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The End Of Advertising As We Know It

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 05:00:25 +0000

Author:

Zyman, Sergio

Brott, Armin

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Published Date:

2002

Marketing

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The best-selling author of The End Of Marketing As We Know It again gives us this no holds bar hard hitting battle advice for designing truly effective advertising campaigns that drive business and sells products or services to its customers.

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Wriston

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Zweig, Phillilp L.

Publisher:

Crown Business

Published Date:

1996

Business Biographies

Global Business

Leadership

Business Biographies

Global Business

Leadership

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In terms of intellectual and industry leadership and innovation, Walter Wriston deserves very high marks. While A. P. Giannini (Bank of America) and J. P. Morgan are in a league of their own for having started great banking institutions from scratch, no banker and no institution did more to free the financial services industry and the U.S. economy from the regulatory gridlock of the 1930s than did Wriston and Citibank. In the latter half of the 20th century, Wriston was the preeminent mold-breaker.

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Improve Your Competitive Strategy

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Zuckerman, Alan M.

Publisher:

Health Administration Press

Published Date:

2002

Business Strategy

Health Care

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Until the early 1990s competition in the healthcare industry was friendly and almost completely harmless. Healthcare firms struggled to meet demand, and most markets required multiple entities to keep up with patient needs. Since then, hospitals have become larger, more efficient, and capable of dominating entire communities. This has created a “survival of the fittest” mentality among healthcare organizations, where businesses must fight for every patient and experienced physician.

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The Support Economy

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

Zuboff, Shoshana

Maxmin, James

Publisher:

Viking Penguin India

Published Date:

2002

Economics & Finance

Human Resources

Management

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According to Zuboff and Maxmin, the past 50 years have seen the rise of a new breed of individual, that has, over time, changed more than the organizations upon which it depends. These new individuals, in their search for psychological self-determination, want tangible support in leading lives freed from "the time-consuming stress, rage, injustice, and personal defeat that accompanies so many commercial exchanges." Yet, corporations continue to be led by a 100-year-old logic, known as managerial capitalism, invented for the production and distribution of things.

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From Executive to Entrepreneur

admin — Thu, 02 Jan 1992 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Zoghlin, Gilbert G.

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

1991

Personal Growth

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A self-help guide to the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship that are unique to the established corporate executive or manager. Using actual stories of numerous corporate professionals who have become business owners, Zoghlin lays out the demands of entrepreneurship in three main areas: psychological and practical consequences, career options, and finances.

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Top Performance

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:00:24 +0000

Author:

Ziglar, Zig

Publisher:

OMF Literature

Published Date:

2005

Leadership

Management

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How do you become a Top Performer? If you are a manager or leader, and you want to become more effective, "Top Performance" by Zig Ziglar is for you. It shows how to maximize your leadership abilities and management skills. It offers dynamic principles that are applicable for business as well as family life, on managing people effectively, overcoming and correcting poor management practices, developing a healthy self-image, and improving people's energies, relationships and communication

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Achieve Leadership Genius

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Zigarmi, Drea

Fowler, Susan

Lyles, Dick

Publisher:

FT Press

Published Date:

2007

Leadership

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This book helps you better understand the meaning of leadership. It opens your eyes that leadership skills can be developed. All you need is make conscious efforts into becoming a leader both to yourself and to the people you lead. Also, you need to know the five practices discussed in this book on how to become an effective leader. There are cases given that can enlighten you more on the importance of the development of your skills, abilities, energies and personalities in becoming an effective leader.

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Lean Done Right

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:08:14 +0000

Author:

Zidel, Thomas G.

Publisher:

Health Administration Press

Published Date:

2012

Health Care

Productivity

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In Lean Done Right, Thomas G. Zidel argues that ineffective approaches to Lean also can be found in many healthcare organizations today. He is concerned that hospitals and other healthcare organizations are wasting time and resources on improper Lean implementations when they could be getting it right the first time. Therefore, he provides a road map that helps organizations implement Lean properly by integrating Lean principles into their organizational cultures, which will lead to real healthcare reform.

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Game-Based Marketing

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Zichermann, Gabe

Linder, Joselin

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Marketing

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On today’s demanding advertising scene, grabbing and keeping consumers’ attention, or loyalty, is key to ensuring a brand’s success. In Game-Based Marketing, Gabe Zichermann and Joselin Linder show marketers how to build this loyalty using the time honored tradition of introducing game mechanics into ad campaigns. In today’s culture of social connectedness, growing technology, and increased options for game play, the room for growth in such promotions is almost limitless.

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The Extraordinary Leader

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

Zenger, John H.

Folkman, Joseph

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2002

Leadership

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Because the important topic of leadership has been explored and expounded upon ad infinitum, by a multitude of academicians, consultants, and leaders, themselves, there is no dearth of contrasting and complementary opinions, perspectives, insights, and prescriptions on the topic. However, the authors note that, "despite that extensive literature, leadership remains shrouded in mystery" specifically around the issues of whether people can be developed into leaders and, if so, how.

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The Extraordinary Leader

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:08:25 +0000

Author:

Zenger, John H.

Folkman, Joseph R.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2009

Leadership

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In The Extraordinary Leader, John H. Zenger and Joseph R. Folkman explore what it takes to develop poor and average leaders into extraordinary leaders, defined as those leaders occupying the top ten percentiles of effectiveness as rated by their colleagues and subordinates. Drawing on data generated from studies involving 200,000 individuals rating 25,000 leaders, Zenger and Folkman arrive at some surprising conclusions and present their plan for leadership development in a series of easily understood metaphors.

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The Extraordinary Coach

admin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:08:25 +0000

Author:

Zenger, John H.

Stinnett, Kathleen

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2010

Leadership Development

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The majority of today’s leaders believe that they are providing a sufficient amount of coaching to their employees, but studies show that the “coachees” disagree. In The Extraordinary Coach, John H. Zenger and Kathleen Stinnett demonstrate how many of the current tactics used in coaching are not actually beneficial to the coachees and are not sufficiently developing employees’ ability to problem-solve on their own. In the book, Zenger and Stinnett consistently outline specific steps leaders can take in order to best cultivate their coaching skills.

