Economics and Business

SECRETS OF POWER NEGOTIATING covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice, from beginning steps to critical final moves: how to recognize unethical tactics, key principles of the Power Negotiating strategy, why money is not as important as everyone thinks, negotiating pressure points, understanding the other party and gaining the upper hand, and analyses of ...

LIVING PROOF tells the story of how, in just a few short years, Connecticut natives, Adam and Pete, took Onyx Spirits Company from a start-up concept born in a restored Civil War-era factory to a multimillion-dollar, award-winning spirit distillery by breaking rules, learning from failures and challenging the status quo.

THE LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN is a playbook for winning in the reality of today's competitive global business environment. Each of the 10 steps it offers were learned on the most intensely competitive global battlefields. Thirty years ago, the authors were top-tier political consultants who could boast of a dozen presidential wins around the world.

Too many companies limit their strategic thinking by focusing on what they already know how to do. Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create detailed, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best.

“We're sorry but your recommendation wasn't approved.” We've all heard those words; it's a sentence that swallows your hopes and crushes your confidence. Getting ideas or projects approved and securing the resources needed to implement them is one of the greatest challenges business leaders face.

In the last decade alone, the face and nature of the job market has evolved dramatically. It's now a given that personal branding will have a significant impact on your professional opportunities. It's not an exaggeration that your brand and reputation could make - or break - your career.

Negotiation is the middle ground between capitulation and stonewalling, a back-and-forth between two parties trying to reach agreement. If a price or other term is non-negotiable, there is no give and take, just “take it or leave it.” You may think you are negotiating, but if the other side isn't playing, you aren't either.

This is the book every sales manager wishes they had - before they accepted the job. The advice within acts as a 24/7 coach for beleaguered sales leaders dealing with perplexing dilemmas. Sales leaders (managers, directors and vice presidents) advocate for and, often succeed in, getting sales training for their reps, but when they request sales management training for themselves, the answer ...

A business's greatest asset is its experience combined with the innovative. According to estimates Millennials will represent roughly almost 50% of the workforce in less than 10 years. A flood of blogs, articles and books are already trying to help professionals and executives understand how the clash of Millennial, Generation X and Boomer preferences will impact their business and personal ...

Ordinary salespeople sell. Extraordinary sales professionals engage. Part of what sets them apart is their ability to understand body language, both their prospect's and their own and use it to their advantage. BODY LANGUAGE SALES SECRETS directly addresses the need of sales professionals to help them: ...

To succeed these days your organisation must create amazing results. Your employees and teams may be quite capable of handling their specific areas of focus, but unless you get them to work together, your products, services and profits will suffer. While progress has been made, maximising collaboration is still a challenge for many companies. They need a new approach.

Regardless of the sector your organisation operates within or its size, increasing employee performance, building customer loyalty and growing revenue are likely your top priorities. How can you continually improve your employees' morale and performance in a sustainable way? How can you stay ahead of your customers' ever-changing needs without spending a fortune on technology?

Employee motivation has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEOs, managers and human resources leaders across the world. This new title from best-selling author, Dr. Bob Nelson, will help move any organisation from just measuring the need to engage employees to actually changing management behaviour which will, in turn, lead to a stronger culture of motivation.

Each of us sees more than 5,000 marketing messages every day. In such a crowded marketplace, brands are scrambling to find new ways to cut through the clutter to reach consumers. With such intense competition, it's critical to stand apart beyond service and price. CONVERSATION MARKETING will help you connect your brands, not just to the minds of your consumers, but to their hearts.

Congratulations, you're a manager! Of course you have expertise in the field you're managing, but what about everything else? There's so much more to know! Whether you're a new or experienced manager, your responsibilities can become overwhelming at times. There are days and new situations that will leave you feeling vulnerable. You don't know where to start or even what to ask!

Intuition is the great differentiator in business. Listening to, trusting and acting on your intuitive intelligence separates you from the pack as most people are not listening to theirs. Intuition is the one intangible skill that enables teams to function at a higher level and add more dimension and power to their ability to solve problems and grow.

Master negotiator, Roger Dawson, turns his attention to the person on the other side of the desk - the salesperson who's trying to close a deal with the most favourable terms. The goal of most negotiations is to create a win-win situation. Imagine if you could win every negotiation and leave the other person feeling like he or she has won too?

Technology has revolutionised the business sector. Whether you're an entrepreneur, employee, CEO or executive, you're likely feeling the effects of less humanity and more technology. Our minds are distracted, our attention spans are shortened, we want everything on demand, in boxes are never empty, our energy is frequently negative, we're addicted to social media and we're sleep deprived.

When a company can get its best ideas to market faster, its leaders can be confident that their most important strategic decisions will be executed faithfully and their visions for the company's future will be realised. They are, also, able to be agile in response to market changes, pursue new opportunities and achieve ambitious plans for growth.

The human longing for respect and dignity is deep and pervasive. Yet, while resolving more than 300 workplace conflicts, author, Anna Maravelas, has met thousands of individuals struggling with tension and mistrust. CREATING A DRAMA-FREE WORKPLACE contains strategies to avoid and reverse these troubling trends.