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Volume One  Managing Your Success

  • How to Tell if You’re Aggressive—or Just Forthright
  • Fool-Proof Brainstorming: It Really Works!
  • Why People Hate Change—How to Cope With It
  • Communicate Gently—And Get Better Results
  • Managing Conflict—Turn Enemies into Partners
  • Are You a Control Freak—or Just Managing Well?
  • Suffering from Desk Rage: Here’s How to Handle It
  • Energize Your Work Day—And Your Enthusiasm
  • You’ve Failed? Use it As a Stepping Stone
  • Feedback: Your Golden Opportunity for Growth
  • Smothered by Holiday Blahs? Turn Them Into Ahs!
  • Step-By-Step Ways to Manage Your Performance
  • Manage Yourself First—Then Take on Anything!
  • Multi-Tasking: It May Be Your Biggest Time-Waster
  • Re-focus Yourself Fast—With Power Pauses
  • Save Your Sanity With These Pressure-Busters
  • Why Procrastinate? Do It NOW! 
  • Easy Ways to Proofread—Save Embarrassment!
  • Beware Quick Deals: They Can Ruin You!
  • Getting Enough Sleep? You Could Be in Trouble
  • Speak Ad Lib at Meetings—And Wow ‘Em!
  • How to Conquer Your Speaking Fears—Fast!
  • Trouble Focusing? Learn from The Olympics
  • Strangle Conformity and Think Outside the Box!
  • Think BIGGER: It’s a Whole New Outlook!
  • Boost Your Word Power—and Get Noticed!
  • Work at Home? How to Tell If It’s Right for You
  • Renew Yourself at Work—and Last the Day
  • Show a Zest for Work—for Amazing Results!
  • Your Workday: Go Ahead—Make It Fun!
  • Workplace Clutter: How to  End It Forever
  • Workplace Depression: Stamp It Out Forever!
  • Got Workplace Stress? Surprise: Take a Nap!
  • Crippled with Worry? Give It The Boot!

 

Volume Two  Boosting Your Productivity

  • Collection Letters: How to Get Peak Results
  • Computers: Protect Them from Crises
  • How to Make Better Decisions—Without the Hassle
  • Down with “Down” Days—How to Stay UP!
  • Down Time: Use It for Planning
  • Economy Blues? Refocus, and Get Busy!
  • EQ—Use Yours for Better Decisions
  • E-Mail Survival Tactics You’ll Use Right Away
  • How to Eliminate E-Mail Madness
  • Save Your Energy for the Tough Tasks
  • Fighting The Current? Go with the Flow
  • Focus on Peak Performance: It Pays!
  • Goals—Set for Results/Get Credit for Them
  • Curb Idle Chatter—and Get More Done!
  • Imitate Winners—Jump-Start Your Success!
  • Stop Interruptions and Grab More Time
  • How to Interrupt The Interrupters—Politely
  • Manage Your Day—and Watch
  • Results Grow!
  • Stop Meetings Headaches Forever!
  • Control Meetings Easily— Just With Questions
  • Energize Your Meetings for Peak Results
  • Make Your Meetings More Fun—Get More Done!
  • Organize Your Work Space—And Cut The Hassle!
  • Cut Paperwork— and Save Your Sanity
  • Return Phone Calls—And Save Time/Hassle
  • Don’t Wrestle With a Problem—Analyze It!
  • Solve Problems Faster with Facts
  • Solve Problems Better with a Plan
  • 21 Sure-Fire Productivity Boosters
  • How to Cut Projects Down to Size
  • Track Your Results— and Prove Your Worth!
  • How to Manage Stress and Work Relaxed
  • Avoid The Ten Worst Mistakes in Business Writing
  • Write Great Reports/Memos: Cut Words!
  • Write Better Reports: Organize Your Ideas!

 

