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Now in paperback, Create Your Own Future is a powerful book on self-empowerment that offers a wealth of ideas readers can apply immediately to take complete control of their personal and work lives. Intended for anyone who wants to make more money and get more satisfaction from life, the book offers twelve principles for success and real-world action plans that help you reach your goals. Author Brian Tracy is one of the most renowned and successful self-help authors and speakers in the world; Create Your Own Future presents all his accumulated experience in making success happen for others. Now, it can make success happen for you.

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In an increasingly competitive workplace, it’s important that you learn how to manage your own career. You need to have a game plan.

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Up-to-date on the latest trends. Presents need-to-know tips, tricks, guidelines in manner best suited to immediately absorb

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This work unearths some fresh strategies to enable the reader to navigate their way around, over, under or straight through obstacles to success. Post-job guru Tulgan identifies five tactics for reinventing success in the post-job era:

voracious learning, relationship building, adding value day by day, moving to personal and professional balance, and planning one year at a time

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An overview of current principles and practices for mentoring and developing the next generation of information technology leaders in higher education.

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To everything–including career development–there is a season!
Have you recently been blindsided by an unexpected layoff? Do you wake up every Monday morning already looking forward to quitting time on Friday? Do you hear the call of a more satisfying career but are afraid and unsure of how to make the transition to it? You don’t have to be at the mercy of outside forces or your own insecurities any longer. Once you understand The Seasons of Your Career, you can take charge of your professional life, master the cycles of career change, and experience fulfillment through your work.

In this innovative guide, career coaches Kathy Sanborn and Wayne R. Ricci illustrate the predictable, seasonal patterns that our work lives follow–from the Spring of growth and challenge through the winding down of Winter and back again to Spring’s fresh opportunities. Packed with insightful exercises, helpful quizzes, and inspiring real-life stories, this upbeat text offers surefire strategies for:

* Recognizing the career season you are in and taking advantage of it
* Working through trouble spots to excel in your current job
* Placing your career in perspective to allow for strategic, long-term planning
* Setting and reaching goals that support your preferred career path
* Staying positive through potentially tough seasonal transitions
* Approaching your career as one aspect of a balanced, fulfilling life
Whether you are twenty years old and in your first job or fifty-five and contemplating a major career change, The Seasons of Your Career is uniquely designed to help you navigate your professional future with confidence and conviction.

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In this candid guide, entertainment industry veteran Laurie Scheer offers a witty and informative inside look at the primary professions in the movie biz. Readers will discover real-life, yet upbeat portraits of the “shredder” jobs of the industry, such as assistant or d-girl, and how they can lead to the “keeper” jobs of actor, agent, or studio executive. Each career overview features a clever analysis of the classic film characters who memorably played these jobs on screen; an insightful rewards-risks assessment of the job; and a brief look at such essential job qualities as durability, length of stay, “food chain value,” and desirability factor. Part how-to guide, part historical document, and part social commentary, this book will delight career seekers, Hollywood insiders, and film aficionados alike!

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Field-proven presentation tips and communication skills, from two of today’s top corporate coaches

Every business situation is both a presentation and a chance to leave a positive impression. In Talk Your Way to the Top, corporate communications gurus Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella give readers the know-how to recognize and maximize the opportunities they face throughout the day.

Each chapter represents a specific situation, from running a meeting to disagreeing with the boss, and outlines the steps needed to handle it with poise, skill, and success.

Communication has a tremendous impact on how professionals are judged. Talk Your Way to the Top gives them the skills they need to:

* Know when and where to speak up–versus when to shut up
* Convey passion and make it contagious
* Connect with an audience on multiple levels

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Unrealistic schedules, unstable releases, continual overtime, and skyrocketing stress levels are legendary in the software development industry. Unlike traditional occupations such as accounting or administration, the software business is populated with programmers who are as creative and passionate about their work as musicians and artists. But for most programmers and project managers, it is a complete surprise when they enter the business world and find that internal politics, inept management, and unrealistic marketing drive the process, rather than a structured and orderly approach based on technical issues and quality.

