Are you happy at work? Or do you just grin and bear it? We spend an average of 25% of our lives at work, so it s important to make the best of it.

The Joy of Work? looks at happiness and unhappiness from a fresh perspective. It draws on up-to-date research from around the world to present the causes and consequences of low job satisfaction and gives helpful suggestions and strategies for how to get more enjoyment from work. The book includes many interesting case studies about individual work situations, and features simple self-completion questionnaires and procedures to help increase your happiness. Practical suggestions cover how to improve a job without moving out of it, advice about changing jobs, as well as how to alter typical styles of thinking which affect your attitudes.

This book is unique. The subject is of major significance to virtually all adults - people in jobs and those who are hoping to get one. It is particularly distinctive in combining two areas that are usually looked at separately self-help approaches to making yourself happy and issues within organizations that affect well-being.

The Joy of Work? has been written in a relaxed and readable style by an exceptional combination of authors: a highly-acclaimed professor of psychology and a widely published business journalist. Bringing together research from business and psychology including positive psychology this practical book will make a big difference to your happiness at work and therefore to your whole life.

Do you hate attending networking events? Do you hide at the back of the room when you have the opportunity to present your business? Are you uncomfortable approaching people you don't know? Does the thought of speaking in public fill you with dread? If so, then you share anxieties in common with almost everyone who has ever worked and had to present themselves in a formal setting. In 1984 a New York Times Survey on Social Anxiety placed death third in the list of people's biggest fears. The top two responses were walking into a room full of strangers and speaking in public. Winning Presentation In A Day will help you overcome your fears and deliver a powerful message, every time. Understanding how to give a winning presentation is an absolute necessity in today's world. Sooner or later, everyone has to give a presentation, whether at work (a sales call, a briefing to the boss, participating in a seminar) or in personal life (a class report, speaking at a community organization). Yet the idea of getting up in front of others is absolutely terrifying for many people. This handy guide shows readers how to overcome their fear and create a great presentation quickly and easily. This book covers all the most important aspects of developing and delivering a successful presentation, including content; organizing an effective message; delivery techniques, including pacing, humour, statistics, and storytelling; handouts, graphs, charts, and other tools; managing the Q making a good impression; and conquering stage fright. Also included are equipment tips and techniques for videoconferences and teleconferences. From The Planning Shop website www.theplanningshop.com At the Planning Shop, we have one goal: helping you develop a successful business plan for a successful business. Our mission is to be the number one provider of business planning resources for the serious entrepreneur. Our books and products are based on years of real-world experience, sharing insight and advice -secrets and strategies-from entrepreneurs, funding sources, CEOs, strategic partners and more-with our readers. In the US, hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs have used The Successful Business Plan to develop their business plans. It's widely adopted by business schools; tens of thousands of MBA students have used it to create business plans and to enter business plan competitions. Entrepreneurs throughout the world have turned to The Successful Business Plan to guide their business development. USAID programs (United States Agency for International Development) adopted it to assist novice entrepreneurs emerging from Communist rule; entrepreneurs and students in places as far apart as Thailand, Ghana, Greece, Uruguay and even Afghanistan use it.

Are you interested in smarter working? Do you or your workforce carry out tasks away from the office - and do you have the managerial and technical know-how to get the best from them?

In The Smarter Working Manifesto, Philip Vanhoutte and Guy Clapperton talk to the experts, the practitioners, the managers, the academics, and recommend best practices for making more money out of a happier workforce. People can be in charge of their own workplace, they can work to their own timetable and their company can benefit.

Read this book to find out:

Why we work where we do - and why it's changing How to evaluate and improve your workplace How to get the most out of a remote workforce How to build a virtual team How to make your organization more profitable and smarter

The authors have drawn on experience internationally to create the definitive work on how to build the best workplace, both on and off your premises, for the 21st century.

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Do you find talking to the press stressful and unproductive? Are you aware that this should be free publicity for your business but you feel you're not making the most of it? This book is here to help you. Guy Clapperton has been helping clients with his media training course for over a decade, ranging from people in multinational IT companies to very small businesses indeed. A journalist for a quarter of a century, Guy has first hand knowledge of how interviews can go well or badly - and how people have made the most of publicity to get the results their business needs. In this book you will hear about: Setting realistic targets and objectives Guiding interviews into your target areas Communicating well with journalists Responding to harsh reviews Researching your audience when you want to bypass journalists And a great deal more. If you want to market and brand your company using the press as your medium, this is essential reading.