The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a bewildering new school environment that demands high-level reading and writing skills long before they are capable of handling the…
Featuring insightful interviews with Fortune 1000 C-level executives and real lessons from the field, this book reveals the questions that leaders should be asking about how sales incentives drive the business. It provides models and Revenue Roadmap for an organization to grow profitably.
Techniques for better planning, organizing, directing, staffing and controlling. What Managers Do, Fourth Edition breaks your job as a manager down into its components-planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. As a result, you'll be able to start every day with a sense of organization and control you never had before. You'll see how everything you do fits into your overall rol…
No matter how many initiatives you spearhead or how hard you think about decisions, you will make the occasional management misstep. This title presents solutions to common mistakes leaders make with their people, answering questions including: Why do I sometimes feel threatened by my best people? How do I remain cool in hot situations? and more.
With the rise of social networks, "Twitterized" attention spans, and new forms of video content, the techniques that worked in crafting attention-grabbing, clickable, and actionable online copy a few years ago are simply not as effective today. Thoroughly revised, the third edition of Web Copy That Sells gives readers proven methods for achieving phenomenal success with their online sales and m…
Using a courtroom trial as a metaphor, this book seeks to get to the truth about why training fails and puts the business partnership model to work for real. It teaches readers on both sides of the 'courtroom' how to stop viewing training as a cost center
Even in a bad economy, companies have job openings they can't fill. Considering the millions of people who are out of work or unhappily employed, how can that be?What are job seekers doing to turn off employers? And what is it that employers want but aren't finding? Leading career expert and syndicated columnist Andrea Kay asked employers one simple question: why didn't you hire the last ten …
Olympic athletes don't get to the top simply because of athletic genes (nature) or determined parents (nurture). Like all performers in pressure situations, their exceptional drive comes from a third factor: an inner desire to be the best they can be. The Winning Factor reveals how to ignite the passion and the resolve required to succeed. As someone who has trained both Olympic athletes and Fo…