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Perfect Phrases for Cover Letters
by Michael BetrusHundreds of phrases for use in cover letters. Examples of cover letters. Most useful for those applying for business-related jobs.
Perfect Pitch, Third Revised Edition: An Autobiography (Excelsior Editions)
by Nicolas SlonimskyPerfect Pitch tells the compelling story of Nicolas Slonimsky. A boy prodigy as a pianist, Slonimsky fled pre-Communist Russia, reaching Paris at the height of another revolution—one in music and the arts. His early association with conductor Serge Koussevitzky brought him into contact with many of the era's greatest talents, including Igor Stravinsky and Serge Prokofiev. Emigrating to Boston in 1925, he embarked on a writing career, authoring key works still in print decades after their first publication, including Music Since 1900, a chronological history; Lexicon of Musical Invective, which proved definitively that new works are rarely understood in their time; and Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, which inspired generations of composers and performers, including jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. Known for his sharp wit, Slonimsky appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and was befriended by Frank Zappa. Perfect Pitch captures a life that was rich with discovery and invention and spanned a century of revolutions and explorations. This new edition is enhanced with several previously unpublished photographs, an extensive oral history, and several original essays, some reprinted for the first time.
Perfect Positive Thinking
by Lynn WilliamsPerfect Positive Thinking is essential reading for anyone who wants to feel optimistic and enthusiastic. Written by a professional life coach, with years of experience in the field, it gives practical advice on how to overcome negative feelings, explains how to deal with problems like anxiety and self-doubt, and provides helpful tips on how to gain energy, motivation and a sense of purpose. Covering everything from exercising to eating, and from stretching to sleep, Perfect Positive Thinking has all you need to feel happy and confident.The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.
Perfect Project Manager
by Peter BartramAt some stage in their job or life, everyone is asked to organise a larger scale project - it may be running the company's annual sales conference, preparing a launch of a new product, or planning a move to new offices. Or it may be outside work - like organising a local school fete. Faced with something new, most people are often puzzled about where to start and worried about taking it on. The Perfect Project provides a straightforward road-map for organising most kinds of project, looking in detail and with examples at core skills such as planning, scheduling, progress-chasing, choosing and co-ordinated the team, budgeting, handling unforeseen problems.
Perfect Psychometric Test Results
by Joanna Moutafi Ian NewcombePerfect Psychometric Test Results is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to secure their ideal job. Written by a team from Kenexa, one of the UK's leading compilers of psychometric tests, it explains how each test works, gives helpful pointers on how to get ready, and provides professionally constructed sample questions for you to try out at home. It also contains an in-depth section on online testing – the route that more and more recruiters are choosing to take. Whether you're a graduate looking to take the first step on the career ladder, or you're planning an all-important job change, Perfect Psychometric Test Results has everything you need to make sure you stand out from the competition.The Perfect Series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.
Perfect Quality: :All You Need to Get it Right First Time
by Bryn OwenThe need for quality has never been greater. Advertising, corporate image, mission statements and league tables all place emphasis on quality. But there are numerous different approaches to quality, and many gurus show the way. Total Quality Management, SPC, QED, Zero Defects, Right First Theme, Katzen and ISO 9000 all address quality and any of these approaches can contribute towards it. It is generally accepted that for quality to be achieved everyone in the organization, from boardroom to shop floor, from council chamber to traffic warden, has to understand what quality means, be committed to it and be prepared to be involved in attaining it.Perfect Quality explores the meaning of quality for all organizations and provides practical guidance on how it can be achieved. It cuts through the jargon and philosophies and answers the Who, What, Why, When and How of quality.-What is Quality?-Why is Quality vital to survival?-Who is responsible for Quality?-How is Quality achieved?-When is Quality achieved?Dr Bryn Owen is an international quality expert and Executive of optimum Systems for Quality Ltd.
Perfecting Your Pitch
by Ronald M. Shapiro Jeff BarkerA New York Times bestselling author reveals how to find the right words for every situation Whether you are making a budget request, interviewing for a job, ending a relationship, or talking to children about divorce, the crux of success in those and other crucial situations is planned, effective communication. And yet, it is the tool people most often fail to use. In Perfecting Your Pitch, expert consultant and negotiator Ronald M. Shapiro presents his system of scripting, outlined efficiently as the Three D's: Draft, Devil's Advocate, Deliver. Using real-life examples, Shapiro walks readers step-by-step through the process of creating an effective message, preparing for counterarguments, and delivering the results with confidence and grace across a broad range of situations. He also provides an excellent menu of stories and model scripts for communication challenges affecting business, family, friends and consumers. Reaching out to readers of Difficult Conversations and Getting to Yes, Perfecting Your Pitch introduces a simple but powerful system we can all use for great results.
