Excellence in Business Communication, 10th Edition
Chapter 8. Writing Routine and Positive Messages
From an introduction to job-search strategies to details on résumé writing, you’ll find advice from career counseling professionals.
"As entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders, self-awareness is essential to your success.
"As soon as something goes wrong in our lives, we as humans tend to fall into negative thinking patterns.
These online tools (many are free) offer a variety of ways to create infographics.
The 1000-plus pages of advice in the Chicago Manual of Style for citations and other writing and formatting questions can be overwhelming, but the editors are here to help.
The FTC’s Business Center has helpful guidance on applying federal marketing regulations in a wide variety of specific situations.
"Research needs and requirements vary with each assignment, project or paper.
A handy reference tool web landing page from North Carolina State University.
From refining your goals to measuring your success, here’s how to get started.
Check out this excerpt from Work Party by Jaclyn Johnson (photo, left).
Whether you’re starting your first document or using Word’s advanced capabilities, this site can help.
"The businesses that are best loved by customers tend to be ones that make them feel smart, competent, in control.
"Thinking too much isn't just a nuisance.
"Niceness wasn’t part of the equation.
"Here's how to grow your influence, boost your impression and make a powerful impact.
Stefano Tasselli [photo, left], Martin Kilduff, and Blaine Landis provide the answers at HBR.
"How we perceive ourselves, and the internal stories we tell about who we are, will indeed shape our experiences," writes Kathy Caprino (photo, left) in a piece at Forbes.
"It’s a tough question.
"Are you a giver or a taker?
Here's a quick read on the topic by the nice people at Farnam Street.
"Movies are also a great way for leaders to learn about leadership on their own!"
"Here’s a list of my 20 favorite leadership movies, updated with links to purchase the DVD on Amazon.
"We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards?