making and helps you avoid the traps that lead to negative consequences. With the latest psychological research and practical advice...
14) Career Pathways
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Career Pathways: From School to Retirement brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways. This groundbreaking book explains the transformations that have taken place in the workplace over the past several decades and how those transformations have combined to produce a dramatically different career landscape. It highlights the important role of career pathways...
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If you listen to nothing else on preparing for a tough economy and coming back stronger, listen to these ten articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow even as your competitors stumble.
This book will inspire you to get your company ready before a downturn strikes, learn the right lessons from previous...
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Are you feeling stuck in your current job and need that certain something to get to the next level? Never fear-the information you need is close at hand. In this multi-session audio program, you'll get strategies from experts to supercharge your career. Gain practical skills for moving up and securing job promotions.
Discover the key elements of an effective elevator speech
Create a personal vision statement to guide your daily actions
Develop...
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How to Resolve Conflict Instantly!
When was the last time you found yourself in a tough sticky situation where somebody was upset, angry, disagreeing or yelling at you about to make your life a living hell...and you thought they were going to pound your teeth out, smack you across the face, and smash your head on the concrete pavement, or threatening to sue you with a lawsuit...or vice versa, it was you who wanted to do all these things to them.
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This book bridges the research and practice of global talent management. It opens important theoretical and practical avenues to understand the concept internationally while focusing on developing and emerging countries. Chapters derive from various geographic regions and embrace cross-national, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. An open and inclusive approach is used in assessing the challenges of global talent management, strategies...
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At over a billion dollars, the mobile food industry is enjoying more publicity and notoriety than ever before. Catering to a new generation of foodies looking for quick and unique specialties, the mobile food business is booming with new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. From gourmet food to all-American basics and hot dog wagons to bustaurants, our experts give you the delicious details behind starting and running a successful mobile...
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Reap the benefits of a diverse workforce.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you create a culture that seeks and celebrates difference.
This book will inspire you to: identify and address bias; short-circuit discrimination instead of unintentionally feeding it; attract, retain, and engage talented people who represent myriad identities; ensure that everyone has equal access...
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