This guide, delivered with the wit and aplomb to make a serious topic entertaining and palatable, will help you survive the programming industry in 2006. The Career Programmer explains how you can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development process. You’ll master self-defense techniques to shield yourself, your project, and your code from corporate politics, arbitrary management decisions, and marketing-driven deadlines. Author Chris Duncan provides proven, practical, hands-on solutions designed to work even when tested by the political and chaotic realities of the business environment. Issues are addressed from the points of view of both the programmer and project manager, and steps are illustrated from all perspectives–from large-scale teams down to projects with a single developer. For you, the end results will mean less overtime and stress, higher-quality software, and a more satisfying career.

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Managing safety in the workplace requires a wide range of safety and health subjects to be mastered. Traditionally, this has been achieved by reference to an encompassing text such as Safety at Work - widely acknowledged as the authoritative guide to safety and health in the workplace. Written by a team of specialist contributors under the joint editorship of John Ridley and John Channing, it has been prepared in association with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and covers their academic requirements for membership.

In order to make elements of this authoritative work available to those who require information on only one of the major aspects of occupational safety and health, the following modular texts, drawn from the fifth edition of Safety at Work, are now available:

*Safety Law
*Risk Management
*Occupational Hygiene
*Workplace Safety
These separate texts include all the latest changes in health, safety, employment and environmental legislation and are essential reading for all who need to have knowledge of the subject. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of the manager and recognises the shift in employment numbers from manufacturing to service industries. Important coverage is given to the influences on health and safety, practical safety management and behavioural techniques and to the management of chemicals, ergonomics and the environment.

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How does emotional intelligence as a competency go beyond the individual to become something a group or entire organization can build and utilize collectively? Written primarily by members of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, founded by recognized EI experts Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss, this groundbreaking compendium examines the conceptual and strategic issues involved in defining, measuring and promoting emotional intelligence in organizations. The book’s contributing authors share fifteen models that have been field-tested and empirically validated in existing organizations. They also detail twenty-two guidelines for promoting emotional intelligence and outline a variety of measurement strategies for assessing emotional and social competence in organizations.

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For anyone interested in advertising or PR, this book explains how to select the right agency; the forces and trends at work; how new ad and PR campaigns are developed; who the top-ranked agencies are; what industry professionals like and dislike about their jobs; typical pay, hours, and office culture; and how to shine in your interviews.

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Ready to pursue the rest of your life? Get going with Work Less, Live More.
Professionally, you’re experiencing the success that years of hard work brings –but the long hours are taking their toll and you’re burning out fast.
Fortunately, there’s an alternative to the grind: Early semi-retirement. Work fewer hours, realize your goals and dreams, spend time with your loved ones– and do it all years, even decades, before the “normal” retirement age of 65.
With Work Less, Live More and a little planning, you can do it. The book provides a rational investment system based on Nobel Prize-winning research, a safe lifelong withdrawal plan and sensible spending guidelines.
More importantly, the book provides inspiring stories and insights of many successful early semi-retirees, walking proof that meaningful work– rather than full-time work– is both fulfilling and rewarding.
Are you ready to pursue the rest of your life? Turn to Work Less, Live More and get

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There are several books about promoting your practice, but nothing about selling it - with which many professionals feel uncomfortable. The book fills the gap. This is a much-needed book which addresses the unique concerns of professionals who wish to sell their services successfully and to feel comfortable about doing so.

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You’ve been promoted! Are you happy, excited, perhaps even a little (or a lot) anxious and stressed out–wondering how you’re going to handle all your new responsibilities?

If so, stop worrying and start reading THE ROOKIE MANAGER. It’s the perfect stress-reducer–the next best thing to a Swedish massage. This indispensable guide prepares inexperienced managers for the realities of today’s fast-paced business environment and provides useful, real-world information that will help you relax comfortably into your new managerial position.

Topics covered include: * understanding the manager’s role * managing former peers * choosing a management style * daily planning * leadership and coaching * building and managing a team * motivating people to do their best * making tough decisions * delegating work * hiring and orienting new employees * conducting performance appraisals * disciplining and terminating employees * building effective communication skills–both up and down the hierarchical ladder, and much more.

Filled with informative anecdotes, exercises, self-quizzes, worksheets, and examples, THE ROOKIE MANAGER will give you all the skills, confidence, and knowledge you need to shift seamlessly into your new role.

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