Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119941628 ISBN 13: 9781119941620

Publisher: For Dummies, 2012

Synopsis

Fulfil your workplace potential with this indispensable handbook.

Written by a team of experts, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies is your complete guide to perfecting your communication, management and organizational skills. Inside you'll find simple techniques for improving your performance at work - everything from presentation skills, project management, persuading and influencing people, motivating (yourself and others!), managing your workload, managing a team and much more. No other book offers you this much in one volume. It's like having a whole team of business, communication and management experts sitting on your bookshelf...but much less crowded!

Inside you'll find 4 books in 1:

• Book I: Communicating Effectively (covering communication, presentations, body language, confidence, persuasion & influence)
• Book II: Building Your Commercial Acumen (covering accounting and budgeting, technology, selling, negotiation)
• Book III: Managing and Leading Others (recruiting, working in teams and groups, dealing with ethics and office politics, coaching, leadership)
• Book IV: Increasing Productivity and Performance (time management, project management, achieving goals, motivation, managing stress, organising time, managing meetings and dealing with emails).

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Master the business skills you need to survive and thrive in today's more competitive workplace – in no time!

Bringing together the insights and expertise of an all-star team of business professionals, Business Skills All-in-One For Dummies is the quick, easy way to get a handle on the commercial, interpersonal and management skills you need to succeed. You'll find simple techniques for improving every facet of your work performance – from presenting, project management, negotiating and sales, to accounting, budgeting, time management and team building.

• Improve the 'soft' skills – fine-tune your communication skills, give powerful presentations, use body language effectively and master the gentle art of persuasion

• Nail down the 'hard' skills – learn the basics of accounting and budgeting, selling, negotiating and other key commercial skills

• Boost performance and productivity – learn techniques for time management, project management, staying motivated, beating stress, controlling meetings and more

• Manage for excellence – quickly master critical management skills, such as staff recruitment, team building, ethical decision making and coaching

• Get them to follow your lead – discover the secrets of great leadership and learn how to motivate and inspire your people, even through the toughest of times

Open the book and find:

• Guidance on team building and project management

• How to communicate effectively

• Advice on giving perfect presentations

• How to negotiate and sell like a pro

• Useful information on business accounting and budgeting

• Tips on dealing with stress

• How to coach others

• Pointers on becoming an effective leader

• Great suggestions for increasing productivity and performance

4 BOOKS IN???1

• Communicating Effectively

• Building Your Commercial Acumen

• Managing and Leading Others

• Increasing Productivity and Performance

About the Author:

Kate Burton runs a successful international coaching practice working with clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and KPMG. Kate is co-author of the bestselling Neuro-Linguistic Programming For Dummies, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Workbook For Dummies and Building Self-Confidence For Dummies.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1119941628
• ISBN 13: 9781119941620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Burton Kate