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Generations At Work

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2000 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Zemke, Ron

Raines, Claire

Filipczak, Bob

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

1999

Diversity

Human Resources

Management

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The late 1990s are unique in that four different generations (Veterans, Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Nexters-born 1980 on) have converged upon the workplace at the same time, each with their own set of work ethics, set of values, and set of idiosyncratic styles. Managers are facing an almost impossible task trying to mold these conflicting factions into a productive, harmoniously collaborative group. Generations At Work is a tool for helping managers transform the mix of generations into an organizational asset.

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e-Service

admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2000 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Zemke, Ron

Connellan, Tom

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2000

Customer Focus

Technology

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On the Web, differentiation by location, price, and/or product is meaningless. Moreover, because the Net’s infrastructure is largely in place, technology no longer represents a competitive edge. Thus, in order to thrive in the long term, e-businesses must differentiate themselves on service. e-Service provides a comprehensive blueprint, detailing specific, easily implemented strategies for delivering the consistent quality service essential for creating loyal e-customers and long-term profitability.

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Successful Time Management for Dummies

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:00:18 +0000

Author:

Zeller, Dirk

Publisher:

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Published Date:

2009

Personal Growth

Productivity

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Time is a precious commodity. Each person has the same amount of time given to them to use productively or to waste. In Successful Time Management for Dummies, Dirk Zeller describes a broad variety of time management techniques and systems that can be used by people in different professional roles, as well as at home. Before delving into detailed techniques for better time management, it is useful to take a bigger picture look at time and its value. Zeller suggests taking a step back and considering one’s life goals.

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Delivering Quality Service

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Zeithaml, Valerie A.

Parasuraman, A.

Berry, Leonard L.

Publisher:

The Free Press

Published Date:

1990

Customer Focus

Marketing

Customer Focus

Marketing

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From focus-group findings, common patterns offer valuable insights about how customers define and evaluate service quality. As perceived by customers, service quality can be defined as "the extent of discrepancy between customer's expectations and their perceptions." Word-of-mouth communications, personal needs, past experience, and external communications are factors influencing expectations.

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Lightning Strategies for Innovation

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

Zangwill, Willard I.

Publisher:

Lexington Books

Published Date:

1992

Innovation

Marketing

Innovation

Marketing

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Willard Zangwill’s most valuable contribution to the study of innovation is that he demonstrates clearly that innovation is not something that just happens but is a conscious process governed by planning. He does an excellent job of synthesizing and integrating world-class practices of leading companies like General Electric, 3M, Canon and others into a seven-step strategy for boosting new product development several times over.

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Share This!

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Author:

Zandt, Deanna

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date:

2010

Marketing

Technology

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In Share This!, Deanna Zandt discusses how social networks allow individuals to share their stories with a large number of people at a time by observing what others are posting over time. When individuals begin to share the story of their lives with one another, they build a foundation of trust between the sharer and the listener, and from that trust grows empathy.

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How Customers Think

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:00:29 +0000

Author:

Zaltman, Gerald

Publisher:

Gerald Zaltman

Published Date:

2003

Business Strategy

Marketing

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In today's Consumer Society, Gerald Zaltman quotes Peter Drucker that a company's competitive advantage will come from its ability to capture and apply the insights from many diverse fields not just from business. This means understanding what the consumers want and how they think will require a new paradigm shift and the use of other equally important scientific disciplines not hitherto used in the past to probe the minds of consumers.

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The Three Laws of Performance

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Zaffron, Steve

Logan, Dave

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2009

Leadership

Management

Productivity

Leadership

Management

Productivity

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In the work environment and at home, when things are not working, people struggle with which part of the problem to address first. However, the reason that fixing a problem often does not deliver the expected results, is because the underlying dynamics that perpetuated the problem are untouched. For every problem there is a future that has already been written about it. The Three Laws of Performance is not about change management. It is about rewriting the future, solving problems, and achieving breakthrough performance.

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Networking for People Who Hate Networking

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:00:17 +0000

Author:

Zack, Devora

Publisher:

Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Communication

Relationships

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People who are introverts often hate to network. While extroverts, socially-oriented people who excel in group situations, are typically right at home at networking events, introverts, reflective and reclusive people, dread group interactions. However, in Networking for People Who Hate Networking, Devora Zack sets out to demonstrate that, by virtue of their innate strengths, introverts can become masterful networkers. Introverts’ talent for focusing and asking thoughtful questions heightens their ability to make meaningful connections with others.

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Managing for People Who Hate Managing

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:23:46 +0000

Author:

Zack, Devora

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date:

2012

Management

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In Managing for People Who Hate Managing, management consultant Devora Zack relies on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to introduce two primary management styles—Thinkers and Feelers—and explains how, in terms of personality and managerial effectiveness, people fit into one of these two categories. Zack explains how a manager who can identify a personal management style is better equipped to adapt that style to effectively manage and motivate team members for greatly improved results. This adaptation is not a one-way street, however, as people learn and execute differently.

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Building Social Business

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:27:42 +0000

Author:

Yunus, Muhammad

Weber, Karl

Publisher:

PublicAffairs

Published Date:

2010

Social Responsibility

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For many people, there is more to life than making money, and happiness comes from many sources not just making a profit. Therefore, an economy based on the premise that profits are the only goal is misguided. In his book, Building Social Business, Muhammad Yunus argues there should be a new kind of business that takes into account the human desire to help others. Social business is a new form of capitalism that is dedicated to solving pressing problems, such as hunger, homelessness, disease, pollution, and ignorance.

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Franchise: Freedom or Fantasy?

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:00:27 +0000

Author:

York, Mitchell

Publisher:

iUniverse, Inc

Published Date:

2009

Economics & Finance

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We are in the midst of a worldwide economic shift. Thousands of people are losing their jobs every day. Many have experienced successful business careers, but now their employers are dumping them. Those who have lost their jobs may be shell-shocked, but many will have a relatively soft landing: a corporate buyout, an early retirement package, or a pension. Having a bundle of cash to cushion the shock is certainly better than wondering how you are going to cover next month's mortgage payment. But, that cash can do some real damage to you depending on your state of mind.

