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Get Ahead, Stay Ahead!: Learn the 70 Most Important Career Skills, Traits and Attitudes to: Stay Employed! Get Promoted! Get a Better Job (Paperback)

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Every working person needs certain vital skills to survive and thrive in today's job market. Now, a bestselling job expert details the 70 skills, attitudes, and traits that guarantee career growth! In this complete guide, the author shines a spotlight on the only true job security there is-marketable skills and experience! She shows readers exactly how to build a job skills portfolio and master the key skills that lead to on-the-job success. Packed with how-to tips, insights, and ideas, You & Co. will help anyone keep their job, get promoted, and grow their career!

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How to Be the Kind of Person Bosses Love to Hire-Want to Promote-Can't Do Without! We all know that nothing in the work world is the way it used to be. Jobs change, technology changes, companies merge, restructure, and "rightsize." But you can survive-and thrive!-in this whirlwind, if you learn how to create your own job security. Start by rating your own career fitness by taking the Career Fitness Inventory. Get Ahead! Stay Ahead! shows you how to build a surefire career kit you can take with you wherever you go. Best-selling author Dianna Booher outlines, with real-life examples, the 70 most important skills, traits, and attitudes you need to lead a successful, self-directed career... ensure your freedom and independence... assess your marketeable skills... promote your career growth... and create a personal "master plan" for attaining your goals. Life happens better with a plan. Learn the marketable skills that will make you a hot property-now and in the future. Skills such as: Speaking authoritatively and persuasively before a group; Planning and sticking to a budget; Leading productive meetings; Selling yourself, your ideas, your products; Negotiating win-win outcomes; Taking calculated risks;... and many more. Use this book to take charge of your destiny! Whether you stay in your current job, look for another job, or go out on your own, Get Ahead! Stay Ahead! will provide the blueprint you need to be the architect of your own success.
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A New Hope for Better Business Communication

4:33 PM PDT, May 17, 2007
If there’s been one recurring theme among all my consulting clients during the past 25 years as I’ve been in and out of major corporations, it has been this:  “There’s just no communication around here!”  Granted, that’s why people call me to show up in the first place—to help them resolve a communication issue.  But the executive, manager, or group involved always seems perplexed by that complaint.  What could people mean by “there’s no communication around here”?  Then they begin to tell me how much information is available—on the website, flooding their email boxes, piled high on their desks, passed along in staff meetings. 

So taking the manager’s or team leader’s words at face value, I begin to investigate—and do a lot of questioning and listening:  What makes people feel that they have been “communicated with” and what makes them feel they have been ignored, despite having information at their fingertips? 

The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know is the culmination of my years of researching, listening, and analyzing the worst and best practices of leaders and their organizations.  What I heard was profoundly simple—practical ideas and wisdom that all too often gets overlooked in favor of the latest and greatest technology.  But technology is not a strategy; it’s only a means to an end.

So I’ve come up with ten basic strategies that readers can use in their day-to-day work lives to clearly make a name for themselves as credible communicators and make a significant impact on their entire work team and culture.

Have you discovered a communication strategy that gets you through the toughest work situations?  I’d love to hear YOUR story.
 
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Authors Succeed With Queries, Agents, Proposals, Contracts!

3:37 PM PDT, March 12, 2007, updated at 3:40 PM PDT, March 12, 2007
As we gear up here for our third "Get Your Book Published" workshop in Dallas, April 19-21, I've had several past attendees "check in" with me about their ongoing successes.  I thought it might be motivating to some of you considering writing a book to launch a new product or service or to showcase a new area of expertise to hear that past attendees have taken the techniques and tips and "worked the plan" with great success. 
 
For instance, Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro®, attended the March 2006 event.  Although she had already published two successful books with Random House (Leave the Office Earlier and Find More Time), the workshop section on "contract pitfalls" helped her negotiate a much better deal on her third book. You may want to take a look a Laura's site for her forthcoming third book based on the proposal she wrote during our workshop.
 
Waldo Waldman, Your Wingman®, an alumni of the March event also, put the finishing touches on his proposal and circulated it directly to a top New York publishing house.  They called him in early March to make a deal.  If you're looking for a great speaker, check out Waldo's site.

Jessica Cox, an alumni of the December 2006 event, finished her proposal just in time to sign an agent, who's trying to close a book deal quickly before her segment on Oprah airs during the ratings period in May.  That's right. They've already taped the segment.  Jessica will be the first woman to fly a plane solo using only her feet. Read Jessica's story here at her website.

Another success story:  Lorri Allen, a March 2006 alumni.   Lorri, a journalist and TV morning talk show host, worked hard on her proposal at the workshop, and quickly signed with an agent eager to represent her.  View Lorri's site here.
 
Are you ready to invest the same time and effort in yourself?  If you have a book idea, a partial manuscript, or a fresh perspective on your area of expertise, I'll walk you through the writing and proposing processes that I've spent the last quarter century developing---in only three days.  The workshop is structured so that discussions focus on YOUR book idea.  The goal is for every author to have a polished, attention-grabbing proposal by the close of the third day to submit to agents or editors.
 
How can a published book be a gold mine for you?  Just look at the others who are doing it, like The Rich and Famous: Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Michael Eisner, Jack Welch, Queen Noor, and Harvey Mackay have used publishing to extend their power structure far beyond any prior accomplishments.

Thought Leaders are publishing books to influence others and lead a life of significance by shaping how the world thinks, change how organizations do business, and improve people’s lives.

What about the Average Joe or Josephine?  I get calls every month from lawyers, doctors, and housewives who took a great book idea, got published, and are now using their new-found credibility to build their practices or launch new home-based businesses.

Competitive corporations are hungry to receive a positive mention in a published book because of the publicity it generates.  In fact, I'm preparing for an interview as I write this blog for a story on entrepreneurs who've launched their businesses with a book or who use books as a primary marketing tool.

These categories cover almost everyone, so no more excuses.  Stop sitting on your bestseller; start writing it.

If you or your writer friends are interested, the next publishing event begins Thursday, April 19, at 8:00 sharp, sleeves rolled up, laptop open, and ready to roll.  For details or to register, call 1-800-342-6621 or see www.GetYourBookPublished2007.com.
 
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Words That Sell and Those That Don't

9:04 AM PST, January 9, 2007
Brad Inman, real estate expert, reveals research on words that can make a big difference in whether your house sells quickly or sits on the market for months or even years:

Houses advertised as "beautiful" and "well landscaped" sell 15% better than those without such labels.  But those described as a "good value" take 5% longer to sell.  Why?  People interpret "good va