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Prove It Before You Promote It
January 06, 2009 How to Take Guesswork Out of Marketing (Wiley; $24.95)


Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint
December 31, 2008 How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas (Crown Business; $21.95)


Winners Never Cheat
December 29, 2008 Even in Difficult Times (Wharton School Publishing; $21.99)


Answering the Ultimate Question
December 25, 2008 How Net Promoter Can Transform Your Business (Jossey-Bass; $29.95)


Roadmap to Success
December 22, 2008 America's Top Intellectual Minds Map Out Successful Business Strategies (Paperback; $19.95)



Spark Sales With Incentives
September 15, 2008 Sales Blazers is a book that could only come from someone who understands the incentive and motivation industry inside and out. And, indeed, it has.


Beyond HR
June 20, 2008 The New Science of Human Capital (Harvard Business School Press, $35)


Beyond Bullsh*t
June 09, 2008 Straight Talk at Work (Stanford Business Books, $24.95)


Why Dogs Wag Their Tails
June 02, 2008 Lessons Leaders Can Learn About Work, Joy, and Life (W Business Books, $19.95)


Deciding Who Leads
May 23, 2008 How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, and Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent (Davies-Black Publishing, $27.95)



Book Excerpts
Last Word: Can You Be Specific About Recognition?
December 30, 2008 Can we get specific about recognition, please? This simple secret will make you a pro in giving thanks and praise the Real Recognition way.


Spark a Performance Pursuit
December 18, 2008 To spark a performance pursuit does not require that you add even more hours to your already overloaded schedule. Instead, it replaces trivial conversations en route, at lunch or during one-on-one meetings with meaningful, enlightening inquiries into the other person's ambitions.


Last Word: Sticky Wisdom Freshness
December 01, 2008 There is a very simple law in operation here, the first law of creativity—the quality and uniqueness of stimulus in has a direct impact on the quality and uniqueness of ideas out.


Road Warriors: Is Sales Really a Profession?
November 26, 2008 It's time to blow that old sales stereotype out of the water.


The Leadership PATH: Find a Better Top Line
November 12, 2008 Authors Ulrich Herter and Spider Lockhart share a little about their book, "On Selling Management: The PATH to a Better Top Line," and their take on sales management.



Book Q & A
Would Your Employees Pass the Passion Test?
November 14, 2008 Not enough passion in your organization? It's costing you. See if your emploees—or you—make the mark when it comes to total motivation.


Spark Sales With Incentives
September 15, 2008 Sales Blazers is a book that could only come from someone who understands the incentive and motivation industry inside and out. And, indeed, it has.


Incentive Interview: Russ Edelman
September 09, 2008 CEO and strategist Russ Edelman compares being "overly nice" with being "effectively nice," and explains how to succeed in business without being a jerk


Motivate Your Sales Team Through the Obstacles
July 30, 2008 O.C. Tanner Director Mark Cook, author of Sales Blazers, discusses what it takes to be a leader in sales.


Incentive Interview: Dan Ariely Rationalizes the Irrational
July 07, 2008 You're invited to a friend's house for dinner. Being the gracious guest you are, you bring a lovely bottle of wine. Let's say you up the ante a bit and bring that same lovely bottle of wine plus a monetary gift. An even more gracious gesture?



Sales Incentive Programs - Sales Marketing Management Skills - Employee Motivation Articles