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Dealing with People You Can’t Stand September 12, 2012

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Dealing with People You Can't StandDealing with People You Can’t Stand, Revised and Expanded Third Edition:
How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst

Authors: Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner
ISBN: 9780071785723
©2012 | 3rd Edition | 288 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAY-12
Price: US$ 18.00

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The classic guide to bringing out the best in people at their worst—updated with even more can’t-standable people!

Dealing with People You Can’t Stand has been helping good people deal with bad behavior in a positive, professional way for nearly two decades.

Unfortunately, as the world becomes smaller and time more compressed, new difficult people are being made all the time. So Kirschner and Brinkman have updated their global bestseller to help you wring positive results from even the most twisted interactions you’re likely to experience today.

Learn how to get things done and get along when you’re dealing with people who have the uncanny ability to sabotage, derail, and interfere with your plans, needs, and wants. Learn how to:

  • Use sophisticated listening techniques to unlock the doors to people’ s minds, hearts, and deepest needs
  • Apply “take-charge” skills that turn conflict into cooperation by reducing the differences between people
  • Transform the destructive behavior of Tanks, Snipers, Know-It-Alls, Whiners, Martyrs, Meddlers, and other difficult types of people

Whether you’re dealing with a coworker trying to take credit for your work, a distant family member who knows no personal bounds, or a loud cell phone talker on line at the grocery store, Dealing with People You Can’t Stand gives you the tools for bringing out the best in people at their worst.

About the Author

Dr. Rick Kirschner and Dr. Rick Brinkman are naturopathic physicians, professional speakers, and trainers.

Boost Your Interview IQ March 23, 2012

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Boost Your Interview IQ
Authors: Carole Martin
ISBN: 9780071797467 / 0071797467
© 2012 | 2nd Edition |  224 pages | Softback
Pub Date: May-12
Price: US$ 16.00
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Job interviews aren’t discussions; they’re oral exams — and the candidate with all the right answers gets the job. The revised and expanded edition of Boost Your Interview IQ helps you prepare for that big test with interview skill-building exercises, an in-depth Interview IQ test, and other interview aptitude-boosting tools to show how to craft winning answers to the most commonly asked interview questions.

You’ll learn how to shape your experiences into compelling narratives that showcase your unique skills, knowledge, and personality — and you’ll learn how to answer tricky “behavioral” questions like a pro. In today’s tough job market, the most prepared, best presented candidate wins — and with the worst economy in decades poised for a turnaround in 2012, you’ll need to set yourself apart from the pack. Boost Your Interview IQ is the book that delivers the right tools to do the job of GETTING the job.

The all-new edition of one of the “Top 10 Career Books”

Delivers strategies for management/executive-level job seekers, new graduates, and career changers

Includes answers to the “100 Key Questions Interviewers Ask”
  
About the Author

Carole Martin is America’s best-known interview coach. An acknowledged expert in the use of behavioral interviewing techniques, she has made interviewing her specialty. Carole teaches her tips and techniques to job searchers and employers through one-on-one sessions, phone coaching, and group workshops.She has been certified by The Human Resources Ceritification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals November 11, 2011

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Setting Effective Performance Goals 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals

Author: Paul Falcone
ISBN: 9780814417751 / 0814417752
©2012 | 1st Edition | 224 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 11.95
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As a manager, it’s your job to ensure that your employees are clear on what their goals are throughout the year and what they need to do to accomplish them. Yet so many companies and leaders view the performance appraisal process as a mandatory paper chase, a mere form they need to fill out, rather than as an opportunity to create true engagement with their people and inspire career-making results.

 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals gives you the language you need to establish compelling, actionable performance goals. More than just a list of descriptive phrases, the book provides wisdom and guidance on how to lead your team more effectively and inspire those around you to reach higher levels of individual performance and achievement. This uniquely practical guide provides you with the insightful strategies you need to accomplish more through others, serve as an effective career mentor and coach, and help your company stand out from the competition. You’ll learn how to:

  • Build on individuals’ strengths rather than compensating for their weaknesses.
  • Help your staffers feel engaged and self-motivated.
  • Develop an “accomplishment mentality” that encourages your employees to continuously reinvent themselves in light of your organization’s changing needs.
  • Encourage retention of high performers by developing a realistic and customized set of goals that will help them prepare for their next move in career progression.
  • Determine appropriate follow-up intervals and measurable benchmarks to determine progress throughout the year.

