Wiley feb 2011 (164 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Updated business wisdom from the founder of Dogfish Head, the nation's fastest growing independent craft brewery Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America's best and fastest growing craft breweries. In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing ideas, including how social media has become an integral part of the business model and how other small businesses can use it to catch up with bigger competitors. Calagione also presents a compelling argument for choosing to keep his business small and artisanal, despite growing demand for his products. - Updated to offer a more complete look at what it takes to keep a small business booming - An inspiring story of renegade entrepreneurialism and the rewards of dreaming big, working hard, and thinking unconventionally - Shows how to use social media to reach new customers and grow a business For any entrepreneur with a dream, Brewing Up a Business, Second Edition presents an enlightening, in-depth look at what it takes to succeed on their own terms. 312 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Updated business wisdom from the founder of Dogfish Head, the nation's fastest growing independent craft brewery Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America's best and fastest growing craft breweries. In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing ideas, including how social media has become an integral part of the business model and how other small businesses can use it to catch up with bigger competitors. Calagione also presents a compelling argument for choosing to keep his business small and artisanal, despite growing demand for his products. - Updated to offer a more complete look at what it takes to keep a small business booming - An inspiring story of renegade entrepreneurialism and the rewards of dreaming big, working hard, and thinking unconventionally - Shows how to use social media to reach new customers and grow a business For any entrepreneur with a dream, Brewing Up a Business, Second Edition presents an enlightening, in-depth look at what it takes to succeed on their own terms.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - All watersports involve a certain amount of risk, so it is important to have easy to use reference to first aid at hand. First Aid Companion is a splash proof, easy to use guide to most medical emergencies that you may encounter afloat.Includes:\* Drowning\* Unconconsciousness\* Immersion\* Fractures\* Burns & scalds\* Heatstroke\* Communications in an emergency. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Mastering the latest fitness craze-keeping your brain healthy at any ageJudging from the worldwide popularity of the brain game, Nintendo DS, and such mind-bending puzzles as SuDoku and KenKen(r), keeping one's mind as limber as an Olympic athlete is an international obsession. With forecasters predicting over a million people with dementia by 2025, today's young and senior population have a vested interest in keeping their grey matter in the pink for as long as possible. Training Your Brain For Dummies is an indispensable guide to every aspect of brain fitness-and keeping your mind as sharp, agile, and creative for as long as you can. Whether you want to hone your memory, manage stress and anxiety, or simply eat brain healthy food, this guide will help you build brain health into your everyday life.\* Includes verbal, numerical and memory games, brain games to play on the move, tips on the best day-to-day habits, and long-term mental fitness techniques\* Offers ten key brain training basics, tips on brain training through one's lifetime, and improving long- and short-term memory\* Includes advice on improving creativity, developing a positive mindset, and reaping the rewards of peace and quietWith tips on mind/body fitness, Training Your Brain For Dummies is a must-have guide for anyone, at any age, for keeping one's mind-and quality of life-in peak condition.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The world's religions affirm it to be so and recent research across a number of disciplines tell us that 'Helping others not only benefits those we assist but is good for us as well.' The recent and astonishingly generous outpouring of help and donations in response to the earthquake in Haiti is a clear demonstration of this phenomenon, but what if we could be convinced to make helping others a way of life, even when times are hard - Post is author of the widely praised Why Good Things Happen to Good People - Filled with inspirational anecdotes about the transformative power of doing good - The author is a leader in the study of altruism, compassion, and love as well as the President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love - Beautiful packaging, ideal for gift giving The Hidden Gifts of Helping Others will leave you with the unshakable feeling that the world is an essentially good place.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Get a practical, actionable, three-step process to build and leverage important relationshipsMost people know instinctively how to build positive, long-lasting relationships with spouses, friends, and even co-workers-but few of us know how to consciously and systematically build and maintain positive business relationships. For years, The Relationship Edge has successfully shown people how to build personal relationships and repair damaged ones with a proven three-step process.This completely updated third edition offers a fresh perspective on that process and includes more contemporary case studies, as well as how to build and nurture relationships online.