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The Commanding Heights

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Yergin, Daniel

Stanislaw, Joseph

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Published Date:

1998

Global Business

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Today, Asia’s currencies are collapsing and its stock markets crumbling. Yet, despite this current evidence of the vagaries of market economics, the entire world seems to be embracing its policies. Why? What historic forces have prompted societies worldwide to reject government control of the dominant businesses and industries of the world economy? The Commanding Heights answers that question in riveting detail.

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The Prize

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Yergin, Daniel

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Published Date:

1991

Global Business

Major Works

Management

Global Business

Major Works

Management

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In The Prize, Yergin provides unprecedented insight into the history of the oil industry, and by extension, the dynamic and intricate history of the 20th century. In light of events in the Gulf, The Prize could not have come at a better time, especially for those too young to have witnessed, first hand, the historic events (prior to World War II) that led up to the present crisis. This book is a must for those whose knowledge of current events is merely an accumulation of media headlines.

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Your Call Is (not that) Important to Us

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:00:15 +0000

Author:

Yellin, Emily

Publisher:

Free Press

Published Date:

2009

Customer Focus

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Based on interviews with industry professionals at various levels as well as hard-to-believe but true reports of bad customer service, Your Call Is (not that) Important to Us investigates the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar customer service industry. Author Emily Yellin recounts entertaining stories of customer service experiences gone terribly wrong, but she also tells the story from the point of view of customer services representatives, who often confront not only rudeness and irritation but also racism, sexism, vulgarity, and threats.

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Keeping the Best

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Yate, Martin John

Publisher:

Bob Adams, Inc.

Published Date:

1991

Human Resources

Management

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Keeping the Best gives practical, user-friendly advice on making the workplace more humane and productive, which shows how to hold on to the invaluable people who bring success to the corporation. Keeping the Best proceeds on the premise that no employee wants to fail, that everyone wants to make a meaningful contribution, and that the performance of even the weakest employees can be improved dramatically if management undertakes the commitment to provide the proper tools, feed back and encouragement.

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Brave Dragons

admin — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Yardley, Jim

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf

Published Date:

2012

Leadership

Teams

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In Brave Dragons, New York Times foreign correspondent Jim Yardley profiles the 2008-2009 season of an underdog Chinese basketball team, the Shanxi Brave Dragons, whose owner made the radical decision to hire former NBA coach Bob Weiss to transform his team. Weiss, most recently the coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, was charged with carrying out owner Boss Wang’s mandate: to Americanize the players, overcome their ingrained Chinese style of play, and teach them to play like players in the NBA.

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Coming to Public Judgment

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Yankelovich, Daniel

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press

Published Date:

1991

Global Business

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Quality judgments are commonplace in America-standards of excellence exist for everything from surgery to movies. Despite the fact that Americans hold opinions on almost every subject, whether they know anything about it or not, no quality standards exist for public opinion. In the quality as public judgment model, there are three stages of evolution in the process from mass opinion to public judgment. The first stage is consciousness raising. The public becomes aware of an issue, considers it important, and decides to take action.

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The Magic of Dialogue

admin — Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Yankelovich, Daniel

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published Date:

1999

Communication

Personal Growth

Relationships

Social Responsibility

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Never before in our nation’s history has the need for effective dialogue been so profound. Concurrent with heightened conflict, loosened social bonds, and an increased reliance on “top-down talk,” Americans are yearning for more connectedness, community, and mutual understanding. How can these vastly different realities be reconciled?

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The Panasonic Way

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Yamashita, Toshihiko

Publisher:

Kodansha International

Published Date:

1989

Business Biographies

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In January of 1977, Yamashita was asked to become the third president of Matshushita Electric. Toshihiko Yamashita himself felt that his lack of experience in running an international company was overwhelming, and he sincerely tried to decline the offer. After reluctantly accepting the presidency, he knew it would be dishonorable to quit. He remained president of the company until 1986.

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1,000 Dollars & an Idea

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:00:13 +0000

Author:

Wyly, Sam

Publisher:

Sam Wyly, Newmarket Press

Published Date:

2008

Business Strategy

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My work is to create companies and build them," writes Sam Wyly in this candid and engrossing account of the process, relationships, struggles, and strategies in technology, energy, retail, and investments over the last forty-five years that have made him one of the 1,000 wealthiest people in the world. From the hardships his parents faced trying to hold on to the family cotton farm during the Depression to the coaching he received on the high school football field, this self-made billionaire describes how his early y

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Content Is Currency

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:08:12 +0000

Author:

Wuebben, Jon

Publisher:

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Published Date:

2011

Marketing

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Content Is Currency can help businesses take maximum advantage of the new possibilities created by the Internet, smart phones, and other digital tools and media. Author Jon Wuebben surveys the many types of content businesses can use to build enduring, fruitful relationships with customers, with a focus on maximizing each type’s effectiveness and strategies for linking them to amplify their impact.

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The Mobile Learning Edge

admin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:00:17 +0000

Author:

Woodill, Gary

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2011

Leadership Development

Teams

Technology

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In The Mobile Learning Edge, author Gary Woodill defines mobile learning as a personalized form of learning that takes place on a mobile electronic device. It allows for speedy communication, it is portable and convenient, it creates active learning experiences, and it allows for learning connectivity at any time and in any location.

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Confessions of a PR Man

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Wood, Robert J.

Gunther, Max

Publisher:

New American Library

Published Date:

1989

Business Biographies

Marketing

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Wood recounts his first foray into major PR activity when he was in the U.S. Air Force in 1945. The story shows why he became interested in PR and illustrates three important characteristics of the profession: 1) the "sheer fun", 2) the risks that can enhance the fun, and 3) its effectiveness. When all is said and done, it is the people and their skills that make for successful PR. It is particularly important that all job applicants be thoroughly screened for requisite skills, including writing skills and some form of media experience.

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Your Best Just Got Better

admin — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:00:15 +0000

Author:

Womack, Jason W.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2012

Management

Personal Growth

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In Your Best Just Got Better, executive coach and author Jason W. Womack presents actionable strategies to help managers, employees, and entrepreneurs alike in their quest to make lasting, sustainable changes in their working lives. His three-step approach to better time management and goal achievement focuses on making smarter choices, seeking out contacts and projects that foster growth, and improving focus.

