Business Practice

Attract interest, then nail the sale. With attention spans mercilessly short, you can't afford to approach customers with anything but the very strongest, most on-target pitch. Learn how to capture the interest of perfect prospects for your product, service or cause, then convince them to complete an order. This pithy, provocative book from a master of creative marketing offers both timeless principles of persuasion and insights from recent research and marketing trends. Real-life examples illustrate Marcia Yudkin's advice....

Collaborating for Success is a no-nonsense approach for IT executives, directors, managers, and staff, in both the operations and development sides of IT, who want to mature, gain a competitive edge, and take their IT service and support culture to the next level. You’ll understand how IT got to where it is today, why it’s critical that IT adopts a customer-centric, integrated service management model, and how to build a collaborative culture inside and across your IT organization that delivers IT products and services to your customers better and faster, and cheaper.

Increasingly, organizations count on project teams to develop products and deliver services to their customers. Consequently, effective teamwork and team leadership are integral components of an organization's success. Authors Stephen E. Kohn and Vincent D. O'Connell define the essence of superior performance by project teams at work and identify nine attributes of team membership and team leadership that set the stage for accomplishment of group objectives. Kohn and O'Connell bring these proven strategies to life with real-world examples drawn from decades of experience.

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific learning modules. Follow along as Dr. Liker explains the Lean Leadership Development Model (LLDM), and how it aligns with the accepted principles of operational excellence. Learn about Toyota Business Practices in this module.

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific learning modules. The teaching objectives for this section are the following: explain the four phases of PDCA problem-solving; share one common mistake in business.

The day I was appointed Chair of the shop union was the same day the Pope was elected. There the similarities end, however. For while his elevation took place beneath the fine art of the Sistine Chapel, with the mysterious white smoke rising, mine took place in the cold store, with nothing more mysterious than the bacon delivery and yesterday's waste...A vicar for twenty years, Simon Parke trades in his dog collar for a job on the tills in his local supermarket.

In the world of business, who you know is usually more important than what you know. While most research highlights the personal characteristics and expertise important to business success, this book demonstrates that networking is the core of entrepreneurship. Both counterintuitive and powerful, this perspective reframes entrepreneurial action by placing networking at the center of the process.

Stop Struggling to Study and Pass Your Exam Today! Transform pre-exam panic into confidence, one page at a time with the Crunch Time Review for Business Ethics - your ultimate guide to acing your course and exams. Crafted with the understanding that time is of the essence, this series is meticulously designed to streamline your review process. Elevate your exam game with 'Crunch Time Review' – your key to confident, last-minute mastery. Simplify your last-minute prep with the condensed wisdom of the top-performing student in the class Say goodbye to stress and hello to success with the ...

Written for HR professionals and smaller organizations, this book will cover a gamut of common HR mistakes that companies make. Learn how to troubleshoot and avoid these issues with ease. And if you're an HR practitioner in a small or mid-size business stretching to cover HR functions, this eBook can keep you from making common, easily avoided mistakes in your people practices.

When it comes to understanding how to run your business for the Lord, what source of guidance do you seek most? There is an amazing power in God to achieve more than we could imagine, especially for our businesses and serving others for the kingdom. The Lampstand of God, as described in both the Old and New Testaments, holds God’s most powerful traits for running kingdom-focused businesses that allows people to combine biblical knowledge with modern-day business practices. Isaiah 11:1-3 embodies the key to us being filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit as we operate our businesses. ...

Most Christians think that Christian Stewardship is about good money management. But Christian Stewardship is more about your heart and your affections than it is about your money. In this short primer on Christian Stewardship, Bill English publishes his sermon notes for a four-part series he preached at The Grove Church in Minnesota on Stewardship and Generosity. If you want a short, but insightful primer on generosity and stewardship, then this book is for you. Learn more about the author, Bill English, at bibleandbusiness.com.

Few become great leaders. As continuous improvement and breakthroughs have driven innovation, technology, and civilizations forward for centuries, worker motivations have changed. We want authentic connection, work-life balance, and intrinsic purpose now more than ever. How can we weave foundational, people-driven attributes like hard work, initiative, and cooperation into a team, group, or organization's internal structure so it can thrive sustainably?

Embark on an inspiring journey into the world of entrepreneurship and empowerment with "Coaching and Consulting Business: Building a Thriving Practice for Lasting Impact." This audiobook is your comprehensive guide to not just launching a business, but crafting a practice that leaves an indelible mark.

Live What You Love is the audiobook that's going to have you rocketing toward everything you desire to have in your life and live in a completely intentional way. No, this isn't a get-rich-quick scheme and no, this isn't another audiobook that dangles a magic unicorn. This audiobook will transform your life, through leveraging the power of Creative Feng Shui®. Author Sarah Stone has helped clients convert their dream business transactions, create harmonious homes, and enhance positive relationships, and in this audiobook you'll discover the secrets of how they made that happen.

The Here and Now breathing practice is a rule-bending gift, a potential "Weapon of Mass Awakening", a tiny cheating hint for this multidimensional game, called life, we find ourselves. What if, instead of an external biohacking device like one of those clever rings or bracelets, watches or gizmos, we had a built-in "device" that could bring us instantly back into the present moment into a state of embodied awareness? One that is a constant reminder for the rest of our lives, and that goes off several times a minute and costs nothing?

Innovation ist heute der erfolgs- und wettbewerbsentscheidende Faktor für Unternehmen. Doch auf Knopfdruck kreativ zu sein ist gar nicht so einfach. Die gute Nachricht: Innovation ist kein Zufall - mit Design Thinking.

This audiobook covers a 10-step process to plan, practice, and rehearse a presentation on any business topic. You'll review techniques to identify your audience, purpose, and main message. You'll strategize about ways to include all necessary information and eliminate unnecessary details. You'll practice how you'll carry yourself as you speak and also practice asking and answering questions. All the book's techniques can help you build confidence and deliver an engaging, effective presentation.

The purpose of this book is to present a set of guidelines to be used in the application of lean strategy principles and tools in modern organizations. This book aim is to highlight the potential role played by lean strategy tools for strategic planning and strategic management in the reference to the Hoshin Kanri policy deployment system. This book discusses several themes driven and concluded from Toyota that are required to deploy strategies and align goals. The book highlights the potential for the Hoshin Kanri deployment process in manufacturing environments. It emphasizes the ...

Everyone we talk to feels slammed, and we are betting that you do too. If you are one of the millions of people who is burning the candle at both ends, juggling the demands of career and family, sacrificing health and sleep, drowning in to-do lists, or stooping under the burden of incredible responsibility, then this book is for you. And, if you think you are one of the rare few who believes you can actually manage a slammed lifestyle indefinitely this is a must listen.

Great medical practices create an experience so positive that patients can't stop talking about it. Patients talk to friends, relatives, and acquaintances about the care they received. They can't help posting nice things about this great practice on social media. And they can't imagine recommending anyone else. Patient Care The Sandler Way shows how to create this experience. It offers timeless, proven principles for effective patient care, based on the communication skills and success principles of the Sandler Selling System.