\* Develop the right mindset-understand that personal relationships are vital to business success, both offline and online\* Ask the right questions-discover the common ground you share with others\* Do the right thing-be truthful and straightforward or you'll undermine the goodwill you've worked so hard to build\* Jerry Acuff, the author, has a proven record of success with previous editions of The Relationship EdgeWith real case studies and step-by-step guidance, The Relationship Edge, Third Edition offers the tools and advice you need to develop strong, rewarding relationships with customers, co-workers, and managers. Jerry Acuff's latest version is packed full of practical, concrete information on the mechanics of interpersonal relationships in the business world, all designed to have you doing business better and more productively than ever.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Don t just survive - thrive! That s the message of this state-of-the-art guide to diabetes management. From causes, symptoms and side effects to treatments and diet, this book will help British diabetics understand all types of diabetes and delivers sound advice on staying fit and feeling great. The best-selling second edition has been updated to cover key information on managing pre-diabetes, plus new content on screening tests, medications and lifestyle advice. With additional information on the latest advances in therapy for diabetes and its complications, this new edition will make sure you re covered from every aspect.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Bogleheads are back-with retirement planning advice for those who need it! Whatever your current financial situation, you must continue to strive for a viable retirement plan by finding the most effective ways to save, the best accounts to save in, and the right amount to save, as well as understanding how to insure against setbacks and handle the uncertainties of a shaky economy. Fortunately, the Bogleheads, a group of like-minded individual investors who follow the general investment and business beliefs of John C. Bogle, are here to help. Filled with valuable advice on a wide range of retirement planning issues, including some pearls of wisdom from Bogle himself, The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning has everything you need to succeed at this endeavor. - Explains the different types of savings accounts and retirement plans - Offers insights on managing and funding your retirement accounts - Details efficient withdrawal strategies that could help you maintain a comfortable retirement lifestyle - Addresses essential estate planning and gifting issues With The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning, you'll discover exactly what it takes to secure your financial future, today.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An up-to-date guide to the complex world of equitiesGetting Started in Stock Investing and Trading walks investors and traders through the essential information they need to know before they decide what kind of participant they want to be in equities. The book is filled with the key strategies and tools and offers a comprehensive guide for those entering this marketplace. The author does not argue that one method is better or more appropriate than another. Rather, he reveals the various methods and lets investors decide for themselves. The book covers investment risks, value investing, market strategies, trading methods such as day and swing trading, technical indicators, and diversifying your portfolio, and\* Offers a thorough overview of strategies and tools that investors need to profit from the volatile equities markets\* Provides examples, charts, and timely additions that reflect recent changes in the equities marketsOther titles by Thomsett: Getting Started in Bonds and eight editions of Getting Started in Options. This book is another title in The Getting Started series, which makes complex issues easy to understand.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What You Need to Know About Project Management Project Management is all about getting things done without spending too much or taking too long. But when you start hearing things like man-days, PSOs and stakeholders, it just makes it difficult to understand. So what do you really need to know about project management Find out: - Why setting clear goals matters - How to estimate absolutely everything - How to get things back on track after they've gone wrong - How to track big projects - Why work/life balance matters when you're running a big project This clear and simple approach will mean you'll never panic when faced with a big project again. Read More in the Want You Need to Know Series and Get to Speed on the Essentials. Fast. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Learn the secrets of direct response marketing with the man who created the George Foreman Grill campaignIn today's highly competitive, global marketplace, businesses have to do more than just advertise their products. By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers.In Buy Now!, Rick Cesari reveals twenty-five years' worth of insights and methods, enabling you to make the most of direct response marketing in your business toolkit. Whether you're a business owner, executive, inventor, or marketer, Buy Now! gives you the secrets behind the successful campaigns that catapulted products into millions of homes.\* Find out how to use direct response to create a 'self-funding 'marketing campaign\* Learn the techniques to building offers that will get people to respond to your products\* Use 'high touch' direct response marketing to build brand equity and drive sales at retail\* Find out why large companies like Johnson & Johnson and Valvoline are using these concepts for their consumer brands\* Cesari has put more companies on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies than anyone elseBuy Now! to launch your products and campaigns to new heights-and connect with customers as never before-with Cesari's market-leading insights.