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Lean Thinking

admin — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Womack, James P.

Jones, Daniel T.

Publisher:

The Free Press

Published Date:

2003

Innovation

Management

Productivity

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In 1990, Womack and Jones published The Machine That Changed the World, with the objective of sending a wake-up call to organizations still struggling in the antiquated world of mass production. Thus, they showed that the lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Toyota was a better way to organize and manage customer relations, the supply chain, product development, and production operations. The overwhelming response from managers, employees, investors, suppliers, and customers worldwide was "How do we do it?

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The Machine That Changed the World

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 1991 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Womack, James P.

Jones, Daniel T.

Roos, Daniel

Publisher:

Rawson Associates

Published Date:

1990

Global Business

Productivity

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The Machine That Changed the World is devoted to a careful explanation of the logic and techniques of lean production. By extracting the universal principles of lean production from their initial Japanese applications, and by examining these principles in detail, the authors have made significant contributions to lessening the trade and investment tensions that exist between Japan and the West. This review makes an excellent case for why the West should take advantage of this new generation of ideas.

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Lean Solutions

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Womack, James P.

Jones, Daniel T.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Published Date:

2005

Customer Focus

Management

Productivity

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While consumers have a greater selection than ever before of high quality goods and services, all of which can be obtained from a growing number of sources, why are they not any happier than ever before? According to Womack and Jones, the answer is due a massive “disconnect” that exists between providers and consumers. The context in which these products and services are obtained and subsequently used (not to mention repaired, upgraded, and eventually replaced or recycled) is frustrating.

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Ageless Marketing

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Wolfe, David B.

Snyder, Robert E.

Publisher:

Dearborn Trade Publishing

Published Date:

2003

Customer Focus

Marketing

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In the 1960s, an age-based "get-them-young-before-some-other-brand-gets-them" marketing mantra emerged in answer to the suddenly large and growing young adult consumer market. According to Wolfe and Snyder, however, with the emergence of the New Customer Majority, consisting of people 40 and older, this aged-based idea has become outmoded. As far back as 1990, Wolfe warned (in Serving the Ageless Market) that, "The Seniors are coming!" in hopes that corporate America would pay attention to the demographic-driven phenomenon just beginning to transform the marketplace.

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Make Difficult People Disappear

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Author:

Wofford, Monica

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2012

Communication

Relationships

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In Make Difficult People Disappear, Monica Wofford presents her recipe for better workplace relationships through new insights into personality preferences. This requires an understanding of how different people think and operate on a professional and personal level. Offering her trademarked CORE protocol as a tool for interpreting and strengthening interpersonal relationships, Wofford presents her methods through the eyes of Cybil, a mid-level executive with an off-putting personal style.

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Why Women Mean Business

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Author:

Wittenberg-Cox, Avivah

Maitland, Alison

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2008

Diversity

Human Resources

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According to the authors of Why Women Mean Business, the influence of women in the workplace and the marketplace is changing everything, and the changes are desirable rather than threatening. Utilizing the talents of women effectively provides the key to profitability and sustainability for businesses in the future, as well as to addressing the global challenges of the 21st century.

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Flipped

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Author:

Winsor, John

Publisher:

B2 Books

Published Date:

2010

Customer Focus

Marketing

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In Flipped, John Winsor describes how companies can use bottom-up marketing strategies to co-create new products and services with their customers. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, successful companies have responded by encouraging their customers to participate in building their brands. Many companies still cling to outdated, top-down strategies, such as focus groups and traditional market research, which outsource the most importance relationship they have – their relationship with their customers.

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Driving Change

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Author:

Wind, Jerry Yoram

Main, Jeremy

Publisher:

The Free Press

Published Date:

1997

Business Biographies

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Obviously, today’s companies cannot afford to do business as they did at the beginning of the 1980s. They can no longer be goal directed, price focused, product driven, efficiently stable, hierarchical, machine based, rigidly committed, local/regional/national, or vertically integrated. Rapidly changing demands of the market, technology, employees, customers, and society are forcing companies to boldly adopt innovative ideas about management, work, products, and processes. Nonetheless, the new ideas will not completely drive out the old. Companies will still attend to profits.

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Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace

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Author:

Wilson, Thomas B.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2002

Human Resources

Innovation

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According to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in her foreword to the first edition of Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace, organizations must be more focused, faster, more flexible, and friendlier in their alliances and partnerships with customers, suppliers, and external collaborators, if they hope to compete with today’s most successful enterprises. This means that they must use a wide variety of innovative rewards that are clearly linked to strategy and supported by various and frequent performance measures.

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Waging War on Complexity Costs

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Author:

Wilson, Stephen A.

Perumal, Andrei

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2010

Marketing

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Complexity costs are the single biggest determinant of your company's cost competitiveness. For the past two decades the pursuit of growth has created massive complexity in processes, product portfolios, and organizations, adding costs that companies can ill afford. The only good news is that your competitors may be carrying as much complexity as you are. Learn how to eliminate this complexity, and you can create a tremendous cost advantage over your competition. It is not enough to att

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Calm at Work

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Author:

Wilson, Paul

Publisher:

Penguin Books

Published Date:

1999

Personal Growth

Productivity

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Work can often be one of the most stressful situations in our lives. We have to work with people that we don't necessarily have anything in common with and perform boring and repetitive tasks. In the United States and other parts of the world, you are supposed to look busy at all times. This can add to the stress since you feel like you are being watched constantly. Calm at Work offers over 100 practical exercises and techniques to help you remain calm at work.

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The Voice of Success

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Author:

Wilson, Joni

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2009

Communication

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Women’s voices are one of their most important professional tools, but many women have weak or poorly trained voices. Women are also at a physical disadvantage because their vocal apparatuses are smaller and less robust than men’s voices; however, women who want to advance in their careers must actively train their voices to be resonant and clear. As Joni Wilson explains in The Voice of Success, daily vocal exercises, relaxation techniques, and good posture are all critical to a strong voice.

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Leaders in Motion

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Author:

Wilson, Dr. Marta

Publisher:

Greenleaf Book Group LLC

Published Date:

2012

Leadership

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Today’s economy, with its insatiable need for great ideas and effective implementation, does not reward stifling environments and underdeveloped staffs. Instead, it demands smart work at full throttle. To unleash productive power, organizations look to their leaders. Global competitors and the advancement of new technologies require leaders to be constantly in motion as they lead their organizations to success by creating cultures of transformation. In Leaders in Motion, Dr.

