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Staying competitive in today's business means making a complete digital transformation. Learn the action plan you need to take your company and career into the future.

Fire Your Creativity and Fuel Your Career! What if you could brainstorm innovative solutions to your company's challenges? What if you could dream up new businesses that capture emerging markets? What if you could tap your own creativity and ignite your career? The truth is, you can! Analytical thinkers, numbers people, non-artists--everyone can generate imaginative ideas. All it takes is letting go of the "I'm-not-creative" mindset and putting a proven process to work for you. Using his CreativityWorks framework, creativity and innovation expert Bernhard Schroeder explains how to break out of your mental box, adopt a growth mindset, reignite natural curiosity, and move step by step through a set of exercises that help individuals and teams: - Fuel creativity through a proven framework - Create more relevant ideas in brainstorming sessions - Radically improve existing products or services - Find inspired solutions using IdeaGen, SCAMPER, Observation Lab, Tempero, the Phoenix List, and other tools From changing the physical workplace to spur interaction . . . to nurturing a culture that promotes creativity . . . to applying tools that generate more and better ideas, Simply Brilliant opens the door to spark your imagination and ignite your creativity.

The next generation of consumers is rising up fast. Will you know how to reach them?

The performance difference between the top salespeople in the world and the rest is smaller than you may think. Learn where you can elevate your game today and reach unprecedented new heights.Did you know that the 80/20 rule applies to the world of sales too? Eighty percent of all sales are made by only twenty percent of salespeople. How are they raking in so much money though, and how can others join them?Sales trainer extraordinaire Brian Tracy has spent years studying the world's best salespeople and their methods to discover that the difference between the top 20 and the bottom 80 boils down to only a handful of critical areas in which the top professionals perform better than their peers. In this compact and convenient guide, Tracy shares 21 tried-and-true techniques that can help any salesperson gain that winning edge.In Sales Success, you will learn how to:Set and achieve clear goalsDevelop a sense of urgency and make every minute countKnow your products inside and outAnalyze your competitionFind and quickly qualify prospectsUnderstand the three keys to persuasionOvercome the six major objections, and much more!Packed with proven strategies and priceless insights, Sales Success will get you planted firmly on the path to success, making more money than you thought possible and greater career satisfaction than you ever believed you would find.

Find your company's niche in the marketplace when you discover what your customers want, need, and can afford--and then give it to them!Too often, businesses create a product or service and then focus their marketing efforts on trying to convince customers that they need it. However, the key to successful marketing and a successful business is already knowing that what you are offering is what the public has been searching for!Renowned business expert Brian Tracy has provided 21 powerful and proven ideas any business can use immediately to improve their strategic marketing results.In Marketing, Tracy helps you discover how to:Build your customer baseSet yourself apart from the competitionUse market research and focus groups to fuel better decisionsFulfill a basic emotional need for buyersDetermine the correct price point for your offeringsMake the most of your distribution channelsGive customers a reason to switch from your competitors, and more!Complete with time-tested marketing strategies and Tracy's trademark wisdom, Marketing is a practical pocket guide that shows you how to overcome the competition, increase sales and profitability, and dominate your market niche.

Few things have as broad an effect on your life and career as the ability to negotiate well.? The art of negotiation has become an essential element of almost all our interactions in every area of life. Enhancing our ability to negotiate effectively affects not only business contracts and career opportunities but also our personal relationships. Those who don't negotiate well risk falling victim to those who do.Success expert Brian Tracy has negotiated millions of dollars' worth of contracts during his career and has learned firsthand all the tips, tools, strategies, and things to avoid that are necessary for anyone to become a master negotiator.In Negotiation, Tracy will show you how to:Utilize the six key negotiating stylesHarness the power of emotion in hammering out agreementsPrepare like a pro and enter any negotiation from a position of strengthGain clarity on areas of agreement and disagreementDevelop win-win outcomesKnow when and how to walk awayApply the Law of Four, and much moreWithin the pages of this practical and concise guide, begin mastering the art of negotiation. No other life skill can impact you as broadly as learning how to negotiate well--saving you time and money, making you more effective in all areas of life, and contributing substantially to your career.Negotiation puts the power of negotiation right in your hands.

The hallmark of an exceptional career is the ability to devise innovative solutions for work challenges. Therefore, creative thinking skills are vital for your professional advancement.Recent research has revealed a direct causality between ideas and profitability, which means that in today's competitive and technology-rich work environment, the most crucial element separating an extraordinary career from an ordinary one is creative thinking skills.As one of the world's premiere success experts, Brian Tracy knows anyone can become more creative by practicing with a few helpful tools. This concise, easy-to-read book guides you to immediately begin generating a stream of productive ideas.In Creativity & Problem Solving, Tracy reveals 21 proven techniques that will help you:Stimulate the three primary triggers to creativityInspire a creative mindset in staff through recognition, rewards, and environmentUse methods to solve problems, improve systems, devise new products, and come up with fresh, exciting marketing anglesAsk focused questions to generate elegant solutionsUnderstand the difference between mechanical and adaptive thinkingRigorously evaluate new ideas without shutting down the creative impulseContaining mind-stimulating exercises and down-to-earth strategies, Creativity & Problem Solving will help you tap into the root source of their own intuitive genius--and gain the winning edge they've been missing all this time.

Think a corporate culture that favors men is the only culprit in the workplace suppressing women? Think again.

The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation is a practical, detailed roadmap to building a fair compensation system by creating motivating incentives that produce positive outcomes.

Getting the best employees on board and weeding out the worst--without getting slapped with expensive lawsuits--are two of the most crucial and difficult jobs of human resources professionals and general managers. Now there's quick, reliable information on how to do it right.

Long on practical guidance while refreshingly short on math, Smart Financial Management helps owners and managers of small businesses solve everyday financial dilemmas and avoid potential problems. Readers will learn valuable and practical financial analysis techniques, as well as how to project future financial needs and identify possible sources of funding; manage receivables, inventory and equipment investments; and how to structure and develop the business soundly and legally. In addition, they'll:* Gain an understanding of the financial challenges unique to a growing enterprise -- and how to meet them* Improve communications with financial and legal advisors* Learn to identify new sources of equity and nonequity capitalWith a field-focused methodology and user-friendly tools, Smart Financial Management will help any small business manage its requirements more effectively.

Originally published in Dutch in 2013 as Lichaamstaal by Patryk Wezowski & Kasia Wezowski

"Good Governance for Nonprofits" is a succinct but thorough guide that will help organizations develop a board that is legally and ethically responsible and effective in advancing their needs.

Shows how to stand out from the crowd and deliver excellent service to customers. This book offers tips and strategies for improving and then maintaining any company's level of customer service. It is a reference for anyone seeking to make customers feel truly valued.

Shows readers how to develop clarity about what they want, and how they can achieve satisfaction, both personally and professionally.