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Wow! eBook: The Soul of the Organization - 5 new eBooks

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The Soul of the Organization

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:53 AM PST

The Soul of the Organization

Book Description

Given the opportunity to describe Apple as a company in just a word or two, most would respond with adjectives like: Innovative. Design-conscious. Iconic. Some would probably even say: Secretive. But here’s another: Soulful. Yes, Apple has a soul, and it is not alone in that respect. A select few organizations can similarly be said to exhibit similar qualities of soul that inspire passion in their employees and set them on the path to high levels of sustained organizational . But, given that most organizations are plagued by low levels of employee engagement and lackluster organizational , how do high-performing organizations do it? How do they ignite and sustain employee engagement and boost individual and overall organizational productivity? That is exactly the question that organizational expert David B. Zenoff sets out to answer in The Soul of the Organization.

Based on the author’s extensive experience consulting to and observing some of the best-known organizations in the world, The Soul of the Organization (www.souloftheorganization.com) journeys into eleven high-performing organizations operating in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds to determine the underlying elements of soul that foster strong employee engagement at all levels. What Zenoff finds in his inquiry is that organizations as different as home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma and not-for-profit group Larkin Street Youth Services all share in common five key elements of soul that, taken together, are powerful forces for fostering employee engagement, satisfaction, and meaning. And he doesn’t stop once he has identified the five core elements of an organization’s soul. Instead, he goes on to offer both a conceptual framework and a practical primer on leverage these key ingredients to create, sustain, and nourish a soul in your organization.

Organizations of all stripes and in all industries and domains have great difficulty motivating their workforces to demonstrate a strong commitment to giving their all in the workplace. As a result, these organizations’ overall productivity and growth are compromised, and their employees cannot find meaning or satisfaction in their work. If your organization struggles with sub-par employee loyalty, commitment, and drive, you will find the guidance you need in The Soul of the Organization, a guide to infusing into your workplace that “special something” that engages employees, drives their productivity, and taps into their collective well of potential so that your organization can make its mark on the world.

What you'll learn

  • The five essential ingredients that contribute so importantly to strong emotional and intellectual bonds between organizations with soul and their employees.
  • How deep organizational connections between organizations with soul and their employees drive overall high and employee satisfaction.
  • How organizations as different as Barclays Global Investors and the Sisters of Mercy manifest the five essential ingredients of soul in their workplaces.
  • The best practices of organizations that have sustained and nourished their souls over many years, despite experiencing transitions and organizational adaptations to changing times.
  • The many potential threats to the health of an organization’s soul, as well as the various remedies that exemplary organizations have found to and preserve their souls.

Who this book is for
The Soul of the Organization is intended for the thousands of leaders, managers, human resources specialists, and employees of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations who want to know what they can do to turn their organizations into high-performing and satisfying workplaces. The book will also appeal to the vast number of prospective employees who wish to find employment with organizations that offer sustained opportunities for work satisfaction, meaning, and pride.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Examples of Ingredients in Not-for-Profit Organizations' Souls
Chapter 3. Examples of Ingredients in Organizations' Souls
Chapter 4. Common Traits and the Power of Organizations' Souls
Chapter 5. Why Organizations Can Endure for Decades
Chapter 6. What Can Weaken or Destroy Organizations' Souls
Chapter 7. Finding, Reviving, and Recreating Lost Souls
Chapter 8. Young Organizations' Souls
Chapter 9. Hope from Organizations' Souls

Book Details

  • Paperback: 152 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 143024965X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430249658
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Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:42 AM PST

Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down

Book Description

Just about every month, housing values in the U.S. fall. That, in turn, increases the number of people who owe more on their houses than they are worth—either trapping them in homes they may no longer want or putting them in danger of financial catastrophe if they lose a job or are otherwise unable to meet the mortgage. Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down offers valuable advice to homeowners on ways they can unload a house they no longer want, save a home from foreclosure, or undergo foreclosure and start anew. The book offers smart advice from lawyers, bankers, real estate agents, personal experts, and homeowners who have seen the foreclosure process firsthand, as well as those who have been able to save their homes through loan modifications and other creative methods. Those faced with tough choices will find invaluable guidance to help them make well-informed decisions while managing the emotional fallout each brings.

