This valuable book will provide wisdom and skills to a great many readers. Living in a fast moving age of increasing demands and high stress requires us to find new ways to grow and improve ourselves. The book is arranged in three sections: The Development of the Self, The Development of the Social Self, and The Development of the Core Self; and consists of sixty-six vignettes, written in a way that will allow the busy person to quickly glean a gem or a message that is helpful and relevant to their life experience.

For salespeople feeling stressed and disappointed that their customers don’t want to hear from them, this guide is the key to developing the mindset and habits required to reach a new level of sales success. The world of sales can be tough, so it’s easy to get discouraged when the rejections start piling up and your customers stop answering the phone. This allows the wrong thought patterns to start developing, soon you aren’t making quotas and then you begin looking at job listings waiting for your next downfall. Sales expert Mark Hunter can relate as his start to sales was discouraging. The lessons he’s learned throughout his career are revealed in A Mind for Sales. He discovered that sales can be incredibly rewarding, such as customers calling you for advice, thanking you for improving their business, and referring you to colleagues. The difference is simply developing mindset and momentum habits. In A Mind for Sales, you’ll learn how to: Feel energized by renewed purpose and success in your sales role by following the success cycle approach. Receive practical strategies on how to change your mindset and succeed in sales. Learn the daily habits needed to maximize productivity and make hitting the ground running strategy #1. Gain real-world insights from Hunter’s vast experience as a successful sales professional and sales coach. Let this book inspire and prepare you to form the new habits you need to succeed and to realize the incredible rewards that a successful life in sales makes possible.

Backed by five years of research, David Marcum and Steven Smith's egonomicsinforms readers that the key to great leadership is understanding exactly what ego is - and what it should not be. With the aid of real-life examples and persuasive writing, egonomics argues that while most people believe ego is negative, it is actually a healthy, necessary element to management effectiveness and business leadership. Marcum and Smith illustrate that the distinction between a good and a great leader is how humility affects their ambition, and egonomics is full of ideas that help both upper and middle management keep their egos in balance. With a compelling combination of business and psychology expertise, these two specialists explain how (a) being too competitive can make you less competitive, (b) seeking respect and recognition dilutes effectiveness and (c) humility, curiosity and veracity are the essential components to outstanding leadership. Full of the best advice from the experts in the field, egonomics is poised to be the blockbuster business bestseller of the season.

Has the “daily grind” diminished your enthusiasm for your various pursuits, both personal and professional? Are you in need of some fresh inspiration and motivation—some tangible strategies to help you rediscover your passions and break through mental blocks and other obstacles that are preventing you from achieving your goals? Let Earl Nightingale, one of the most successful radio broadcasters of all time and an expert on joyful, purposeful living, help you actualize your dreams by showing you the importance of creative thinking and impactful communication. As you’ll discover, these two elements hold the key to healthy relationships, excellence in leadership, success in business, and effectiveness in public speaking. Your Greatest Asset contains some of Nightingale’s most inspiring broadcasts on the subjects of brainstorming, problem-solving, decision-making, goal achievement, and interpersonal communication. Its simple yet incisive messages will teach you techniques and attitudes, which, if practiced regularly, will result in your living an even more creative, rewarding life. In this volume, you’ll learn how to: Become a better conversationalist (hint: it’s not about your speaking skills) Strengthen your friendships and marriage Handle disagreements in the most effective manner possible Cultivate the essential qualities of leadership Identify your employees’ talents and develop them accordingly Persuasively sell your ideas and/or products Form habits that help you overcome writer’s block and channel your creative powers Expand your perspective through lateral and vertical thinking Create more engaging presentations And enhance your public speaking skills Rediscover the joy that the critical power of imagination and creative thinking can bring when applied to the three “departments of living”—your family life, your work life and leisure activities, and your income—with this invigorating collection from “the Dean of Personal Development.”

"From this day forward, decide that you are going to earn the amount of money you are truly capable of earning. In seven simple steps, business leader Brian Tracy can show you how to take complete control of your career and your income so you can survive and thrive in any economy." --

Drive better business strategy with practical analytics for people data Optimize Your Greatest Asset — Your People brings advanced analytics into Human Resources, giving you a framework for optimizing human capital investments through predictive analysis. You'll learn how to transition from anecdotes and surveys to more advanced measurement techniques, and combine the data from multiple systems into a unified plan of action that improves business results. Practical examples and case studies show how these techniques are applied in real-world settings, and executives and thought leaders weigh in on how advanced analytics are informing better business decisions every day. Coverage includes the latest research on the state of current HR measurement techniques, as well as the important considerations surrounding data security and employee trust. Executives and managers alike are swimming in pools of people data, spread across multiple systems that don't talk to each other. This book shows you how to bring that data together, organize it, and turn it into useful information, and how to build your data strategy to take advantage of the wealth of available tools. Produce actionable intelligence with data from multiple systems Move beyond activity metrics and into advanced measurements Create stronger policy covering security, privacy, and ethics Achieve sophisticated HR analytics without breaking employee trust It's time for HR leaders to get over their fear of Big Data. Good data drives good business, and human capital is the biggest asset a company has. Start measuring the things that matter, and start turning those measurements into actual information that goes beyond the spreadsheet. Optimize Your Greatest Asset — Your People shows you how to get started, and where to go from there.

LEAN LABOR delivers practical methods to convert wasted time and expense into productive hours resulting in a highly effective workforce. In this book you will follow Graham, an operations executive at a manufacturing company, on his journey to uncover unique ways of applying Lean methodologies in managing the workforce. Filled with proven examples and case studies, LEAN LABOR will inspire new ideas and deliver a roadmap that all manufacturers can follow to improve their global competitiveness.