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No Magic Bullet

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Author:

Willmore, Joe

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2009

Business Strategy

Productivity

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There are hundreds of best-selling books that claim to have the secret to organizational success. Additionally, there are thousands of business consultants who have made lucrative careers pushing programs that supposedly guarantee great results. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that getting continual results is as simple, easy, or quick as these books or consultants preach. No Magic Bullet explains how organizations can improve their results through their personnel—not through the latest quick fix or business fad.

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Her Place at the Table

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:00:18 +0000

Author:

Williams, Judith

Frohlinger, Carol

Kolb, Deborah M.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2010

Leadership

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The proportion of women in the workplace is at a historic high, yet leadership roles in major institutions continue to escape them. This is no longer due to “first-generation” gender issues where women were blatantly discriminated against or even harassed. Nor is it a result of women’s disinterest, lack of talent, or failure to ask. Rather, women today face more subtle “second-generation” gender issues that are complex and difficult to address.

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The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook

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Author:

Willard, Bob

Publisher:

New Society Publishers

Published Date:

2009

Social Responsibility

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In The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook, Bob Willard addresses the global need for sustainable practices and the influential role of the business world in the sustainability movement. Effective leadership within organizations is critical to broadening and strengthening the sustainability movement before it is too late.

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The Great Brain Race

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Author:

Wildavsky, Ben

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Published Date:

2010

Global Business

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International competition for the brightest minds has made higher education a global commodity. In The Great Brain Race, Ben Wildavsky makes the case that this latest educational globalization should be embraced, not feared. In the 10-year period from 1999 to 2009, the number of students studying in colleges and universities outside their countries of birth grew 40 percent. The global education marketplace is providing more opportunities to more people than ever before. Wildavsky, a former education editor at U.S.

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People-Focused Knowledge Management

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Author:

Wiig, Karl

Publisher:

Elsevier, Inc.

Published Date:

2004

Management

Marketing

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This book is based on the fundamental belief that in order to build a great enterprise, developing people knowledge is a must. It presents management theories, mental models, and enterprise stories and examples surrounding several crucial premises that are all integrated with cognitive research. Thus, it takes on a very comprehensive approach to providing the key to handling the company's most important knowledge asset--the people.

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Customer Intimacy

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Author:

Wiersema, Fred

Publisher:

Knowledge Exchange

Published Date:

1996

Customer Focus

Marketing

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The unmet needs of customers are everywhere today in products and services that are not carefully designed and, therefore, fall far short of their potential. This situation in which clients either do not get what they need, or get what they don’t need is called the "expectations gap." Addressing that gap is where customer-intimate companies begin. They become expert at revealing and articulating those mismatches, and they fashion comprehensive solutions to fix them. Customer Intimacy demonstrates just how intimate suppliers can become with their customers.

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The New Market Leaders

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Author:

Wiersema, Fred

Publisher:

The Free Press

Published Date:

2001

Marketing

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The path to success can be summed up in three words: customers, customers, customers, and any business that hopes to make a profit must have a solid base of customers that pay. But to be a market leader, a company must do much more than just nurture its regular patrons-it must attract even more of them.

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Aftershock

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:00:18 +0000

Author:

Wiedemer, Robert A.

Spitzer, Cindy

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Economics & Finance

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Economists and business leaders alike are still trying to understand the forces that led to the United States’ current economic woes. Some believe it is a down financial cycle or a recession, but in Aftershock, David Wiedemer, Robert Wiedemer, and Cindy Spitzer detail why they believe that neither explanation is correct. They describe what they have termed a Bubblequake–a popping of the real estate bubble, the private debt bubble, the stock market bubble, and the discretionary spending bubble.

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I Didn't See it Coming

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Widmann, Nancy C.

Eisenman, Elaine J.

Kopelan, Amy Dorn

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2007

Change Management

Human Resources

Personal Growth

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The organizational landscape has undergone so many transformations over the last decade that thousands of talented professionals who managed to thrive through all sorts of difficulty have suddenly found themselves the jobless victims of mergers, acquisitions, management turnovers, and company self-destructions. This is not, say the authors, because they were bad at their jobs. Many of these unfortunate souls were simply blindsided - knocked down by obstacles in their career paths most people neglect to acknowledge while engaged in their day-to-day work lives.

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The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

admin — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Wick, Calhoun

Pollock, Roy

Jefferson, Andrew

Flanagan, Richard

Publisher:

Pfeiffer

Published Date:

2006

Human Resources

Personal Growth

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Training and development is often viewed as expendable, a department that is nice to have when times are good, but one that organizations can do without when times are bad. This line of reasoning exists because many executives and managers do not see training and development as contributing directly to the bottom line.

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Co-Active Coaching

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Author:

Whitworth, Laura

Kimsey-House, Karen

Kimsey-House, Henry

Sandahl, Phillip

Publisher:

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Published Date:

2007

Leadership Development

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Once considered a consulting niche employed only by sports teams, coaching has evolved into one of the fastest-growing professions in the world. In Co-Active Coaching, Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phillip Sandahl delineate a particular approach to coaching and the coaching relationship that they term “co-active coaching” because it involves the active and collaborative participation of both coach and client.

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Coaching for Performance

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Author:

Whitmore, John

Publisher:

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Published Date:

2009

Leadership Development

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For nearly two decades, Coaching for Performance has served as a classic guide for business managers wishing to inspire workers to reach their potential. Originally published in 1992 and widely used in human resource departments and coaching schools worldwide, it draws upon techniques used in sports training to suggest a method for managers to guide their employees to self-awareness, help them access their inner potential and perform at peak capacity.

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Business Class

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Author:

Whitmore, Jacqueline

Publisher:

Jacqueline Whitmore

Published Date:

2005

Communication

Customer Focus

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To succeed in today's global economy; you can no longer rely on your business talent, education and years of experience alone. Nowadays, you must be able to have the ability to put other people at ease and to get along well with different kinds of people. In other words, you must be well-versed in the school of business etiquette. International etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore offers a set of guidelines for treating business colleagues and customers that can change your career for the better.

