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A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.
After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession,
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Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form. This book explains how the miracle of powerful public speaking is achieved, and equips you to give...
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"Leadership Mastery: Ten Steps to Unlock Your Full Potential" is a must-read for aspiring leaders, seasoned professionals, and anyone seeking to enhance their leadership abilities. It serves as a guidebook and mentor, providing invaluable insights and practical strategies that will inspire, empower, and guide readers on their leadership journey.
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Leaders! Are you facing a storm of change in your workplace?
Are your people anxious, confused, distracted, resistant or angry as they grapple with uncertainty?
Do you spend your days trying to implement and defend changes you can't control and may not even agree with?
Leadership is about people. Yet many leaders find themselves responsible for implementing change without ever being taught the foundations of HOW to support and lead people THROUGH...
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Persuade, Don't Push! Surely, readers know plenty of people who need to make a change, but despite the most well-intentioned efforts, they resist because people fundamentally fear change. As a salesman, father, friend, and consultant, Rob Jolles knows this scenario all too well. Drawing on his highly successful sales background and decades of research, he lays out a simple, repeatable, predictable, and ethical process that will enable readers to lead...
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For close to three decades, “Fundamentals of Project Management” has helped people tackle the complexities of the job. Succinct and easy to read, the book simplifies concepts, answers questions, and helps tame the chaos that can erupt as projects move from planning to completion.
The Sixth Edition of this trusted bestseller offers the practical guidelines and tools project managers have come to expect, along with new information explaining changes...
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Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing subordinates to parrying verbal attacks from colleagues, are so loaded with anger, confusion, and fear that most people handle them poorly: they avoid them, clamp down, or give in.
But dodging issues, appeasing difficult people, and mishandling tough encounters all carry a high price for managers...
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This user-friendly book is filled with guidelines to help you write performance objectives, reviews, appraisals, and other performance documentation. The book's tips and tools help you find language that's clear, descriptive, objective, and acceptable in today's workplace. Examples, questions, and activities will help you learn on your own, with your team, or with others in your organization.
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Learn the simplest way to improve your business communication skills. There is no fluff and no vague advice, just practical step-by-step methods you can start using today. This multi-award-winning book teaches specific methods for better business conversations, emails, meetings, interviews, and more. Check out the reviews to hear from the real people this book has helped. Communication should be clear and concise, and we should get to the point quickly....
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DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.
When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.
The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express your...
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Joe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every Body Is Saying and Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap and former FBI agent specializing in behavioral analysis, helps you successfully navigate the business world by training your brain to see what others are feeling, thinking, or intending. Job hunters and professionals of every ilk-as well as fans of the hit FOX television series Lie to Me-will find many helpful and effective tips to reading body...
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The most successful leaders are story¬tellers. By mastering business storytelling, they achieve extraordinary business results. As a modern-day leader, you know you should develop this skill, but you don't have the time to do this in an ad-hoc way. What you need is a practical, reliable method to follow, one that will allow your business to reap the benefits of storytelling as soon as possible. In Putting Stories to Work, Shawn Callahan gives you...
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In Am I Making Myself Clear?, business leader and author Terry Felber shares the secrets of the world's greatest communicators, equipping readers to do everything from participating in a meaningful conversation to successfully consummating a business discussion. Through ten essential skills, including such concepts as the Art of Unspoken Language, the Art of Encouragement, and the Art of Problem Solving, he shows readers how to achieve real communication....
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The second edition of the essential guide, updated with new research and observations to help twenty-first century organizations create models for effective collaboration.
Collaborative skills have never been more important to a company's success and these skills are essential for every worker today. Radical Collaboration is a how-to-manual for creating trusting, cooperative environments, and transforming groups into motivated and empowered teams....
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Aún cuando permanezcan callados, herméticos, tímidos e inexpresivos, todos los individuos transmiten "algo", desde su esencia particular y única.Incluso dormidos, quietos, distantes o de espaldas, siempre infunden parte de sus vidas en las otras personas a su alrededor. Tan solo con el milagro permanente de respirar, proyectan una imagen. Un clima interior que trasciende y revela el "aire" personal. Nadie sabe cómo llamarlo, pero es evidente...
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Save The Drama For Your Mama! is an easy to read, straight to the point book for leaders (formal or informal) that are looking for a toolbox to help them manage change and navigate drama within their organization. Whether leaders are trying to manage change, implement personal accountability, stem gossip, or manage expectations, this book will provide practical tips and tactics to manage the drama in any organization - large or small.
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This book will open your eyes up to the value and importance of creating a business model that has recurring revenue. Learn the three types of recurring revenue models and how you can identify a niche in your current business or new business to create one or multiple new forms of recurring revenue that will give you predictability, stability and increase your businesses enterprise value.
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Whether you are about to embark on a major business transformation or you simply want to be better prepared for the next challenging period in your business organization, this book is designed to help you. The author makes no apology for keeping this book easy to understand, targeting the book at everyone from the CEO to front line operatives and taking each of them on a journey from complexity to simplicity. The business architecture referred to...
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The magical moments that turn your followers into fans.
Customers, followers, subscribers.
It's easy to just look at the numbers. How many likes? How many purchases? How many email subscribers?
But as entrepreneurs, we have to remember that there are people behind all that data. People who are looking to us to be a leader, to give advice, and to care. They are looking for trustworthy tools and resources, and for someone to help them to achieve their...