Software Development Career

Business owners and managers are under increasing pressure to perform. Never has there been a better time to practice good people motivation and management techniques. Lack of employment security and flexible working contracts have reduced the level of loyalty, so more emphasis needs to be placed on building positive relationships with people. Traditional carrot-and-stick management techniques no longer work.

Communicating effectively should be the simplest thing in the world, we talk and listen: or do we? And is that all there is to it? This audiobook shows you: how to read, interpret and use body language; how to open, structure, and close conversations; how to influence people; how to get on someone's wavelength; how to recognise, understand and relate to different personalities; how men break the ice and women open conversations; what he says and what she says: the different ways men and women talk; how to deal with criticism; and how to handle difficult people and situations.

The world is moving towards trillions of connected devices that in a few years will be not smartphones, but virtually anything - most of which has never been connected before. This connecting the unconnected will enable the Internet of Things - the rise of which is both exciting and confusing. The authors evaluate the opportunities that emerge as a result of the Internet of Things focusing on the impact to individuals, industries and societies.