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Love the Work You're With

admin — Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Whiteley, Richard C.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

Published Date:

2001

Human Resources

Innovation

Personal Growth

Productivity

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Everyone is inspired by highly successful people who enjoy their work and do their jobs with verve and enthusiasm. However, the fear and uncertainty that can be created by ever-changing circumstances in the business world can make a sense of joy and fulfillment in one’s career difficult to achieve.

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Customer-Centered Growth

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Author:

Whiteley, Richard

Hessan, Diane

Publisher:

Addison-Wesley

Published Date:

1996

Customer Focus

Marketing

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Many organizations are struggling today because unlike successful customer-centered enterprises, they have remained internally focused. Their distracted managers and employees seek business opportunities everywhere instead of focusing on providing world-class value for well-defined customers. They invest heavily in poorly coordinated customer research, taking little action on the gathered data, and failing to develop clear listening strategies to predictably deliver what customers seek.

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The Zen Leader

admin — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:00:14 +0000

Author:

Whitelaw, Ginny

Publisher:

The Career Press

Published Date:

2012

Personal Growth

Productivity

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In The Zen Leader, Ginny Whitelaw addresses the unprecedented amount of pressure that many leaders feel today. It causes leaders to burn out, exhausting themselves and their employees. However, there is a way for leaders to manage the pressure without giving up or giving in. Whitelaw opens up an entirely different possibility for today’s leaders: to use the pressure they feel from their jobs, rather than being used by it.

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Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead But Gutsy Girls Do

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:00:28 +0000

Author:

White, Kate

Publisher:

Warned Books

Published Date:

1995

Change Management

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Are you a rule follower, a people pleaser or a paper pusher? Have you been passed over for promotions despite your efforts to be well-liked? Chances are, you are a good girl and this might just be the reason why you are being held back. Former Good Girl Kate White brings you a 9-step program that is designed to transform you from being a good girl to a gutsy girl. Learn how to change your style and self-image and gain that much needed edge in your career

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Handbook of Business Valuation

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

West, Thomas L.

Jones, Jeffrey D.

Published Date:

1993

Economics & Finance

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Business valuations are usually segregated into three basic categories: (1) transaction-based-mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, ESOPs, buy/sell agreements, exchange ratios, fairness opinions, LBOs, and initial public offerings, (2) tax-based-gift and estate taxes, estate planning and recapitalization, subchapter S conversions, charitable contributions, and granting of stock options, and (3) litigation-based-divorces, condemnations, bankruptcy, shareholder dissent, and damage determination. Before anything can be appraised, two questions must be answered: Value to whom? For what purpose?

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Computer Fraud Casebook

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Wells, Joseph T.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2009

Human Resources

Management

Technology

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Fraud-an act of deception practiced in order to secure personal gain - has been a longstanding threat for business owners. Rapid advances in computers, however, have propelled the issue of computer fraud into the forefront at the cost of billions of dollars to companies and consumers alike. Because this threat is likely to only intensify as technology continues to become more accessible and sophisticated, companies that wish to maintain their livelihood have no choice but to establish controls for preventing and addressing these crimes. In Computer Fraud Casebook, editor Joseph T.

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Strategic IQ

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Author:

Wells, John R.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Published Date:

2012

Business Strategy

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In Strategic IQ, author John Wells issues a wake-up call to all companies—big and small, new or established, successful or floundering—about why businesses fail and what they must do to continually deliver superior sustainable performance. Inertia is almost always to blame for business failure and manifests in three different forms: strategic when companies fail to change strategies, structural when corporate structure gets in the way of change, and human because people tend to be resistant to change.

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Jack: Straight from the Gut

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:00:34 +0000

Author:

Welch, Jack

Byrne, John A.

Publisher:

Warner Books Inc

Published Date:

2001

Leadership

Management

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Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch leaves us with many lessons in management and leadership. From his humble beginnings as a competitive kid from working-class Salem, to his rise to becoming CEO in 1980, and the twenty-plus years reign at the top. In this book, Jack Welch recalls how hard the climb to the top was, even if people from the outside thought it was easy.

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The Power Presenter

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Author:

Weissman, Jerry

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date:

2009

Communication

Personal Growth

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Jerry Weissman has spent twenty years teaching executives how to deliver successful, profitable presentations, and his techniques have been used to raise financing, sell products, propose partnerships, and seek approval for projects.

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In the Line of Fire

admin — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:00:32 +0000

Author:

Weissman, Jerry

Publisher:

Prentice Hall

Published Date:

2005

Business Strategy

Social Responsibility

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There are but a number of people who are able to take on challenging questions head on, without faltering. However, there are even fewer people who will go through life without being asked one single challenging question. How do you deal with this? More than knowing what to say, it is just as important, if not more so, to understand how to handle tough questions. Learning how to deal with them will bring you way ahead of the game.

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Presenting to Win

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Weissman, Jerry

Publisher:

Financial Times Prentice Hall

Published Date:

2003

Business Strategy

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Thousands or even millions of presentations are given by business executives and entrepreneurs to attract investors, creditors and clients. If you are one of those people who need to get their ideas across to an audience, you must remember that every presentation you make is mission-critical. This book shows you how to turn dry presentations into fascinating narratives that will captivate your target market. Learn how to focus your presentations to what matters most to the audience. Fin

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High Performance HR

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Weiss, David S.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2000

Human Resources

Leadership

Management

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In order to reinvent themselves for the New Economy, companies are beginning to shed outdated processes and unprofitable lines of business. Given this new order, Human Resources is in danger of extinction if it continues to rely solely on its traditional services of recruiting, employee relations, and compensation and training.

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The Leadership Gap

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Weiss, David S.

Molinaro, Vince

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Canada Ltd.

Published Date:

2005

Human Resources

Leadership

Leadership Development

Management

Personal Growth

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Because leaders must shape their organizations, build teams, drive results, and inspire their employees to deliver value, leadership is a critical source of competitive advantage in today’s economy. However, Weiss and Molinaro’s research has found that many senior executives have little confidence that their organizations, both in the private and the public sectors, possess this kind of leadership capability.

