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Build the skills that drive effective leadership, communication, and collaboration with one practical, structured resource.

Emotional Intelligence Essentials is a research-based guide to understanding and applying emotional intelligence in professional and everyday settings. Designed for managers, leaders, coaches, educators, and professionals at all stages, this book shows how emotions shape behavior, decision-making, communication, leadership, teamwork, and performance.

Whether your goal is to strengthen leadership skills, improve workplace communication, or enhance interpersonal effectiveness, this guide provides clear, actionable strategies for developing emotional intelligence competencies that deliver real impact.

The book takes you through the full spectrum of emotional intelligence—how it is defined, measured, and developed, and how it influences leadership, stress response, and workplace relationships. Each chapter includes a summary and quiz, while case studies with discussion questions help translate concepts into practice.

To support continued learning, readers also gain access to online resources, including communication exercises, self-assessment tools, reflection journal templates, and stress management worksheets designed for emotional intelligence training and real-world application.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Improve communication and active listening skills
• Manage stress and emotional responses effectively
• Resolve conflict with confidence and empathy
• Build trust, collaboration, and engagement within teams

Part of Vibrant Publishers’ Self-Learning Management Series, Emotional Intelligence Essentials provides a structured, practical roadmap for building one of the most important skills for success in today’s interconnected workplace.

Practical Six Sigma Guide for Beginners that Delivers Results

Six Sigma is one of the most powerful process improvement methodologies globally—and often misunderstood. It’s commonly taught through dense statistical manuals, surface-level certification guides, or slide decks filled with acronyms and lacking depth. Six Sigma Essentials adopts a completely different approach.

Written by Priyank Awasthi, a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with 18 years of experience across IT, manufacturing, and services, this book is ideal for anyone who wishes to understand and apply Six Sigma concepts in real time. 

• At its core, it offers a guided journey through the DMAIC framework  Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, and Control. Each chapter covers a phase, including key overviews, summaries, quizzes, and tollgates that showcase how Six Sigma operates on real projects.
• You’ll learn the tools practitioners actually use, such as VOC analysis, CTQ Trees, SIPOC diagrams, Project Charters, Fishbone Diagrams, Hypothesis Testing, FMEA, and Control Charts.
• A comprehensive case study at the end of the book and two bonus cases in the online resources connect each phase, illustrating how DMAIC delivers measurable results in real organizational settings.

These are explained clearly, encouraging hands-on implementation, and reinforced with solved examples, ready-to-use templates, and quizzes designed to enhance recall and real-world application of key concepts.

Whether you're preparing for a Green Belt project, supporting a process improvement initiative, or simply curious about how top organisations reduce defects and improve customer satisfaction, this book offers a practical starting point for your Six Sigma journey.

Start implementing real-world, measurable improvements that matter with Six Sigma Essentials!

What if the most important information in your data lies not in individual rows and columns, but in the connections between them? Graph machine learning helps uncover patterns hidden in these relationships.

Graph Machine Learning Essentials is a practical and accessible guide to understanding how machine learning works with graph-structured data, where entities are connected through relationships.

Designed for software engineers, ML engineers, data scientists, research scholars, professionals, cybersecurity analysts, and students, the book introduces graph machine learning in a clear and structured way. It begins with the fundamentals of graph theory and moves into core graph learning tasks such as node classification, edge prediction, and graph classification. Readers learn how graphs are represented in data structures, how node and edge embeddings work, and why traditional machine learning approaches do not directly apply to graph data.

The book gradually builds toward graph neural networks, message passing, and advanced GNN architectures while explaining practical challenges such as graph construction, scalability, oversmoothing, and over-squashing. Concepts are connected to real-world applications across domains such as recommender systems, fraud detection, cybersecurity, bioinformatics, transportation networks, and knowledge graphs.

The book includes two helpful appendices one reviewing essential machine learning concepts and the other introducing PyTorch Geometric to help readers get started quickly.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Understand key graph machine learning concepts and terminology
• Implement graph neural networks using PyTorch Geometric
• Work on real-world graph learning problems across industries
• Handle practical challenges such as large graphs and oversmoothing

Struggling with inefficient processes, delays, or rising operational costs? Learn how to streamline workflows, eliminate waste, and deliver more value—without increasing resources.

Lean Management Essentials is a practical, beginner-friendly guide to understanding and applying Lean thinking in real-world business environments. Designed for managers, entrepreneurs, and process improvement professionals, it takes you from Lean fundamentals to implementing Lean tools and driving continuous improvement.  Featuring a recurring Hair Salon case study that runs throughout the book, this guide demonstrates how Lean concepts and tools work together in practice. With clear explanations, practical examples, and templates, it helps you confidently apply Lean thinking to real operational challenges.

