Audiobooks by Peter Economy

Building Your Custom Home For Dummies: 2nd Edition

Build a place you'll love to come home to Why settle for a house that looks like every other one in the neighborhood? With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies, you can design and build the home of your dreams. From brainstorming must-have features to hanging a wreath on the front door, this book walks you through what you need to know from start to finish. Get savvy on purchasing property, securing financing, and raising the walls that will become the setting for life's next chapter. If you can imagine it, you can build it! In this book, you'll learn how to locate your ideal building site; hire an architecture and contracting team you can trust; finance smoothly and manage your construction budget; discover new green building techniques; oversee construction from A to Z; and furnish, landscape, and maintain your property.

Anne Mary Ciminelli, Janice Brewster Weiser, Kevin Daum, Peter Economy (Author), Mike Chamberlain (Narrator)

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Wait, I'm Working With Who?!?: The Essential Guide to Dealing with Difficult Coworkers, Annoying Man

This is the go-to guide on working with anyone in your office―from the difficult or negative to the toxic and destructive―whether they are your manager, a team member, or someone who’s just waiting out the clock. Chock-full of useful advice that will make your workday happier and more productive. Who hasn’t had to deal with a jerk at work? Whether it’s a toxic team member who loves nothing more than to suck the life and excitement out of her colleagues, the difficult coworker who isn’t happy unless the office is filled with mayhem and drama, or a bad boss who causes his employees to constantly dream of telling him to “Take this job and shove it!”, we’ve all had to deal with people on the job we would rather not. Wait, I’m Working with Who?!? is the essential guide to identifying and dealing with jerks at work, including bad bosses, troublemaking coworkers, lazy and time-sucking team members, and toxic people of all sorts. This book covers the negative impact that problematic coworkers have on the workplace―lost productivity, high turnover, a company culture of ambivalence or defeat―and catalogs 16 specific species. It then goes on to share detailed steps for dealing with these characters―whether you’re an employee or a manager. The information and strategies in these chapters will be immediately actionable and profoundly helpful. Based on proven approaches and the latest research and advice of workplace experts, Wait, I’m Working with Who?!? provides readers with concrete, unambiguous advice on how to deal with and neutralize the negative people in their work lives.

Peter Economy (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Wait, I'm the Boss?!?: The Essential Guide for New Managers to Succeed from Day One

Your management mentor in book! This is the go-to guide on making good decisions, helping teams work together, dealing with people problems, and achieving goals when you're newly in charge or looking to brush up on your leadership skills. Wait, I'm the Boss?!? is chock-full of useful information, tips, and checklists that can be used by anyone who aspires to become a skilled manager. While it’s written with the new manager in mind, it can also serve as a useful refresher for any manager, no matter how experienced he or she may be. With this book in their hands, new managers will always know where they are going―no matter where they are. This much-needed, helpful guide explores the fundamental skills that every new manager needs to understand, practice, and master. These fundamental skills include: - Building teams and teamwork - Creating a fun and effective organizational culture - Rewarding and motivating employees - Leading organizational change - Learning how to hire great employees - Coaching and mentoring - Delegation - Communicating effectively - Dealing with layoffs and terminations Whether you’re in your first management position, are an experienced leader, or are hoping for a promotion, Wait, I'm the Boss?!? will be the mentor you need.

Peter Economy (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Managing For Dummies

The fast and easy way to learn how to manage people, projects, and teams. Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible. Managing For Dummies, 3rd Edition is perfect for all levels of managers. This clearly written, easy-to-understand guide gives you practical advice on the most important aspects of managing, such as delegating as opposed to ordering, improving employees' performances, getting your message across, understanding ethics and office policies, team building and collaboration, and much more. Managing in today's lightning-speed business world requires that you have the latest information and techniques for getting the job done. Managing For Dummies, 3rd Edition provides you with straightforward advice and up-to-the-minute strategies for dealing with anything that comes your way.

Bob Nelson Phd, Bob Nelson, Ph.D., Bob Nelson, Phd, Peter Economy (Author), Timothy Andrés Pabon (Narrator)

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Complete MBA For Dummies: 2nd Edition

Want to get an MBA? The Complete MBA For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the practical, plain-English guide that covers all the basics of a top-notch MBA program, helping you to navigate today's most innovative business strategies. From management to entrepreneurship to strategic planning, you'll understand the hottest trends and get the latest techniques for motivating employees, building global partnerships, managing risk, and manufacturing. This fun, easy-to-access guide is full of useful information, tips, and checklists that will help you lead, manage, or participate in any business at a high level of competence. You'll find out how to use databases to your advantage, recognize and reward your employees, analyze financial statements, and understand the challenges of strategic planning in a global business environment. You'll also learn the basic principals of accounting, get a grip on the concepts behind stocks and bonds, and find out how technology has revolutionized everything from manufacturing to marketing. Discover how to: Know and respond to your customers' needs Handle budgets and forecasts Recruit and retain top people Establish and run employee teams Use Sarbanes-Oxley to your company's advantage Negotiate with the best of them Build long-term relationships with clients Avoid common managerial mistakes Improve cash flow Market your products and services Make the most of your advertising dollar Once you know what an MBA knows, the sky's the limit. Listen to The Complete MBA For Dummies, 2nd Edition, and watch your career take off!

Kathleen Allen Phd, Kathleen Allen, Ph.D., Kathleen Allen, Phd, Peter Economy (Author), Steven Jay Cohen (Narrator)

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