Perfectly Able: How to Attract and Hire Talented People with Disabilities
by Jim HasseMore than 22 million of the almost 173 million working-age individuals in the United States have one or more disabilities. Perfectly Ableoffers practical guidance for companies large and small on how to hire and retain talented and motivated people from within this largely untapped pool of potential employees. Illustrated with enlightening personal stories, this one-of-a-kind book provides insight into what it's like to seek employment as an individual with a disability. Readers will discover how to: * Evaluate how suited their workplace environment is for disabled or different employees and what needs to be changed * Improve and sustain their workforce by hiring the best people, regardless of any disability or diversity issue * Effectively recruit, place, and develop individuals with disabilities who can contribute to their company's success * Embrace the differences among their workforce to add value to the organization
Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
by Don A MooreAn expert on the psychology of decision making at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business helps readers calibrate their confidence, arguing that some confidence is good, but overconfidence can hinder growth.A surge of confidence can feel fantastic—offering a rush of energy, even a dazzling vision of the future. It can give us courage and bolster our determination when facing adversity. But if that self-assurance leads us to pursue impossible goals, it can waste time, money, and energy. Self-help books and motivational speakers tell us that the more confident we are, the better. But this way of thinking can lead to enormous trouble.Decades of research demonstrates that we often have an over-inflated sense of self and are rarely as good as we believe. Perfectly Confident is the first book to bring together the best psychological and economic studies to explain exactly what confidence is, when it can be helpful, and when it can be destructive in our lives. Confidence is an attitude that takes into account both personal feelings and the facts. Don Moore identifies the ways confidence behaves in real life and raises thought-provoking questions. How optimistic should you be about an uncertain future? What justifies your confidence in something amorphous and subjective like your attractiveness or sense of humor? Moore reminds us that the key to success is to avoid being both over- and under-confident. In this essential guide, he shows how to become perfectly confident—how to strive for and maintain the well-calibrated, adaptive confidence that can elevate all areas of our lives.
Perfectly Legal
by David Cay JohnstonOne of the country's top investigative reporters reveals how the richest 1 percent of the country has rigged the tax code and other laws in its favor. Since the mid-1970s, there has been a dramatic shift in America's socioeconomic system, one that has gone virtually unnoticed by the general public. Tax policies and their enforcement have become a disaster, and thanks to discreet lobbying by a segment of the top 1 percent, Washington is reluctant or unable to fix them. The corporate income tax, the estate tax, and the gift tax have been largely ignored by the media. But the cumulative results are remarkable: today someone who earns a yearly salary of $60,000 pays a larger percentage of his income in taxes than the four hundred richest Americans. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston exposes exactly how the middle class is being squeezed to create a widening wealth gap that threatens the stability of the country. By relating the compelling tales of real people across all areas of society, he reveals the truth behind: * "middle class" tax cuts and exactly whom they benefit * how workers are being cheated out of their retirement plans while disgraced CEOs walk away with millions * how some corporations avoid paying anyfederal income tax * how a law meant to prevent cheating by the top 2 percent of Americans no longer affects most of them, but has morphed into a stealth tax on single mothers making just $28,000 * why the working poor are seven times more likely to be audited by the IRS than everyone else * how the IRS became so weak that even when it was handed complete banking records detailing massive cheating by 1,600 people, it prosecuted only 4 percent of them Johnston has been breaking pieces of this story on the front page of The New York Timesfor seven years. With Perfectly Legal, he puts the whole shocking narrative together in a way that will stir up media attention and make readers angry about the state of our country.
