Career Development

Business is just like any sector or topic, with its own language, customs, codes, and terminologies. Different aspects of business can have their own distinctive terminology, which can also overlap. In 30 Days to a More Powerful Business Vocabulary, author Dan Strutzel presents over 500 words and short expressions from a variety of different business categories.

Personal Productivity Secrets gives you everything you need to know to be organized, in control, and to get things done. Understand how your brain absorbs, organizes, and filters the daily deluge of information, and learn to trick your brain into being more productive. Appreciate the difference between "time management" and "attention management" and create workflow processes that help you defend your attention.

Most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks the ten steps that will take your career from accidental to intentional.

The challenges facing today's sales executives and their organizations continue to grow, but so do the expectations that they will find ways to overcome them and drive consistent sales growth. There are no simple solutions to this situation, but in this thoroughly updated second edition of Sales Growth, experts from McKinsey & Company build on their practical blueprint for achieving this goal and explore what world-class sales executives are doing right now to find growth and capture it - as well as how they are creating the capabilities to keep growing in the future.

Welcome to AI Riches: Make Money with ChatGPT – How I Made $10K a Month Talking to a Robot (And How You Can Too) — your hilariously honest, eye-opening, and ridiculously useful guide to turning conversations with AI into cold, hard cash. This isn't one of those dry, dusty tech books written in a language that only PhDs and space engineers understand. Nope. This is the blueprint for normal humans—with zero tech skills—who want to build side hustles, launch digital empires, or just finally afford guac at Chipotle without flinching.

The Complete LPI Web Development Essentials Exam Study Guide exists to quickly get you up to speed on all the core web development technologies: HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, Express.js, and Node.js. That means that, once you're done here, there should be nothing stopping you from taking and passing the LPI Web Development Essentials exam. But what's much more important is that you'll have a working familiarity with all the tools you'll need to build efficient, secure, responsive, and interactive websites. Will you be a galaxy-level expert in any one of those tools? No, ...

Managing complex projects can stretch you to the limits. But with a book full of experts coaching you each step of the way, you'll never be baffled, blocked, or misdirected again. Packed with essays and insights from the field's top professionals, The AMA Handbook of Project Management is the resource professionals and students rely on for its practical guidance and big picture overview of the entire field. Whether you need advice keeping projects on track or help preparing for certification, this new edition explains every principle, process, and development.

After an 11-year-old Kimberly Guilfoyle lost her mother to leukemia, her dad wanted her to become as resilient as she could be. He wisely taught her to build a solid case for the things she wanted. Creating a strong logical argument was the best way to ensure that she could always meet her needs. That childhood lesson led her to become the fearless advocate and quick-thinking spitfire she is today.

Will Africa be the world's next hub of manufacturing? China is answering in the affirmative and investing accordingly. This book dispels the notion that this crucial story is merely about China's exploitation of Africa's resources, illuminating deep questions about our own Western approach to development and the implications for the future of manufacturing. The fact that China sees Africa not for its poverty but for its potential wealth is a striking departure from the attitude of the West, in particular the United States.

Step into the future of earnings with The Premier AI Duo—two guides to boost income and streamline work using AI. With "Unleashing the Millionaire Power of ChatGPT" and "The Ultimate ChatGPT and DALL·E Side Hustle Bible," discover side hustles, improve workflow, and create income streams—no tech skills needed!

Are you already networking but all that effort is not translating into results? Does everyone seem to be getting further ahead even though you are just as smart? Are you looking for a new job or up for a promotion? Do you have great ideas but no one seems to be listening to them? If any of these situations resonate, this book is for you! And even if you are already a Connector, this book will help you take it up a level. Connectors think and act a certain way that makes things happen faster, easier, and often with a better result.

Using interviews with unconventional entrepreneurs, the author's own wide-ranging experience with weird jobs, and extensive research, 101 Weird Ways to Make Money reveals unusual, sometimes dirty, yet profitable jobs and businesses. Whether you're looking for a job that suits your independent spirit, or want to start a new business, this unique book shows you moneymaking options you haven't considered.

In Scale or Fail, author Allison Maslan shares her revolutionary SCALEit Method for successfully growing, replicating, and expanding your business. She also shares pivotal mindset strategies she's used to break the fear barrier as a trapeze artist so you can move past any obstacle, take strategic big-picture risks, and fulfill your dreams of business expansion and skyrocketing profit.

In Amplifiers, entrepreneur and expert management and technology consultant Tom Finegan delivers an insightful new way to think about human behavior in the execution of corporate transformations. Through an exploration of the career journeys of several leaders and analyses of "True Amplifiers" in action, the book demonstrates how to deliver strategic and transformative change by relying on the efforts of key, exemplary followers. This important book:

Hands shaking? Mind blank? That familiar dread before speaking to a crowd? You're not alone – 75% of people share that fear. But what if speaking to THOUSANDS could feel as natural, as connecting, or talking to ONE trusted friend? This isn't about some rare, inborn talent. Many legends, from Gandhi to Buffett, battled intense shyness. They didn't avoid the stage; they discovered how to own it, and so can you. This guide provides strategies to conquer fear, connect with your audience, and see public speaking as an opportunity to reach, motivate, and inspire.

In January 2025, Paras Chopra sold the majority stake in Wingify, a startup he founded in 2009, for about $200 million. Interestingly, Wingify wasn't his first startup, nor was it the only one. In the past fifteen years, Chopra has founded several startups, most of which have failed. Fortunately, in entrepreneurship, you need just one success to make all the failures worth the effort. The Book of Clarity is a distillation of all that Chopra has learnt in his career as an entrepreneur.

Are your emotions holding you back from success, balance, and fulfillment? Learn how to take control, communicate with confidence, and build stronger relationships with the power of emotional intelligence. Do you struggle with self-doubt and imposter syndrome? Are you overwhelmed by stress and burnout? Do you wish you had the tools to navigate difficult conversations and set healthy boundaries? Jess Pryce—an accomplished aerospace engineer, senior executive, and leadership expert—knows what it takes to succeed in high-pressure environments while maintaining emotional resilience.

Pulling Together is a fantastic guide for leaders from all walks of life. In it you will learn about the 10 Rules for High Performance Teamwork. They’re simple, yet so important! It’s not only about leading a team, but also being a part of one. The 10 rules are presented in a way that every person in your organization can understand. Use this audiobook to clarify expectations and foster accountability, build more focus, unity, trust and credibility with your team, align people and systems, mobilize commitment and generate enthusiasm.

David Cohen and Brad Feld, leading advocates for entrepreneurs and startups, team up to provide first-time entrepreneurs with the tools, insights, and experiences to help them do more faster. The authors share their decades of experience working with thousands of startup founders and have enlisted the advice of dozens of Techstars startup founders and mentors. Contributors include Tim Ferriss, Eric Ries, Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), Isaac Saldana (SendGrid), and other successful entrepreneurs.

In today's troubled economic market, everything is a tough sell. From products to services, everyone is consuming less as they tighten their belts. In this respect, it's easy to forget that the job interview is becoming more and more like the showroom - where the interview itself is the pitch, and the product you're selling is yourself. The Art of Selling Yourself will provide you with the knowhow you need to navigate today's tough business terrain and achieve success in your career and your life.