Career Skills Collection Vol. IV, Soundview Executive Book SummariesToday, leaders have to be more thoughtful and strategic than ever about managing their careers. Charting your course to career success requires smart decision-making and critical planning today. In this collection of books summaries from Soundview, you'll get the essential advice you need to keep your career on track in tough times and beyond.
The Soundview Career Skills Collection Vol. IV is designed to bring today's professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. These summaries cover a wide range of topics essential for every good leader interested in learning more about building connections, characteristics of accomplished leaders, improving relationship skills and more. Buy the collection and get three for the price of two. Titles are also sold individually.
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Featured Summaries in this Collection:
Career Skills, Vol. IV
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi: In Never Eat Alone, marketing and sales consultant Keith Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps — and inner mind-set — he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends and associates on his Rolodex, and shows readers how to connect with the people they want to know.
Nobodies to Somebodies by Peter Han: Nobodies to Somebodies explores how many successful people found their true callings in a wide range of fields, and went from Nobodies to Somebodies. Based on interviews with 100 highly accomplished leaders — actors, CEOs, senators, scientists and others — this summary describes the early paths they traveled, the hard choices they made, and the lessons they learned along the way. Describing many extremely diverse career paths, it explores common themes and lessons that can help anyone eager to start a satisfying career.
Winning with People by John Maxwell: In Winning with People, renowned leadership expert and author John Maxwell describes how anyone can improve his or her relationship skills. With 25 “People Principles” that anyone can learn and use anywhere he or she might be, Maxwell shows how relationships can be created and strengthened for success in work and life, and provides the tools needed to immediately improve existing relationships as well as cultivate strong, exciting and new ones. The skills used plus the relationships chosen equal success.
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