Volume Three  Building Work Relationships

  • How to Ad Lib at Meetings—and
  • Wow ‘Em
  • Don’t Argue—Negotiate!
  • How to Handle Backstabbers
  • Giving Bad News? Cushion The Blow
  • How to Temper The Office Clown
  • Handle Complaints With Class
  • Manage Conflict Politely
  • How to Connect With Co-Workers
  • How to Handle Rude Co-Workers
  • How to Turn Angry Customers into Supporters
  • Cynics Could Actually Be Change Agents
  • Delegate: Help People Grow
  • How to Handle Difficult People
  • How to Manage Disagreement for Win/Win
  • Giving Feedback?—Help, Don’t Dump
  • How to Deal With “Fence-Sitters”
  • How to Build Strong Workplace Friendships
  • Handling Whiners and Complainers
  • Is It Harassment—or Just Friendly?
  • Harassment—Should You Fight or Flight?
  • How to Handle the Hothead
  • How to Deal With The Know-It-All
  • Give Kudos Daily—and Build Support
  • Good Listening—It’s Hard Work But Worth It
  • How to Motivate Without Money
  • Want to Motivate? Praise Works Best
  • How to Handle Negative Co-Workers
  • Negotiating? Use These Proven Tactics
  • How to Negotiate Win/Win Agreements
  • How to Handle “No” People
  • How to Say “No” Without Causing Resentment
  • Put Down the Put-Downs
  • Is He a Show-Off—Or Just a Blowhard?
  • How to Handle Squabbling Employees
  • Touching Others: It’s Still a Touchy Subject
  • How to Deal With Unfair Treatment
  • How to Survive a Workaholic Boss
  • Working with “Yes” People? Get Their Commitment

 

    Volume Four Jump-Starting Your Career

  • Boring Job? You Have Options
  • Is This Right Career for You?
  • Keep Your Career Options Open
  • Are You Really Listening To Customers?
  • How to Delight Your Customers
  • Don’t Jump Ship Too Soon
  • Been Downsized? Re-Build Yourself
  • How to Survive a Downsizing
  • Manage Your Financial Future
  • How to Make a Great First Impression
  • Get Noticed; Get Rewarded
  • Blocked by a Glass Ceiling? Find a Window!
  • Holiday Parties: Beware!
  • Interview Strategies for an In-Company Job
  • Interview Techniques for Your First Job
  • How to Land That Big Job 
  • Job Hunting? Tune Up Your Skills
  • Job Makeover? Maybe It’s Time
  • Show a Passion for Your Job
  • Sell Yourself First. Aren’t You #1?
  • Speak Up—and Gain Great Exposure!
  • Should You Start Your Own Business
  • How to Tell If It’s Time To Go
  • Use Gentle Words—for Great Results
  • Work/Life Balance: Keep Your Sanity!
  • Your Job: Scary Times Ahead?
  • Been Laid Off?  Volunteer!
  • Find Yourself a Mentor
  • “Overqualified?” Change Your Strategy
  • Take Charge of Your Pension
  • Playing Office Politics Right is a MUST
  • Talk Up Your Promotion
  • Promote Yourself: Speak Up!
  • Promoting Yourself Is a Priority
  • Power Up Your Presentations with Visuals
  • Use Power Words to Project Confidence
  • Presentation? Don’t Miss This Opportunity!
  • Quit? Maybe It’s Time. Or Not.
  • Next Raise? Don’t Just Ask for Money
  • Is it Time to Re-Invent Yourself?
  • Reject That Job Rejection!
  • Responsibility, New? Set Limits
  • Make Your Resumé a Winner
  • Surprise: You Have to Sell Your Ideas
  • Workplace Romances: Beware!
  • How to Become a Workplace Survivor
  • Write an Ending They Won’t Forget
  • Write Great Cover Letters for Next Job
  • Writing Reports? It’s Easy: Talk on Paper!
  • Writing the “No’-Experience” Resumé

 

        Volume Five Building Leadership Skills

  • Put Balance in Performance Appraisals
  • Change Leader? Is That You?
  • Coach People for Growth
  • How to Project Confidence
  • Criticize/Correct Without Crushing
  • Distance Learning Can Fill Training Gaps
  • Diversity: Is Yours Real or Cosmetic?
  • Downsize with Dignity
  • How to Keep Your Good Employees
  • Get Along Better—Adapting Your Behaviors
  • Fire People Up
  • Fire Them With Kindness
  • Firing Someone? Help Them Save Face
  • Humor: Encourage it in the Workplace
  • How to Kill Workplace Initiative
  • How to Make Instructions Clear
  • How to Interview Job Candidates
  • Ask “How” Questions When You Interview
  • Leadership Flexibility a Must
  • Leadership: Participative Words Work Best
  • Mission Statement: Is Yours Clear?
  • Mergers: How to Make Them Work
  • Motivate Older Workers: Tap Their Skills
  • Overcome Objections Gently
  • How to Handle The Office Crisis
  • Office Politics Are Important
  • “Quick-Fix” Management Rules
  • How to Handle Resignations
  • Risk-Taking is Important
  • Sometimes—Just Do Nothing
  • Have Your Succession Plans Ready
  • Turn Your Group Into a Team
  • Train Better: Know How Adults Learn
  • Training? Involve People
  • Training Staff? Match Their Learning Styles
  • How to Build Trust with Co-Workers
  • Trust: Build It By Telling It Straight
  • How to Make Your Workplace Lean
  • Make Your Workplace Fun
  • Workplace Power: How to Use Yours
  • Young Employees Have Different Needs