Many of the eleven million people in the U.S. now facing the "underwater" dilemma wonder: Is staying put the only option? What if I can't pay the monthly mortgage bill? Can I save my home? Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down outlines the options—when foreclosure is a good idea, best the equity you’ve built up, the financial repercussions of going into foreclosure, strategies for renegotiating a loan, taking advantage of government programs designed to keep you happily housed, and more. Veteran financial journalist Chris Lauer provides the facts, ideas, and advice that can help any underwater homeowner—especially those facing foreclosure—make smart decisions for a better future.

What you'll learn

  • determine whether your home mortgage is "underwater."
  • How negative equity can cause long-term damage to personal budgets and the nation's economy.
  • What homeowners can do to get out from under an "upside-down" mortgage.
  • How to negotiate with your lender to refinance your loan, agree to a "short sale," or stop the foreclosure process.
  • How to your equity and limit your financial exposure under various options.
  • How other homeowners have been able to turn their mortgages around and rise up from dire circumstances.
  • How the choice to face foreclosure may be the right financial decision.
  • How to tap into federal programs designed to aid beleaguered homeowners.
  • How to navigate through the unfamiliar language of real estate jargon and make sense of the alphabet soup of real estate acronyms.

Who this book is for
The audience for Underwater: Options When Your Mortgage Is Upside Down consists of the millions of homeowners whose houses are either "upside-down" with their mortgages (owing more on their house than it is worth) and those who fear they may be close to that point. According to the real estate services firm CoreLogic, at the end of the third quarter of 2011 show that about 10.7 million (22.1 percent) of all residential borrowers are "underwater" on their mortgage obligations. With one expert projecting a further decline of 5% in real estate values in 2012, that number will grow. These people, and those who may enter their ranks, are the audience for this book.

Table of Contents
Part I: The Real Estate Market and the Underwater Mortgage
Chapter 1. The Real Estate Crash
Chapter 2. How Bad Is the Underwater Problem?

Part II: Expert Advice on Your Underwater Mortgage
Chapter 3. Advice from an Underwater Homeowner
Chapter 4. Advice from a Real Estate Attorney
Chapter 5. Advice from a Real Estate Agent
Chapter 6. Advice from a Mortgage Broker
Chapter 7. Advice from a Real Estate Agent
Chapter 8. Advice from a Real Estate Agent
Chapter 9. Advice from a Mortgage Broker
Chapter 10. Advice from a Real Estate Expert

Part III: The Real Estate Market: An Overview from the Experts
Chapter 11. Advice from a Real Estate Economist
Chapter 12. Advice from an Economist
Chapter 13. Advice from CoreLogic Chief Economist Mark Fleming

Part IV: Housing: Fannie, Freddie, Legal Issues, and Government Programs
Chapter 14. What You Should Know About Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Chapter 15. Lenders Settle with Homeowners for $25 Billion for Abuses
Chapter 16. Twelve Valuable Government Programs

Part V: Appendices
Appendix A. Glossary of Terms
Appendix B. Additional Resources

Book Details

  • Paperback: 284 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430244704
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430244707
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Advanced Social Media Marketing

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:36 AM PST

Advanced Social Media Marketing

Book Description

Hundreds of millions of Americans are using media (SM), and already some 70% of businesses have joined them there, using and other SM platforms to connect with their customers, and attract new ones. So the real question isn't whether to take your onto media platforms—but do it quickly, effectively, on a budget, with smart goals, and a road map for success.

Advanced Social Media Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program cuts through the hype and fluff about how social media is changing the world, and it gets down to what really matters: How you as a manager can best use SM to benefit your . Written by a veteran marketer and ecommerce professional, the book shares practical strategies and tactics to let you launch and scale a successful corporate social media program.

Advanced Social Media : How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program is for the manager who already knows something about social media and wants to roll up his or her sleeves and get down to business. In it, we simplify tasks that might otherwise be complicated—like adopting and tracking key metrics, developing ad campaigns, or creating apps like games, giveaways and sweepstakes with the capacity to go viral. Businesses can harness the unique advantages of this new medium, but they need a practical, no-nonsense guide like this one. Otherwise they risk being ignored, wasting time and or, even worse, damaging their own brand and seeing a well-intentioned program blow up.

