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Want to get ahead in the workplace? Learn new skills and increase your visibility as a leader in your company with the help of this practical, hands-on guide to professional development. You'll find new techniques for being a better leader, tips for writing better emails, rules for running more effective meetings, and much more. Plus, you'll discover how to give presentations that will keep your audience engaged and learn to be a more mindful person.
Combined from seven of the best For Dummies books on career development topics, Career Development All-in-One For Dummies is your one-stop guide to taking control of your career and improving your professional life. Perfect on its own or as part of a formal development program, it gives you everything you need to advance your career.
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Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 1
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 2
Book 1: Mindfulness 3
Chapter 1: Exploring Mindfulness in the Workplace 5
Becoming More Mindful at Work 6
Finding Out Why Your Brain Needs Mindfulness 12
Starting Your Mindful Journey 21
Chapter 2: Discovering the Benefits of Mindfulness 27
Discovering the Benefits for Employees 27
Looking at the Organizational Benefits of Mindfulness 37
Chapter 3: Applying Mindfulness in the Workplace 47
Gaining Perspective in the Modern-Day Workplace 47
Adjusting Your Mental Mind-Set 55
Rewiring Your Brain 60
Developing Mindfulness at Work 63
Chapter 4: Practicing Mindfulness in the Digital Age 73
Choosing When to Use Technology 73
Communicating Mindfully 78
Using Technology Mindfully 88
Book 2: Project Management 93
Chapter 1: Achieving Results 95
Determining What Makes a Project a Project 95
Defining Project Management 100
Knowing the Project Manager’s Role 107
Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Effective Project Manager? 111
Chapter 2: Knowing Your Project’s Audiences 113
Understanding Your Project’s Audiences 114
Developing an Audience List 114
Considering the Drivers, Supporters, and Observers 122
Displaying Your Audience List 128
Confirming Your Audience’s Authority 129
Assessing Your Audience’s Power and Interest 131
Chapter 3: Clarifying Your Project 133
Defining Your Project with a Scope Statement 133
Looking at the Big Picture: Explaining the Need for Your Project 136
Marking Boundaries: Project Constraints 151
Documenting Your Assumptions 155
Presenting Your Scope Statement 155
Chapter 4: Developing a Game Plan 157
Breaking Your Project into Manageable Chunks 157
Creating and Displaying a WBS 170
Identifying Risks While Detailing Your Work 180
Documenting Your Planned Project Work 182
Chapter 5: Keeping Everyone Informed 183
Successful Communication Basics 184
Choosing the Appropriate Medium for Project Communication 188
Preparing a Written Project-Progress Report 193
Holding Key Project Meetings 198
Preparing a Project Communications Management Plan 201
Book 3: Leadership 203
Chapter 1: Building Your Leadership Muscles 205
Putting Your Brain to Work 206
Communicating Effectively 213
Driving Yourself 215
Developing a Sense of Urgency 216
Being Honest and Searching for the Truth 218
Displaying Good Judgment 218
Being Dependable and Consistent 218
Creating an Atmosphere of Trust 219
Encouraging a Learning Environment 220
Looking for Common Ground: The Type O Personality 221
Chapter 2: Managing as a Leader 223
Setting Reasonable Goals 223
Delegating to Your Team 225
Settling Disputes in Your Team 232
Allowing Your Team to Find Its Own Path 233
Leading When You Aren’t Really the Leader 234
Chapter 3: Creating a Vision 243
Where Do Visions Come From? 243
Supplying the Human Element 246
Establishing a Standard of Excellence 248
Helping You Stay Ahead of the Game 248
A Vision Links the Present to the Future 251
A Vision Is a Doable Dream 253
A Vision Is Not Just an Idea 255
A Vision Is Based on Reality 258
A Vision Helps You Harness Opportunities 260
A Vision Is Dynamic 265
Chapter 4: Leading across Cultures 267
Leading in a Diverse World 267
Emerging as a Leader from a Cultural Group 271
Leading across International Divides 273
Leading in the Virtual Age 275
Book 4: Time Management 277