 





Volume One  Handling Difficult Co-Workers

  • Track 1Introduction
  • Track 2Backstabber
  • Track 3Bully
  • Track 4Difficult Boss
  • Track 5Clam
  • Track 6Clown
  • Track 7Fence-Sitter
  • Track 8Hothead
  • Track 9Know-It-All
  • Track 10“No” People
  • Track 11Put-Downers
  • Track 12Rude Co-Workers
  • Track 13Whiners
  • Track 14“Yes” People

 

Volume Two Great Listening—for Results

  • Track 1What’s Your Listening Style?
  • Track 2Are You Really Listening?
  • Track 3Great Tips on Great Listening
  • Track 4Rate How Well You Listen
  • Track 5Listen with Empathy

 

Volume Three  How to Land—and Keep—The Job You Want

  • Track 1Job Hunting? Tune Up Your Pitch
  • Track 2Sell Yourself with a Winning Resumé
  • Track 3Writing the “No-Experience” Resume
  • Track 4How to Write Cover Letters That Grab Attention
  • Track 5Interviewing for Your First “Real” Job
  • Track 6How to Move Up to Your Next Job
  • Track 7Have a Passion for Your Job
  • Track 8Survival Skill: Project Confidence
  • Track 9Time for a Job Makeover?
  • Track 10Try Rejecting a Job Rejection
  • Track 11How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit
  • Track 12“Downsized”? Why Not Start Your Own Business?

 

    Volume Four Managing Your Boss

  • Track 1Talking to the Boss? Watch Your Words!
  • Track 2Try Working WITH Your Boss
  • Track 3Seven Questions You MUST Ask Your Boss
  • Track 4Sell Your Ideas—Get the Boss to Say “Yes!”
  • Track 5Ask for That Raise—and Get It!
  • Track 6Next Raise: Don’t Just Ask for Money
  • Track 7Surviving the Workaholic Boss
  • Track 8How to Say “No” to the Boss
  • Track 9Dealing With a Difficult Boss

 

        Volume Five Make Meetings Productive

  • Track 1How to Make Meetings Productive
  • Track 2Control Meetings with Questions
  • Track 3Freshen Your Ideas for Tired Meetings!
  • Track 4How to Make Meetings More Fun
  • Track 5How to Solve Your Toughest Meetings Headaches


Write for Success

  • Write for the reader's benefit
    • How to say what you can do   
    • How to help them get what they want 
    • Five ways to sell your ideas 
  • Organize your ideas
    • How to outline major and supporting ideas 
    • 13 ways to organize logically, clearly, simply
    • How to summarize main idea—concisely     
  • Put only one key idea into each sentence
    • How to keep it short and simple        
    • How to clarify each sentence—every time
    • 10 simple ways to build paragraph ideas
  • Talk on paper
    • The right way to imagine the reader
    • Use personal pronouns contractions?
    • How to make friends with the reader  
  • Say it simply
    • Use this simple word order
    • Which words work best—and why
    • How to make your writing easy to read
  • Add a call to action
    • How to say why you’re writing
    • When to say what you want—clearly
    • How to make action easy
  • Vary the beginnings
    • 13 proven ways to grab attention fast!
    • How to mix long and short sentences
    • Using the perfect average sentence length
  • Energize your writing
    • Why you MUST use the active voice
    • What’s better: verbs or nouns?
    • How to place adjectives and adverbs
  • Cut words you don't need  
    • How to handle whiches and be's 
    • What/why of concrete, specific words  
    • How to cut words/phrases you don't need                                 
  • Proofread carefully             
    • The fool-proof guarantee of accuracy
    • How to revise and polish
    • How to know if it’s ready to send
  • Get started fast
    • An easy, sure-fire way to gather all the facts
    • A simple checklist to analyze any topic
    • How to visualize/write for your readers
  • Write powerfully
    • How to get to the point--fast!
    • Where to put the important ideas
    • How to answer every question/concern
  • Grab attention creatively
    • Three, never-fail ways
    • How to show agreement
    • When to arouse curiosity
  • Use an ending they won’t forget
    • How to ask for action, advice, or help
    • How to make it easy and personal
    • 50 proven reader benefits that really work!
  • Handle bad news gently 
    • A buffer/starter that works every time!
    • How to help your reader save face
    • How to state facts unemotionally
  • Show control with angry readers
    • When to use a friendly opener
    • How to use empathy and keep your cool
    • When and how to show you can help
  • Build a great personal image
    • Which enthusiastic words really work
    • How to be positive, not negative
    • How to make the reader feel important
  • Put facts into pictures, graphics
    • Why use color—and where
    • How to explain each graphic—concisely
    • How to blend graphics with body co