Key Features include:

• Clear explanation of Lean principles and the continuous improvement mindset
• Step-by-step guidance on Value Stream Mapping (VSM), from concept to application
• A structured “Lean Toolbox” covering 5S, Poka-Yoke, 5 Whys, Kaizen, Standardized Work, and Visual Management
• A consistent case study in a service environment for practical understanding
• Exercises, quizzes, and templates for hands-on learning

Whether you're in manufacturing, services, or operations, this guide helps you improve efficiency, optimize processes, and deliver better outcomes.

Part of Vibrant Publishers’ Self-Learning Management Series, this book offers a clear and practical roadmap to continuous improvement.

PSAT/NMSQT Math Practice Questions 2027 

Increase your Math score through structured, exam-aligned, and strategy-based practice for your next PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10. Whether you are just beginning your preparation, working to strengthen specific weak areas, or aiming for a National Merit score, this book gives you a clear path forward.

Focused Practice for Better Results

• 380+ Math questions across all skill areas  
• Chapters organized by the four official Math domains
• Questions arranged into exact skills tested on the exam
• Questions arranged in increasing difficulty:
• Easy
• Medium
• Hard
• Includes 3-month and 6-month study plans to support different prep timelines

Diagnostic + Full-Length Test Support

• Diagnostic Test at the beginning for targeted preparation
• 1 Full-length PSAT Math Test at the end for pacing and test-day readiness

Detailed Explanations for Better Learning 

Most prep books give you the answer. This book teaches you the method.

• Every explanation is written using Vibrant’s 5-step approach to solve questions faster and more precisely.
• The explanations teach you to think through each question instead of using a random approach.

NMSQT Coverage

• Dedicated section for the National Merit Scholarship Program
• Covers eligibility criteria, the Selection Index, and the four levels of recognition

Online Resources

• Companion notes for Math Formulas
• 20 Bonus Hard Questions for advanced practice

Whether used for self-study, classroom instruction, or tutoring support, this book offers a skill-focused, reasoning-driven path to mastering the PSAT/NMSQT Math section.

Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know

Self-Learning Management Series | Vibrant Publishers

• Comprehensive coverage of corporate finance 
• Ideal for aspiring finance managers, entrepreneurs, curious non-finance professionals, and management students
• Real-world examples, solved numerical problems, and case activities for practical application
• Chapter summaries and quizzes for reinforced learning

If you have ever wondered how companies decide where to invest their money, how they raise capital, or why financial mismanagement leads to business failure, Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is your definitive guide. Authored by Makarand Bhopatkar, a finance educator with over 25 years of experience, this book is crafted for aspiring corporate finance managers, entrepreneurs, curious non-finance professionals, and management students seeking a practical structured introduction to corporate finance.

The book covers the full spectrum of corporate finance decisions; from understanding different business structures and corporate governance to analyzing financing decisions, investment appraisal techniques, working capital management, dividend policy, and financial forecasting. A dedicated appendix on financial mathematics and financial statement analysis provides additional support for readers who need foundational grounding.

Unlike dense academic textbooks, this book presents concepts in simple language supported by illustrative examples and real-world company examples, making it accessible without sacrificing depth. Each chapter ends with a summary and quiz, while selected chapters include case activities to reinforce practical application.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Understand corporate structures and the various sources of capital 
• Evaluate financing options and decode optimal capital structure
• Learn capital budgeting and working capital management 
• Analyze dividend distribution and forecast financial statements 
• Navigate international corporate finance

Part of Vibrant Publishers' Self-Learning Management Series, Corporate Finance Essentials You Always Wanted to Know serves as a valuable resource for developing financial acumen that complements your existing expertise and advances your professional career.

• Explore comprehensive coverage of key sustainability frameworks
• Learn from real-world global case studies and cross-functional integration examples
• Apply your knowledge with downloadable templates, ESG toolkits, and quizzes

Gain the expertise needed to lead responsible and sustainable business transformation.

Business Sustainability Essentials You Always Wanted to Know provides a clear and practical guide to integrating environmental and social responsibility into modern business strategy. Designed for business leaders, sustainability professionals, and aspiring ESG experts, the book traces the evolution of sustainability—from its theoretical foundations to its real-world application across finance, marketing, operations, human resources, and governance.

Authored by Dr. Ritika Mahajan — faculty at MNIT Jaipur, UN Environment Programme contributor, and architect of sustainability management curricula across top Indian and global institutions — this book distills decades of academic research and real-world consulting into a reader-friendly, actionable resource. Readers also gain access to exclusive online resources, including ready-to-use templates and toolkits for CSR proposals, GRI-based reporting, stakeholder engagement, ESG training, and materiality matrices.

The book further includes chapter summaries, activities, and quizzes to reinforce key concepts and support applied learning.

After reading this book, you will be able to:

• Navigate global ESG standards and reporting frameworks
• Integrate sustainability across core business functions
• Lead organizations with ethical, sustainability-focused leadership

Part of Vibrant Publishers’ Self-Learning Management Series, this book equips readers with the knowledge needed to build impactful sustainability strategies in today’s evolving business landscape.