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The final word on passive vs. active investingThe debate on active investing-stock picking and market timing-versus passive investing-markets are highly efficient and almost impossible to outperform-has raged for decades. Which side is right In The Quest for Alpha: The Holy Grail of Investing, author Larry E. Swedroe puts an end to the debate, proving once and for all that active investing is likely to prove futile as the associated expenses-costs, fees, and time spent analyzing individual stocks and the overall market-are likely to exceed any benefits gained. The book\* Presents research, data, and quotations that reveal it's extremely difficult to outperform the market\* Explains why investors should focus on asset allocation, fund construction, costs, tax efficiency, and the building of a globally diversified portfolio that minimizes, if not eliminates, the taking of idiosyncratic, uncompensated risks\* Other titles by Swedroe: The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need and The Only Guide You'll Ever Need for the Right Financial PlanInvestors are on a never-ending search for a money manager who will deliver returns above the appropriate risk-adjusted benchmark, aka the 'Holy Grail of Investing.' The Quest for Alpha demonstrates that it's a loser's game-while it's possible to win, it's so unlikely that you shouldn't try. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Poetry. Winner of the Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse First Book Prize. Under the influence of broadcasts such as National Public Radio's 'Marketplace' (a daily roundup of stock reports and business news), Daniel Khalastchi composed a series of character-driven poems whose recurrent narrator is physically and mentally manipulated while the world around him takes little notice. Through their chaos and horror, these poems ask a reader to question the ways in which our careening healthcare system, crumbling financial/housing/job markets, and war on multiple fronts are actually affecting us--both inside and out. 'In MANOLERIA, the body, broken apart 'in elegant stress,' re-congregates. Formally, the poet is taking us through the emotional work of picking up pieces. Despite the splintering, despite the hemorrhage, somehow 'all is accounted for.' A cardinal debut.'--D. A. Powell.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Updated business wisdom from the founder of Dogfish Head, the nation's fastest growing independent craft brewery Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America's best and fastest growing craft breweries. In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing ideas, including how social media has become an integral part of the business model and how other small businesses can use it to catch up with bigger competitors. Calagione also presents a compelling argument for choosing to keep his business small and artisanal, despite growing demand for his products. - Updated to offer a more complete look at what it takes to keep a small business booming - An inspiring story of renegade entrepreneurialism and the rewards of dreaming big, working hard, and thinking unconventionally - Shows how to use social media to reach new customers and grow a business For any entrepreneur with a dream, Brewing Up a Business, Second Edition presents an enlightening, in-depth look at what it takes to succeed on their own terms.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Branding guru Aaker shows how to eliminate the competition and become the lead brand in your marketThis ground-breaking book defines the concept of brand relevance using dozens of case studies-Prius, Whole Foods, Westin, iPad and more-and explains how brand relevance drives market dynamics, which generates opportunities for your brand and threats for the competition. Aaker reveals how these companies have made other brands in their categories irrelevant. Key points: When managing a new category of product, treat it as if it were a brand; By failing to produce what customers want or losing momentum and visibility, your brand becomes irrelevant; and create barriers to competitors by supporting innovation at every level of the organization.\* Using dozens of case studies, shows how to create or dominate new categories or subcategories, making competitors irrelevant\* Shows how to manage the new category or subcategory as if it were a brand and how to create barriers to competitors\* Describes the threat of becoming irrelevant by failing to make what customer are buying or losing energy\* David Aaker, the author of four brand books, has been called the father of brandingThis book offers insight for creating and/or owning a new business arena. Instead of being the best, the goal is to be the only brand around-making competitors irrelevant.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme No One Would Listen is the thrilling story of how the Harry Markopolos, a little-known number cruncher from a Boston equity derivatives firm, and his investigative team uncovered Bernie Madoff's scam years before it made headlines, and how they desperately tried to warn the government, the industry, and the financial press. Page by page, Markopolos details his pursuit of the greatest financial criminal in history, and reveals the massive fraud, governmental incompetence, and criminal collusion that has changed thousands of lives forever-as well as the world's financial system. The only book to tell the story of Madoff's scam and the SEC's failings by those who saw both first hand Describes how Madoff was enabled by investors and fiduciaries alike Discusses how the SEC missed the red flags raised by Markopolos Despite repeated written and verbal warnings to the SEC by Harry Markopolos, Bernie Madoff was allowed to continue his operations. No One Would Listen paints a vivid portrait of Markopolos and his determined team of financial sleuths, and what impact Madoff's scam will have on financial markets and regulation for decades to come.