Kids and Co. : Winning Business Tactics for Every Family - Softcover

Ros Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954391403 ISBN 13: 9780954391409

Publisher: White Ladder Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Most of us spend several years working before becoming parents, and the majority of us continue to work once we have children. At work, we learn all sorts of valuable skills - managing, selling, negotiating and so on - which we can apply in any company we work for. But when we become parents, all those hard-learned skills are useless. Or are they? KIDS & Co explains how your business skills don't have to go out of the window when you walk in through the front door. You may sometimes feel that the kids get the better of you every time, but here is one weapon you have that they don't: all those business skills you are familiar with and they know nothing about. Closing the sale, win/win negotiating, motivational skills, and all the rest of them. All you need to do is learn how to apply them to your children as well as to your customers and your staff. Obviously there is no perfect way to handle our kids so that we never hear a single whinge or tantrum (more's the pity) but there are certainly techniques which make life a whole lot easier. What's more, as we know from our business experience, these techniques work on grown-ups. So they should be effective with children right through to adulthood even when, like customers and staff, they have got wise to the techniques and know what you're up to. KIDS & Co covers a serious subject - the business of parenting - with a light-hearted touch.

About this title

About the Author

Ros Jay is a professional author who writes books on both business and parenting topics, in this case simultaneously. Her books include Fast Thinking Manager's Manual, Build a Great Team and How to Manage Your Boss, all for Prentice Hall, Smart Things to Know about Customers for Capstone, and Baby Sanctuary for Chrysalis Books. She is the mother of three young children and stepmother to another three grown-up ones.

Review

Endorsements/testimonials "Ros Jay has had a brilliant idea, and what is more she has executed it brilliantly. KIDS & CO is the essential handbook for any manager about to commit the act of parenthood, and a thoroughly entertaining read for everyone else." John Cleese Can you be taught to be a better mum? The kids were happy and I was in control....Vikki, 35, tested Kids & Co on her three children.Kids & Co shows how using business know-how can improve your parenting skills. The business idea set this apart from other books and made me keen to give it a go. Best thing? Everything could be sorted out before we reached confrontation point. The kids were happy because they felt I was talking notice of them and so was I because I felt I was in control. Was it worth it? Yes. There are suggestions to suit kids of all ages so I could keep going back to this book. WOMAN MAKEOVERS Junior Magazine - Off the shelf "Ever feel like you get brilliant results at work and then come home and everything falls apart? If your children are harder to deal with than clients, maybe you're looking at things the wrong way. Ros makes a compelling case for adapting your client-handling skills to your children. For instance, she suggests, you use your selling skills so your children will do whatever you want and apply your motivation skills to generate enthusiasm in the household. The authoritative tone is clear and suggestions much more human than the cover suggests."

Edition details

• Publisher: White Ladder Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0954391403
• ISBN 13: 9780954391409
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128