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Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about coping with a crisis with this practical guide.
No company is invulnerable to crisis. Calamity can strike at any time, and the ensuing crisis situation will often make or break a business. Navigating these stressful times is never easy, but identifying potential risk factors and developing a detailed crisis management plan in advance will stack the odds in your...
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Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the Business Model Canvas with this practical guide.
An increasing number of people are taking the plunge and creating their own businesses, choosing to be their own boss and create their own profits. Yet this is no mean feat, which is why it is essential to have a solid business plan. This guide will teach you all about the Business Model Canvas and how it...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is an engaging, thought-provoking look at the factors that influence our subconscious decision-making and guide our instincts. The book's key concept is that of 'thin-slicing', whereby the use of a streamlined source of information allows our brains to focus...
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Develop strengths to decrease the weaknesses of your business
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the SWOT analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of your business
• Distinguish the factors that affect the internal functioning and external environment of your business
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, explores the fallacies that can impair human decision-making and the biases that may lead us to act in an irrational way. Kahneman posits that the human mind is governed by two systems of thought, which we lean on in different...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about overcoming stress and anxiety at work with this practical guide.
The modern working environment is a major source of stress for many employees, as they face increasingly heavy workloads and constant pressure to perform at a high level. This may lead to stress and anxiety, which can become paralyzing if they are not dealt with effectively. It is therefore essential...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with this practical guide.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an internationally renowned way of analysing a person's personality type and thus learning more about how they react and think. With this comprehensive guide, you will be able to use your own profile in order to select a career that is best suited to you and understand...
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Understand Michael Porter's value chain in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this valuable business tool with this practical and accessible guide.
The Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter has dedicated much of his career to studying competitive advantage. One of his best-known concepts is the value chain, which is used to deliver a product or service to the market and has three key objectives: to improve services,...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about overcoming procrastination with this practical guide.
Ever find yourself staring at a constantly growing to-do list that you just can't bring yourself to start? Procrastination could be holding you back and stopping you from working to your full potential. Fortunately, there are a few simple steps that will enable you to finally stop putting things off and unlock...
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Anticipate and solve problems within your business.
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Ishikawa diagram, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Recognize the benefits of using the Ishikawa diagram for problem-solving and project management
• Clearly identify the root causes of a problem through brainstorming session and categorizing...
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The art of thinking strategically
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing game theory, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Quickly master the concept of strategic behavior and interactive decisions
• Anticipate the actions of your opponents to react accordingly and maximize gains
• Find the key to cooperating in order to reach collective...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about making professional decisions with this practical guide.
We are all faced with difficult professional decisions at some point, and how we deal with them can have a major impact on our careers. When the stakes are so high, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and become paralysed by indecision, but this does not have to hold you back: there are many ways of identifying...
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Understand Kaizen in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this innovative concept with this practical and accessible guide.
In an increasingly competitive business world, companies must strive to constantly do better by boosting their productivity, optimising the quality of their products and services and eliminating waste and inefficiency. Kaizen, which was developed by the Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno, widely considered to be the...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about increasing your resilience with this practical guide.
Although overcoming setbacks may sometimes seem impossible, every individual has the strength to continue making progress and to live a happy and fulfilling life. Since problems in life are inevitable, it is a good idea to learn how to use this inner strength and develop resilience as soon as possible.
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Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about leading effective meetings with this practical guide.
Meetings are a key part of office life in the 21st century, but frequently last much longer than expected and fail to lead to concrete decisions, leaving participants frustrated and demotivated. Nonetheless, thanks to careful planning, preparation and focus, it is possible to hold productive meetings with...
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Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about preventing absenteeism with this practical guide.
Many businesses have seen a marked increase in employee absences in recent years, but it is not always a simple matter to counter this trend, which can have a serious impact on both the company's productivity and employee wellbeing. However, employers and employees alike can benefit from taking preventative measures...
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about managing priorities and deadlines with this practical guide.
Whatever your profession or stage in your career, you will invariably have deadlines to deal with on a regular basis. The key to professional success and career progression is being able to handle your priorities so that you get everything done to your satisfaction in the allotted time. This handy guide...
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