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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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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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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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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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Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, the Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service. During the last twenty-five years, thousands...
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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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"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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Learn to be a better negotiator-and achieve the outcomes you want.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you avoid common mistakes, find hidden opportunities, and win the best deals possible.
This book will inspire you to: control the negotiation before you enter the room; persuade others to do what you want-for their own reasons; manage emotions on both sides of the table;...
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Many people mistakenly believe that investing in real estate needs to be left to the professionals and property moguls. But the truth is anyone can build wealth by investing in real estate. The trick to becoming a successful investor? Getting a solid grasp on the basics. Real Estate Investing for Beginners gives you insight into how to successfully evaluate, buy, and maintain investment properties with confidence. It prepares you to invest confidently...
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The ultimate marketing resource from the world's leading scholars
From the world's #1 MBA marketing program comes the latest edition of Kellogg on Marketing, presented by Philip Kotler and Alexander Chernev. With hundreds of pages of brand-new material on timely topics, like creating value to disrupt markets, defensive marketing strategies, strategic customer management, building strong brands, and marketing in the metaverse, the book explores foundational...
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As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization.
You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, the success of your organization depends on your leadership.
We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help...
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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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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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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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What if you could sit down with some of today's most effective business leaders? Now you can. Knowledge@Wharton has interviewed some of today's most powerful and successful business leaders about issues important to them as leaders. Conversations on Leadership: 6 Leaders on What Drives Excellence, drawn from the archives of Knowledge@Wharton, includes interviews with: The Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington on how to thrive as a leader; Medtronic's...
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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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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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