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Work Skills

Below are the articles in the Work Skills category. Each article title is followed by a short introduction of the content. You may click "Read excerpt" for a more comprehensive introduction or click the "Purchase" link to buy the article.

Brilliant Ideas
Everyone has ideas, but how does one generate brilliant ideas?
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Developing Dynamite Presentation Skills
Surefire tips to improve presentation skills and make a greater impact.
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How Well Do You Delegate?
Whether a person work with others, or alone, he or she may still suffer from the “Lone Ranger Syndrome”—that managerial malaise that causes folks to work excessively long, hard hours because only THEY know how to do something right. Whoa, Silver! There is a cure.
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How Well Do You Present?
What does it take to be a great speaker? Take this quiz and see.
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Keeping Your Cool When Negotiations Get Hot
Whether negotiating a raise, contract, car purchase or business deal, bargaining ability is a key skill worth learning and honing.
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Mastering “Must-Have” Speaking Skills
No longer simply a “plus” in the business world, public speaking skills are essential. Fortunately, they can be learned.
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Optimism—a Positively Essential Business Skill
Some people are optimists, others are pessimists. Nothing can be done about it. Right? Wrong. Optimism is a skill even a pessimist can learn.
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Pitching A Project Past Resistance
Sara’s proposal is finally ready to present. Her Power Point slides are perfect. She’s even wearing her lucky blouse. So why does she have that gnawing feeling that somehow her proposal is going to get shot down?
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Thinking Like an Entrepreneur within the Corporate Walls
Explore “intrapreneurship,” including the value and benefits of such an approach for both the individual and the organization.
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Top 10 Best Email Habits
What’s the secret to success? The joke’s twist of the adage answers: 10 percent hard work, 90 percent ignoring email. Luckily, we don’t have to go that far.
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Top 10 Myths About Public Speaking
A speaker memorizes the speech, uses a lectern, and doesn’t worry about the introduction. Isn’t that right? No?
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Top 10 Tips for Great Idea Generation
Generating great ideas can be a challenge. Here are ten ways to get the juices flowing.
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Top 10 Ways to Have Productive Business Meetings
Business meetings: stressful, a waste of time, nothing ever changes or gets done. They don’t have to be that way.
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