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Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference
by Donald T. Phillips Cal RipkenBaseball?s all-time Iron Man, Cal Ripken, Jr., retired from baseball in 2001 after breaking countless records, including Lou Gehrig?s record for consecutive games played. Now, in Get in the Game, he gives us his insights on hard work and success that can be applied on and off the field, based on stories from his exhilarating career in baseball. Get in the Game includes Ripken?s 8 Elements of Perseverance: 1. The Right Values 2. A Strong Will to Succeed 3. Love What You Do 4. Preparation 5. Anticipation 6. Trusting Relationships 7. Life Management 8. The Courage of Your Convictions Ripken is admired not only for his relentless perseverance but also for his unparalleled integrity. From his numerous public-speaking engagements each year to his weekly ?Ask Cal? column for the Baltimore Sun, Cal Ripken, Jr., is a sought-after advisor and role model to fans from all walks of life.
Get in the Game: How to Level Up Your Business with Gaming, Esports, and Emerging Technologies
by Jonathan StringfieldAn essential guide for marketers and execs wishing to integrate their brands with modern games and esports In Get in the Game: How to Level Up Your Business with Gaming, Esports, and Emerging Technologies, decorated gaming and social media research and marketing executive Jonathan Stringfield delivers a roadmap to understanding and navigating marketing and business integrations into the gaming ecosystem: who plays games (and why), how modern games are created and oriented around the world of esports, and where brands can get involved with modern games. This book explains the breadth and depth of the gaming audience, describing the rapidly changing demographics of modern games and the various motivations gamers have for playing games. It also unpacks the history of gaming and how it has impacted the creative processes and output from the industry. Finally, it offers a practical guide for brands wishing to integrate themselves into new gaming environments, with an emphasis on maximizing success for marketers, developers, content creators, and fans. Get in the Game provides: A thorough introduction to why marketers and executives must pay closer attention to gaming, as well as existing roadblocks to understanding the gaming industry Comprehensive explorations of the psychology and motivations of gaming, and implications towards messaging and brand safety. Practical discussions of gaming as a competitive platform or streaming viewing experience. In-depth examinations of gaming ad placements, deep marketing integrations between companies and games, and future directions for the industry and how it relates to the emergence of the metaverse.Perfect for marketing strategists, brand managers, and Chief Marketing Officers, Get in the Game will also earn a place in the libraries of executives seeking to connect with the misunderstood yet largest segment in consumer entertainment.
Get in the Zone and Stay There
by John MaxwellSmart leaders learn from their own mistakes. Smarter ones learn from others' mistakes--and successes. John C. Maxwell wants to help you become the smartest leader you can be by sharing Chapter 7, Get In The Zone and Stay There, of Leadership Gold with you. After nearly forty years of leading, Maxwell has mined the gold so you don't have to. Each chapter contains detailed application exercises and a "Mentoring Moment" for leaders who desire to mentor others using the book. Gaining leadership insight is a lot like mining for gold. You don't set out to look for the dirt. You look for the nuggets. You'll find them here.
Get it Done On Time!
by Eric BerglandThis is the story of a company that is in trouble, but by going through the implementation of the Critical Chain project management solution and using the Theory of Constraints, you will learn as they do, how to implement this effective project management solution. Tim is an experienced project management consultant. He knows great solutions and compelling results and has seen project management solution work, but. . . too often sees project management methods oversimplified and underperforming when incorrectly implemented. Such is the case with Tim's friends Randal and Gary. They are at risk of losing his their jobs and seeing the company go bankrupt unless things change. Randal and Gary work frantically with Tim to learn, implement, and get significant results from real world tools to help save the company as it is literally falling apart around them. What you'll learn The variety of issues, steps, and challenges to get individual and organizational buy-in to implement compelling project management solutions. Details on the Critical Chain solution and implementing it in an organization. Tim, Randal, and Gary's journey in trying to save their company and implementing a new project management methodology in their organization. Who this book is for The Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Community People who like business novels, project management, and/or organizational change. Teachers looking to provide case studies to their students on project management, organizational change, or Critical Chain.
Get on the Balcony (Why Leaders Need to Step Back to Get Perspective)
by Marty Linsky Ronald A. HeifetzIn order to remain effective when under attack, a leader must be able to get some distance from the challenging situation in order to gain perspective. The authors refer to this practice as "going to the balcony" in order to see the bigger picture and possibly break the spell of groupthink or temporary hysteria that prevails on the ground. This chapter uses several examples of the ways in which leaders can effectively use the balcony. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 3 of "Leadership on the Line."
Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World
by Jaz BrisackFor fans of Fight Like Hell and A History of America in Ten Strikes, the leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements shares stories from the front lines to help us organize our own workplaces.Get on the Job and Organize is a compelling, inspirational narrative of the Starbucks and Tesla unionization efforts, telling the broader story of the new, nationwide labor movement unfolding in our era of political and social unrest. As one of the exciting new faces of the American Labor Movement, Jaz Brisack argues that while workers often organize when their place of work is toxic, it&’s equally important to organize when you love your job. With an accessible voice and profound insight, Brisack puts everything into the context of America&’s long tradition of labor organizing and shows us how we too can organize our workplaces, from how to educate yourself and your colleagues, to what backlash can be expected and how to fight it, to what victory looks like even if the union doesn&’t necessarily &“win.&”
Get the Ego Advantage!
by Anjana Sen'What is this Ego and why is there so much of it everywhere?' Our ego is like an invisible but tangible bubble which we project around ourselves, based on our own impression of our abilities and worth. This book shows how our abilities and sense of worth combine in the ego to determine our actions and interactions. Suffering toxic emotions while nursing ego-wounds, reacting and regretting can all be prevented. Get the Ego Advantage! outlines a simple approach that can easily be applied to real-life situations to help us understand the puzzling reactions we come across in other people. It also explores ego clashes in professional life, ways to balance individual and team identity, leadership, and issues such as rigid attitudes, prejudice and alienation. The author provides illuminating insights into complex concepts like self-esteem, true love, parental love, arrogance and narcissism. With Abu, an original cartoon character, to guide you through the book, it will be an entertaining as well as useful read for both the general and the professional reader.
Get the Job You Really Want
by Erin DevlinA practical, comprehensive guide to job search and interview success.Make your job search, interview experience and career a success with Get the job you really want. From setting goals to negotiating your job offer, you can discover all of the inside tips on how to secure that job or promotion, build your value proposition, online brand and CV.Uncover hidden interview techniques and ways to stand out to employers. Be sought after for your skills, experience, personality and the value that you add to the right environment.With over ten years' experience in recruitment, careers, and supporting job seekers, Erin Devlin goes behind the curtain and gives you the insider's guide to job search success. In a world where we spend more than a third of our waking week at work, why not make it enjoyable, engaging and fulfilling? Bring your skills, experience and talents to the fore and help your career take off.Don't just get a job. Get the job you really want.
Get the Meeting!: An Illustrative Contact Marketing Playbook
by Stu HeineckeWhat's the one critical networking skill that can make or break your career? Your ability to Get the Meeting! Hall-of-Fame-nominated marketer and Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke's innovative concept of Contact Marketing—using personalized campaigns to create alliances with executive assistants and reach the elusive VIPs who can make or break a sale, with response rates as high as 100 percent—has helped professionals around the world open more doors in their careers and reach new heights of success. Now, in Get the Meeting!, Heinecke, author of the groundbreaking How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, shares the latest tips, tools, and tactics to help readers break through to their top accounts in the most effective ways possible. With more than 60 fully illustrated case studies and tactical examples, this new book takes you inside successful contact marketing campaigns—from strategy, through execution, to results—and forecasts the contact marketing campaigns of the future based on cutting-edge technology. Full-color photography and in-depth interviews with the campaigns' designers provide unparalleled insight into how to get those critical conversations that can change your life. Plus, step-by-step how-to sections help you get started creating your own contact marketing campaigns. From Hollywood to the search for Amazon's HQ2, from a surprising new Contact Marketing model, to "Pocket Campaigns," which could replace traditional business cards, and persistence elements that run throughout a sales cycle, and from LinkedIn to virtual reality, Get the Meeting! will spark your imagination and give you the tools you need to get the meetings—and life-changing results—you always wanted.
Get the No-Deal Options Right: Setting Up the Right Negotiation
by David A. Lax James K. SebeniusThe perception and reality of no-deal options play a key role in most negotiations. This chapter provides five prescriptions for using the power of no-deal options to drive great deals.
Get the Right Things Done: The Drucker Collection (6 Items)
by Rick Wartzman Peter F. Drucker Julia Kirby Alan M. KantrowGain insight into the writings of Peter Drucker, one of management's greatest thinkers, with this digital collection curated by Harvard Business Review. "Managing Oneself," "What Makes an Effective Executive," "The Theory of the Business," "Why Read Peter Drucker," "What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020," and "Clay Christensen on Peter Drucker" will help managers and leaders better understand, and manage, the complex challenges they face in our volatile world.
Get the Sequence and Basic Process Choices Right: Setting Up the Right Negotiation
by David A. Lax James K. SebeniusThis chapter starts with how to establish the right sequencing of the negotiation-the right order of approach to the parties, and the most productive staging of the negotiation-and moves to how to make the right basic process choices-the right "rules of engagement" and expectations within which each party will negotiate.
