Boundless Potential April 5, 2012
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Boundless Potential
Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, and Reinvent Your Work in Midlife and Beyond
Authors: Mark Walton
ISBN: 9780071787857
© 2012 | 1st Edition | 224 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: Feb -12
Price: US$ 25.00
Learn More: http://bit.ly/IfCHWW
The breakthrough career-reinvention guide, based on the latest discoveries in neuroscience
- Empowers midlife professionals with the knowledge, inspiration, and tools to kick-start a new career by identifying and tapping into their hidden potential
- Presents neuroscientific evidence that a person’s brain develops extraordinary new creative powers in the second half of life’providing hope grounded in science to millions of Baby Boomers
- Walton is a Peabody award-winning journalist, former CNN senior correspondent and anchorman, and lecturer at the Kenan-Flagler Graduate Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
About the Author
Mark S. Walton is chairman of the Center for Leadership Communication, a global leadership development enterprise. He has been a Professor of Leadership for the United States Navy and a Senior Lecturer at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Earlier in his career, he was chief White House correspondent at CNN.
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Managing Your Manager January 20, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Management & Organization.Tags: bacardi, book, Boss, Career, Career Builder, Careerbuilder, confidence, confident, contact, cover letter, egoist, Employees, etiquette, Experience, Facebook, find a job, finding a job, friend, Guide, head hunter, Headhunter, Hot Jobs, Hotjobs, How-to, HR, Internet, interview, job, job market, job search, Kraft, lead, lessons learned, life, Linked In, LinkedIn, looking for a job, looking for job, manage up, management, manager, Media Bistro, Mediabistro, micro manage, Monster, myspace, negotiate, Networking, online, opportunity, people, philip morris, Plaxo, Professional, recruit, recruiter, recruitment, reference, referral, resume, salary, salary negotiation, social network, strategic, Strategy, supervisor, Twitter
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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.
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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
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
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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