A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations--whether in the boardroom or at home. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists....

There are only twenty-four hours in a day, but you can make them count. Time Management, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.

Learn to:

Set and prioritize goals, objectives, and tasks

Create an effective schedule

Avoid distractions and interruptions

Respect other people's time

Build a time-conscious organization

The Collins Best Practices guides offer

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New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford shares simple words of daily inspiration in this unique, seasonal devotional to help you find new and more connected ways to live undistracted, heart-led, and hands-free every day.

Rachel Macy Stafford, known to millions as the Hands Free Mama, equips readers to breathe life into what really matters: the ordinary moments in our routine lives and the people

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"A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life"--

Everyone is familiar with the phrase, less is more. But in business and our personal lives, it often seems like the only way to get more done is by putting in more time--more hours at the office, more days running errands, more time worrying about your finances...more, more, more! But what if there were a way that we could do less, to free up more time for the things and people we love? If this sounds like what you need, Ari Meisel--efficiency consultant,...

"Project Management for Parents helps strengthen families, reduce stress, and streamline busy lives with techniques used by billion-dollar companies. Hilary Kinney provides an accessible, repeatable project management framework that can transform anyone's approach to household, school, and work tasks in three steps: (1) Build Teamwork, (2) Establish Your Approach, and (3) Succeed as a Family. The principles in Project Management for Parents will...

How do you get to what's real? Your organization's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. People's competencies should be measured and their weaknesses shored up. People crave feedback. These may sound like basic truths of our work lives today. But actually, they're lies. As strengths guru and bestselling author Marcus Buckingham and Cisco Leadership and Team Intelligence head Ashley Goodall show in this provocative, inspiring...

A practical guide to navigating workplace conflicts by better understanding the power dynamics at play in every interaction Conflicts at work are as inevitable as they are frustrating. In Making Conflict Work, Peter Coleman and Robert Ferguson's leading experts in the field of conflict resolution address the key role of power in workplace tension. Whether you're butting heads with your boss or addressing a direct report's complaint, your relative...

There are 168 hours in a week. This book is about where the time really goes, and how we can all use it better. It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. With the rise of two-income families, extreme jobs, and 24/7 connectivity, life is so frenzied we can barely find time to breathe. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and accomplish all kinds of goals. But then we give up...

Anna is one busy girl! She plays soccer and takes piano lessons. She has homework and chores. Sometimes she feels stressed, so she learns how to shrink her stress and feel better!