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This book is about the Power of LINKEDIN: How to use LinkedIn to support your job search by getting your resume in front of the right people. There's a reason LinkedIn is the top destination for job seekers and networkers. With over 930 million members using the platform, they have become integral to the job market. LinkedIn is the world’s largest business networking site, with more than 15 million active job listings and millions of job seekers visiting the site weekly. LinkedIn is for everyone, not just professionals. Anyone can benefit from networking and job searching. Job search ...

This book is about NEGOTIATING A JOB OFFER: How to negotiate a job offer to receive the highest compensation the employer can afford. What’s the purpose of a Job Offer? I’ll bet you think it’s to get a job, right? Wrong! The purpose of a Job Offer is to offer the minimum compensation, hoping that in the euphoria of being offered the job, you’ll accept it immediately. This is the ultimate test of your ability to sell yourself, your Perceived Value-added. Your Perceived Value-added is a function of your ability to convince an employer of the value you bring. After reading this book, ...

This book is about how to Take Charge. It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. One of the biggest problems people face in business today is what to do when they find themselves responsible for the results of others. This situation demands that you step up and seize the initiative by assessing the situation, formulating a plan, making decisions, and issuing instructions to others to consistently produce excellent results. In business, this concept is called Taking Charge, and it is ...

This book is about NETWORKING to find a new job by getting your resume read by the right people. What happens to your job search if your resume never gets read by the right people? But here’s the truth about networking: First, 65% of jobs in America are filled by networking with people they already know. Second, networking, if done correctly, is 80% what you can do for others and 20% what they can do for you. Third, networking is something you do every day naturally. Do you have any social media accounts? Fourth, you would use your network to help a friend without thinking about it. ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of Managing Projects for Business. If you’re looking for a better way to lead a project team by applying the best practices and proven methods to achieve a specific objective that consistently produces excellent results, this book is for you! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS ...

This book is about Brainstorming. It's the revised and updated 2024 edition. Brainstorming is a group process of producing the greatest number of solutions to resolve a problem or options to achieve a goal. It was created for you and everyone in the workforce, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. It’s one of twenty books that comprise a program called SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE, designed to help you achieve your true potential. The first ten books focus on these ten core competencies: Followership, ...

This book is about how to conduct TEAM RETREATS. If you’re looking for a better way of engaging team members in activities designed to strengthen relationships, enhance teamwork, and improve performance, this is your book! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE. The first ten volumes address these core competencies of ...

This book is about how to conduct Backbriefings. If you’re looking for a better way to eliminate mistakes and rework, by ensuring all expectations have been identified before starting work, this is your book! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. One of the main causes of business problems is failing to uncover all the expectations. One way to eliminate this is by conducting a Backbriefing before starting work. A Backbriefing is a Plan of Action briefing you give your boss or ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of Team Building for Business. If you want to enhance your ability to organize effective teams that are committed to achieving goals, and enhancing productivity, that consistently produces excellent results, this book is for you! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE. The ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of Decision-Making for Business. If you’re looking for a better way to select the BEST option from several VALID options needed to resolve a problem by using reason and intuition to consistently produce excellent results, this book is for you! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of Achieving Goals for Business. If you’re looking for a better way to convert any goal into a simple project and manage that project to successful completion, consistently producing excellent results, this book is for you! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE. The ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of Managing Risk for Business. If you want to enhance your ability to proactively identify the risks to your work to minimize their probability and impact in order to consistently produce excellent results, this book is for you! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. However, before proceeding, it’s essential to note that this book is one of forty volumes that comprise a revolutionary new program called SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE. The ...

THE ART OF MOTIVATING, THE SCIENCE OF ENERGIZING OTHERS — REVISED & UPDATED EDITION. Want to energize the invisible driving force in others that influences their behavior, improves their performance, and unleashes their potential? This book shows you how? For over 50 years, we’ve studied how people activate the driving force that inspires and motivates team members to move the work forward, and get things done the right way the first time. Inspiration is the igniter, and Motivation is the driver! Motivation is what gets you out of bed in the morning and keeps you going throughout the ...

THE ART OF DELEGATING, THE SCIENCE OF EMPOWERMENT — REVISED & UPDATED EDITION Want to consistently produce excellent results by enabling others to act on your behalf, allowing you to accomplish more than you ever could on your own. This book shows you how. For over 50 years, we’ve studied how people develop, nurture, and empower others to act on their behalf, consistently producing excellent results in the real world, not just in theory, but in action. Here, you’ll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to master the Art of DELEGATING. We’ve worked ...

This book is about OWNERSHIP MADE SIMPLE. If you’re looking for a better way to inspire people to accept full responsibility and accountability for their work by proactively doing all they can to consistently produce excellent results, this is your book! It was created for you, regardless of your occupation, position, or level of authority, to help you achieve the effectiveness and success you deserve. One of the biggest problems people face in business today is how to get people to accept responsibility and accountability for their work. This demands something in business called ...

THE ART OF PLANNING, THE SCIENCE OF VISUALIZING THE FUTURE — REVISED & UPDATED EDITION. Want to consistently produce excellent results by bringing the future into the present, giving you the best chance of influencing the outcome? This book shows you how. For over 50 years, we’ve studied how people consistently produce excellent results by bringing the future into the present, giving them the best chance of influencing the outcome in the real world, not just in theory, but in action. Here, you’ll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to master the Art of ...