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Leadership Solutions

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Weiss, David S.

Molinaro, Vince

Davey, Liane

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2007

Human Resources

Leadership

Leadership Development

Management

Personal Growth

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Organizations often struggle to build the leadership capacity necessary to thrive in an ever-changing global business environment. In fact, leadership development may be one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. In Leadership Solutions, David Weiss, Vince Molinaro, and Liane Davey, provide the information companies must have in order to develop their leadership capability and to accelerate the development of their future leaders.

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The Talent Advantage

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:24:42 +0000

Author:

Weiss, Alan

MacKay, Nancy

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2009

Human Resources

Leadership Development

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One of the biggest challenges facing business today is finding, grooming, and retaining the best and the brightest hires. Many organizations choose to assign this responsibility to the human resources department, but according to Alan Weiss and Nancy MacKay, this can be a fatal error.

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The Critical Edge

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Weisinger, Hendrie

Publisher:

Little, Brown & Company

Published Date:

1990

Human Resources

Management

Personal Growth

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Criticism has its roots in philosophy and art. Coined by Aristotle, the word originally meant "able to discern or judge accordingly." Criticism was seen as an intellectual activity based on well-defined criteria, however, it was also acknowledged that there were no simple criteria. The rise of the Church saw the decline of criticism (criticism was a sacrilege in a society where the divine word of God was the final word) and the beginning of the Dark Ages.

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Ethical Intelligence

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Author:

Weinstein, Bruce

Publisher:

New World Library

Published Date:

2011

Personal Growth

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In Ethical Intelligence, Bruce Weinstein presents five core principles to improve the business and personal lives of his readers. By adopting these key principles, people can boost their ethical intelligence and enrich all aspects of their lives. By embracing simple virtues like compassion, respect, and fairness, Weinstein argues that professionals at any stage of their careers can improve their job outlook. He also offers advice for introducing principles of ethical intelligence to colleagues, employees, bosses, and even shareholders.

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FutureThink

admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Weiner, Edie

Brown, Arnold

Publisher:

Pearson Education, Inc.

Published Date:

2006

Change Management

Innovation

Management

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The future is about change but, according to Weiner and Brown, the future can only be grasped when objective information about change is combined with clear views. Unfortunately, the prevalence of “knee-jerk clichés and management fads” in the business literature has caused too many people and organizations to overlook the basics of good thinking because too many minds are being held captive by assumptions, prejudices, and prejudgments.

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Managing the Unexpected

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Weick, Karl E.

Sutcliffe, Kathleen M.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2007

Business Strategy

Management

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Successful organizations know that they must deal with unexpected events with flexibility, adaptability, and alertness. They learn from their mistakes, are less concerned with blame, and promote communication. In Managing the Unexpected, authors Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe provide a blueprint for managers looking to forge successful organizations, which they term high reliability organizations (HROs).

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Green Tech

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Webber, Lawrence

Wallace, Michael

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2009

Social Responsibility

Technology

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Green technology has historically battled a reputation for being an anti-industry, back-to-nature philosophy, but the truth is that “going green” is simply another term for the efficient use of technology — and more and more businesses are recognizing its financial and cultural benefits. In Green Tech, authors Lawrence Webber and Michael Wallace explain in detail how green equipment can save companies enormous amounts of money while minimizing the effects of technology on the environment.

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Managers as Facilitators

admin — Sun, 05 Jan 1997 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

Weaver, Richard G.

Farrell, John D.

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date:

1997

Human Resources

Management

Productivity

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The workplace is changing to such an extent that the amount of work demanded is more than individuals working alone can produce. The need for people to work together has lead to the creation of a great number of groups or teams. Yet in many cases, the experience has been very disappointing. Nonetheless, these work structures are here to stay, and according to Weaver and Farrell, effective facilitation is the key to helping groups get more work done and to break through new levels of productivity.

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The Most Effective Organization In the U.S.

admin — Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:24:37 +0000

Author:

Watson, Robert A.

Brown, Ben

Publisher:

Crown Publishing

Published Date:

2001

Business Biographies

Leadership

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The Salvation Army boasts 9,500 centers of operation, a workforce of 2 million (1.7 million of whom are volunteers), $2 billion in annual revenues, and 32 million clients served throughout the U.S. Indeed, The Army is such a model for doing business with a purpose that renowned management guru, Peter Drucker has stated, unequivocally: "No one even comes close to it with respect to clarity of mission, ability to innovate, measurable results, dedication, and putting money to maximum use."

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Managing With Integrity

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Watson, Charles E.

Publisher:

Praeger

Published Date:

1991

Human Resources

Management

Human Resources

Management

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The major theme of Managing With Integrity is that a flawless existence is of little use if it fails to produce something of lasting value. This approach explains various dimensions of character and the challenges they each present. Watson draws on the experiences of America’s business leaders to examine the issues of integrity and success in business. He provides a wealth of practical examples and anecdotes to illustrate the moral dimensions of executive decision making.

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Father, Son & Co.

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Watson Jr., Thomas J.

Petre, Peter

Publisher:

Bantam Books

Published Date:

1991

Business Biographies

Innovation

Management

Business Biographies

Innovation

Management

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Father, Son & Co avoids the pitfalls of which many chronologies fall prey: excessive use of disruptive flashbacks and flash-forwards, an overabundance of characters who add nothing but unnecessary confusion to the story, self-serving editorializing, and the inclusion of episodes without proper transition and/or rationale. Watson’s intent is to chronicle, in his own voice, IBM’s history and the father and son relationship inextricably entwined with that history. This he does, with uncharacteristic eloquence and simplicity.

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What America Does Right

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Waterman, Robert H.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company

Published Date:

1994

Human Resources

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A manager’s job is to lead and recognize that the needs of the business and the needs of the employee are inextricably linked. Individuals have an intrinsic need to feel in control, to believe in the value of one’s work, to be challenged, to engage in lifelong learning, and to be recognized for one’s achievements. This work also makes a strong, credible case for using organizational arrangements to affect long-term business success. What America Does Right profiles successful organizations and how their efforts have resulted in a real competitive advantage.

