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The Non-Obvious Guide to Working Remotely: Being Productive Without Getting Distracted, Lonely or Bored by Rohit Bhargava

Winner
Business: Reference
2022 Best Book Awards

An all new updated 2021 edition of the popular original guide to working from home and adjusting to virtual work featuring the best tips and advice from more than 50 top experts.

Most books on remote work repeat the same tired advice about being productive while wearing sweatpants. The advice in this book is different. Award winning author Rohit Bhargava reveals the secrets of remote work by curating advice from the experts.

In this book, you’ll learn:

• Why trying to recreate a “home studio” for presentations is overrated.
• How you can build powerful relationships with people you’ve never met.
• The seven rules of virtual meetings that everyone should know.
• How to look and sound amazing on video, without spending a fortune.

Most guides to virtual work pretend like it is better than being face-to-face. It usually isn’t. But in today’s business world, there are many reasons you need to work remotely or do virtual meetings, from taking parental leave to navigating a global health pandemic.

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FIRED! Protect Your Rights & FIGHT BACK If You're Terminated, Laid Off, Downsized, Restructured, Forced to Resign or Quit by Steven Mitchell Sack

Winner
Law
2022 Best Book Awards

Finalist
Business: Reference
2022 Best Book Awards

In FIRED! nationally known workplace attorney Steven Mitchell Sack (The Employee's Lawyer®) has created a first-aid kit for surviving a firing. With over 41 years experience, Mr. Sack gives you the information and power you need to fight back, cut a deal, stand up for your rights, and land firmly on your feet.

Complete with up-to-date sample forms, letters and legal documents, FIRED! tells you in clear language what to do, what to ask for and insist on, and how to protect your rights if you are let go or forced to resign, feel you have been unfairly or illegally fired, exploited in any way or quit. The book will not only save you money and increase your termination benefits, it will also save you time and your sanity so you can get on with your life.

Don't let your bosses catch you unprepared. With this book you have Steven Mitchell Sack, The Employee’s Lawyer®, always on call to give you the professional edge. Know your job rights and fight back if you are FIRED!

Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere by Henry Kurkowski

Finalist
Business: Reference
2022 Best Book Awards

Your small business survival guide for the remote work environment

In Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere, experienced SaaS and telecommunications entrepreneur Henry Kurkowski delivers a step-by-step walkthrough for using SaaS technology and communication apps to power your small business from anywhere on the planet.

You'll learn how to capitalize on the ability to hire a geographically distributed workforce and excel at serving clients at a distance. You'll also discover why and how you need to alter your approach to management and spot the common pitfalls that litter the way to a truly distributed business.

This important book includes:

• Valuable case studies of businesses that embraced the reality of remote working during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and cautionary tales of unexpected challenges that arose during the transition.
• Discussions of how to incorporate remote workers into efficient workflows to increase your business' productivity
• Explorations of how to support your employees when you can't just pop into their office

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