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Authors Dowling and Mielenz provide their readers with a step-by-step practical approach to mentoring that combines successful management methods with down-to-earth parenting practices. This thoughtful and insightful guide teaches how to build respectful, collaborative relationships at work and at home.
Customer Reviews:
Mentor Manager, Mentor Parent.......2004-07-18
Overall, the book is an easy, good read for anyone interested in improving their communication skills and relationships in general, both at home and in the work place. The authors provide a revealing self-test at the start of the book as well as worksheets throughout. (Hint, hold onto your answers from the self-test as you will use them throughout the other chapters in the book)!
The authors describe four control styles or personality types. Don't be surprised if your style at home and at work differ. Once you know your style, you can glean the advice and suggestions that apply to you personally. The book does not speak condescendingly to any particular group, in fact, it is as the title suggests, in mentors and encourages and even provides worksheets for practice (pssst....no one has to see your worksheets but you)!
It will help to reveal your strengths and weaknesses and better equip you to resolve conflict both on a personal and professional level. Of course, taking into consideration the emotions and values of both parties involved in the communication process. Whether intended or not, it seems as though the underlying principle involved is the value of each person as an individual, their beliefs and their emotions. We have no control over the emotions as they arise, but we do to some degree have control as to how we deal with them and how we deal with our emotions affects others.
Although the authors coin the term "control style," the book does not promote controlling behavior in a negative sense. Rather, it promotes a mentoring behavior that preserves the relationship, nurturing the relationship and the individual.
The book takes you from the place of identifying your values and relating them to the child or employee. Once that has been established, you eventually work up to the point of letting go. The passing of ownership of choices, decisions and responsiblity of actions to the child or employee, whatever the case may be. That is the goal of the book, to produce responsible, self-directed persons while preserving your relationship in the process.
Overall, I liked the book and the motivational style in which it was written. If I had any dislikes, it would have been some of the real life scenario's and the seemingly perfect endings. One begins to think, this is too good to be true. But those thoughts are quickly diminished as you read further along in the book to find that not every scenario is a win-win.
I would recommend this book for personal and professional use. It is not often you find a book with universal principles that can be applied to all aspects of your life.
Great book!.......2002-10-10
Combines management tips with proven parenting advice that I can use at home and at work.
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Written for those who want to break away from rigid schedules, unappreciative bosses, and soul-sapping commutes, this book puts prospective Internet entrepreneurs on the road to success by offering an analysis of Internet mechanics and commerce and providing profiles of successful Internet businesses. Containing more than just technical information, this manual also helps the entrepreneur prioritize business goals and evaluate comfortable levels of risk, ensuring that the chosen business matches the aspirations of the entrepreneur. Each of the 101 business profiles includes promotion techniques for helping these start-ups get on the road to success, and a password for access to the companion website is provided.
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Written for those who want to break away from rigid schedules, unappreciative bosses, and soul-sapping commutes, this book will put prospective Internet entrepreneurs on the road to success. The basics of Internet mechanics and commerce are analyzed and followed by examinations of successful Internet businesses. Providing more than just technical information, this manual is also a guide to prioritizing what the entrepreneur wants to get out of the business and determining what level of risk is comfortable. This method ensures that the business chosen will match the goals and aspirations of the entrepreneur. Each of the 101 business profiles includes promotion techniques to help these start-ups get on the road to success.
Customer Reviews:
Book is O.K........2007-06-11
This book was O.K. There were many ideas to choose from but only a few good ones. Plus, there isn't much information on each business. You could find more ideas and a lot more information for free on the Internet.
outdated.......2007-03-30
Book is now outdated. Is a good reference or starting point for the novice. Good introduction to where things have come from... Things have changed quite a bit since publication as they tend to do on the net.
101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home.......2005-10-12
Waste of Money...Don't buy this book its completly outdated and not a single business in 101 business listing is practical in today's life
More comprehensive than similar titles........2002-06-20
If you've ever dreamed of owning your own business but don't want to be tied down to a brick and mortar building, then this is the book for you. Starting an Internet business could not be easier with the help of the information provided. The book starts with interview information from three successful Internet businesses and then follows that with how to get your point across, the various formats for a storefront, required features of the successful storefront, payment options, and levels of e-business. From there it moves to helping determine what is important to you and how to use that to find the right business for you. From there it moves to the profiles of successful businesses. These profiles are complete with how to market the business, startup costs, skills needed, online examples, etc. It finally concludes with information on how to build your site, get it submitted to search engines, e-mail marketing, using links and pretty much just about everything that you need to know in order to get the business up and running.
Susan Sweeney, the owner of an international Internet firm, has produced a very thorough and easy to understand book. Probably the best book available today on starting an Internet business from scratch, it is a highly recommended read.
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Your step-by-step guide to successful spinouts. With 16 illustrative case studies and contributions from over 30 industry experts from around the world. This book ensures you are armed with the knowledge to finance and build a successful university spinout.