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super-Rich -- and Cheat Everyone Else
by David Cay JohnstonOne of the country's top investigative reporters reveals how the richest people within the top 1 percent of the country has rigged the tax code and other laws in its favor. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston has been breaking pieces of this story on the front page of The New York Times for nine years, work for which one business school professor calls him ìthe de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United Statesî. With Perfectly Legal, he puts the whole shocking narrative together in a way that will stir up media attention and make readers angry about the state of our country. And he has sound advice on what to do. Since the mid-1970s, there has been a dramatic shift in who benefits from the American economy and bears the burden of taxes. CEOs, big investors and business owners can delay paying their taxes for years and sometimes escape them almost entirely, while wage earners have their taken from each paycheck. Discreet lobbying by the political donor class has made tax policies and enforcement a disaster. Because of obligations to these donors Washington has been unable, or unwilling, to fix these problems. The news media have largely ignored official favors to those who are supposed to pay the corporate income tax, the estate tax, and the gift tax. Millions of families expecting tax cuts are losing some or all of them to a stealth tax that was originally enacted only to apply to the tax-avoiding rich, but that now stings single mothers making as little as $28,000. But the cumulative results are remarkable: the 400 richest Americans pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than someone making $100,000. The 400 richest pay less and less of their income in taxes while the middle class pays more and more. And while the incomes of the very rich skyrocketed over three decades, the average income for the bottom 90 percent fell. Johnston exposes exactly how the middle class is being squeezed to create a widening income gap that threatens the stability of the country. By relating the compelling tales of real people across all areas of society, he reveals the truth behind: * "middle class" tax cuts and exactly whom they benefit * how workers are being cheated out of their retirement plans while disgraced CEOs walk away with hundreds of millions * how some corporations avoid paying any federal income tax * how CEOs fly on vacation in corporate jets for less than you pay for a middle seat in coach ñ and stick you with most of the cost * why the working poor are seven times more likely to be audited by the IRS than everyone else * how the IRS became so weak that even when it was handed complete banking records detailing massive cheating by 1,600 people, it prosecuted only 4 percent of them
Perfektionismus, Imposter-Phänomen und Prokrastination: Perspektiven, Zusammenhänge und Lösungsansätze für Personalentwicklung und Beratung
by Stefanie Rödel Magdalena Bathen-Gabriel Katharina-Maria RehfeldPsychische Gesundheit, Wohlbefinden und Stressresistenz sind Themen, die im Personalmanagement, der Organisationsentwicklung, der Unternehmensführung wie auch in der Beratung eine immer wichtigere Rolle einnehmen. In der heutigen hochdynamischen Geschäftswelt, die von ständigem Wandel, rasantem Fortschritt, intensivem Wettbewerb, globaler Vernetzung und zunehmender Komplexität geprägt ist, nehmen psychische Erkrankungen und Anpassungsstörungen immer mehr zu. Dieses Buch bietet interdisziplinäre und multiperspektivische Zugänge zu drei psychologischen Phänomenen, die vermehrt in den Fokus wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen genommen werden. Perfektionismus und das Imposter-Phänomen führen oftmals zu extremem Aufschieben und beeinträchtigen nicht nur die persönliche Leistungs- und Entscheidungsfähigkeit, sondern behindern auch effektive Teamarbeit und unterminieren nachhaltigen Erfolg von Organisationen. Neben einer Darstellung der aktuellen Forschungslage beinhaltet das Buch individuelle und organisationale Lösungsansätze sowie konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen, die zur Schaffung eines gesunden und produktiven Arbeitsumfeld beitragen können.
Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture
by Eran Neuman Yasha J. GrobmanToday, with the advent of digital media technologies and the ability to conceptualize, express and produce complex forms using digital means, the question of the status of the architectural form is once again under consideration. Indeed, the computer liberated architecture from the tyranny of the right angle and enabled the design and production of non-standard buildings, based on irregular geometry. Yet, the questions concerning the method of form expression in contemporary architecture, and its meaning, remain very much open. Performalism takes up this discussion, defines it and presents changes in form conception in architecture, followed by their repercussions. The book is supported by a wealth of case studies from some of the top firms across the globe and contributed to by some of the top names in this field. With a unique and insightful emphasis on professional practice this is essential reading for all architects, aspiring and practicing.
Performance Acceleration Management: Rapid Improvement to Your Key Performance Drivers (The Little Big Book Series)
by H. James HarringtonOrganizations around the world are rating their improvement efforts as not producing the desired long-term results. Dr. Harrington‘s research indicates that this occurs because organizations are using the latest improvement tools and approaches without first defining how they want to change their organization‘s culture, environment, and key perform
Performance Analysis and Optimization of Multi-Traffic on Communication Networks
by Leonid Ponomarenko Agassi Melikov Che Soong KimPromptly growing demand for telecommunication services and information interchange has led to the fact that communication became one of the most dynamical branches of an infrastructure of a modern society. The book introduces to the bases of classical MDP theory; problems of a finding optimal САС in models are investigated and various problems of improvement of characteristics of traditional and multimedia wireless communication networks are considered together with both classical and new methods of theory MDP which allow defining optimal strategy of access in teletraffic systems. The book will be useful to specialists in the field of telecommunication systems and also to students and post-graduate students of corresponding specialties.
