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The Art of Business Communication: How to use pictures, charts and graphics to make your message stick

Graham Shaw · FT Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Whether it’s in emails, documents, presentations, meetings or tweets, we’re all being bombarded by millions of words every day. So, how do you make your message stand out and stick amongst all this chatter?   The answer is simple – just get visual!   With...
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The Confident House Hunter: A Home Inspector's Tips for Finding Your Perfect House

Dylan Chalk · Plain Sight Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

With a zillion houses out there, find your perfect home in the midst of imperfection. In The Confident House Hunter, home inspector Dylan Chalk weaves over a decade of home inspection experience into stories and tips with easy-to-understand language, teaching homebuyers and real estate...
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Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies: Email, Blogs, Cell Phones & More

Lisa Guerin J.D. · NOLO; Fourth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Make Your Workplace Safe for Technology Worried that your company's employees might post trade secrets on Facebook, send harassing email, or text while driving on company business? Advances in workplace technology bring big benefits, but they can also bring legal exposure. To protect...
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Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences

Tiffany Jana · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Control, Conquer, and Prevail! Everybody's biased. The truth is, we all harbor unconscious assumptions that can get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from building authentic relationships with people different from ourselves. Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman use vivid stories...
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Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time

Bill McGowan · HarperBusiness; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan—coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller and Kenneth Cole teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch...
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Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers

Bob Eckstein · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

From beloved New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein, Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores invites you into the heart and soul of every community: the local bookshop, each with its own quirks, charms, and legendary stories. This collection of seventy-five of the most cherished bookstores...
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Christopher Voss · Harperbusiness
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

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...
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A Culture of Purpose: How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You

Christoph Lueneburger · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 260
Format: Book

How innovative leaders create meaningful cultures that attract and retain top talent Building a culture of purpose is one of the greatest challenges facing modern leaders, as today's best minds are looking for meaning, not just jobs. More than any other single factor, cultures of purpose...
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Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences

Jane Hyun · Harper Business
Pages: 303
Format: Hardcover

Renowned executive coaches and global leadership strategists Jane Hyun and Audrey S. Lee offer lessons on the vital skill of "Flexing" - the art of switching leadership styles to more effectively lead people who are different from you, allowing managers to successfully manage...
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Coxey's Crusade for Jobs: Unemployment in the Gilded Age

Jerry Prout · Northern Illinois University Press
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

In the depths of a depression in 1894, a highly successful Gilded Age businessman named Jacob Coxey led a group of jobless men on a march from his hometown of Massillon, Ohio, to the steps of the nation's Capitol. Though a financial panic and the resulting widespread business failures...
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