Apr 11

It’s Official! Defusing Hostile Customers Workbook Now Available

Pleased to announce the general availability of the Third Edition of Defusing Hostile Customers Workbook (Public Sector). We tightend up the writing, cut down on pages, added strategies for using social media, and speaking to hostile groups, and even prettied it up.

It’s available on amazon.com using the link below. We’ll probably be selling it direct but not for a few weeks, and the electronic version will also be available in the next week or two. I’ll try to post the table of contents for you.

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Apr 11

Preface To the Second Edition of Perfect Phrases For Performance Reviews

Later this year McGraw-Hill will be publishing the second edition of Perfect Phrases For Performance Reviews. It’s a bit of a departure from the first edition and the other books that we compete with, so I felt it was a good time to share the preface to the new book. I’d be interested in comments, since the book is not complete yet.

The Most Important Preface You Will Ever Read

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