 

Manage Your Time & Stress—and Fire Up Your Energy

Section 1
  • In Control? Take This Quiz!
  • Manage What You Do
  • Time Waster—And What to Do About Them             
  • How to More  Time in Your Life—and More Life in Your Time
  • How to Set Priorities to Get the Job  Done—Better and Faster
  • How to Organize the Tough Jobs…and Get Them Done!
  • How to Say “No”—and Still Show Support
  • Time Savers Action Plan

Section 2

  • How Well Are You Managing Stress? 
  • Spotting the Stressors—Damaging Ideas
  • Taking Action to Cope with Stress
  • Managing Stress in Your Emotions
  • Managing Stress in Your Relationships
  • Managing Stress in Your Values
  • Three Basic Behavior Styles:
  • What Causes You Stress?
  • How to Be More Assertive—and Reduce Stress
  • Relaxation: A Key Stress Reliever
  • Understand People’s Behavior—and  Lower Your Stress
  • Relating to “Get It Done” Behavior
  • Relating to “Get Appreciated” Behavior
  • Relating to “Get Along” Behavior
  • Relating to “Get It Right” Behavior
  • How Anger Originates
  • Harnessing Another Person’s Angry Energy
  • How to Respond to Anger
  • Type A vs Type B Behaviors

Section 3

  • Building Your Self-Confidence
  • Building Your Personal Motivation
  • Beating Boredom            
  • What Do Employees Want?           
  • What Causes Poor Performance?
  • 50 Ideas That Motivate People
  • Motivating Older/More Experienced People
  • Motivating Younger/Less Experienced People
  • Secrets for Convincing Others
  • Power and Communication                                   
  • Choose Your Words Carefully                                      
  • Words That Ruin/Build Relationships                          
  • Motivating Others for Performance Management
  • How to Say “No” Without Building Resentment
  • What Motivates People?                                               
  • Motivate Yourself—Without Money!
  • 83 Ways to Say, “Very Good!”

 

Making Powerful Presentations—and Selling Your Ideas!

Section One

  • Controlling Your Jitters
  • How to Organize Your Presentation
  • Guidelines for Speaking Effectively
  • Thirteen Powerful Ways to Grab Attention
  • Eight Gestures That Add Punch to Your Talk

Section Two

  • How to Persuade With Facts and Figures
  • Use Powerful Visuals to Reinforce Your Ideas
  • Eight Closers They’ll Never Forget
  • Speaking at Meetings/Ad Lib
  • Handling Questions and Objections

Section Three

  • “Don’t Panic” Checklists
  • Who’s Your Audience?
  • Creating Flip Charts

Section Four

  • Six Secrets for Selling Anything!
  • How to Present Your Product, Idea, Service
  • Techniques for Influencing Others
                           

Section Five

  • How to Overcome Resistance to Your Idea
  • How to Soften and Overcome Objections
  • When to Close (Ask for Agreement)
  • How to Close

 

    How to Get—and Keep—The Job You Always Wanted!

Section One

  • Job Hunting? Tune Up Your Pitch
  • Sell Yourself With a Winning Resumé
  • Writing the “No-Experience” Resume

Section Two

  • Cover Letters Grab Attention!
  • Interviewing for Your First “Real” Job
  • How to Interview for Your Next Job

Section Three

  • Have a Passion for Your Job                                     
  • Survival Skill: Projecting Confidence 
                           

Section Four

  • Time for a Job Makeover?
  • Try Rejecting a Job Rejection
  • How to Tell If It’s Time to Quit
  • Time to Start Your Own Business?

Section Five

  • Build Your Self-Confidence
  • How Confident Are You?
  • How to Be More Confident
  • How to Say “No” Without Building Resentment

 

        Make Change Happen…Solve Problems…Think Creatively!

Section One

  • Why People Resist Change
  • How Well Do You Manage Change?
  • Helping People Adapt to Change
  • Identifying the Challenge of Change
  • Making Change Happen—Strategies
  • Is Your Organization Ready for Change?

Section Two

  • Problem-Solving Guidelines
  • Finding the Root Cause of the Problem
  • Brainstorming
  • Brainwriting
  • Repetitive Why Analysis
  • Chronological Analysis
  • Force-Field Analysis
  • Pareto Analysis
  • Weighted Voting
  • Prioritizing
  • Paired Comparisons
  • Checklist for Better Decisions
  • Idea Mapping

Section Three

  • Thinking Outside the Box
  • What’s a Creative Environment?
  • Fifteen Ways to Become More Creative
  • Creative Thinking Traps
  • Creative Thinking Techniques