Chapter 1: Organizing Yourself 279
Planning 279
Grabbing the Three Keys to Personal Organization 282
Chapter 2: Setting Yourself Up for Success 285
Getting to Know Yourself 286
Following a System 289
Overcoming Time-Management Obstacles 291
Garnering Support While Establishing Your Boundaries 293
Keeping Motivation High 295
Chapter 3: Valuing Your Time 297
Getting a Good Grip on the Time-Equals-Money Concept 298
Calculating Your Hourly Income 299
Boosting Your Hourly Value through Your Work Efforts 301
Making Value-Based Time Decisions in Your Personal Life 302
Chapter 4: Focusing, Prioritizing, and Time-Blocking 307
Focusing Your Energy with the 80/20 Theory of Everything 308
Getting Down to Specifics: Daily Prioritization 315
Blocking Off Your Time and Plugging in Your To-Do Items 318
Assessing Your Progress and Adjusting Your Plan as Needed 322
Chapter 5: Controlling Email Overload 327
Managing Email Effectively 327
Separating Your Work and Private Life 329
Responding to Email More Quickly 330
Book 5: Business Writing 335
Chapter 1: Planning Your Message 337
Adopting the Plan-Draft-Edit Principle 337
Fine-Tuning Your Plan: Your Goals and Audience 338
Making People Care 347
Choosing Your Written Voice: Tone 351
Using Relationship-Building Techniques 355
Chapter 2: Making Your Writing Work 359
Stepping into a Twenty-First-Century Writing Style 359
Enlivening Your Language 368
Using Reader-Friendly Graphic Techniques 375
Chapter 3: Improving Your Work 381
Changing Hats: Going from Writer to Editor 381
Reviewing the Big and Small Pictures 385
Moving from Passive to Active 395
Sidestepping Jargon, Clichés, and Extra Modifiers 398
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Your Writing 403
Organizing Your Document 403
Catching Common Mistakes 411
Reviewing and Proofreading: The Final Check 419
Chapter 5: Writing Emails That Get Results 425
Fast-Forwarding Your Agenda In-House and Out-of-House 426
Getting Off to a Great Start 428
Building Messages That Achieve Your Goals 433
Structuring Your Middle Ground 438
Closing Strong 440
Perfecting Your Writing for Email 441
Book 6: Presentations 447
Chapter 1: Creating Compelling Content 449
Getting Your Content Up to Par 450
Adding Variety and Impact 452
Chapter 2: Honing Your Platform Skills 463
Using Your Voice to Command Attention 464
Captivating Audiences with Your Eyes 472
Finding the Right Posture 475
Making the Right Facial Expressions 481
Gesturing Creatively 482
Chapter 3: Captivating Your Audience 487
Touching on the Laws of Communication Impact 488
Starting with the Law of Primacy 489
Starting Off on the Right Foot 491
Building Your Introduction 496
Chapter 4: Keeping Your Audience Captivated 503
Standing and Shouting Out: The Law of Emphasis and Intensity 504
Involving Your Audience: The Law of Exercise and Engagement 511
Hitting Their Hot Buttons: The Law of Interest 513
Facing the Consequences: The Law of Effect 515
Chapter 5: Ending on a High Note 517
Concluding Effectively: The Law of Recency 518
Affecting Your Audience Right to the End 519
Giving a Tactical Conclusion 521
Engineering Your Conclusion with Building Blocks 524
Book 7: Negotiation 533
Chapter 1: Negotiating for Life 535
When Am I Negotiating? 535
The Six Basic Skills of Negotiating 536
Handling All Sorts of Negotiations 543
Chapter 2: Knowing What You Want 547
Creating Your Vision 548
Deciding How You Are Going to Achieve Your Vision 555
Preparing Yourself for Negotiation 559
Defining Your Space 563
Chapter 3: Setting Goals 567
Setting a Good Goal 568
Separating Long-Range Goals from Short-Range Goals 574
Setting the Opening Offer 574
Breaking the Stone Tablet 575
Chapter 4: Asking the Right Questions 577
Tickle It Out: The Art of Coaxing Out Information 577
Asking Good Questions: A Real Power Tool 580
Dealing with Unacceptable Responses 590
Look for Evidence of Listening 591
Chapter 5: Closing the Deal 593
Good Deals, Bad Deals, and Win-Win Negotiating 594
Concessions versus Conditions 599
What It Means to Close a Deal 601
Understanding the Letter of the Law 602
Recognizing When to Close 604
Knowing How to Close 605
Barriers to Closing 609
Closing When It’s All in the Family 613
When the Deal Is Done 614
Index 617
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