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...And the Clients Went Wild!

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Author:

Kuzmeski, Maribeth

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Customer Focus

Marketing

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Successful companies understand how to reach out to people who are interested in their products and services, creating a strong emotional connection. In …And the Clients Went Wild!, Maribeth Kuzmeski describes how businesses can communicate the benefits of their products or services to customers, as well as build trust and credibility in their brands.

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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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10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager

admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:29:06 +0000

Author:

Haneberg, Lisa

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2007

Management

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Successful businesses rely on great managers. Effective management practices enable organizations to identify new opportunities, execute strategies successfully, and complete projects on time and on budget. However, many managers encounter pitfalls such as confusing management with excessive control, focusing on maintenance rather than management, or failing to realign teams as circumstances change. In 10 Steps To Be A Successful Manager, Lisa Haneberg describes methods that managers must adopt to run a business.

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10 Steps to Successful Business Writing

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:10:45 +0000

Author:

Appleman, Jack E.

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2008

Personal Growth

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While studies point to an inadequate level of writing in the business world, most business professionals view writing as a soft skill that is not worth an investment of time and money. Recently, however, some employers have begun to understand that poor writing equals low productivity. Employees who write poorly waste countless hours and, more importantly, countless dollars. In 10 Steps to Successful Business Writing, Jack Appleman notes that business writing is a learned skill based on fundamental principles like clarity, conciseness, and organization.

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10 Steps to Successful Change Management

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:00:13 +0000

Author:

Vukotich, George

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2011

Change Management

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Change happens. There is simply no stopping it. In 10 Steps to Successful Change Management, George Vukotich offers those faced with change at an organizational level a systemized, ten-step system to “manage”—that is understand, react to, mitigate and successfully execute—the often scary, often difficult business of change. From assessing the risks of change to dealing with detractors to reviewing the process after it has been completed, the goal is clear: learn to manage change before it manages you.

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10 Steps to Successful Coaching

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Oberstein, Sophie

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2009

Leadership

Leadership Development

Personal Growth

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Workplace coaching has gained in popularity, and it has evolved from being viewed as a punishment for poor performance to a perk for those being groomed for positions of greater responsibility. In 10 Steps to Successful Coaching, Sophie Oberstein describes how coaching skills are becoming critical management competencies as organizations prepare the next generation of leaders using fewer financial, human, and training resources.

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10 Steps to Successful Customer Service

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:08:23 +0000

Author:

Kamin, Maxine

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2010

Customer Focus

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Customer service is based on a trusting relationship between customer and business. Clients come to customer service representatives with a need. Great service staff will be able to deal with these needs no matter how angry or confused customers are. Step One: Identify Service Motivation and Mission. Customer service employees can best serve customers when they recognize their own passions and apply them to their line of work. Step Two: Define Great Service for Your Organization.

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10 Steps to Successful Facilitation

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Author:

ASTD Editors

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2008

Teams

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In 10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, the American Society for Training and Development provides detailed instructions on becoming an effective and skillful facilitator. It discusses the necessity of planning, familiarizing oneself with the location, and creating and adhering to a group schedule. It also explains what tactics and tools do not work well with facilitation and emphasizes the importance of keeping the group engaged.

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10 Steps to Successful Meetings

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:24:42 +0000

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ASTD Editors ASTD Editors

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2009

Management

Productivity

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In 10 Steps to Successful Meetings, the American Society for Training and Development provides key information needed to develop and facilitate effective meetings. Conducting efficient meetings is an essential skill for all business professionals. Whether the meeting is a small group session or a global teleconference, the same planning and presentation principles apply. This book provides a proven process, quick reference tips, and practical worksheets that will help the business professional plan and lead meetings that generate excitement and achieve defined goals.

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10 Steps to Successful Presentations

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:39:19 +0000

Author:

ASTD Editors

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2008

Communication

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It is not unusual for today’s business professional to be expected to deliver effective communication and presentation skills. Ten Steps to Successful Presentations by the American Society for Training and Development provides a framework that will help business people create an effective presentation in a short period of time. The tips and examples will help with both large and small presentations.

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10 Steps to Successful Project Management

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Russell, Lou

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2007

Management

Productivity

Teams

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Many people today find themselves in charge of one or more projects. Lou Russell uses her own experiences to lay out her 10 Steps to Successful Project Management that can be molded to fit any project. These steps improve project managers’ skills and help them plan and carry out a successful project from inception to completion.

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10 Steps to Successful Sales

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:08:21 +0000

Author:

Lambert, Brian

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2010

Customer Focus

Personal Growth

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Sales is among the oldest and most conflicted professions on earth — at once reviled and revered, valued for its promise of heavy paychecks and prestigious career paths, maligned for its loose ethics, and made hopelessly unpredictable by buying booms and busts. According to author Brian Lambert, however, most people out there selling are merely “salespersons” and not true “sales professionals”: trusted advisors who not only close deals but make connections and change paradigms along the way.

