Business Process

You may be a project manager or a stakeholder with "street smarts". Maybe you have expertise in the nuts and bolts of project execution. Or you might be a "book smart" expert on the rules and tools of the trade. Whatever your strengths, most project managers agree it's a juggling act to balance people and processes. Nearly every project requires a balance of both practical and conceptual skills. Now you can fill in the gaps to gain a perfect balance of the two.

What did you dream life would be like when you first got your license? Did you get into real estate to control your own schedule and enjoy the freedom of being self-employed? Perhaps it was the promise of unlimited income that attracted you to real estate? If you're like many agents, you've found achieving your dream to be stubbornly elusive. Within two years, the majority of new agents are forced to get a "real job". Those who do succeed often find they've sacrificed their personal life along the way. You don't have to choose between your business and your life. The Top Producer Life will ...

Under Joe Solmonese's leadership, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT rights organization, became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change. Beginning with a moving story of working with Matthew Shepard's mother Virginia in passing the hate crimes bill that bears Matthew's name, Solmonese shows how he discovered that channeled anger can drive a commitment to change.

Author Monica Sharma describes how we can source our inner capacities and wisdom to manifest change that embodies universal values such as dignity, compassion, fairness, and courage. Drawing on more than 20 years of work for the United Nations and elsewhere, she presents a radical new approach to transformational leadership, one that creates systems of change where everyone can engage - not just analysts and policy-makers.

In Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality, Hector Macdonald explores how truth is used and abused in politics, business, the media and everyday life. He shows how a clearer understanding of truth's many faces renders us better able to navigate our world and more influential within it. Combining great storytelling with practical takeaways and a litany of fascinating, funny, and insightful case studies, Truth is a sobering and engaging listen about how profoundly our mindsets and actions are influenced by the truths that those around us choose to tell.

What is turnover costing your company? Is your team disengaged? Is the cycle of hiring, onboarding, firing, or replacing employees distracting from your business goals? You know workplace culture is about more than a free coffee mug or wearing jeans on Fridays, but you’re lacking a solid process to assist with creating an environment where employees are invested and committed to excellence.

Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so effective that it's become the communications strategy of our times? This brilliantly insightful book steps inside the panoply of deception employed in all walks of life and assesses how it has come to this.

Welcome to "Cultivating Community", your virtual guidebook tailored towards empowering your farm store dynamics and fostering valuable relationships with your customer base. Step into the first chapter, and unravel the critical elements that shape your farm store business. Uncover the importance of loyal customers and community integration in uplifting your business development. Learn to recognize the significance of community in your local environment, and how it can vitalize your business prospects! Proceed to our next chapter, dedicated to navigating you through the intricate process of ...

Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants who carefully curate the images of politicians, advise candidates on polling and analytics, and shape voters' perceptions through marketing and advertising techniques. More than half of the $6 billion spent in the 2012 election went to consultants who controlled virtually every aspect of the campaigns, from polling, fundraising, and media to more novel techniques of social media and micro-targeting.

Process and the Other “P” Word will help accelerate your business by reducing processing around people problems and producing consistently positive results, even when you are not there.

You don’t have to be brilliant to produce brilliant work. Many of the characters you will meet in this book failed at school, lacked natural talent, were not especially gifted or were repeatedly sacked. But their methods produced brilliant work - and they will work for you, too. Make Brilliant Work is the essential book from Rod Judkins, author of the international best seller The Art of Creative Thinking.

Do you want to become a rainmaker, or become a managing director or shareholder? Do your young professionals need a simple, proven, step-by-step marketing process to follow? Want to increase your firm's retention? Get “the profession’s best accounting-marketing book.” In this powerful guidebook, Ross Fishman, called "the nation's leading expert on professional services marketing," details straightforward tactics to accomplish your goals. His renowned Checklists have been used for 25 years by all types of professionals in their successful quests to generate clients. This expanded 50-...

In Mind Set!, John Naisbitt reveals how to develop and experience the power of 11 cognitive tools that will allow readers to understand the trends transforming their daily lives and the world around them, so they can anticipate and act on the future.

The concepts in this guide not only teach how to win in entrepreneurship but also how to leverage your network and resources to win at life. Millionaire mentor Christopher Raxton has traveled to many different countries around the world, sharing the blueprint on how to get to the next levels of your life, scaling businesses, selling your products, and impacting tens of thousands of people with this information. Christopher has created multiple six-figure earners through his teachings and looks forward to similar or more success happening for you. Welcome to the Process!

Fermentation is a natural process of preserving food by using microorganisms to break down sugars and starches. This process produces lactic acid, which gives fermented foods their characteristic sour taste. Fermented foods are also a good source of probiotics, which are live bacteria that are beneficial for gut health. Fermentation has been used for centuries to preserve food, and it is still a popular method today. Fermented foods can be found all over the world, and they come in a variety of different types. Some of the most common fermented foods include sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, ...

Are you frustrated or disenchanted by the results of your Agile approach? Does Agile sound like a good idea, but you're not sure how to explain it beyond roles, practices, and meetings? Is your team going through the motions, but it's still business as usual? The missing piece is the Agile mindset - the thinking that makes Agile processes work.

Taxes are compulsory expenses for any company, and there are no two ways about it. Whether you like it or not, you have to pay taxes to avoid running into problems with the IRS. However, the season of taxation can be quite taxing if you don't know how to calculate your taxes. Even if you have someone to do your taxes for you, it will always come in handy to know how taxes are calculated and also to ensure that you aren't paying anything more or less than what you are supposed to be paying.

The goal of this audiobook is to show listeners how to live a healthy life free from the debilitations of ageing, helping them to stay mentally alert and physically active and making sure they get the most out of all of their years. That means aiming for optimal health. However, focusing on one factor alone will not get them there. Our sleep, our mood, what we eat, our detoxification system and our hormones are just some of the factors that interact in amazing ways to make us who we are; they are also at the very heart of the aging process.

Dear Madam President is an empowering letter from former Hillary Clinton Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to the first woman president, and by extension, to all women working to succeed in any field. By using lessons learned during her experiences with Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and Elizabeth Edwards - to name a few - Palmieri through each chapter creates a forward-thinking framework of inspirational and practical advice for all women everywhere - from boardrooms to living rooms - who are determined to seize control of their lives, their workplaces, and their country.

Understanding the Agile methodology doesn’t have to be difficult. Agile thinking and Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean are becoming highly popular in many industries. An increasing number of businesses are starting to use Agile values and principles to achieve their goals. Therefore, understanding the Agile way of working is more important than ever before.