(Paperback)

When a new project is handed to them, readers can use this guide to help juggle the gamut of tasks required to get the job done. The handy tools and checklists offer guidance on how to: * Identify necessary resources * Develop schedules and set deadlines * Set and monitor budgets * Communicate progress and problems

(Paperback)

Stress in the workplace can't ever be completely eliminated, but it can be managed so you can function in a healthy and effective way. This title gives you practical, hand's on suggestions for managing workplace stress, from short-term fixes to long-term methods for changing the situation and or changing your response to the situation.

(Paperback)

When faced with packed schedules, endless emails, and towering in-boxes, it's easy to become overwhelmed and ineffective at work. This guide will put readers back in charge of their time and workload by showing how to: - Set goals and prioritize tasks - Utilize appropriate scheduling tools - Control distractions and interruptions - Delegate wisely

(Paperback)

Managing up is a conscious approach to working with your manager toward mutually agreed-upon goals that are in the best interests of you, your manager, and the organization. This book provides strategies for keeping your boss in the loop and on your side, despite differences in style and philosophy.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Effective marketing can mean the difference between runaway successes and costly flops. Covering everything from customer programs to ad campaigns to sales promotions, this guide for marketers, aims to help them to turn opportunities into profits.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Negotiation is the process by which people resolve their differences. Whether those differences involve purchase of a automobile, a labor contract dispute, the terms of a sale, or a complex alliance between two companies, resolutions are typically sought through negotiations. This guide helps you prepare, conduct, and close a negotiation.

(Paperback)

Negotiation--whether brokering a deal, mediating a dispute, or writing up a contract--is both a necessary and challenging aspect of business life. This guide helps managers to sharpen their skills and become more effective deal makers in any situation.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Designed to provide advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the relevant topics in business. This title is suitable for managers seeking to expand skills and a professional looking to broaden knowledge base, and helps them prepare for a formal performance meeting with a direct report, and create a development plan.

(Paperback)

Persuasive people generate real value for their companies by turning ideas into action. But persuasion isn't easy: it takes practice, patience, and psychological savvy. This book enables you to: build your credibility; adapt your pitch to your audience; win your listeners' minds and hearts; and, overcome resistance to your proposals.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

To be effective, managers have to be skilled at acquiring power - and using that power to persuade others to get things done. This guide offers methods for commanding attention, changing minds, and influencing decision-makers up and down the organizational ladder.

(Paperback)

A budget is a financial action plan for an organization. This guide will teach you how to: - Forecast future business results, such as sales volume, revenues, and expenses - Reconcile those forecasts to organizational goals - Obtain organizational support for your proposed budget - Fine-tune your budget over time

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

What can you, as a manager, do to attract top talent and keep your company's high-performing employees This title helps you learn ways to stay competitive in the war for talent by using creative and effective retention strategies, including: managing or removing common obstacles to retention, such as burnout and work-life imbalance.

(Paperback, 20-Minute Manager Series)

What it takes to make your meetings productive, not painful. About the series: Get up to speed "fast" on essential business skills. Whether you're looking for a crash course or a brief refresher, you'll find just what you need in HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Advice you can quickly read and apply, from the most trusted source in business.

(Paperback)

Meetings are unavoidable--but they don't have to be unproductive. This tool-packed guide will help readers transform meetings from time-sinks to springboards for effective action by learning how to: - Set smart agendas - Keep meetings on track - Handle problem behaviors and time-wasters - Motivate participants to take action.