People Tools for Business
50 Strategies for Building Success, Creating Wealth, and Finding Happiness
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3.2 • 6 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
Mastering the art of working well with others is the key to success.
This is the essence of Alan C. Fox’s new book, People Tools for Business, the sequel to his New York Times bestseller, People Tools (January 2014).
MAKE A CAREER OUT OF BEING HAPPY
Based on the countless lessons gleaned from a distinguished and highly profitable business career, Alan shares the tools you need to create that success in your own career and life—success that is both meaningful and long lasting.
Whether you are just entering the workforce or have been running a business for years, this book will help you build the career—and life—of your dreams.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE TOOLS?
"People Tools" are practical and easy to understand. From developing self-confidence, to improving management skills, to finding constructive ways to respond to being fired, each People Tool addresses a specific issue and provides a simple, straightforward strategy that you can adopt to bring about a positive result.
People Tools for Business is organized into 50 chapters. Each tool is illustrated with insightful stories and amusing anecdotes from Alan’s successful career and life that are relevant and relatable.
Some of the useful People Tools in the book include:
1. Be A Contrarian. Whether it's selling when everyone else says "buy," or speaking your mind when it's against the status quo, being a contrarian often pays off.
2. Budget, Don’t Fudge It. If you intend to be successful in business, or in your personal life, it’s crucial to have a plan, especially a financial plan.
3. Multi-Goaling. Recent studies have shown that multi-tasking actually diminishes your efficiency. That's why Fox suggest "multi-goaling": the simple art of making sure that everything you do kills (at least) two birds with one stone.
4. Advertise Your Mistakes. Ironically, being vulnerable and admitting that you’re not perfect will make you a stronger leader.
5. The Dreaded Annual Review. Performance reviews don't ha
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fox is a die-hard optimist, and his enthusiasm, good humor, and belief that all situations can improve for the better carries over into this sequel to the bestselling People Tools. Designed to appeal to people at all levels of business, from student to manager to retiree, this guide to constant self-improvement urges readers up the "glass staircase." A play on the "glass ceiling," this phrase refers to steps which any person can take to reach the top. The five stairs are Confidence, Home, Education, Assertiveness, and Passion - CHEAP. The book's concept is a toolbox, comprising 50 "people tools" that will help readers achieve more in business and life. Illustrating his points with entertaining stories from his own life, Fox encourages readers to adopt tools such as "advertise your mistakes," "don't run out of cash," "be a contrarian", don't try to be right all the time, and focus on the future. The tone is homey but not condescending, and the mix of practical, emotional and behavioral tools make this a guide likely to inspire across the board. "You are the sole proprietor of your own life," proclaims Fox - and it's hard to imagine the reader who wouldn't respond to this upbeat message.
Customer Reviews
Hypocrite
Author doesn’t practice what he preaches. In more Lawsuits for questionable Business Dealings than any Author alive. This is better suited as Fictional Stories or How to Screw People more like it.