Management Consulting

How your next negotiation is going to turn out will be determined by how you open the negotiation. No matter if the other side is a push-over or a tough customer, you are going to have to decide how you want the negotiation to start and then you are going to have to take steps to make it happen.

What a great world this would be if only we could sit down at a negotiating table, have both sides make a few concessions and then we'd suddenly have the deal that we were all hoping to be able to reach. Sadly, getting that perfect deal takes a great deal more effort on both sides.

Ali Asadi's Medical Marketing Toolkit is an indispensable guide for the medical business professional. He covers in detail such topics as designing an inviting reception area; marketing through brochures, newsletters, and your personal website; determining patient attitudes through surveys; and analyzing your competition. His 20 Golden Rules provide valuable tips for improving your business.

When you start a negotiation, there is a great deal that you don't know. No matter how much homework and research that you've done in order to better understand the other side of the table and their position, there will always be things that you don’t know. This means that there will be a great deal that you will have to learn while the negotiation is going on. In order for this to happen, you are going to have to master the skill of exploring what is possible during the negotiation.

There are a lot of bad guys out there. For some odd reason, a lot of them seem to want to break into your company's networks and applications. As the CIO, it's your job to make sure that this does not happen. As much as we like to spend our time looking outwards in order to detect the next threat that our company may be facing, perhaps we're looking in the wrong direction. Just as important may be the insider threat that lurks within the company. No matter where it comes from, cybercrime is your problem to deal with.

Ali Asadi has written a valuable book about how employee fraud affects business today. The author discusses the reasons for employee fraud and the different types that concern businesses of all sizes. He also presents an overview of how to detect and also prevent such fraud. Listening to his book will prove to be a rewarding experience.

Anyone can manage IT employees. Due to the fact that the employees have agreed to work for the company, as their manager you hold the ability to fire them in your hands. If they don't do what you tell them to do, you have the right to terminate them. That's management, not leadership. This audiobook will provide you with numerous examples of good leadership. I'll be showing you the skills and talents that IT leaders must have in order to do a good job of motivating their team.

What is a product manager without a product? Nothing. That's why it's so very important that when a product is being developed that the product manager be involved. Now exactly how best to go about doing that is an entirely different question. The process from having an idea for a product to actually having a product is a long and treacherous road. So many things can go wrong that either cause the schedule to have to be extended or cause a product with the wrong features to be developed.

Every negotiation starts with an opening. It's what we all do at the start of a negotiation. What a lot of us don't realize is that how we handle the opening of a negotiation can have a big impact on how the rest of the negotiation goes. The very possibility of success may hinge on how we start things off.

Whether you are an accomplished sales executive leading a large organization or a sales manager leading a team, your ability to remove obstacles and speed the sales process will determine your success. High-Performance Selling is geared for the sales leader who has to persuade others to work as a sales force of one.

Confidence is a significant life skill necessary to achieving any level of personal or professional success. Yet confidence is often an elusive characteristic. Most people believe that you are born with confidence - either you have it, or you don't. Lack of confidence holds many people back from even trying to reach their goals or achieve their dreams. What if there was a way for you to build your confidence? What if you could learn how to believe in yourself so you could leverage all your skills and talents? What if you could make a difference in your community or become a leader within your organization?

This authoritative volume on human resource management is highly recommended reading for the small business owners and HR professionals. Written by an acknowledged expert in all areas of business management, Recruiting and Hiring Effective Employees Made Simple is a well-organized guide to understanding this vitally important area of your business.

Leadership's Top 12 is a book that counts down 12 proven qualities developed over a course of over 23 years. They are all great qualities and much needed, but some are more important in building the foundation of leadership that results in successful leading, and are found in you. If you are ready to lead life and put away that testimony of old, then this is a must read.

From October 2002 to September 2005, the crew of the USS San Francisco (SSN 711), a nuclear fast-attack submarine, took an incredible and gut-wrenching journey through three homeports, two missions vital to national security, two dry-dockings, dozens of leaders, and the worst submerged grounding in the history of the US Navy that did not result in the loss of the vessel.

Want to know how to market the impossible twice effectively? Stephen Covey (seven habits of highly effective people) communicates with a simple, but effective model to change how people operate. I have revealed this powerful secret of the process and where the model fits.

When Lance Marshall's life comes crashing down, his wife arranges for him to meet with his high school mentor and coach, Moore. Coach Moore sends Lance back to the locker room to talk with five sports legends who are now successful leaders. Each player will show Lance a principle for excellence in both leadership and the home. But the advice comes with a caveat: Lance must apply the principle he learns within 24 hours or the meetings end.

CIOs need to be able to communicate their thoughts with the rest of their department and the company in order to maintain credibility as a thought-leader. Effective communication is a set of skills that every CIO needs to develop. Learn how in this comprehensive guide.

As individuals we have a tendency to shy away from getting involved in arguments. We view them as being confrontational and filled with emotions. However, when it comes to negotiating and when we have a different view of the world than the other side of the table, it turns out that a little bit of arguing might be just what the doctor ordered.

Erfolgsfaktor Nummer eins in der Wirtschaft ist, die besten Mitarbeiter zu finden und sie an das Unternehmen zu binden...

It turns out that most negotiations are over even before they begin. The team that has spent the most time planning for the negotiation, doing their homework, and collecting the data that they'll need is the one that's going to walk away from the table with the best deal. Wouldn't you want that team to be your team? Planning is what happens before you sit down at the negotiating table. There are no negotiating tactics or tricks at play here. It's just a matter of you doing your homework.