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	Positive Leadership: How To Build A Winning Team Networking Skills That Will Get You the Job You Want Simple Ways That Bring Out the Best in Your Employees Pure Selling: The Basics Culinary Arts Career Starter
	Positive Leadership How To Build A Winning Team By Mike Pegg ISBN 81-7476-096-2 P 240.00 Good leaders have much in common. They develop a clear vision, get commitment from their people and guide their team to success. However, the manner in which they achieve this can be highly complex. Mike Pegg has written a guide for top teams, managers and anybody who leads people. It offers a clear framework and concrete ideas they can use in their daily work. Leadership, ownership and results are key themes at work. This book will be an invaluable tool for leaders. It provides practical ideas they can use to inspire their people to achieve excellent results. About the Authors Mike Pegg has worked as an international leadership consultant for the last 20 years. His clients include Lego, IBM, Motorola, Cabinet Office, Department of Health, among others.
	Networking Skills That Will Get You The Job You Want By Cherie Kerr ISBN 1-55870-501-5 P 745.00 To find your ideal career in today's competitive market, you need more than just a good resume. You need to know how to get in direct contact with the people who can get you hired. Whether you're fresh out of school, re-entering the work force or looking to advance in your field, acclaimed communications and career consultant Cherie Kerr will help you network your way to professional success. Kerr encourages you every step of the way, sharing her own successes and challenges to help you overcome rejection, stay motivated and keep focused. She also includes a detailed "bibliography for the ardent networker" to put you in touch with resources that will get you networking in no time. Here you have all the information you need to put yourself on the professional fast track. So take this guide, make the most of your valuable skills and network your way to a great career! About the Authors Cherie Kerr has been an award-winning expert in the field of public relations and corporate communications for more than 20 years. She is the founder and president of ExecuProv, a company that teaches communication and networking skills to business professionals throughout the country with clients including Banc One, GTE, Nissan Motors and Mitsubishi. She lives in Orange County, California.
	Simple Ways To Bring Out The Best In Your Employees By Promod Batra and Vijay Batra ISBN 81-86773-34-7 P 246.50 Thinking is the most important job in management, whether its management of employees or customers. Thinking is the hardest job to do. In thinking what matters most is your attitude. The mind can think positively or you can think negatively. If you have to deal effectively with a problem, an opportunity, a note, a report or a write-up, you ought to be on a positive mood. At Think Inc., research is aimed at finding Simple Ways to discover and invent the commonsensical approaches you need to reach your goals. Our collection of ideas and thought starters has been gathered and distilled from our professional journeys over the decades, across continents and cultures. About the Author Promod Batra got his professional training with General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Soyabean Council of America. He has an MBA from the University of Minnesota. During his professional career of over three decades, he made simple observation in regard to management issues at large corporations, managing of family businesses and managing of families and decided early in his career to self-publish them in a simple and small way. Vijay Batra has an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and is also a graduate of the Japan Management Programme from Japan America Institute of Management Sciences.
	Pure Selling: The Basics By Wayne Vanwyck ISBN 1-55180-063-2 P 650.00 Selling today is a professional occupation. More people earn $50,000 a year in a sales career than in any other field, with many salespeople earning twice that or more. To achieve such high career and salary goals, you need the right skill and knowledge to be more confident and effective. With a unique blend of proven communication skills and an understanding of today's marketplace. About the Author Wayne Vanwyck has over 23 years of experience in sales and has been a consultant and trainer in sales and management for the last 14 years. The material in Pure Selling has been successfully presented in seminars offered by his Achievement Center in Ontario, Canada.
	Culinary Arts Career Starter By Mary Masi ISBN 1-57685-205-9 P 556.25 A career as a chef for you? "Do what you love to do?", the experts advise in choosing a career. If that's cooking, the timing couldn't be better. The whole culinary arts field is exploding with opportunities. Top chefs are now glamorous celebrities, commanding six-figure incomes. New restaurants are opening everywhere, everyday. But real success isn't automatic. It's a matter of getting the right training and making the right moves beginning with day one. This book, written with the help of top professionals is your guide. About the Author Mary Masi, M.A., is the founder of InfoSurge, a company specializing in writing, research and editorial consulting. Previously, she worked in the editorial division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and before that as a college English instructor.

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