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The Drama-Free Office

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:32:21 +0000

Author:

Warner, Jim

Klemp, Kaley

Publisher:

Greenleaf Book Group LLC

Published Date:

2012

Management

Relationships

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In The Drama-Free Office, Jim Warner and Kaley Klemp present their proven methods of recognizing, diagnosing, and minimizing drama in the workplace. They emphasize authentic behavior and curious analysis and demonstrate with real-life examples some of the warning signs of falling into drama. By breaking up the types of dramatic behavior into four distinct roles, the authors are able to explain what causes specific behaviors and recommend proven ways to limit, eliminate, and prevent drama.

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The Power of the Purse

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Warner, Fara

Publisher:

Prentice Hall

Published Date:

2006

Marketing

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Women's access to money and power has transformed the way they approach brands, businesses, products, and services. Women now influence the vast majority of purchasing decisions - and every year, they gain direct control over trillions in new wealth. This is a little-understood market of unprecedented size and scope: one that few companies truly know how to reach. Empty slogans and superficial changes won't work. This book shows you what you will. The Power of

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High Altitude Leadership

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Warner, Chris

Schmincke, Don

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2009

Leadership

Personal Growth

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In High Altitude Leadership, Chris Warner and Don Schmincke, apply the lessons learned in the world of extreme mountaineering to the world of business. According to the authors, the dangers faced by mountain climbers have parallels in the world of business, and it takes a specific type of leader to overcome – a high altitude leader. Warner and Schmincke describe the dangers that these leaders face, and how they overcome them. These dangers include the fear of death, selfishness, tool seduction, arrogance, lone heroes, cowardice, comfort and gravity.

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The Devil's Casino

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:39:27 +0000

Author:

Ward, Vicky

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Business Biographies

Economics & Finance

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In The Devil’s Casino, Vicky Ward examines the leadership behind Lehman from its start as an independent firm in the mid 1990s to its fall in 2008. The Lehman Brothers was one of the most infamous and well-known investment firms in the 1990s and 2000s due not only to its success (especially for a firm its size), but also for its downfall. Years later, analysts are still trying to find a precise explanation of what went wrong at Lehman Brother and how its eventual bankruptcy and government investigation could have been avoided.

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Personality Style at Work

admin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:00:14 +0000

Author:

Ward, Kate

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2012

Relationships

Teams

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Personality Style at Work by Kate Ward describes the proven personality style model from HRDQ, the noted training materials developer. This book is intended to help both managers and team members reach their full potential in the workplace by learning to interact effectively with different types of people. The HRDQ model bases personality styles on two different dimensions: assertiveness and expressiveness. Personality styles can then be grouped into four types: direct, spirited, considerate, and systematic.

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Secrets of Successful Speakers

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 1993 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Walters, Lilly

Published Date:

1993

Communication

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This book is an excellent resource for anyone who needs to learn effective techniques for public speaking. Walters has compiled quotes and advice from dozens of well-known speakers such as Steve Allen, Ken Blanchard, Tony Robbins and others. These ideas are interwoven around Walters' categories for preparing for a speech, overcoming stage fright, motivating an audience, etc. Some of the advice below is written first-person as given from the expert ("I cure stage fright by -").

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Red Capitalism

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:00:15 +0000

Author:

Walter, Carl E.

Howie, Fraser J. T.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Published Date:

2012

Economics & Finance

Global Business

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The popular world view is that China is an unstoppable freight train of economic growth. However, in Red Capitalism, Carl E. Walter and Fraser J. T. Howie say that decades of development in China have been marked not by steady ascension but rather a series of booms and busts, during which large-scale government intervention was required to save many corporations. They explore how China’s financial institutions and the national Communist Party shaped the country’s economic choices, development, and reform and what this means for China and the rest of the world.

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Dealmaker

admin — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:00:23 +0000

Author:

Wallace, Jerry L.

Publisher:

Cameo Publications, LLC

Published Date:

2006

Business Strategy

Management

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"All you have to do is step up to the plate." This quote from Jerry Wallace pretty much sums up how he became the premiere Real Estate dealmaker out there. By stepping up to the plate, and taking risks, he was able to turn his humble beginnings into a billion dollar Real Estate Company. In this book, he presents us with his blueprints for achieving success in the fascinating field of real estate. After all, as he clearly points out, Real Estate is the best choice for investment there i

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Working Relationships

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Wall, Bob

Publisher:

Davies Black

Published Date:

2008

Human Resources

Management

Personal Growth

Relationships

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Being able to work with people is one of the most important factors in determining success on the job. The things that we need to improve our jobs are only a conversation away. Ideas go unexpressed or unheard because we often do not know how to talk to each other about work. While most of us have good intentions, we are prone to blind spots in our self-perception, resulting in behaviors that produce unintended consequences.

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A-ha! Performance

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Walker, Douglas

Sorkin, Stephen

Publisher:

Douglas Walker (With Stephen Sorkin), John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Published Date:

2007

Management

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Let's face it: what every manager, parent, teacher, spouse, advertiser, customer, coach, politician, business person wants is to get others - meaning our employees, colleagues, bosses, children, spouses, clients, audiences, etc - to do what we want them to do. But getting other people to do the right thing, at the right time, with the right attitude, is not easy. In fact, managing people and their behavior can be the most difficult job in the world. "A-ha! Performance"

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Reality-Based Leadership

admin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:00:17 +0000

Author:

Wakeman, Cy

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2010

Leadership

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For at least the past five years, it has become commonplace for leaders to cite a challenging business environment as the primary reason for poor results. Rising costs, customer expectations, government regulations, economic recession, and a dramatically faster pace of change have demanded that companies do more with less. It might seem that given the pressures, leaders have little hope of stellar success.

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Creating Innovators

admin — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:32:21 +0000

Author:

Wagner, Tony

Compton, Robert A.

Publisher:

Scribner

Published Date:

2012

Innovation

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One of the few things today’s economists agree on is the importance of innovation in bringing about a full-scale, long-term economic recovery. Unfortunately, the United States’ national ranking among innovators is falling. In Creating Innovators, educator Tony Wagner argues that the country’s education system, with its outmoded teaching strategies and growing reliance on compliance-based systems of accountability, contributes to mediocrity by failing to nurture and even by actively discouraging the very skills and talents that cultivate young innovators.

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