The all-time bestselling training handbook, updated for new technologies and rolesActive Training turns instructional design on its head by shifting the emphasis away from the instructor, and on to the learner. Comprehensively updated to reflect the many developments in the field, this new fourth edition covers the latest technologies and applications, the evolving role of the trainer, and how new business realities impact training, advancing new evidence-...

Say good-bye to diapers and hello to fast, effective potty training, from the parenting author millions trustPotty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, or tears.Elizabeth Pantley's easy no-cry solution will help you:Determine the right time to start potty trainingCreate a simple and...

CBS MoneyWatch columnist Larry Swedroe’s bedrock principles for investing successInvestment Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make and How to Avoid Them helps anyone from the novice investor to the professional money manager become a more informed investor—and ignore the kind of pervasive “conventional wisdom” that so often leads to financial loss.Swedroe describes how behavioral mistakes and overconfidence can lead you to stray from proven investment ...

Based on the author's extensive research and consultancy practices, the book builds on the GROW coaching model and introduces a new model which involves 5 core capabilities and a 7-step process - The Achieve Coaching Model. Key features: Based on an international best-practice study of executive coaching drawn from UK, Germany and US Explains a new, original and easy-to-use coaching method Shows how the return on coaching investment can be measured Links c...

Stop haggling and start closing! Let a sales guru show how to get your price in every transaction. These days it seems like we're always in a "buyer's market." But even at a time the word "value" is used interchangeably with "cheap," and the Internet is a bargain hunter's paradise, there are ways for sales professionals to regain the upper hand. In Crush Price Objections! , Tom Reilly, bestselling author of Value-Added Selling , teaches field-tested, street-smart tactics for engaging price...

Use Your Contacts as the Building Blocks to Success"The 'Golden Rules' for developing a continuous chain of high-quality referrals for any product in any business."—Brian Tracy, bestselling author of The Psychology of Selling"This easy-to-use, practical guide will dramatically increase your referral stream."—Jon Voegele, Regional Vice President of Agency, COUNTRY Financial"Matt Anderson has wr...

Praise for Jolts!"Only Thiagi and his co-author, Tracy, could have devised a list of 50 magical learning moments that are concise and certain to JOLT learners into new perspectives and profound insights. If you facilitate group learning or change management, you won't want to miss this one!"—Elaine Biech, author of Business of Consulting and Training for Dummies"Give your training sessions a jump start with Jolt act...

From the bestselling author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution--everything parents need to know during their baby's first yearGentle Baby Care provides immediate answers to the daily questions that arise when caring for a baby. Written by bestselling author and parenting expert Elizabeth Pantley, this valuable guide includes information and practical tips to allow readers to choose the gentle, loving solutions that best suit their parenting style and th...

The time-tested, gentle, and successful method that introduces children to potty training as early as six monthsWhile parents around the world successfully potty train their children well before preschool age, in the United States, we've moved away from this early introduction. However, there's no evidence that later is better--in fact, there's even significant reason to believe that later can be detrimental.Written by a respected child psychologist, Ea...

"Want excellent insights on retirement planning from a professional who’s actually experienced retirement himself? You’ll get just that from Stan Hinden’s book, How to Retire Happy, now in its third edition. Stan was a Washington Post financial reporter for 20 years, and after he retired, he wrote the Post’s 'Retirement Journal' column for which he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. What I like about Stan’s book is that it combines good financial planning inform...

Discover Your Training Style Strengths and Build Your Skills with Online Tools, Videos, and More"A superb book that gives learning and development professionals in every industry an automatic must-read. This book is filled with wisdom and insight as well as clear analytic models and real actionable concrete steps." -- Bruce Tulgan, author of It's OK to Be the Boss and Managing Generation X"Engage takes the innovation of 4MAT® and looks at ...

Traditional methods of improving safety performance through extrinsic control will only take you so far. Realizing this, many leading-edge companies have abandoned their old paradigms and have taken a new approach. Learn how to develop a positive safety culture using inside-out thinking—a culture that begins in the workplace and spreads out to include both the family and the community.