The book provides you with ready-to-use phrases organized by the core competencies used most often in the appraisal process, from attendance and attitude to communication and time management. In addition, the book includes language tailored to many of the most common positions in sales and marketing, accounting and finance, HR, IT, legal, manufacturing, operations, and more.

 You’re never truly successful unless your employees are as well. This one-of-a-kind guide­book enables you to get more done through others and develop your own outstanding leadership abilities.

 

 

About the Author

PAUL FALCONE is an HR executive and has held senior-level positions with Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Time Warner. He is the author of several bestselling books, including 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews, 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees, and 101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales September 1, 2011

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How Successful Salespeople Take it to the Next LevelWhat Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales
How Successful Salespeople Take it to the Next Level

Authors: Marshall Goldsmith, Bill Hawkins, Don Brown
ISBN: 9780071773942 / 0071773940
©2012 | 1st Edition | 224 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: SEP-11
Price: US$ 26.00
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The world-renowned leadership expert and bestselling author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There provides what you need to WIN MORE SALES!

In What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales, Mashall Goldsmith teams up with two leaders in the field of behavioral science—Don Brown and Bill Hawkins—to identify the 16 most common sales habits that damage relationships, then They provide you with good, relationship-building behaviors, such as recruiting stakeholders, looking into the future, and engaging in a follow-up process.

 

 

About the Authors

Marshall Goldsmith is one of a select few advisors who have been asked to work with over 120 major CEOs and their management teams. He served on the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years. He has been a volunteer teacher for US Army Generals, Navy Admirals, Girl Scout executives, International and American Red Cross leaders – where he was a National Volunteer of the Year.

Marshall is the million-selling author of many books including: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – a New York Times best-seller, Wall Street Journal #1 business book, winner of the Harold Longman Award for Business Book of the Year and top ten best-seller in seven major countries; Succession: Are You Ready? – a WSJ best-seller; The Leader of the Future – a BusinessWeek best-seller, The Organization of the Future 2- Choice Award (top academic business books) 2009; and Coaching for Leadership.

Bill Hawkinsis an expert in leadership effectiveness. In association with Marshall Goldsmith Partners, the Alliance for Strategic Leadership and Innovative Resources Consultant Group, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies in seventeen countries.

For the last fifteen years Mr. Hawkins has worked with organizations to identify and develop high potential leaders. During this time he has designed and facilitated leadership-training workshops with leading organizations on five continents.

Don Brown is the owner and founder of Situational Services, Inc., a training and development company dedicated to improved leadership and influence effectiveness for its clients.

With over thirty years working in the industry, Mr. Brown is heavily experienced in all phases of major performance systems implementation, from assessment and design to bilingual facilitation and works with a client list that includes Anheuser-Busch, Dell Computers, Ford Motor Company, US Airways and United Airlines, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Jaguar Cars, Compuware Corporation, SYKES, and Hilton Hotels.

 

 

Other titles you might be interested:

  1. 9780070525580     Stop Telling, Start Selling
  2. 9780071718110      From a Good Sales Call to a Great Sales Call 

 

 

 

Prescription for Excellence May 18, 2011

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 Leadership Lessons for Creating a World Class Customer Experience from UCLA Health SystemPrescription for Excellence
Leadership Lessons for Creating a World Class Customer Experience from UCLA Health System

Author: Joseph Michelli
ISBN: 9780071773546 / 0071773541
©2011 | 1st Edition | 320 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 28.00
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The Secrets to Long-Term Business Health

Joseph Michelli, author of The Starbucks Experience and The New Gold Standard, is among the world’s top authorities on the principles of creating an organizational culture dedicated to service excellence. In these bestselling books, he examines how leading service companies dominate their respective industries with innovative customerexperience strategies.

Now, Michelli turns his attention to one of the most complex, controversial, and critical industries—healthcare.