Performance And Media: Taxonomies For A Changing Field
by David Z. Saltz Sarah Bay-Cheng Jennifer Parker-StarbuckThis timely collaboration by three prominent scholars of media-based performance presents a new model for understanding and analyzing theater and performance created and experienced where time-based, live events, and mediated technologies converge-particularly those works conceived and performed explicitly within the context of contemporary digital culture. Performance and Media introduces readers to the complexity of new media-based performances and how best to understand and contextualize the work. Each author presents a different model for how best to approach this work, while inviting readers to develop their own critical frameworks, i. e. , taxonomies, to analyze both past and emerging performances. Performance and Media capitalizes on the advantages of digital media and online collaborations, while simultaneously creating a responsive and integrated resource for research, scholarship, and teaching. Unlike other monographs or edited collections, this book presents the concept of multiple taxonomies as a model for criticism in a dynamic and rapidly changing field.
Performance Anxiety in Media Culture: The Trauma of Appearance and the Drama of Disappearance
by Steven BaileyPerformance Anxiety in Media Culture explores the culture of performance anxiety in the media-saturated contemporary world. It uses comparative case studies including film, social media, and popular music to examine the ways that personal concern regarding self-presentation becomes transformed into shared cultural expressions through the use of media technologies. Three initial chapters are dedicated to exploring the work of Erving Goffman, Jacques Lacan, and Jean Baudrillard as critical for a thorough understanding of how implications of a range of recent transformations in the methods for staging social performances are staged and in the ways that they are experienced and interpreted by others. Three subsequent chapters explore diverse case studies in the culture of performance anxiety: the representation of such anxieties in recent French cinema, the appearance of them in the world of fashion-based 'outfit of the day' blogs, and the attempt to refine a more fixed social persona in the nostalgic culture of rockabilly music.
Performance Appraisal Handbook
by Amy Delpo AttorneyEverything you need to conduct legally safe employee evaluations The Performance Appraisal Handbook is a must-read for every manager, whether you're writing a performance review for the first time or the hundredth. It's packed with the information and tools you need to make your company's appraisal process work better for everyone. Find out how to: motivate your staff to perform better help employees develop and grow identify poor performers and help them get on track avoid common legal traps and problems increase employee morale foster good communication safely fire poor performers who fail to improve Written by an employment-law attorney and reviewed by an expert advisory board, this guide provides a unique combination of practical and legal information, plus easy-to-follow steps. You'll also get helpful checklists, sample forms and policies, and audio dialogues. The 2nd edition is completely updated to cover the latest legal developments.
Performance Appraisal Phrase Book: The Best Words, Phrases, and Techniques for Performace Reviews
by Corey Sandler Janice KeefeYou'll never struggle with performance appraisals again!Do you dread writing employee performance evaluations? Do you struggle for hours to find just the right words of praise, avoid repetition, and tread the fine line between "constructive" and "criticism"?Performance Appraisal Phrase Book makes it easy for you. Featuring concise sections on how to write the evaluation, handle tricky legal issues, and verbally discuss the evaluation, this book also includes a directory of thousands of words and phrases appropriate for any type of written evaluation.You'll be able to find just the right way to assess:Accuracy and attention to detailQuality of workWork habitsTeamwork and interpersonal skillsTimeliness of workWork attitude With Performance Appraisal Phrase Book at your desk, you'll get through reviews in a snap--and have plenty of time left to accomplish all your other managerial duties.