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hone your professional approach to a razor's edge using lessons from military and civilian intelligenceThe Most Dangerous Business Book You'll Ever Read brings expertise from military and civilian intelligence operations into your business life. It lays out hard-hitting interpersonal skills to raise your level of professional effectiveness and vanquish your competition.The Most Dangerous Business Book You'll Ever Read features former Army interrogator Gregory Hartley's unique system of profiling, formula for persuasion, and framework for establishing expertise quickly. Gregory makes his system concrete with case studies, tables, diagrams, and more.\* Question like a Polygrapher\* Sort Personalities like a Profiler\* Close a Deal like a Hostage Negotiator\* Interview like an Interrogator\* Network like a Spy\* Research like an Intelligence Analyst\* Decide like a SEAL\* Team-Build like Special OpsTake your career focus to the next level. Discover the skills they don't teach in business school with The Most Dangerous Business Book You'll Ever Read.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Philosophy and gardens have been closely connected from the dawn of philosophy, with many drawing on their beauty and peace for philosophical inspiration. Gardens in turn give rise to a broad spectrum of philosophical questions. For the green-fingered thinker, this book reflects on a whole host of fascinating philosophical themes.\* Gardens and philosophy present a fascinating combination of subjects, historically important, and yet scarcely covered within the realms of philosophy\* Contributions come from a wide range of authors, ranging from garden writers and gardeners, to those working in architecture, archaeology, archival studies, art history, anthropology, classics and philosophy\* Essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from Epicurus and Confucius to the aesthetics and philosophy of Central Park\* Offers new perspectives on the experience and evaluation of gardens. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Seasons of a Family's Life, Wendy M. Wright-- parent, Church historian, and follower of the contemplative tradition-- offers a reflective, story-filled, and inspirational examination of the spiritual fabric of domestic life. This practical and insightful book explores family life as a context for nurturing contemplative practices in the home. Rooted in an appreciation of our deep and wise spiritual traditions that probe the sacred alongside everyday human experience, Seasons of a Family's Life challenges us to wrestle with the great religious questions that shape our lives and offers parents a model for integrating family life and spiritual awareness. Every chapter in Wendy M. Wright's thoughtful book is a lesson in gaining an awareness of the joy in our experience as families and letting the sacred be more present in our frantically paced daily lives. Wright shows us how to pay attention to the silence that underlies our lives and encourages us to be sensitive to the ordinary moments that connect us. She reveals a family life replete with sacred spaces, rituals that enrich our time together, shared family stories, and much more. Interwoven throughout the book is a wealth of inspiring, personal stories.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Leadership is not for everyone. It requires bold, gutsy individuals. If you accept that premise, you will find his [Bob Herbold's] book rewarding reading.'--Harvey Schachter, The Globe and Mail Quit hiding from tough decisions and learn to confront them head-onWhy do managers at all levels sacrifice corporate success by shying away from making the tough decisions What's Holding You Back reveals exactly why managers often hesitate to confront difficult issues-whether it's the absence of a perfect solution, the knowledge that no decision will please everyone, etc.-and, most importantly, how they can overcome these common managerial obstacles to maximize their company's success. What's Holding You Back elucidates the ten core principles of confident leadership, outlining proven tactics by which managers can confront their inner wimp and highlight their inner courage.\* Features dynamic real-world examples from Apple, Microsoft, Porsche, IBM, Merck, Canon, Sony, Whirlpool, IDEO, Tesco, P&G, Target, 3M, and more\* Pinpoints the corporate failures that can result from hesitant or self-conscious organizations, and what managers can do to avoid them\* Clearly delineates how managers can cultivate and deliver accountable and decisive leadership, even during the toughest dilemmasWhat's Holding You Back proves that practicing gutsy leadership is the key to operational and innovative excellence in the workplace.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ruthlessly focus on what's convenient for customers, not what's convenient for youNinety percent of dissatisfied clients will take their business elsewhere and never tell you why. However, ninety-five percent will become loyal customers again if their needs and problems are addressed and remedied.Speaker and salesperson Michael Aun shares these secrets and many more in It's the Customer, Stupid!, a guide to growing any business by gaining new customers, and, more importantly, by keeping the ones you have happy and coming back for more. This fun-to-read book explains common myths about sales and customer satisfaction, starting with the fact that most businesses think they're customer-centric, but they just aren't.\* Get proven steps to REALLY put your customer at the center of what you do\* Distinguish your business from the competition by understanding the principle that good sales ARE good service\* Author received the Toastmasters 'World Championship of Public Speaking' award and is also a full-time businessman practicing what he preaches dailyIt's the Customer, Stupid! reveals key actions that will shake up your business approach. Your customers will love you for them, and you'll love the effect on sales.