In Prescription for Excellence, Michelli provides an inside look at an organization that has become the envy of its industry—and explains how you can dominate your own industry by using the same approach.

UCLA Health System is revered worldwide for its top-tier patient/customer care. Great physicians, nurses, researchers, and staff are only part of the equation; UCLA’s overall success is a result of organization-wide collaboration that is driven by leaders with a shared vision of unyielding excellence. Michelli breaks down UCLA’s approach into five simple principles:

  • Commit to Care
  • Leave No Room for Error
  • Make the Best Better
  • Create the Future
  • Service Serves Us

From administrative offices to operating rooms to research centers, continued adherence to these five principles has guided UCLA to financial strength, social significance, and sustainability.

The best part is that these principles translate to any industry, so you, too, can achieve similar goals. Michelli gives you the tools to adapt UCLA’s ideas, systems, and leadership principles into your own best practices. Whether it is a healthcare organization, a financial institution, or a neighborhood hair salon, good business begins and ends with customer connection. When all workers in an organization focus on providing quality care for those they serve, success inevitably follows.

Business is always personal; UCLA’s leadership ensures that this simple truth drives every UCLA employee, every day. Apply the lessons Michelli spells out in Prescription for Excellence to create a system that ensures that your people take business personally, day in and day out.

 

Praise

‘Like any business, a hospital must be true to its core values in order to succeed. `Trickle-down values’ start at the top with the best leadership, so that all the stakeholders understand and carry out the institution’s mission. That is the gift that David F einberg has brought to U CLA. I am in awe of his management skills.’
‘Lynda Resnick, owner of Pom Wonderful, Fiji Water, Teleflora, and Wonderful Pistachios

‘With clear purpose, unwavering principles, and steadfast leadership, the people at UCLA have established a new bar, a compelling promise, for what healthcare can and should be.’
‘David M. Lawrence, M.D., former CEO, Kaiser Permanente
‘An absorbing and educational account of a large institution’s astonishing transformation. The strong, courageous, and focused leadership of David Feinberg and his outstanding team is evident on every page. A tremendous lesson for all large enterprises.’
‘William E. Simon, Jr., cochairman, William E. Simon & Sons

 
‘Most leadership authors describe how to apply common-sense principles. Michelli is a notable exception. He artfully describes the compelling, uncommon leadership practices that transformed UCLA Health System. The resulting lessons are plentiful and powerful for today’s business leader.’
‘Lee J. Colan, Ph.D., author of Sticking to It: The Art of Adherence

 

 

Publicity

  1. Prescription for Excellence is poised to hit FOUR Bestseller Lists:

    - The New York Times: #1  Hardcover Advice & Misc, Week Ending  June 12

    - USA Today: #1  Money Best Sellers

    - Publishers Weekly: #2 Hardcover Nonfiction Best Seller

    - The Wall Street Journal: #8 Hardcover Nonfiction and #1 Hardcover Business (based on Nielsen Bookscan ratings

 

 

About the Author

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. (Falcon, CO), is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant. His book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary, published by McGraw-Hill, regularly achieved bestseller status on the Wall Street Journal (6 weeks), BusinessWeek (5 months), and USA Today (8 weeks) lists. He has been featured on television programs such as The Glenn Beck Show and CNBC’s “On the Money” and has conducted hundreds of radio and print interviews. His other books include The New Gold Standard about service excellence at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace which was co-authored with the owner of the “World Famous” Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.

 

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071478151      The Disney Way
  2. 9780071477840     The Starbucks Experience
  3. 9780071548335      The New Gold Standard
  4. 9780071590730     Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic
  5. 9780071592086     The Innovator’s Prescription

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvard Business Review on Advancing Your Career May 11, 2011

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HBR on Advancing Your CareerHarvard Business Review on Advancing Your Career

Author: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
ISBN: 9781422172230 / 1422172236
©2011 | 1st Edition | 224 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 22.00
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Not for Sale in India, Sub-Continent & Nepal

If you need the best practices and ideas for achieving career growth and fulfillment–but don’t have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 9 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you: break out of a career rut, earn a spot on your company’s high-potential list, find out what’s really holding you back, get the kind of mentoring that leads to a promotion, groom yourself for an external move, turn the job you have into the job you want, crack the code of C-suite entry, and take control of your career after being fired.

