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PowerSkills : Building Top-Level Relationships for Bottom-Line Results

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The think I liked most about this book is that it provides an excellent system for measuring your networking success. It shows how to maintain a list of your Nifty Fifty contacts and measure it to show the strength of your network.

This allows you to set goals like "Increase my networking score by 10% by May 31." You could also use it to measure the success of people on your team.

Jim Masciarelli's book is great for those who are looking to improve the quality of their professional relationships. Not surprisingly, his advice spills over into personal relationships as well. I particularly like his ideas on cultivating and sustaining a "Nifty 50" - the fifty most important professional relationships in your life.

"PowerSkills" will change your life and change your business. Whether you're at the top of your company or determined to get there, you'll learn practical tips and techniques -- a sustainable process for becoming more savvy and successful in managing relationships for results.

Jim has captured the spirit of networking to its fullest. I had to read it with a pen in hand so that I could immediately start making lists of potential renewed acquaintances or simply an acknowledgement of key professional and personal relationships and why they are important.

An important topic with superb content engagingly written by a master of relationships. A must read if you rely on others to achieve results

This book is a great 'how-to' guide for selecting, building and harvesting business relationships. And in business, of course, relationships are everything.

I think PowerSkills is a must-read for every business person - from the recent graduate just starting out, to the seasoned executive who wants to move his or her skills to the next level.

Jim Masciarelli is a terrific teacher, and underscores his points with insightful anecdotes from his career.

One additional perspective - great relationships - like success in business - take time and commitment. But your hard work - guided by this excellent book - will be a dynamite combination.

While this book formalizes networking necessary for power brokers and business growth at high levels, it also spells out the type and frequency of contacts any business person can begin to cultivate. If you have an idea you want to be at the top someday -- start here.

Jim creates a wonderful framework to capture the best of all relationships. I read PowerSkills with a pen in hand - making lists of key relationships which needed to be renewed and those whom deserved a "thank you."

Move over Tom Peters, theres a new soothsayer in town! The new search for excellence is about leveraging the touch points that businesses and individuals have with their constituencies. The guiding principals of Powerskills, sprinkled with the sometimes amusing support of real-life stories, chart a compelling model for an efficient and effective way of conducting business. James Masciarelli is onto something new and exciting with this publication. Take it on your next business trip or vacation, and return anxious to put it to work.

Powerskills is an essential tool for anyone ivolved in building a team of A players. Jim Masciarelli has put together a concise and accurate roadmap for building and maintaining an organization that can win in today's competitive world. Time is an entrepreneur's most valuable asset, invest it here.