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getAbstract's most popular category. This covers every facet of career advancement: How do I hold a good presentation? How can I work effectively and efficiently? What's a good way to develop my negotiation skills and improve my relationships with colleagues? And, when all that works, how do I balance my work and my life?

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For Immediate Release For Immediate Release

Ronn Torossian and Karen Kelly

BenBella, 2011

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18 Minutes 18 Minutes

 

Peter Bregman

Business Plus, 2011

(8)

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The Virtual Manager The Virtual Manager

Kevin Sheridan

Career Press, 2012

(8)

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Become a Better You Become a Better You

 

Joel Osteen

Free Press, 2007

(7)

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Reworking Retirement Reworking Retirement

Allyn I. Freeman and Robert E. Gorman

Adams Media, 2007

(7)

4 weeks ago

The Cultural Intelligence Difference The Cultural Intelligence Difference

David Livermore

AMACOM, 2011

(8)

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Earn What You're Really Worth Earn What You're Really Worth

 

Brian Tracy

Vanguard Press, 2012

(7)

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Think Excellence Think Excellence

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Brown Books, 2011

(8)

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Annoying Annoying

 

Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(8)

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Never Apply for a Job Again! Never Apply for a Job Again!

Darrell W. Gurney

Career Press, 2012

(7)

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Great Leaders Grow Great Leaders Grow

 

Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller

Berrett-Koehler, 2012

(6)

2 months ago

Shop Class as Soulcraft Shop Class as Soulcraft

Matthew B. Crawford

Penguin Press, 2009

(8)

2 months ago

I'd Rather Be in Charge I'd Rather Be in Charge

 

Charlotte Beers

Vanguard Press, 2012

(8)

2 months ago

Stepping Up Stepping Up

John Izzo

Berrett-Koehler, 2012

(7)

2 months ago

The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention

Pamela Mitchell

Prentice Hall Press, 2011

(8)

2 months ago

Managing Your Manager Managing Your Manager

Gonzague Dufour

McGraw-Hill, 2010

(7)

3 months ago

The Decision Book The Decision Book

 

Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler

Profile Books, 2011

(7)

3 months ago

Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow

 

Daniel Kahneman

FSG, 2011

(8)

3 months ago

10 Simple Solutions to Worry 10 Simple Solutions to Worry

Kevin L. Gyoerkoe and Pamela S. Wiegartz

New Harbinger, 2006

(8)

3 months ago

The Elephant in the Boardroom The Elephant in the Boardroom

Adrian Furnham and John Taylor

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

(7)

3 months ago

The Instant Survivor The Instant Survivor

 

Jim Moorhead

Greenleaf Book Group, 2012

(8)

3 months ago

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