Davies-Black Publishing

Bookwatch, The, July, 2005

Davies-Black Publishing

1055 Joaquin Road, #200, Mountain View, CA 94043

www.daviesblack.com

Two excellent titles cover clues to advancing career goals and are recommended picks for any who would bring new ideas into play. Helen Harkness' Capitalizing On Career Chaos: Bringing Creativity And Purpose To Your Life And Work (0891062092, $18.95) advocates two basic steps and shows how to achieve them: looking inward to connect with real needs, then looking outward to match core instincts and talents to workplace realities. Chapters cover the basics of how to redesign a career by pinpointing important strengths and using them appropriately. Lacey T. Smith's Get It! Street Smart Negotiation At Work (0891062076, $18.95) is also a winner, offering insights and tactics for successful business negotiation. From formal to informal negotiation, Smith shows that when emotions are factored into the process, the results improve. Chapters are devoted to identifying the heart of this process which brings emotions into play, using over sixty 'lessons from the street' to provide examples of positive resolution and negotiation techniques.