Performance Appraisal and Management
by Kevin R. Murphy Jeanette N. Cleveland Madison E. HanscomOrganizations of all sizes face the challenge of accurately and fairly evaluating performance in the workplace. Performance Appraisal and Management distills the best available research and translates those findings into practical, concrete strategies. This text explores common obstacles and why certain performance appraisal methods often fail. Using a strategic, evidence-based approach, the authors outline best practices for avoiding common pitfalls and help organizations achieve their maximum potential. Cases, exercises, and spotlight boxes on timely issues like cyberbullying in the workplace and appraising team performance provides readers with opportunities to hone their critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Performance Appraisal and Management
by Kevin R. Murphy Jeanette N. Cleveland Madison E. HanscomOrganizations of all sizes face the challenge of accurately and fairly evaluating performance in the workplace. Performance Appraisal and Management distills the best available research and translates those findings into practical, concrete strategies. This text explores common obstacles and why certain performance appraisal methods often fail. Using a strategic, evidence-based approach, the authors outline best practices for avoiding common pitfalls and help organizations achieve their maximum potential. Cases, exercises, and spotlight boxes on timely issues like cyberbullying in the workplace and appraising team performance provides readers with opportunities to hone their critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Performance Appraisal in Modern Employment Relations: An Interdisciplinary Approach
by Tindara Addabbo Edoardo Ales Ylenia Curzi Tommaso Fabbri Olga Rymkevich Iacopo SenatoriContributing to the debate on work performance evaluation in a time of technological transformation, this book explores the impact of digitisation on production and organisation models, as well as on the rights and interests of the stakeholders involved. As organisations down-size, merge with other companies and become decentralised, the boundaries in employer-employee-customer relationships are blurred and new models for the organisation and assessment of work performance have emerged. With these new models, innovative regulatory approaches are sorely needed. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and drawing on theoretical concepts from organisation studies, human resource management, sociology and labour economics, this all-encompassing collection is not only essential reading for academics and students, but also for policy-makers and employers who are looking for innovative and practical solutions to the challenges of modern employment relations.
Performance Appraisals & Phrases For Dummies
by Ken LloydThe newest steps and strategies to enhance the performance appraisals you provide Performance Appraisals & Phrases For Dummies shows you how to apply the latest performance appraisal practices and generate positive outcomes for your employees, for your company, and for you. The days of stand-alone annual performance appraisals are drawing to a close, with today’s appraisals utilizing quarterly or biannual sessions, continuous feedback with regular two-way communication, collaborative goal-setting, career development, and an ongoing forward focus. This approach includes tools to provide impactful feedback and feedforward, recognize and support employee success, avoid the common mistakes related to performance appraisals, and build your coaching skills. Gain a clear understanding of the ways that performance appraisals contribute to individual and organizational success. Provide productive feedback by accessing more than 3,300 phrases. Lead appraisal sessions that resonate with your employees and set the stage for improved performance and career development. By applying the newest steps in performance appraisals, you will literally and figuratively be in an excellent position to build your employees’ skills, motivation, performance, satisfaction, and commitment.
Performance Appraisals That Work: Features 150 Samples for Every Situation
by Corey Sandler Janice KeefeIt's review time again, and yet you can't find the time or the energy to write those appraisals. You draw a blank when faced with those intimidating HR forms. You struggle to document productivity and behavioral issues. You wish there were an easier way.With Performance Appraisals That Work, you'll never fight to find the right words for evaluations again. Chock full of more than 150 sample performance appraisals for all job types, this comprehensive reference guide gives you everything you need to write appropriate evaluations with ease and accuracy - from documenting and rewarding stellar performance to laying the groundwork for disciplinary action.Writing employee performance reviews need never stress you out again. With Performance Appraisals That Work, you'll improve the quality of your evaluations, save time and increase your productivity, and stop dreading review time for good.
Performance Appraisals and Phrases For Dummies
by Ken LloydThe tools you need to enrich the performance-appraisal experience as you streamline the processWhether you're a manger looking to implement employee appraisals for the first time, concerned with improving the quality and effectiveness of the appraisal process, or simply trying to save time and mental anguish Performance Appraisals & Phrases For Dummies provides the tools you need to save time and energy while presenting fair and accurate evaluations that foster employee growth.This convenient, portable package includes a full-length appraisal phrasebook featuring over 3,200 spot-on phrases and plenty of quick-hitting expert tips on making the most out of the process. You'll also receive online access to writable, customizable sample evaluation forms other timesaving resources.Includes more than 3,200 phrases for clear, and helpful evaluationsHelps make evaluations faster, more effective, and far less stressfulOffers far more advice and coaching than other performance appraisal booksServes as an ideal guide for managers new to the appraisal processWith expert advice from Ken Lloyd, a nationally recognized consultant and author, Performance Appraisals and Phrases For Dummies makes the entire process easier, faster, and more productive for you and your employees.