Successful Office Skills Series

Creative Problem Solving

Donald H. Weiss

Amacom, New York, NY (1988)

In this book you will learn how to: Assemble an effective problem-solving group, spot the cause of a problem, challenge your situation and assumptions, plan for problems before they happen.

Getting Funded

Mary Hall

Continuing Education Publications, Portland, OR (1998)

A helpful source in writing proposals for grants.  Covers all areas, including the sciences, the arts, education, health, socials services, and many more.  Learn about helpful tricks and available soruces.

How To Be A Successful Interviewer

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, New York, NY (1988)

Good interviews are made, not born. Unfortunately, most organizations don't train their managers to interview, select, and hire for the wrong reasons and often wind up with the wrong employees. This book tells you how to do it right.

How To Deal With Difficult People

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, New York, NY (1987)

This little book will show you how to: separate out truly difficult behavior from the normal ups and downs of human behavior, and from difficult circumstances or surroundings; identify the four basic behavior patterns and determine where difficult people and you fit in; avoid provoking difficult behavior by adjusting your own behavior, motivate difficult people to want to change; conduct heart to heart talks that work.

How To Negotiate A Raise Or Promotion

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, New York, NY (1986)

Learn how to get the raise or promotion you know you deserve. Here are some step-by-step negotiating techniques that successful people use to ask for what they want-and get it.

How To Read Financial Statements

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, New York, NY (1986)

This book teaches you how to read financial statements. If you can read financial statements, you can understand what's really happening at the company you work for. You can also make smarter decisions about investing your hard-earned money. This book will give you the skills you need.

How To Write Easily And Effectively

Donald Weiss

American Management Association, New York, NY (1986)

This little book will show you how to use: proven techniques for getting your ideas down on paper; strategies for persuasive memos, letters, reports, and presentations, tips for writing clearly, forcefully, and with style. You will also learn to: develop your ideas effectively; add color, excitement, and style to your writing; get your points across - present ideas with confidence and skill; write letters, memos, and reports that hold your reader's attention.

Improve Your Reading Power

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, A Division of American Management Association, New York, NY (1988)

The "information explosion" has produced a common complaint: there is too much to read and too little time in which to read it. As a result, knowing what to read and when to read it has become an essential skill for anyone in a position of responsibility. This book not only helps you organize you reading, it also shows you when, and how, to read for on overview and when to read for depth.

Increasing Your Memory Power

Donald Weiss

AMACOM, A Division of American Management Association, New York, NY (1986)

If you stored 10 bits of information in your brain every second, after 100 years you would have used less than half its capacity! learn to tap your brain's amazing memory power with the easily mastered techniques in this book.

Winning On The Telephone

Donald H. Weiss

AMACOM, A Division of American Management Association, New York, NY (1988)

Whatever your responsibilities, there is no doubt that the telephone is your most important communication network. But are you using this valuable tool effectively? If you're like most people, you've had many phone conversations that you wish you could have handled better. This book explains how you can become a more effective speaker and listener and get your message across.