Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath You are at a job interview. It’s going well- you’ve already been meeting with your potential new boss for half an hour. Then the question comes: “What are your strengths?” You blink once or twice, then launch into a description of strengths that is primarily comprised of what you think the [...]
The Power of Body Language, published by Nightingale Conant I’m in the process of changing roles within my company. My success in my new role will depend on how quickly I can build rapport with people. I picked up this eight CD audio set from Nightingale Conant, hoping that it would help me with that. The author, Joe Navarro, [...]
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I’m in sales. I jokingly tell people that it’s been my line of work “since I was born.” Even though that statement isn’t too far off, I still have a lot to learn about negotiating. This book was recommended to me by a co-worker as a good way to understand the tactics that buyers use [...]
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Before I purchased this audio program, I would have told you that charisma was confidence, energy, and being passionate. When I learned that there were ten qualities-not three-I was curious to learn what the other seven were. Did I have them? And if I didn’t, could I learn them? Being more charismatic could only help [...]
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Most of us had never heard of Governor Sarah Palin prior to her run for Vice President of the United States in 2008. As a working mother, I find her absolutely fascinating. Not only was she the governor of the state of Alaska, she is also a mother of five children, one of whom has Down’s syndrome. She looks just [...]
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