The Exceptional Professional

"Why do employers have interview meals? Because sometimes, it's like cracking open a can of crazy. Issues and character flaws that would not appear in a regular interview, suddenly surface. Relating the story, the executive recruiter said, 'I've never been so appalled and embarrassed in my life.'" The Exceptional Professional is an entertaining read, that looks at the little actions that move your career forward, in the areas of Networking, Social Media, Interviewing, Travel, Dining, Entertaining, Meetings, Speaking, Attire, Workplace Relations and more. It's full of true stories of triumphs and disasters in the world of business and non-profits. The Exceptional Professional is essential reading for new professionals and entrepreneurs and a great refresher for seasoned professionals. It's a fresh look that demonstrates that being a professional in any field is not about perfection, it's about connection.

Specific guidelines and strategies to help special educators navigate their first year! This revised edition of a bestseller helps special educators move confidently from preplanning to post-planning for the school year. Teachers will find a step-by-step management approach complete with planning checklists and other ready-to-use forms. Featuring revisions based on IDEA 2004 and NCLB, this popular reference also provides updates on: Recognized disabilities Best instructional practices Successful parent conferences Effective plans for professional learning Alternate assessments, emergencies in the school setting, education terminology, and more

Bringing together insights from industry leaders, the 100 lessons in The Exceptional Sales Career offer a complete guide to the who, why, where, when, what and how of sales.

An updated edition of the market-leading guide Subject reviews for each of the four Praxis II Education of Exceptional Students tests covered in the book 6 model practice tests: two 0353 practice tests; two 0542 practice tests; one 0382 practice test; and one 0544 practice test

A quick guide for professionals on how to navigate the peculiarities of stand-alone jobs and achieve exceptional performance in those jobs.In chapter one, I try to clarify what I mean by stand-alone with some guidance on how you can tell if a job is stand-alone. Chapter two explores the context of a number of work situations. In Chapters three to eight, I explore a number of key ideas for exceptional performance in your job. In Chapter nine, I provide two short fiction cases just to showcase situations that you can relate with and hopefully these help to facilitate the transfer of information picked from this book into actual practise at work for you. In the tenth and last Chapter, I close with a call to action from you. I do acknowledge that career decision making is not as simple as we would like it to be. My intention is not to trivialise the complex interplay of factors that underpin your career decision making process but rather to highlight some opportunities that you can take advantage of whilst working in this sort of jobs. As you reflect on the insights from this book, I hope you get more clarity on how to take targeted steps towards attaining outstanding performance on your job and building an exceptional career for yourself.

Professionals face many critical crossroads in their careers, sometimes unpredictable, sometimes more expected, but for which they were often not truly prepared. This book discusses many such career transitions - from leaving a corporation to joining a non-profit, evolving from athlete to executive, or returning to a former employer. Using the stories of 50 leaders from all over the world, the authors describe what provokes the change, the challenges it creates, how the individual is surviving the transition, and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from it. Disrupt Your Career offers a simple, easy-to-use framework to help make the most of any uncharted transition. Drawing on examples of a wide range of companies, it also provides recommendations to help organizations better acquire, develop and retain talent.