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Make Consulting Your Dream Job-On Your Own Terms
When you start your own consulting business, you can be your own boss, set your own hours-and make big profits! But that only happens if you're truly prepared. Are you familiar with the biggest consulting myths? Do you know the 12 success factors for consultants? Have you ever owned your own business before? How to Build a Successful Consulting Practice has all these answers and more-distilled by consulting guru Jack Phillips from years spent researching and reviewing successful firms that are still in business today. This essential volume shows how to:
- Develop a bulletproof business plan
- Find and keep clients for life
- Build your brand with magnetic marketing strategies
- Write spot-on proposals
- Use the Internet as a secret weapon
- Become a charismatic public speaker
- Avoid financial, legal, and ethical pitfalls
- Adjust to a new work life
Customer Reviews:
Too basic.......2007-05-01
So much of the information in here is so basic or just no-brainers, and all these silly checklists that fill up the pages - such as a whole section on what to get for your office (including a desk chair!-well, duh.). A serious consultant should be smart enough to know much of the information themselves, or they shouldn't be consulting. There are much better books out there.
Good Overview of the Business of Consulting.......2006-12-12
The book provides a good collection of current consulting references and resources in one easy to navigate package. For the person new to consulting it is a great resource. For experienced consultants looking for new or innovative ideas for your practice this is not the best source.
Practical and realistic .......2006-12-10
This is the most practical and realistic book on consulting I've read. I've owned two consulting practices and have learned through trial and error what works and what doesn't. Save yourself the time (and financial heartache) of experimentation and follow the recommendations outlined by Phillips. The section on ROI is particularly useful as most consultants fail to demonstrate their value to the client. Phillips offers an ROI methodology that ensures success, credibility and a sustainable consulting business.
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The Woman Lawyer's Rainmaking Game: How to Build a Successful Law Practice discusses the process required to develop an individual marketing and sales plan and teaches the steps for building business from initiating contact with the market through closing the business and obtaining new engagements.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Rainmaking Resource.......2007-01-30
Silvia Coulter has written an invaluable guide to rainmaking for women lawyers: an action-oriented guide that demystifies the rainmaking process and simultaneously creates essential tools to navigate the rainmaking process successfully.
Ms. Coulter has created a user-friendly book with a list of highlights for each chapter, specific tools at each step of the process, and concrete examples to clarify points. Through this step-by-step approach and the many insider tips and examples, the author has created a road map to successful business development that both inspires and instructs.
For example, in the chapter on developing an individual marketing plan, she goes beyond the standard emphasis on identifying your target niche, by showing the reader how to identify referral sources serving the same market, as well as associations and industry publications within the target market that can serve as fruitful sources of writing and speaking opportunities.
Ms. Coulter has written a highly readable book filled with information that only an experienced and successful practitioner could impart. It is an important book for those who are new to business development and to experienced rainmakers as well. This book should be required reading for anyone who needs to understand and master the art of rainmaking.
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"The complexity of business in economically demanding times makes finding constructive angels that much more challenging. The advice and tips in Attracting Capital from Angels are, therefore, invaluable. The wisdom offered here is not just for start-ups or neophytes, but is a well-timed companion to already existing resources and approaches to helping a business in all phases of development. It's also a great manual for people who want to share their knowledge (and invest capital) as an angel. I plan to recommend Attracting Capital from Angels to every entrepreneur I run into in the future who asks for mentoring sources. Great job!"
—Bob Bozeman, General Partner, Angel Investors, LP
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
This book offers all the information entrepreneurs need for finding elusive angel investors. Comprehensive, eminently readable, and based on the authors' years of experience dealing with venture capital firms, angels, and entrepreneurs, this book covers all the angles on angels:
- What are angels and what do they want?
- Different types of angels
- Pitching and preparing for angels
- Finding angels
- Working with angels
- The future of angel investing
Attracting Capital from Angels is the ultimate guide to finding the money your business needs to get on its feet-and make a run at success.
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous resource for entrepreneurs.......2005-08-04
How to find angel investors, how to approach them, what they look for, why they invest - it's all here. Not just one person's opinion, "Attracting Capital" is based on solid research and interviews with over 30 accredited investors. If you only buy one book on angel investors, make sure it's this one.
A complete waste of time and money. .......2005-01-23
I am planning a new business, and payed for this book, along with express shipping, since it is very topical. I feel cheated since the book is completely worthless. My only consolation is writing this review.
There is not enough information in this book to make a newspaper article. Aside from very short interviews with Angels that are scattered randomly among the pages, the book consists of constant repitition of a few very simple ideas:
1. Angels invest their own money, VC invest other peoples
2. Some Angels may be able to help you with your business. Some may not.
3. Don't waste potential investors time, make sure your business plan is short and reasonable.
Thats the whole book. Many other reviewers (who signed themselves "A Reader") praised this book. I have to question their impartiality.
If you are planning a new business and looking for investors, I can offer you some free and valuable advice. Don't waste your time reading this book.
