Steps to Success
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This book offers practical help on how to watch out for danger signs, how to deal with a difficult situation, how to work out who is doing what and why and how to keep cool under pressure.It also features a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help.
Juggling all the tasks and resources you need to make a project run smoothly can seem like an onerous task, but Manage projects successfully will help you do just that. Practical, easy to read and jargon-free, the book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sources of further help.
Not everyone has a head for numbers, but if looking after them is part of your job, they're unavoidable.Get to grips with budgets will boost your confidence with numbers and help you do your job better and more easily.The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help.
If you feel overwhelmed by the constant juggling of different areas of your life, this book can help. There's so much pressure on many people today to succeed at work that sometimes 'real life' tends to take a backseat. Your relationships with friends, family, partner, and children can all suffer as you try to cram everything into a normal day. Balance your life and work contains a quiz, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of handy resources.
Being good at what you do isn't enough to help you climb the career ladder; these days you need to make yourself promotable, which isn't quite the same thing. Being promotable means having that magic mix of great skills and personal qualities that will enable you to meet your targets, build good relationships, and get to know the people who can help during your campaign. Packed with useful advice, Get Yourself Promoted will help you with challenges such as planning your career, making yourself indispensable, polishing up your CV, and finding out about hidden job opportunities. Whatever your current situation, Get Yourself Promoted will help you reach your career goals. This book features a quiz , step-by-step guidance, common mistakes and how to avoid them, top tips, and lists of handy weblinks and further reading. 'A jazzy, upfront and contemporary looking series. Each one is focused and full of the things that it should have. Put these on the shelf and they will shout "buy me".' The Bookseller
The world of work moves so quickly these days that to get the best from your career, you need to actively manage it and seek out new opportunities. Manage your Career will help you make the most of your talents and potential, and enable your dreams to become a reality. Packed with essential advice and practical help, this book will help you plan the right move, whether you want to climb to the top of the career ladder or reinvent your working life completely. Whatever your job, Manage your Career will help you make the most of your skills and reach your full potential at work. It features a quiz, step-by-step guidance and action points, common mistakes and how to avoid them, top tips, summaries, and lists of handy weblinks and further reading.'A jazzy, upfront and contemporary looking series. Each one is focused and full of the things that it should have. Put these on the shelf and they will shout "buy me".' The Bookseller
Deciding to leave the security of a permanent job and go freelance is a brave decision - and is not to be taken lightly. However, as long as you manage your time, work-flow, contacts, and money, it may turn out to be the best career move you ever made! Go freelance is packed with essential advice, including: Working out when it's time to move onDo you have the right skills to be your own boss?Finding new workNetworking to market yourself and your skillsManaging work-flowManaging your timeLooking after your accounts Also included are: a self-assessment quiz; step-by-step guidance and action points; top tips; common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them; summaries of key points; and lists of further resources.
Speaking in front of other people can be a real worry if you've not had a lot of practice. Even if you know your stuff, it can be hard to get everything together in time, look confident, speak clearly, and get your message across well.Give great presentations contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help. It also contains a special section on how to cope with nerves and boost your message with your body language.
Too many meetings, never enough decisions. Badly-managed meetings are a waste of time, and often they just don't need to happen at all. If you have to chair or arrange meetings, this book will help you to make sure that they're useful and helpful exchanges of information rather than pointless shouting matches. Manage Meetings Positively offers practical solutions for many situations, including keeping the meeting on schedule, making sure decisions are reached, and dealing with conflict if tempers rise. Whatever your line of work, this book will help you make meetings more of a pleasure than a chore. This book features a quiz, step-by-step guidance and action points, common mistakes and how to avoid them, top tips, summaries of key points, and lists of handy weblinks and further reading.'A jazzy, upfront and contemporary looking series. Each one is focused and full of the things that it should have. Put these on the shelf and they will shout "buy me".' The Bookseller
It's great to have a new challenge at work. Managing others, though, can be a daunting new responsibility and can be tricky if you're now the boss of former colleagues or friends. Packed with practical advice, it will help you sail through issues such as getting to know your team, dealing with internal politics, motivating others, and celebrating success. Whatever your new job, Succeed As a New Manager will help you find your feet and get great results along the way. This book also includes a quiz, step-by-step action points, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, top tips, and lists of handy Web links and further reading.
You negotiate every day in all types of situations and in many ways. This book will help build confidence and get better results with practical advice on the basic principles of negotiation, how to prepare, how to keep cool under pressure and how to understand and use body language to your advantage. The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists of the best sources of further help.
The job market has never been more competitive, and marketing yourself can be tricky. This title offers practical, step-by-step advice on preparing, writing, and presenting an impressive CV that will help you 'get your foot in the door' with prospective employers.
The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help. It features a cover illustration by Martin Shovel, creator of the "Daily Telegraph's" weekly cartoon strip "Future Tense".
Being able to make good decisions is an essential workplace skill. Whatever your job, there will be times when you need to analyse an issue, get to grips with it, and decide on the best course of action. This book helps you do that effectively, even if time is tight. Practical and helpful, Make effective decisions will help you get to the heart of the matter, ask the right questions, avoid procrastination, and cope with pressure so that you reach the best solution possible, every time.
An increasing number of people are deciding to work from home. Whether they are setting up their own business or trying to cut down on the amount of time they spend commuting, the idea of turning a space at home into an office is an appealing one. Work well from home helps you make that idea a reality. Filled with help on making working from home work for you, this book covers a range of essential issues including setting up your office, working as part of a virtual team, managing professional relationships, and dealing with feelings of isolation. It contains: a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help.