Summaries of books about Personal Development:
The Power to Change
How to Harness Change to Make it Work for You
Campbell Macpherson
The book provides insights and practical tools to help individuals and organizations embrace change positively and effectively. It offers strategies for overcoming resistance to change, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and harnessing the opportunities that change can bring.
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Negotiating with a Bully
Take Charge and Turn the Tables on People Trying to Push You Around
Greg Williams
The book provides strategies and tactics for effectively dealing with bullies in negotiation scenarios, offering readers insights on how to recognize bullying tactics, maintain composure, and assertively stand up for their interests without being intimidated. It includes practical advice on turning the tables to gain leverage and achieve favorable outcomes in the face of aggressive or unfair negotiation tactics.
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Soaring on Your Strengths
Discover, Use, and Brand Your Best Self for Career Success
Robin Ryan
The book provides guidance on identifying personal strengths and talents, and then leveraging them to advance one's career. It offers strategies for personal branding and marketing oneself effectively to stand out in the job market.
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The Training Design Manual
The Complete Practical Guide to Creating Effective and Successful Training Programmes
Tony Bray
The book serves as a comprehensive guide for designing and implementing effective training programs, covering the entire process from needs analysis to evaluation. It provides practical tools, templates, and methods to help trainers create customized training that meets specific organizational and learner requirements.
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Turning Right - Inspire the Magic
How to transform who you think you are to reach your highest aspirations
Kay Bretz
The book presents a personal development journey, sharing the author's transformation from a corporate executive to an ultra-endurance runner, offering insights and strategies for readers to overcome their own limitations and achieve their greatest potential. It combines motivational advice with practical exercises to inspire readers to discover their inner magic and turn their aspirations into reality.
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Upgrade
Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary
Rana Florida
The book provides insights and practical advice on how to achieve personal and professional success by embracing creativity, innovation, and a forward-thinking mindset. It includes interviews with successful individuals and offers seven key principles to help readers transform their approach to work and life for extraordinary outcomes.
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Take Control
The Career You Want, Where You Want
Gary Burnison
The book provides guidance on navigating one's career path with intention, offering strategies for personal development, job searching, and networking. It emphasizes the importance of adaptability, self-awareness, and proactive career management to achieve professional success and fulfillment.
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The Relationship Code
Engage and Empower People with Purpose and Passion
Margaret McCraw
The book provides insights and strategies for building and nurturing effective personal and professional relationships through understanding behavioral patterns and communication styles. It emphasizes the importance of engaging with others authentically and passionately to foster connections that are both fulfilling and productive.
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The Complete Guide to Mentoring
How to Design, Implement and Evaluate Effective Mentoring Programmes
Hilarie Owen
The book provides a comprehensive framework for creating, managing, and assessing mentoring programs, offering practical tools and insights for both new and experienced practitioners. It covers various mentoring models, strategies for successful mentor-mentee relationships, and methods for measuring program effectiveness.
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It's All Possible
How you can lead an epic life and unleash the high performance hero within you
Rob Hartnett
The book provides a guide for personal and professional development, offering strategies to unlock one's potential and achieve high performance through mindset, motivation, and method. It includes practical steps, real-world examples, and exercises to help readers create an actionable plan for success and lead a fulfilling life.
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