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How to be a success at work
05 Oct 07

Each year you’ll spend on average 253 days working - that’s over 2,000 hours. So it really ought to be time well spent: time when we feel excited, challenged, fulfilled.

In partnership with The Independent, our leading imprint Prentice Hall, has brought together the very best experts on careers and work to share with you their combined wisdom in a set of comprehensive booklets that will enable you to become a high flier at work and gain the recognition you deserve.

14 free booklets with The Independent Newspaper
14 free booklets with The Independent Newspaper

The extracts in these booklets are drawn from some of our bestselling Prentice Hall titles, written by authors such as: Richard Templar, Steve McDermott, Edward de Bono, Tony Buzan and many others who lead the field in offering advice on how you can be better at work. Whether you want to upgrade your interpersonal skills, become a brilliant presenter, change your job, become a powerful leader or launch your own business, the advice in this series of booklets will help you make sure you have a career that makes you feel inspired, happy and excited about your work. You can find a full listing of the titles featured in these booklets on our Pearson Prentice Hall imprint page.

The series starts on Saturday 6 October and continues every day FREE with when you buy The Independent newspaper until Friday 19 October.

How to get ahead  Saturday 6 October 
How to network and influence others  Sunday 7 October 
How to improve the way you think   Monday 8 October 
How to build your confidence  Tuesday 9 October 
Understanding sales and marketing  Wednesday 10 October 
How to make effective presentations  Thursday 11 October 
Understanding budgets and finances  Friday 12 October 
Project management  Saturday 13 October 
The art of management  Sunday 14 October 
The art of leadership  Monday 15 October 
Creating to perfect CV  Tuesday 16 October 
Essential interview and appraisal skills  Wednesday 17 October 
How to start your own business  Thursday 18 October 
The way to a balanced life  Friday 19 October 

How well do you know yourself? What are your strong areas and what needs improving? Click here for a free interactive personality quiz, and find out what sort of worker you are.


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