The inspiring Careers for Class Clowns & Other Engaging Types lets you explore the field’s job market through the unique lens of your own interests. Vital information on each job includes:

* The latest details on training and education
* Stories of success
* Advice on competing in hot job markets
* Tips on transforming your hobby into job skills
* Expert advice on finding and getting the job

These inspiring books let career explorers look at the job market through the unique lens of their own interests. Each book reveals dozens of ways to pursue a passion and make a living–including the training and education needed to polish hobbies and interests into satisfying careers.

Emotional intelligence is a hot topic. Proven as a leading driver of success, it’s also a hot commodity. The EQ Difference offers practical tips and suggestions for developing emotional intelligence and reaping its benefits in any work environment. The book helps professionals at all levels understand how emotions can have a profound effect on performance, values, and relationships in the workplace. The EQ Difference features:* A step-by-step process for improving emotional intelligence* Very practical workplace examples * Creative language and presentation of concepts including Letters to Leaders, excepts from performance reviews, questions to ask your “self-coach”* Methods, exercises tips, and suggestions for improving and building self-awareness about emotional intelligenceTechniques such as scanning, recognizing triggers, identifying emotional m.o.’s (modus operandi,) distinguishing emotional workviews, shifting, and a formula for redirecting emotional reactions gives the reader a completely new look at self-management.

Although firms have been sending employees on international assignments for decades, systematic understanding is sorely lacking. This volume looks at such critical aspects of the assignment process as the selection process, the training required, factors that affect adjustment, performance and commitment, and how to retain and capitalize on the international experience once employees return home.

This book is written for human resource managers and executives whose focus includes the global economy and the strategic role of people in achieving international competitiveness. It can be used as a textbook for courses in International Human Resource Management.

The expert guide to effective internal consulting
This book guides internal consultants through the steps necessary to bolster their credibility, build relationships within the organization, develop internal marketing abilities, and apply proper methodologies to their work. Alan Weiss, an experienced consultant, provides practical techniques the internal consultant, internal human resources practitioner, and any other internal change agent can use to excel at work, advance their careers, and become valued assets to their organizations. Some of the major subjects covered include setting up the proper environment for success and establishing peer-level interactions.

Transitions are a part of everyone’s life. And since the publication of Judith Viorst’s “Necessary Losses,” transitions has become and increasingly popular subject for authors.

Dotlich, Noel, and Walker in “Leadership Passages” cover thirteen common personal and professional passages (transitions) that they say make or break a leader…in fact, they can make or break any human, not just leaders. The authors based this book on their work as executives within major companies, business advisors and executive development consultants.

Passages are predictable and inevitable. Most will go through more than one. Since passages are intense, they can destroy one’s spirit. At the same time, they represent an opportunity as those who successfully navigate these difficult currents of life will experience real personal growth. And if not handled with emotional and intellectual honesty, these passages lead to danger.

The expert guide to effective internal consulting
This book guides internal consultants through the steps necessary to bolster their credibility, build relationships within the organization, develop internal marketing abilities, and apply proper methodologies to their work. Alan Weiss, an experienced consultant, provides practical techniques the internal consultant, internal human resources practitioner, and any other internal change agent can use to excel at work, advance their careers, and become valued assets to their organizations. Some of the major subjects covered include setting up the proper environment for success and establishing peer-level interactions.

“If you’re looking for a job that lets you do what you’re good at, pays you what you’re worth, read this book. “And if you want to make your dreams come true, read it over and over again.
“It takes a lifetime to learn these life lessons. But you don’t have that kind of time.
“And no one is going to teach them to you. There just aren’t that man6 good bosses around. Most of them are selfish, busy, or under the gun.
“Here’s a one-of-a-kind book that’ll teach you how to get past interviewers.
“But, that’s the half of it. It’ll also teach you the life lessons you need to succeed in business, in your career, in your life.
“When you finish reading this book, you’ll know what it takes most successful people, at least, half a lifetime to learn. Lucky you found it.”—from the book

Effective project management skills are essential to every employee in an organization from the CEO to a line manager. Here is a quick-start way to create fully comprehensive half-day to two-day programs that provide skills your learners can immediately put to use. All the tools you need are in this handy, practical guide from classroom handouts to customizable presentations.

“A refreshing “plain English” guide as to how HR people can make real strategic and operational business impact way beyond the traditional scope of the “Personnel Department”".

Robert Ingram, Vice President, Human Resources
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

“Christina”s book throws down the gauntlet to HR professionals to move knowledge management up their strategic agenda. Drawing on a breadth of examples across many sectors Christina provides us with a way into a topic that we have left on the back burner for too long.”

“This is a book to get knowledge management on HR”s strategic agenda. I particularly liked the pause for reflections.”
Chris Johnson, Director, Cedar International