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Practical information for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.

In How to Speak How to Listen, Adler explains the fundamental principles of communicating through speech, with sections on such specialized presentations as the sales talk, the lecture, and question-and-answer sessions and advice on effective listening and learning by discussion.

Get How to Speak How to Listen (Paperback) by Mortimer J. Adler and other business books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers.

NAMED ONE OF THE ALL-TIME 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS BY TIME

Get What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (Paperback) by Richard N. Bolles and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

This title offers tips on everything from sitting down for a job review with your boss, to speaking before a courtroom. A comprehensive guide to improved communication skills, "Speak with Power and Confidence" offers tips on everything from preparing for a speaking engagement, to sitting down for a job review with your boss, to speaking before a courtroom, with the media or in a job interview.

Get Speak with Power and Confidence: Tested Ideas For Becoming a More Powerful Communicator (Mass Market) by Patrick Collins and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

This book will introduce you to the Pivot Method and show you how to to take small, smart steps to move in a new direction now and throughout your entire career. If change is the only constant, let's get better at it. Your career success and satisfaction depends on your ability to navigate change well and this book can help you do so.

Get Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One (Paperback) by Jenny Blake and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

You work hard and turn in flawless reports, you stay late and kiss up to all the right people, and you still aren't getting promoted. What gives Well, you're clearly screwing something up, and it's time you find out what it is.

It's frustrating. You're the first one in and the last one out. You're working your butt off. But still, you have to watch other coworkers get promoted into shiny new titles, while you're stuck in the same position you've been in for the last five years. Chances are it's not about what you're doing right-it's about what you're doing wrong.

Get How Not to Get Promoted: Fix the Self-Sabotaging Behaviors Holding You Back (Hardcover) by Emily Kumler and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

The bible for debaters and their coaches. Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions.

Get Competitive Debate: The Official Guide (Paperback) by Richard E. Edwards and other career books online at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

How does a self-described “extreme introvert” thrive in a world where extroverts are rewarded and social institutions are set up in their favor? Using her extraordinary personal story as a “case study of one,” author Jill Chang shows that introverts hold tremendous untapped potential for success.

Ge tQuiet Is a Superpower: The Secret Strengths of Introverts in the Workplace (Paperback) by Jill Chang and other business books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

A guide to building a learning culture that can sustain careers—and companies—for decades, from a top executive at Udemy, the world’s largest online education platform.

In The Upskilling Imperative, Shelley Osborne shows why the old model of front-loading education at higher-ed institutions—and then occasionally herding employees into seminar rooms—is no longer enough. She reveals the five main components of a learning culture and details strategies every organization can implement to build learning as a core competency to drive business performance. 

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Whether you’re a seasoned professional in search of a career change or a beginner just entering the working world, you want to make the right choices from the beginning. No matter where you are in your journey, if you want work to be more of a dance than a drag, The Pathfinder will expertly coach you through the process of designing a career you will love.

Get Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, Revised Updated Ed. (Paperback) by Nicholas Lore and other Career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

How to give a world-class presentation—based on the wildly popular TED Talks

The first TED Talks-based guide showing business professionals how to give the presentation "of their lives"

A nonprofit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading, TED invited leaders in technology, entertainment, and design to an annual conference and challenged them to give the “talk of their lives.” Its popularity gave rise to numerous independently organized TEDx events globally. Today, more than 14,000 talks on nearly every topic imaginable are available online.

Get How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded New Edition (Paperback) by Jeremey Donovan and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

Business presentations could be simpler, more engaging and so much more effective, and our business lives so much more rewarding if we remember to restore the emotional power of storytelling. In an age that is Data Rich but Insight-Poor and when most people in the world of business find themselves caught up in a system of numbers and spread sheets, this book shows that the time has come to restore the lost art of storytelling; to put the "author" back in "authority"; to write less and think more. Through a simple step-by step approach, the author shows that we need to change how we communicate in our day-to-day lives, and that if we revert to our inherent role as storytellers we are more likely to be both more effective and productive, and a lot less frustrated into the bargain.

Get The Storytelling Book: Finding the Golden Thread in Your Communications (Hardcover) by Anthony Tasgal and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

In The Skills, award-winning broadcaster Mishal Husain inspires, champions, and encourages women to make their ambitions a reality by focusing on practical skills that make a difference.

Gathering together advice for women of all ages, whether they are new graduates, working mothers, or simply seeking a career change. Drawing on Mishal’s experience, interviews, and experts and inspirational figures such as Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai, The Skills will guide women in honing the abilities they need to thrive in whatever field they choose.

Get The Skills: From First Job to Dream Job―What Every Woman Needs to Know (Hardcover) by Mishal Husain and other career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

From renowned trial attorney and New York Times bestselling author Gerry Spence: a must own book for every lawyer and business professional seeking to make cutting-edge winning presentations--in court, at work, everywhere, any time

Gerry Spence is perhaps America's most renowned and successful trial lawyer, a man known for his deep convictions and his powerful courtroom presentations when he argues on behalf of ordinary people.

In Win Your Case, Spence shares a lifetime of experience teaching you how to win in any arena-the courtroom, the boardroom, the sales call, the salary review, the town council meeting-every venue where a case is to be made against adversaries who oppose the justice you seek.

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To succeed at work, first you need to understand your own brain

Integrating the latest research with engaging stories and examples from across the professional spectrum, Bring Your Brain to Work gets inside your head, helping you to succeed through a better understanding of yourself and those around you.

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"After graduation, the real world can be an intimidating and foreign place for college graduates. Sure, they’ve spent the past four years cramming for exams, writing essays, and reading books, but they did so in the twentysomething bubble of their college campuses. This guide fixes these problems by covering everything the recent grad needs to know in order to get in and get ahead in corporate life.

Get Working World 101: The New Grad's Guide to Getting a Job (Paperback) by Bridget Graham and other business career books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.

Every group that executive coach Steve Arneson speaks to has the same question: what does my boss want? Even a good boss can be hard to read, but many people have difficult bosses. Many bosses aren’t clear about their expectations, act in seemingly inexplicable ways, and suggest motives that appear to have nothing to do with helping you achieve your career goals. 

Get What Your Boss Really Wants from You: 15 Insights to Improve Your Relationship (Paperback) by Steve Arneson and other Business books online and at Fully Booked bookstore branches in the Philippines.