Thinking on Purpose for Project Managers: Outsmarting Evolution

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When you're facing down a lion on the open savannah, automatic reactions hardwired into your system through eons of evolution can save your life. However, when you're trying to impress the CEO across a boardroom table, those same responses can cost you big time. So, how do you overcome your automatic reactions, retrain your brain, and outsmart evolution? By learning and using the techniques revealed in Thinking on Purpose for Project Managers: Outsmarting Evolution. This book will teach you: * How evolution has hardwired your brain to think on autopilot, using mindsets you don't know about to make decisions you don't control * How thinking on autopilot affects your performance results and ultimately your professional impact * How to identify and navigate around the "mindfields" of biases, emotions, and habits that cause these problems * The five-step Thinking On Purpose process that can help you take control of your thinking by learning when to "reset" versus "repeat" * A set of tools that can help you structure your thinking for better clarity and creativity * How to transform your team by helping them learn to think on purpose and create the mindset that there is no problem or adversity they cannot solve

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Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and their Managers

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"In this book, Dr. Barner has successfully addressed a growing talent management issue, namely the need for preparing today's leaders to move faster through the leadership pipeline. This book will prove invaluable to any organization that is trying to encourage self-directed development, while enlisting the support of managers as coaching advisors. Easy to follow, with detailed suggestions, this is a must read for leaders, managers, and HR professionals who are striving to rapidly grow their leadership talent base. Strongly recommended!"
—Samir Gupte, vice president, Enterprise Function Human Resources, Darden

"Effective leadership continues to be the most critical component to business success while remaining one of the most elusive concepts to understand. Dr. Barner has taken this complex subject and made it meaningful to leaders while providing helpful insights for practitioners. Through simple and practical techniques, this book provides a roadmap for accelerating leadership development and building a personal brand for success. Whether you're a business leader or an Executive Coach, this book will serve as a catalyst to improving your own effectiveness and that of those you touch."
—Kirk Thor, Ph.D., vice president, Talent Management, JC Penney

"Another homerun by Bob Barner! Leaders don't become leaders by accident nor do they move to the next level by accident. You've got to have a plan, and I know of no better guidance in developing one than Accelerating Your Development as a Leader. It is comprehensive, removes the guesswork, and will surely increase your momentum."
—Cass Wheeler, strategic consultant, coach, speaker and former CEO of The American Heart Association; and author, You've Got to Have Heart

"Bob Barner's experience as a coach, corporate leader, and academician shines in Accelerating Your Development as a Leader. He outlines a practical approach to jump-starting career development work built on a foundation of sound research and trusted application."
—Michael Fischer, vice-president, organization development and talent management, Energy Future Holdings

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5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track: Negotiate a Job Offer, Interview Questions, Career Changes, Job Searches, Cover Letters, Resume, Being Proactive, Dealing With Bad Managers, Networking

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The Job-Seeker's Bible

The Future of Jobs: How to Find and Keep the Right Job.

This new edition focuses on helping to craft the mindset necessary to maintain continuous employment given the new workplace environment and how we communicate, how companies recruit and hire, your ability to adapt and change, and comprehend the very nature of the jobs you will hold going forward.
           
Whether you're searching for a new job or trying to hang on to the one you have, 5 Necessary Skills will give you the advantages you need.
 
You'll learn:
* how to be proactive
* how to be cognizant of and recognize what's going on in your company
* the importance of networking
* the importance of finding a mentor
* and how to deal with bad bosses.
 
Those people who exhibit the 5 Necessary Skills are the ones who will get and hold onto the best jobs - and you could be one of them.

"Being prepared for the twists and turns and disappointments of today's job market means we have to take control of our lives and gain knowledge about how to handle them."

-Carol Kleiman, Author of Winning the Job Game: The New Rules for Finding and Keeping the Job You Want

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