Attracting Capital from Angels is invaluable........2003-04-21
"The complexity of business in economically demanding times makes finding constructive angels that much more challenging. The advice and tips in Attracting Capital from Angels are, therefore, invaluable. The wisdom offered here is not just for start-ups or neophytes, but is a well-timed companion to already existing resources and approaches to helping a business in all phases of development. It's also a great manual for people who want to share their knowledge (and invest capital) as an angel. I plan to recommend Attracting Capital from Angels to every entrepreneur I run into in the future who asks for mentoring sources. Great job!" (Bob Bozeman, General Partner, Angel Investors, LP)
Anecdote collection that lacks depth.......2003-02-25
I would recommend this book only to the complete novice to angel and venture investing. I was hoping for more details regarding the angel investing process. One thing it teaches, though, is that angel investors are much less sophisticated and organized than professional venture capitalists (the way I understood it). What it feels like is a collection of experiences with the interpretation left mostly to the reader. Great if that's what you're looking for.
Fresh and original...a must read on an important topic.......2002-08-24
A real gem! In over 35 years as a serial entrepreneur, investment banker and angel investor, I've come across dozens of books addressing various aspects of raising money, writing a business plan and/or finding investors. Most rehash existing theories and consolidate existing sources of research and advice on the topic. Brian and Dee have done a remarkable job of gathering fresh information through direct interviews, original essays and new surveys. The result is a truly enlightening, useful and very readable work which should become The Bible for anyone thinking of starting a business, financing an existing one, or investing as an angel themselves.
A must read even for someone just interested in learning more about Angel Investing, a little known area of our economy which just happens to be one of the most powerful drivers of our free enterprise system.
Bob Geras,
President
LaSalle Investments Incorporated
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Praise for The Successful Leadership Development Program
"Byrne and Rees share their direct experience to provide a highly practical guide for organizations seeking more self-managed approaches to learning in leadership development programs. It will stimulate and encourage all concerned who ask how they can better align the learning needs of individual leaders with those of their organization."
--J. Herman Gilligan, principal, GC International Consulting Group
"I have seen the results of the process outlined in this book and have found them to be very powerful and effective. This is a must read and a great guide for anyone responsible for leadership development in an organization."
--Marchita Marino, senior vice president, human resources, Wuesthoff Health System, Inc.
"Everyone concerned with growing leaders must read this book. The mapping out of a set of practices for leadership development is the most results-oriented that I have read about in decades. Every possible detail is addressed."
--Robert C. Preziosi, director, Leadership Impact Lab, Nova Southeastern University
"This is a unique book essential to any leader or potential leader responsible for bottom-line performance. An experienced based how-to book, the reader will learn how to prepare, obtain approval, and implement a program that will develop leaders and thereby improve and maintain financial performance."
--Allen C. Minor, financial consultant; and adjunct professor, department of health administration and human resources, University of Scranton
Customer Reviews:
Very user-friendly and educational.......2005-11-20
Mr. Fombrun is the reputation expert. In this book he and Mr. Van Riel do a great job of ilustrating corporate reputation in simple and clear terms. The use of graphs, examples, metrics, and references to other authors makes the content very credible and useful. This book serves as a guide for quickly applying the concepts of reputation to any organization. It's very easy to read. Don't expect deepness, it's more of a excellent introductory text for those unfamiliar with the topic of corporate reputation.
What Your CEO Needs to Know!.......2003-10-04
Finally something I can use to convince my CEO that reputations can and should be managed! The book provides a comprehensive overview of the critical success factors of reputation management and discusses a number of interesting case studies to underline key points. Though its a complex subject the book reads pretty easy and I could relate most of it to my daily work as a communications professional. To me, the bottom line is I can now start a discussion in my firm about the need for managing reputation and use solid arguments based on both research and other companies' best practice. It seems that being able to explain what drives reputation and who should be involved in managing it is half the work...
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From the Introduction:
""In the next few years the retail market will change dramatically. In order to survive, a store will have to become its own brand. A strong brand can differentiate a store from competition. The emotional differences between retail brands will therefore become more and more important.""
Most retailers' revenue and profit comes from the selling of many of the same brands offered by their competitors. In order to stand out from the competition, retailers need to become brands themselves. Meeting this challenge will ensure differentiation.
Ko Floor offers strategies to build a brand identity by positioning on price, convenience and store experience and he explores brand personality and brand communication. He offers examples from an extensive body of retail brands, from Wal-Mart to IKEA, Home Depot, Amazon and Starbucks.
Customer Reviews:
Best book so far on retail branding!.......2007-03-21
Every retailer in the world is finding out that product and price are no longer enough to differentiate. Connecting emotionally with the customer is the key to success: branding a store can build this emotional connection. Good book. Very interesting case studies. Recommended!
Branding a Store is a "must-read" especially for retail marketers big and small........2006-12-09
Author Ko Floor applies his nearly forty years of retail experience in Branding a Store, a guide to the core competency of developing and differentiating retail brand identities. Chapters instruct the reader in retail brand positioning, differentiating brand personality, retail brand communications, the four different types of consumer shopping (speedy, low-cost replenishment shopping, solution-driven shopping, self-expression shopping, and sense of discovery shopping), forecasts for the future (such as his prediction that each retail sector will become dominated by two or three megabrands), and much more. Written in straightforward, no-nonsense language, Branding a Store is a "must-read" especially for retail marketers big and small.
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