 

This collection includes these best-selling HBR articles:

  1. How Will You Measure Your Life?
  2. Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want
  3. How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career
  4. Job-Hopping to the Top and Other Career Fallacies
  5. Are You a High Potential?
  6. Why You Didn’t Get That Promotion?
  7. Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
  8. Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change
  9. The Right Way to be Fired
  10. How to Protect Your Job in a Recession
  11. How Leaders Create and Use Networks

 

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9781422162477      HBR on Aligning Technology with Strategy
  2. 9781422162545      HBR on Finding & Keeping the Best People
  3. 9781422172391      HBR on Making Smart Decisions
  4. 9781422162514      HBR on Communicating Effectively
  5. 9781422162521      HBR on Increasing Customer Loyalty
  6. 9781422162552      HBR on Reinventing Your Marketing
  7. 9781422162347      HBR on Building Better Teams
  8. 9781422162583      HBR on Fixing Health Care from Inside & Out
  9. 9781422162569      HBR on on Greening Your Business Profitably
  10. 9781422162576      HBR on Winning Negotiations

Perfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution April 14, 2011

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Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Encouraging a More Productive and Efficient Work EnvironmentPerfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution
Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Encouraging a More Productive and Efficient Work Environment

Authors: Lawrence Polsky, Antoine Gerschel
ISBN: 9780071756167 / 0071756167
©2011 | 1st Edition | 176 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUN-11
Price: US$ 12.00
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The Right Phrase for Every Situation . . . Every Time

Conflict in the workplace is inevitable. When you have the right words and phrases at your command, you can quickly resolve any fracas, flap, or fray—and prevent it from spreading into an uncontrollable fire.

Perfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution has hundreds of ready-to-use phrases, dialogs, and practice scripts for any business altercation, enabling you to rise above the conflict and focus on solving the problem. You’ll possess the language you need to manage any type of conflict with superiors, peers, or employees concerning:

  • Strategy
  • Resources
  • Priorities
  • Cooperation
  • Workload

About the Authors

Lawrence Polsky (Princeton, NJ) is a managing partner at PeopleNRG, a change management consultancy firm that specializes in optimizing “people energy” through high impact tools, programs and ideas.

Antoine Gerschel (Princeton, NJ) is a managing partner at PeopleNRG.

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071490733 Perfect Phrases for Building Strong Teams
  2. 9780071493048 Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
  3. 9780071597326 Perfect Phrases for Dealing with Difficult Situations at Work

 

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Managing Your Manager January 20, 2011

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Managing Your Manager Managing Your Manager
How to Get Ahead with Any Type of Boss

Author: Gonzague Dufour
ISBN: 9780071751933 / 0071751939
©2011 | 1st Edition | 256 pages, Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-10
Price: US$ 17.00
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Learn Everything You Can From Every Type of Boss

Managers come in all varieties, and unfortunately you don’t get to choose your preference. Too often, we find ourselves working for people who are tough to work for, difficult to “decode,” or brilliant but inaccessible. Managing Your Manager is the answer to dealing with a problematic supervisor.

Placing manager “types” into real-world categories–from the Bully, Scientist, and Star to the Geek, Parent, and Con Artist–it provides everything you need to make your work life more satisfying and productive. Managing Your Manager gives you the tools to:

  • Categorize your boss based on telling traits
  • Create a solid working relationship
  • Avoid common pitfalls associated with certain types
  • Become a strong leader based on lessons learned from various bosses

Managers of all types can provide invaluable learning experiences that can enhance your career. Managing Your Manager empowers you with the knowledge, skills, and savvy for dealing with any type of boss and excelling in your job.

 

About the Author

Gonzague Dufour (Larchmont, NY) is an executive with Human Resources at Bacardi and has held senior executive positions with top companies such as Phillip Morris, Kraft, Jacobs Suchard and KPMG. In addition, he has both law and accounting advanced degrees and is fluent in English, French and Spanish, having been a global executive working in the U.S., France, Switzerland and other countries.