The book is heavy on the how-to, case studies, campaign results and other , and interviews with ecommerce managers at businesses large and small. It also includes the author's own experiences at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Wine of the Month Club, and others. While this book will be accessible enough for someone implementing a social media program for the first time, it's ambitious enough to benefit experienced SM hands who are looking for good ideas and techniques to push their online community to the next level of size, interactivity, and buzz.

What you'll learn
Businesspeople will learn:

  • How to assess the size of the opportunity. Not the total social media universe (irrelevant), but the size and complexion of their market niches.
  • Reasonable goals for brand awareness, leads, and sales—and how to measure them.
  • Best practices for success on Facebook, , , Groupon, and other SM platforms.
  • How much to invest in people and infrastructure based on goals.
  • How to write a social media business plan and execute program goals crisply.
  • What the legal and PR risks are with a social media program—and how to avoid them

Who this book is for
Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program is for entrepreneurs, managers, marketers, and other business leaders who want to get their companies up to speed in today's social media landscape. This includes businesspeople rolling out new projects, products, events, or services that would benefit from word-of-mouth and other social media buzz. It’s especially for those who have rolled out social media programs that have disappointed and who need to understand how to get the results they are seeking. Last, it’s for people new to the topic who suddenly find themselves approving budgets, promotions, or initiatives for social media and need to know where to begin and what is at stake.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Business Case
Chapter 2. Best Practices
Chapter 3. The Platforms
Chapter 4. Advertising and Promotion
Chapter 5. Facebook Advertising
Chapter 6. Advertising on and Other Networks
Chapter 7. Operations
Chapter 8. Measuring Success
Chapter 9. Advanced Social Media Campaigns
Chapter 10. Power Up Your Platform
Chapter 11. Bringing It All Together

Appendix A. Business Plan Example
Appendix B. Task Checklist

Book Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430244070
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430244073
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Tech Job Hunt Handbook

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:32 AM PST

Tech Job Hunt Handbook

Book Description

Tech Job Hunt Handbook is a career book—just for technology professionals—that reflects today's new realities. The world of work is constantly changing, and staying professionally relevant while competing for more specialized tech jobs in areas like cloud , mobile and applications, and big data in a highly competitive global economy is critical. The world is churning out hungry programmers and developers in record numbers, making the global labor market highly competitive. It is now essential to plan a campaign to get a better job as well as your overall career. Retooling your skills and re-branding yourself is mandatory whether you're seeking a new job or intent on retaining current employment.

Readers of the Tech Job Hunt Handbook will find tools, practical guidance, and recommendations on find the best new tech jobs, get noticed, ace interviews and get hired, and keep those new jobs—until it's time for a better one. As you will learn, learning assess and then invest in career skills leads to long-term competitive advantage and a happier working life.

Tech Job Hunt Handbook—for recent graduates, risk-taking innovators, and tech veterans alike—shows build a comprehensive professional profile, identify the companies you're interested in and who you know at those companies, approach interviews with confidence, uncover opportunities in your current company, and understand the new emerging technology markets that could lead to a career rebirth. This book will help you:

  • Find a new or better tech job.
  • Stay relevant and employable despite constant new developments.
  • Manage your tech career for long-term success.

What you'll learn

  • Why it's essential to adapt quickly in today's job market.
  • Why pursuing degrees, certifications, and new skills are more important than ever.
  • How to create a comprehensive profile, consistent across networks, that shines a light on your skills and capabilities.
  • How to spot the best-run companies, identify who you know in them, and grow networks that lead to new and better jobs.
  • How to make the most of the latest technology–online assessments, interactive interviews, etc.–to put your best foot forward at all times.
  • How to win hearts and minds during the hiring interview.
  • How to determine when it's time to consider a career change and how to go about it effectively.
  • How to find work in today's emerging tech disciplines: cloud, technologies, mobile, big data, and analytics.
  • How to transform yourself into someone companies view as a great investment.