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The inside story of a maverick reformer with a take-no-prisoners management style Hailed by Oprah as a 'warrior woman for our times,' reviled by teachers unions as the enemy, Michelle Rhee, outgoing chancellor of Washington DC public schools, has become the controversial face of school reform. She has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, and is currently featured as a hero in the documentary 'Waiting for Superman.' This is the story of her journey from good-girl daughter of Korean immigrants to tough-minded political game-changer. When Rhee first arrived in Washington, she found a school district that had been so broken for so long, that everyone had long since given up. The book provides an inside view of the union battles, the school closings, and contentious community politics that have been the subject of intense public interest and debate along with a rare look at Rhee's upbringing and life before DC. - Rhee has been featured in the documentary 'Waiting for Superman' - Rhee's story points to a fresh way of addressing school improvement - Addresses fundamental problems inour current education system, and the politics of leadership The book includes an insert with photos from Rhee's personal and professional life, and an 'exit' interview that sheds light on what she's learned and where the future might take her.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your careerOften, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Unusually Excellent is an essential resource for leaders that brings these fundamentals together in a new and comprehensive way. This book will help leaders at any level keep their focus on the bedrock principles that will make them extraordinary.\* Thoroughly practical, day-to-day primer for achieving and maintaining their highest level of leadership, for today and for a lifetime\* The author's Harvard Business Review articles are among the most highly read in the magazine's history\* Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skillsUsing a sports analogy, the author breaks the work of leaders into three parts: pregame: a matter of character; game day: a matter of competence; and postgame: a matter of consequence.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership positionThe number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the book addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience.\* Includes practical information for new managers who must supervise friends and former peers\* Authors are expert consultants who work with leaders at all levels\* Shows how to adopt the mindset of a leader, including: communicating change, giving feedback, coaching employees, leading productive teams, and achieving goalsThis much-needed book can help new leaders get beyond the stress and fear to focus on becoming the most effective leader they can be-starting right now.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A 5-part process that will transform your organization -- or your career -- into a non-stop creativity juggernautWe live in an era when business cycles are measured in months, not years. The only way to sustain long term innovation and growth is through creativity-at all levels of an organization. Disciplined Dreaming shows you how to create profitable new ideas, empower all your employees to be creative, and sustain your competitive advantage over the long term. Linkner distills his years of experience in business and jazz -- as well as hundreds of interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and artists -- into a 5-step process that will make creativity easy for you and your organization. The methodology is simple, backed by proven results.\* Empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to meet creative challenges posed by the marketplace\* Turns the mystery of creativity into a simple-to-use process\* Shows how creativity can be used for everything from innovative, game-shifting breakthroughs to incremental advances and daily improvements to business processes\* Offers dozens of practical exercises, thought-starters, workouts to grow 'creative muscles,' and case studiesDisciplined Dreaming shows even the stuffiest corporate bureaucracies how to cultivate creativity in order to become more competitive in today's shifting marketplace.\* #4 New York Times Best Seller (Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous)\* #8 New York Times Best Seller (Hardcover Business)\* #2 Wall Street Journal Best Seller (Hardcover Business)\* #9 Wall Street Journal Best Seller (Hardcover Nonfiction)\* #9 Washington Post Best Seller (Hardcover Nonfiction)\* #1 USA Today Best Seller (Money)\* #10 Entertainment Weekly Best Seller (Hardcover Nonfiction)\* #10 Publishers Weekly Bestseller (Hardcover Nonfiction).…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Updated version of the bestselling book on how to grow and protect wealth in difficult economic times Having an effective financial plan has always been important; today, it's crucial. In The Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recession, and Depression-the updated and revised edition of the bestseller, The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide-author Martin D. Weiss shows readers how to create a safe and effective financial plan for today's unpredictable economic environment. - Explains why the U.S. economy continues to slump, and how persistently high unemployment and increasing government spending could lead to a far worse, double-dip recession - Details how investors are missing opportunities by failing to look at overseas investments, specifically in Asia and Latin America - Reveals what everyone should be doing now to protect their savings, investments, and jobs The Ultimate Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recession, and Depression answers the questions readers have about the new challenges of the 'new normal,' while also offering strategies to cope with the credit crunch, housing bust, and decline of the U.S. dollar.