Get the Skinny on Silver Investing
by David MorganDavid Morgan has been a private economist for over two decades. His background in engineering with an advanced degree in Economics/Finance gives a unique perspective to the financial markets that pure business majors often miss. He applies the discipline of logic to verify the basics of economic law. Mr. Morgan has been published in The Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and Futures Magazine to mention a few. He hosts a weekly precious metals wrap-up on internet radio every Saturday with financialsense.com. Mr. Morgan was published in the global investor regarding the ten rules of silver investing. His private email newsletter is published monthly.
Get the Vision Right: Creating a Climate for Change
by Dan S. CohenA shared sense of urgency for change my push people into action, but it is the vision that steers them in the right direction. A good vision offers a compelling, motivating picture of the future and serves several important purposes. This chapter lays out the four key phases of developing a compelling vision, providing diagnostic tools and assessments to help you along the way.
Get the Vision Right: Toward Successful Large-Scale Change
by John P. Kotter Dan S. CohenLarge-scale change can occur only when organizations have a clear, compelling vision of the future. This chapter guides you through the process of creating the right vision and strategies to guide action in all the remaining stages of change, providing several examples from real organizations.
Get to Grips With Book Keeping
by A G PiperBookkeeping is neither dull nor mysterious - its rules are logical and straightforward and are readily mastered by practice. Get to Grips with Bookkeeping is a substantial yet easy to follow introduction to the principles of bookkeeping and the practical skills of recording transactions, posting the ledgers and preparing final accounts.Written by finance and accounting experts from the University of Birmingham this book:- Explains the purpose and use of books of original entry as the basis of the double-entry system.- Describes the processes of recording purchases, sales and cash transactions.- Shows how these records are used to prepare the final accounts - the manufacturing, trading and profit and loss accounts and the balance sheet - to provide accurate financial statements.- Explores petty cash, depreciation, partnership, company law, business documents and the effect of changes in IT.Worked examples throughout allow you to put the theory into practice. There is also a wide range of carefully graded questions and exercises with sample answers.In short, it demystifies the art of bookkeeping and gives you the confidence you need to tackle your books.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of bookkeeping.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Get to Grips With Book Keeping
by A PiperBookkeeping is neither dull nor mysterious - its rules are logical and straightforward and are readily mastered by practice. Get to Grips with Bookkeeping is a substantial yet easy to follow introduction to the principles of bookkeeping and the practical skills of recording transactions, posting the ledgers and preparing final accounts.Written by finance and accounting experts from the University of Birmingham this book:- Explains the purpose and use of books of original entry as the basis of the double-entry system.- Describes the processes of recording purchases, sales and cash transactions.- Shows how these records are used to prepare the final accounts - the manufacturing, trading and profit and loss accounts and the balance sheet - to provide accurate financial statements.- Explores petty cash, depreciation, partnership, company law, business documents and the effect of changes in IT.Worked examples throughout allow you to put the theory into practice. There is also a wide range of carefully graded questions and exercises with sample answers.In short, it demystifies the art of bookkeeping and gives you the confidence you need to tackle your books.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of bookkeeping.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Get to the Point!, Second Edition: Simplify, Sharpen, and Sell Your Message
by Joel SchwartzbergDeliver razor-sharp points in all of your work communications! This updated classic enables you to captivate any audience, create meaningful impact, and make your words matter.Every time you communicate, you're trying to move someone to feel, think, and act. You're trying to make a point. But very few communicators-regardless of their purpose or position-know their points, have true points, or even understand what a point is, rendering themselves pointless.In this expanded second edition of the bestselling Get to the Point!, Joel Schwartzberg draws on his decades of experience as a strategic communications executive and public speaking coach to deliver a masterclass in high-impact communications for the digital age. The new edition features a substantial amount of new content, including surprising research, real-world insight, and actionable tips that meet the modern needs of professionals up and down the organizational chart.Using his trademark encouraging and often humorous voice, Schwartzberg helps you:•Understand the Power of Points: Learn how points outperform topics, themes, and observations.•Identify and Elevate Your Key Points: Create impactful speeches and slide presentations, emails and work chats, and Zoom and in-person meeting communications•Distill Complex Ideas: Transform complicated concepts into crystal-clear messages.•Boost Leadership Perceptions: Enhance impressions of competence and confidnce.•Hook Audiences: Start and finish with compelling openings and closings.•Tell Impactful Stories: Use stories, examples, and data in a way that highlights your points, not distract from them.•Conquer Public Speaking Jitters: Use proven techniques to stay calm and in control•Leverage AI Tools: Use artificial intelligence to support-not replace-effective communication•Avoid Common Pitfalls: Sidestep the landmines that derail most communicators.Whether you're a C-suite executive, salesperson, scientist, or student, Get to the Point! is a blueprint for evolving your written and spoken communications from informing to inspiring and pointless to powerful.Don't just share ideas and make an impression. Champion your points and make a difference!
Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
by Joel SchwartzbergChampion Your Best Ideas!Every time you communicate, you're trying to do something, change something, or move someone to action. You're trying to make a point. But the only way to make a point is to have a point. And the surprising truth is, very few communicators know their points or even understand what a point is, rendering them pointless.Communications expert Joel Schwartzberg says a point is not just a topic, an idea, or a theme. A real point is a proposition of value. It's a contention you can propose, argue, illustrate, and prove. In this concise and practical book, you'll learn to identify your point, strengthen it, stick to it, and sell it. Whether you want to improve your impact in speeches, staff meetings, pitches, emails, PowerPoint presentations, or any other communication setting, Schwartzberg's novel approach teaches you how to go from simply sharing a thought to making a difference. Which would you rather do?
Get-Real Selling
by Michael Boland Keith HawkThe short, pithy chapters of this book distinguish Real Selling from Not-Real Selling. Real Selling says, "My success follows my customer's success." Using a consultative approach, salespeople succeed when they improve the customer's Service to his own customers, his customer's Economics - profit and efficiency, for instance - and Life, the degree of ease and success the customer gains by using the seller's product or service. Working in this way, salespeople will improve their own success rates and feel greater satisfaction. From philosophical to extremely practical, the advice and tips in this book will make any salesperson more effective and more fulfilled every day.
Geteilte Führung: Ein Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand (essentials)
by Simon WertherDer Autor beschäftigt sich mit geteilter Führung als moderner Führungsform, die es ermöglicht, aktuellen Herausforderungen im organisationalen Alltag erfolgreich zu begegnen. Dabei werden, aufbauend auf dem aktuellen Forschungsstand, Anhaltspunkte für die wissenschaftliche Bedeutung geteilter Führung systematisch aufgearbeitet und dargestellt. Darüber hinaus enthält der Beitrag eine Abgrenzung geteilter Führung in Bezug auf ähnliche Konstrukte sowie eine Darstellung unterschiedlicher wissenschaftlicher Messmethoden, welche für den Zusammenhang zwischen geteilter Führung und Teameffektivität von großer Relevanz sind.
Getit
by Ramana NandaSidharth Gupta, CEO of Getit Infomediary Ltd, had just received a term sheet from Helion Venture Partners (Helion), one of India's independent venture capital firms, offering to invest Rs 200 million in return for an equity stake in the company. His dream of transforming Getit from a regional print company into a digital company with broad geographical reach was within grasp. However, Gupta had to act fast; Helion's term sheet would expire in a fortnight if unexecuted. Bank finance and trade credit had tided Getit through tough times in the past, and Getit still had a Rs 250 million bank line to draw on. Should he take the venture capital investment? And if so, implications would this have for his family business and for him personally?
Getting (More of) What You Want: How the Secrets of Economics and Psychology Can Help You Negotiate Anything, in Business and in Life
by Margaret A. Neale Thomas Z. LysAlmost every interaction involves negotiation, yet we often miss the cues that would allow us to make the most of these exchanges. In Getting (More of) What You Want, Margaret Neale and Thomas Lys draw on the latest advances in psychology and economics to provide new strategies for anyone shopping for a car, lobbying for a raise, or simply haggling over who takes out the trash. Getting (More of) What You Want shows how inexperienced negotiators regularly leave significant value on the table--and reveals how you can claim it.
Getting Ahead
by Joel A. GarfinkleA leading executive coach pinpoints three vital traits necessary to advance your career In Getting Ahead, one of the top 50 executive coaches in the United States, Joel Garfinkle reveals his signature model for mastering three skills to take your career to the next level: Perception, Visibility, and Influence. The PVI-model of professional advancement will teach you to: (1) Actively promote yourself as an asset and valuable person inside the organization, (2) Increase your visibility to gain others' recognition and appreciation for your efforts and (3) Become a person of influence who makes key decisions inside the organization. Getting Ahead will put you ahead of the competition to become a known, valued, and desired commodity at your company. For more than two decades, Joel Garfinkle has worked closely with thousands of executives, senior managers, directors, and employees at the world's leading companies, and has authored 300 articles on leadership Offers detailed guidance on how to increase exposure, boost visibility, enhance perceived value for your organization, and ultimately achieve career advancement Explains how to get your name circulating among higher levels of management so others know you, see your results, and acknowledge the impact you bring to the company