 

Related Titles

  1. 9780071379441 Dealing with People You Can’t Stand
  2. 9780071381673 Emotional Vampires
  3. 9780071410229 Nasty People
  4. 9780071477192 What Type of Leader Are You?

 

 

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Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional’s Guide to Building Your Platform September 6, 2010

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Million Dollar Speaking

Million Dollar Speaking
The Professional’s Guide to Building Your Platform

Authors: Weiss, Alan
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174380-8
ISBN-10: 0071743804
©2011 | 1st Edition | 352 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: October 2010
Price: US$ 22.00
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Make your move into, or improve your position in, the powerful world of professional speaking

If you think you have what it takes to speak professionally, or you’ve already been doing so with insufficient reward, now is the time to make your move.

Bestselling business author and Professional Speaking Hall of Fame member Alan Weiss offers the inside advice you need to turn your talent into a high-paying career—from honing your delivery skills to building a business. In Million Dollar Speaking, you’ll learn the critical skills of

  • Dealing with difficult crowds
  • Creating powerful speeches
  • Targeting high-potential markets
  • Creating a “star” reputation
  • Setting fees that reflect your outstanding value
  • Perfecting platform skills—making ¬them the best in the business
  • Expanding your business through diversification

Weiss has packed the guide with tips, resources, helpful examples, and checklists that make it easy for you to keep a record of your progress. Whether you’re a trainer, workshop leader, or consultant, Million Dollar Speaking has what you need to get on the paid public-speaking circuit in no time.


About the Author

Alan Weiss, Ph.D. (East Greenwich, RI) runs the firm Summit Consulting Group, Inc. He typically delivers 30 keynotes a year at major conferences, and he has been a visiting faculty member at a number of universities, including Case Western Reserve University, Boston College, and Tufts. Weiss is the author of the bestseller Million Dollar Consulting. In 2006 he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Press Institute, which was one of only seven awarded in the 60-year history of the association.


Related Titles

  1. 9780070680340 Secrets Successful Speakers: How You Can Motivate, Captivate, and Persuade
  2. 9780070696150 Money Talks
  3. 9780071622103 Million Dollar Consulting


Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions June 10, 2010

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Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions

Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions

Authors: DeLuca, Matthew; DeLuca, Nanette
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174145-3
ISBN-10: 0071741453
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 240 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 14.95

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Answers that will get you hired—from the bestselling interview guide, now completely updated!

In today’s job market, there are thousands of qualified candidates battling it out for a few jobs. Beat out the competition and learn how to give the best interview with Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions—the essential job-seeking weapon you need to answer the thought-provoking or unexpected questions that potential employers use to weed out candidates.

Career experts, Matthew and Nanette DeLuca, coach you through every possible question you’ll encounter, along with the secret motivation behind them—including those you may not want to be asked but must answer.



In this updated edition, you’ll learn how to:

  • Gracefully address a lost job
  • Tactfully discuss salary requirements
  • Take control of the interview



Features:

  • Revision of a 160,000- copy bestseller: The first edition of Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions has sold almost 162,000 copies, with 2,453 sold on Bookscan just this year. This edition will be fully revised and updated, reflecting the significant changes in the job market since 1996, and especially those in the past year.
  • Great timing: With the worst job market in decades finally poised to turn around in 2010, employers will be hiring again – and job seekers will have to fight bigger crowds than ever for every position. This book gives them the chance, if they are lucky enough to secure an interview, to seal the deal.
  • Seasoned author team: Matt and Nan DeLuca have written several strong sellers for McGraw-Hill, though Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions is by far the most successful. They will continue to promote the book through their speaking, client work and article placement on popular career sites.
  • Prepare for tough interview questions and answer them confidently
  • Ace interview to beat out ever-increasing competition



With Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, you’ll never be at a loss for words on any interview.


About the Authors

Matt DeLuca, SPHR (New York, NY) is a Senior Consultant with the Management Resource Group, Inc. Matt is also the author/coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers.

Nanette DeLuca (New York, NY) is a Principal with the Management Resource Group, Inc., and coauthor of 24 Hours to the Perfect Interview, Get a Job in 30 Days or Less, and Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers.

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