Amacom: 564 books
The Little Book of Leadership Development
50 Ways to Bring Out the Leader in Every Employee
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy redefine what we think of as traditional leadership in this tangible book that ascribes flexible yet concrete and proven actions to what can be a very abstract term. Rather than delving into lengthy exposition and analysis to help you understand what leadership...
by Matthew Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Making the leap into sales management means meeting a whole new set of challenges. As a manager, you’re going to have to quickly develop the skills that allow you to build and supervise a sales team, communicate effectively, set goals, be a mentor, and much, much more. Now that you’ve been handed...
The Stay Interview
A Manager's Guide to Keeping the Best and Brightest
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Of all the obstacles and surprises managers know are heading their way each day, the one they least anticipate and prepare for is the resignation of a seemingly happy and extremely valued employee. It’s the cement truck they never saw coming their way--but they could have.This invaluable resource...
Excuse Me
The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
What are the rules for business etiquette today? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? In today’s workplace, manners matter more than ever. With...
Plain Style
Techniques for Simple, Concise, Emphatic Business Writing
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 1993
Good writing is good business. Simple, straightforward writing saves time, creates good relationships, and prevents expensive misunderstandings. But why is it so hard to achieve? This incisive guide suggests ways to think about writing -- what it should look and sound like, as well as what it should...
Marketing to Gen Z
The Rules for Reaching This Vast--and Very Different--Generation of Influencers
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
You’ve only just begun to understand Millennials and know how to market most effectively to them. However, their successors are already right around the corner and promising even bigger challenges for the marketplace. But with bigger challenges come great opportunities, and Marketing to Gen Z wants...
The Elements of Power
Lessons on Leadership and Influence
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Having been named one of the top thinkers on leadership in the world, author Terry Bacon uses his years of experience as the former CEO of a global consulting firm to share insights about power and leadership with up-and-coming influencers. In Elements of Power, he teaches readers how things like...
A Class with Drucker
The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
From 1975 to 1979, author William Cohen studied under one of the greatest management educators and thought-leaders of all time: Peter Drucker. What Drucker taught him literally changed his life. Now, in this warm and inspiring read, Cohen shares the insights he gained as the first-ever graduate of...
Leading the Learning Revolution
The Expert's Guide to Capitalizing on the Exploding Lifelong Education Market
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The lucrative market of lifelong learning is one author Jeff Cobb has gained decades of experience working in as an entrepreneur and adviser. In this book, he explains how to tap into this growing market, which rewards the most forward-thinking training firms, professional associates, continuing education...
Well Said!
Presentations and Conversations That Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Whether you’re making a formal presentation, wooing a client, closing a sale, or proposing an idea, persuasive communication is essential. Based on the same concepts that guide the author’s award-winning training and consulting company, Well Said! teaches readers to put themselves in their audience’s...
Social Style/Management Style
Developing Productive Work Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1984
What is social style, and how can you make it work for you in a business situation? Your success at any management level depends largely on your ability to deal with other people. In this business-oriented approach to interpersonal relationships, management experts Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover...
Hire Smart from the Start
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding, Catching, and Keeping the Best Talent for Your Company
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Every day, rising companies stumble because management hired available people, not the right people. Then after making one too many of these mistakes, especially in key positions, the once-promising business that had the world to offer to its consumers is no longer. Because they didn’t learn: Hiring....
Questions that Sell
The Powerful Process for Discovering What Your Customer Really Wants
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Your product knowledge is extensive. You know its features and benefits inside out. And you are prepared for any question your customer may ask you about it. But the most important questions that need to be asked during a sales meeting are not about the product, but about the customer. If you, the...
Driven by Difference
How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Today’s board rooms, think tanks, and staff lounges are more diverse than ever before. But these cultural differences can either lead to gridlock among stubborn, single-minded thinkers or they can catalyze innovation and growth among an expansive team of creative, distinctive individuals.Diverse...