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How to build, design, and deliver a fire-breathing, wing-flapping, roar-bellowing behemoth of a presentationUnlike most presentation books that say the same things regarding presentation design and delivery (less is more, get rid of bullets and use images, emulate Steve Jobs, and so on), How to Be a Presentation God actually divulges step-by-step secrets for how to build, design, and deliver blockbuster presentations.By providing entertaining and clever presentation insights, veteran presenter Scott Schwertly gives you the in's and out's for presenting yourself, your business, and your cause with an easy-to-implement approach.\* Focuses on content, design, and delivery\* Author is a regular speaker at national and regional industry conferences such as PowerPoint Live and Presentation Camps, and is the founder of the award-winning Ethos3 Communications\* Author is the creator of an app, Present, that landed in the top-20 iPhone apps in the Business category on iTunesHow to be a Presentation God will ensure that your presentations reach a new level of effectiveness.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A practical, hands-on guide to forensic accountingCareers in forensic accounting are hot-US News & World Report recently designated forensic accounting as one of the eight most secure career tracks in America., Forensic accountants work in most major accounting firms and demand for their services is growing with then increasing need for investigations of mergers and acquisitions, tax inquiries, and economic crime. In addition, forensic accountants perform specialized audits, and assist in all kinds of civil litigation, and are often involved in terrorist investigations. Forensic Accounting For Dummies will track to a course and explain the concepts and methods of forensic accounting.\* Covers everything a forensic accountant may face, from investigations of mergers and acquisitions to tax inquiries to economic crime\* What to do if you find or suspect financial fraud in your own organization\* Determining what is fraud and how to investigateWhether you're a student pursuing a career in forensic accounting or just want to understand how to detect and deal with financial fraud, Forensic Accounting For Dummies has you covered.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Tracing her development as a leader, Frances Hesselbein reveals her remarkable personal story and the principles that have served and guided her well throughout her extraordinary life. Written in an intimate and compelling voice, this book delivers key leadership lessons applicable to leaders in every walk of life.My Life in Leadership offers a look at what shaped Frances Hesselbein personally and as a leader, from her youth in the hills western Pennsylvania to her professional journey with the Girl Scouts of the USA where she went from troop leader to transformational CEO, to how Peter Drucker handpicked her to found and lead the Drucker Foundation, and how she later transitioned the Foundation to the Leader to Leader Institute. With excitement and humility, she relives the key moments that have shaped her life of leadership including the day she received the country's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This remarkable book also includes stories about her world travels to deliver her message of leadership and her notable experiences with as well as what she has learned from some of the most distinguished leaders of our time including Peter Drucker, John Gardner, Max DePree, Presidents Clinton and Reagan, General Eric Shinseki, Jim Collins, Warren Bennis and Marshall Goldsmith.As inspirational as it is practical, My Life in Leadership is filled with Frances Hesselbein's universal leadership lessons that will serve any leader, of any age, in any sector.Frances Hesselbein is the founding president and CEO of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation), editor-in-chief of the award-winning journal Leader to Leader as well as co-editor of 26 Leader to Leader translated into 28 languages. Named the 'Best Nonprofit Manager in America' by Fortune magazine, she serves on many nonprofit and corporate boards and has won numerous awards and honors including the United States of America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award recognized her exemplary leadership as Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1976-1990, her role as the founding President of the Drucker Foundation, and her service as 'a pioneer for women, diversity, and inclusion.'Praise for My Life in Leadership'Leadership is needed more than ever in these challenging times to create the future that we all want. Thank you so much Frances, for your very special gift of a life dedicated to service and continuous improvement!! You inspire us all to be better leaders'--Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company'Frances Hesselbein is a national treasure, an inspiration, and a shining light. This diminutive woman stands taller in the eyes of those who know her than any other living leader.-- Jim Kouzes, award-winning coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and The Truth About Leadership'Frances' words ring with the wisdom of experience. On this journey there could be no better guide!'--Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President & CEO, Mutual of America'Frances is an American Icon. Deeply influenced by the Master of Management, Peter Drucker, her whole life has been a sacrificial investment in Leadership in all its forms'--Bob Buford, Chairman, The Drucker Institute, author, Halftime and Finishing Well'Frances Hesselbein is one of the most visionary leaders I have met during my military career -- on or off the battlefield.'--Lloyd J. Austin III, General, United States Army'Through her life story you will touch the marrow of a unique contributor to humanity. This book's appeal will transcend time and captivate the hearts of leaders around the globe.'--Margaret Daniels Tyler, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Programs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…