Who this book is for
Tech Job Hunt Handbook is for the technology professional seeking new employment or retaining current employment in today's ever-changing, ever-more-competitive world of work. It's for those just graduating from college, risk-taking innovators, and project-hardened developers with decades of experience alike. Tech Job Hunt Handbook is the right choice for technology professionals ready to retool and re-brand their workplace persona and their skills, get a much better job, and stay employed in satisfying positions no matter how the economy or job market changes.

Table of Contents
Part I: What You Know
Chapter 1. Career Management Means You
Chapter 2. Finish Your
Chapter 3. Learn New Specialized Skills
Chapter 4. Find and Take the Contract Work
Chapter 5. Cross- and Volunteering
Chapter 6. Background Screens and Assessments
Chapter 7. Interviewing, Part 1

Part II: Who You Know
Chapter 8. Building an Online Profile
Chapter 9. Researching Employers
Chapter 10. Leverage Your Network, and Their Networks
Chapter 11. Mentors and Professional Associations
Chapter 12. Zero In on the Company

Part III: Where to Go and What to Do
Chapter 13. Cool Tools for Getting a Job
Chapter 14. From Best Practice to Case
Chapter 15. Interviewing, Part 2
Chapter 16. The Onboarding Battle and Beyond
Chapter 17. Internal Mobility
Chapter 18. Careers in Cloud and Mobile Technology
Chapter 19. Careers in Big Data and Social Analytics
Chapter 20. Traditional IT Careers Today

Book Details

  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430245484
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430245483
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How to Get Government Contracts

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 02:27 AM PST

How to Get Government Contracts

Book Description

 Get Government Contracts demystifies the process of how a company can enter the government market, win its first and subsequent contracts, and then grow itself into a multi-million-dollar government contractor within a couple of years. It offers an insider's view into the latest best practices that government contractors use to succeed in an increasingly competitive market, and it shows exactly how your company can apply these techniques to build a strong .

Many companies venture into the government market with a certain naiveté and pay a hefty price to find out that there is much more to winning a contract than writing last-minute proposals in response to publicly posted solicitations. To stop the bleeding of precious resources, they need to step back to learn how professionals win in the federal arena. This book shows you find, for example, the best potential customers and opportunities for your company. It also explains the to winning consistently by conducting pre-proposal preparation (also called ”capture”) and practicing a disciplined, process-based approach to proposal .

This book provides a recipe for winning government contracts over and over again, the way seasoned government contractors do it. After reading this book, you will know exactly what to do to position your company to win a government proposal before a solicitation becomes public, including building customer relationships, gathering intelligence, developing a “win strategy,” performing competitive , selecting the best teammates, and developing a . As a result, you will apply professional techniques to organizing your proposal effort, outlining a proposal document, and writing RFPs that persuade evaluators to award the contract to you.

What you'll learn

  • The scope of federal contracts and grants and where to find information about them.
  • How to get information about potential contracts before they are advertised.
  • How to prepare your company to win contracts before submitting proposals.
  • How to abide by federal acquisition that guide your proposal and govern your work for the government.
  • How to take advantage of set asides for businesses owned by women, veterans, minorities, and others.
  • How to prepare a proposal that wows government customers and wins contracts.
  • How to get a steady stream of work from the government.

Who this book is for
This book is for individuals and companies wishing to get a piece of the $1 trillion the U.S. federal government spends each year in contracts and grants.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. How to Get Government Contracts
Chapter 2. Get Started in Government Contracting
Chapter 3. Break into the Federal Arena Without Breaking Your Neck
Chapter 4. Win Procurements Before They Go Public
Chapter 5. Create Strong Relationships with Government Customers
Chapter 6. Intelligence Gathering
Chapter 7. Develop a Win Strategy
Chapter 8. Identify and Analyze Your Competition
Chapter 9. Create a Team That Compels the Customer to Select You
Chapter 10. Prepare a Before the Request for Proposal
Chapter 11. The Race Is On. Get Ready to Write a Winning Proposal
Chapter 12. Wrangle the Nitty-Gritty of Proposal Details
Chapter 13. You Have Won a Few Proposals—Now What?

Appendix A. Capture Plan
Appendix B. How to Develop a Proposal Outline

Book Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Apress (December 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430244976
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430244974
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