To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that.Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple project teams and thousands of activities, program managers have one of the most challenging jobs in the market. Too many overburdened managers are leaving otherwise great job...

Social media is having a major impact on marketing. It is the glue that leverages the consumers views and opinions across all elements of a retailers business. Retailers are becoming aware that social media offers promising ways they can benefit from it, such as improving brand awareness, listening to consumer sentiments, creating incentives to drive cross-channel traffic and purchases, building content-focused communities to improve loyalty, enticing consumers to try new products, underst...

According to research by the American Society for Training Belief, and a Plan for salespeople who have struggled to achieve success. o Teaches salespeople to take responsibility for their success o Includes a simple six-step process for goal setting and attainment o Presents core selling and communication methodology based on creating awareness and choice for the client, which results in happier customer relationships.

Well-known Christian moms and dads reveal the words that have mattered most for their family. Whether it’s a crying baby or a rebellious teenager, every parent has moments with their kids that they wish they’d been better prepared to handle — if only they’d known. This audio book, published in conjunction with Focus on the Family, shares heartwarming and vulnerable experiences from well-known moms and dads. Their surprising, sometimes humorous, and always relatable stories of raising kids ...

7Twelve represents the 7 major asset classes and 12 subgroups that truly count in a well diversified portfolio. Over the last 10 years, the numbers generated by 7Twelve are nothing less than stellar-and you can do similarly using major mutual fund companies and ETFs by spending a fraction of time each month or each quarter to rebalance. 7Twelve founder, Prof. Craig Israelsen, shows just how easy it is to manage a successful portfolio with a plan, rather than manage your money piecemeal. Is...

Steve thinks a trip to Europe is out of the question—until he hears his grandfather's will. Suddenly he's off to Spain, armed with only a letter from his grandfather that sends him to a specific address in Barcelona. There he meets a girl named Laia and finds a trunk containing some of his grandfather's possessions, including a journal he kept during the time he fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Steve decides to trace his grandfather's footsteps through Spain...

In AbleTrend, Dr. Wang discloses, for the first time, the fundamental principles behind his bestselling trading system, AbleTrend signals. Sophisticated in scope, yet written in language that traders at all levels can understand, this book presents the theory behind an award-winning robust trading system developed by a recognized authority and expert trading system developer. AbleTrend presents the logic behind the system that reveals the direction of a trend at its early stage in all mark...

One of James’s early novels, The American plunges right in to one of the writer’s most enduring subjects, that of the innocent, or at least inexperienced, American abroad, seeking to come to terms with the social customs and conventions of an old European aristocracy (think of Daisy Miller, Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove and others). The aptly named Christopher Newman, having made a small fortune from business in California, has come to the Old World for the first time, determin...

Leadership Isn't For Cowards offers no nonsense straightforward steps to leading courageously and practical applicable steps to driving performance while maintaining a great place to work. It presents the reasons people don't lead courageously and the steps to break through the resistance most leaders have. Courageous leadership means toughing your approach by being rigorous in the application of your values and heartbeat through the company culture. It means confronting people, challengin...

Substantial market trends and transformational innovations are creating markets and making others irrelevant. The result is a major threat for nearly every business and a significant opportunity for a few. This book will be the first marketing strategy book to develop and leverage the concept of brand relevance. To remain relevant, a firm can create a new category or subcategory-- such as iPod, Cirque du Soleil, and eBay did-- where competitors are eliminated. Or a firm can redefine an exi...

The story can now be told.In 1999, an elite interdisciplinary team headed by Nobel laureate Andrew Danicek gathered in California to carry out a ground-breaking time-travel experiment. While the rest of the world remained unaware, Julius Caesar was successfully transported from the last day of his life to a specially-constructed covert facility. Four days of conversation with historians and Latin scholars were planned, followed by Caesar’s return to the moment from...

A new generation of leader is emerging, the next generation business strategist: "Outhinkers." They are entrepreneurs and corporate managers with a new playbook. They see opportunities others ignore, challenge dogma others accept as truth, rally resources others cannot influence, and unleash new strategies that disrupt their markets. Outthink the Competition proves that business competition is undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift and that during such revolutions, outthinkers beat tradit...