Everything you need to conduct creativity training--in a day or less Training Magazine recently reported that fully 44% of firms surveyed provide creativity training. Now you can conduct your own transformational full-day, half-day, or one-hour creativity-building workshops with Creativity and Innovation: The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook, by Elaine Biech. Packed with fully reproducible facilitator notes, training designs, participant handouts, activites, instruments, flipcharts, overheads--the works--this powerfully affordable resource gives you a total toolchest or surveying your organization's creative climate and needs, sparking fresh thinking and ideas, encouraging brainstorming and risk taking, spotting and banishing ``creativity killing'' attitudes, embracing the productive 5 Rs of creativity, and much, much more.

Creativity and Innovation: The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook (McGraw-Hill Training Series)

Business & Money

Elaine Biech

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

Purpose is to assist with the principles of delegation and provide the tools and techniques used by effective delegators.

Merit Management Enrichment Training Program: Delegating for Results

Merit

"Practical, compassionate, and a good alternative to an MBA." --Peter Block, author Free diskette includes sample invoices, correspondence, planning templates, and much more! Lacking a basic primer, many consultants have had to learn their jobs by trial and error. Now you can put an end to the guesswork. This how-to book gives you the actual tools and techniques you need in order to pursue a successful and profitable career in the world of consulting. This book is sure to become a consulting classic! "Here are the nuts and bolts for a successful career in consulting. A few hours with Elaine's book will save you years of trial and error." --Jerry C. Noack, vice president/group publisher, TRAINING Magazine "If I were just starting into the consulting field today, this is the one book I would choose to advise me, caution me, support me in my business, and 'professionalize' me!" --Marjorie Blanchard, chief financial officer, Blanchard International "Every consultant should apply her principled practices to guarantee satisfied customers." --John E. Gherty, president and chief executive officer, Land O'Lakes "This book is filled with real-world, practical and proven tactics that can be used to grow and build a successful consulting practice. It is a must-have resource for people who are thinking of becoming a consultant . . . and for those who already are one!" --Dana Gaines Robinson, author; president, Partners in Change "Read her book. She shares all her secrets!" --Gail Hammack, regional vice president, McDonald's "The Business of Consulting will serve as my consulting practice workbook. The comprehensive coverage of the subject--along with the practical tips--make it the best tool I have." --Pam Schmidt, vice president, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) There's more to consulting than just being a good consultant. You've got to manage your business. When Elaine Biech asked Peter Block, the legendary author Biech shows you how to: * Develop a business plan * Market your business * Charge for your services * Build a client relationship * Grow your consulting business * Ensure your continued professional growth * Make money in the profession . . . and much more! The enclosed disk contains the worksheets and forms presented in The Business of Consulting. Personalize these tools as needed and print them out in order to project cash flow, track your time, tabulate your expenses, hire a subcontractor, plan your marketing campaigns, and much more! Whether you're embarking on a new career as a consultant or whether you've been a consultant for years, you'll be able to employ these resource right away. And if you're deciding whether consulting is the right profession for you, The Business of Consulting will show you just what you can expect to encounter. For years, consultants have depended on Peter Block's Flawless Consulting for advice on being an effective consultant. Now there's a source for advice on running an effective consulting business. The Business of Consulting is indispensable.

The Business of Consulting: The Basics and Beyond

Industries

Pfeiffer

To keep your competitive edge in the marketplace, you must find practical and inexpensive ways to retain the clients you have, develop new clients, and increase your bottom line.  Marketing Your Consulting Services is a complete how-to guide that will help you develop and implement a dynamic marketing plan that will make your consulting business more visible to clients and more competitive in the marketplace. Written by Elaine Biech—one of the foremost experts in the field of consulting—this practical and easy-to-use resource includes useful guidance, practical ideas, special consulting considerations, and creative tips. Marketing Your Consulting Services is filled with the information you need to help you:  Develop a successful marketing plan Understand the marketing ins and outs of a small consulting firm Find new clients Get your clients to refer you to other clients Implement inexpensive and effective marketing tools Develop creative marketing ideas Retain the clients you have today  Biech urges you to develop a "market all the time" attitude, and to help you get started, she recommends hundreds of ideas that can be easily implemented. In addition, the book's "Fast Fourteen To Do Today" are suggestions you can put immediately into practice to help jump-start your business. Written to be a hands-on resource, Marketing Your Consulting Services also includes Quick tips throughout each chapter for easy reference.  Marketing Your Consulting Services offers you the practical tools and helpful suggestions necessary to market and sell your consulting services. It includes everything a consultant needs to know about marketing to be—and stay—successful.

Marketing Your Consulting Services

Geoff Bellman

John Wiley&Sons

Our research shows that 100 percent of organizations think accountability is important to their success, and more than 99 percent don't have it in the way they want. Open this book to find 131 practical but essential tips you can implement today and start driving better results at work and at home! 131 Ways to Win with Accountability is your guide to ensure that your organization drives accountability and is on track to outperform your competitors.

131 Ways to Win with Accountability

Henry J. Evans

CornerStone Leadership Institute

Developing Talent for Organizational Results: Training Tools from the Best in the Field

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom

Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples, and Tips

Mel Silberman

wiley

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