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10 Steps to Successful Social Networking for Business

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:39:23 +0000

Author:

Hartley, Darin

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2010

Technology

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Determining the right social networking platform for a business can be a daunting decision. From off-the-shelf to custom-built, there are many options. 10 Steps to Successful Social Networking for Business, by Darin Hartley, helps give direction by providing a thorough background on social networks as well as a step-by-step plan to help any business select the right social networking system, link network use to key business drivers, and stay on top of the technology.

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10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Barksdale, Susan

Lund, Teri

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2006

Business Strategy

Management

Productivity

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One practice that often sets successful businesses apart from the rest is strategic planning. These organizations benefit not just from having a strategic plan, but from undergoing the strategic planning process itself. In 10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning, Susan Barksdale and Teri Lund detail how the planning process unites organizational leadership and enhances communication of critical information.

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10 Steps to Successful Teams

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

McClay, Renie

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2009

Leadership

Teams

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10 Steps to Successful Teams by Renie McClay is a guide for team leaders and team members who are charged with accomplishing tasks through collaborative workforce groups. Organizations that use teams effectively accomplish more than simply solving internal problems; they create a culture of self-motivated problem solvers. Teams are made up of leaders who maintain a balance between keeping the group on task and allowing the team to make its own decisions, and members who communicate, collaborate, solve problems, and ensure tasks get accomplished.

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10 Steps to Successful Time Management

admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:00:12 +0000

Author:

Maxey, Cyndi

O'Connor, Kevin E.

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2010

Personal Growth

Productivity

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In 10 Steps to Successful Time Management, communications consultants Cyndi Maxey and Kevin O’Connor explain how to view time as a resource. The key is to achieve an understanding of what matters in life and work, and then to use time purposefully, productively, and energetically. While no one can truly master time, anyone can learn to think of it as source of energy instead of a source of anxiety. Maxey and O’Connor seek to offer simple, practical ways to use time as a means of communication and engagement, as opposed to a constraint or restriction.

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10 Steps to Successful Training

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Biech, Elaine

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2009

Leadership Development

Personal Growth

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Training programs are only as effective as the trainers who design them, and 10 Steps to Successful Training explains in detail the characteristics, actions and behaviors that define truly successful trainers. According to the author, Elaine Beich, effective trainers share several core competencies that, when applied, facilitate learning and help students gain the knowledge they need to achieve their organization’s goal.

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10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations

admin — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Turmel, Wayne

Publisher:

ASTD Press

Published Date:

2011

Communication

Technology

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The need for virtual presentations is growing. Seventy percent of managers in mid-sized to large companies have at least one team member who works remotely. However, over half of managers have not received any formal instruction about how to communicate remotely or manage remote teams. A majority of businesses that purchase licenses for Web-presentation tools discover that fewer than 25 percent of their employees feel competent enough to use the tools. Most of these people are either fearful of the technology or have not been taught to use the tools properly.

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10 Things That Keep CEOs Awake

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 05:00:13 +0000

Author:

Coffey, Elizabeth

Publisher:

Elizabeth Coffey, McGraw-Hill Business

Published Date:

2003

Global Business

Management

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Liz Coffey and her colleagues coach top CEOs, addressing the 10 primary concerns that keep them sleepless in their executive suites: developing bifocal vision, getting the organizational structure right, creating time to maximize impact, energizing the organization through leadership, delivering strategy through the top team, managing the board, communicating with stakeholders all of the time, meeting the diversity challenge, surviving the global jungle, balancing work/life demands. Each chapter is set wi

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100 Ways To Motivate Others

admin — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:00:14 +0000

Author:

Chandler, Steve

Richardson, Scott

Publisher:

Steve Chandler and Scott Richardson, Career Press

Published Date:

2006

Leadership

Management

Social Responsibility

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Bestselling author Steve Chandler and lawyer Scott Richardson show readers how to get the best results from their people. They show how leaders must motivate from the top down in order to be effective. "100 Ways to Motivate Others" is the result of many years of experience in successful leadership coaching and training. The book shares with readers practical methods that can inspire and encourage others.

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101 Survival Tips for Your Business

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:14 +0000

Author:

Griffiths, Andrew

Publisher:

Andre Griffiths, Jaico Publishing House

Published Date:

2002

Management

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Running a business is difficult and demanding at the best of times and for all sorts of reasons. Entrepreneurs and managers alike need to learn how to juggle competing and conflicting demands on their time and resources and to learn how to build better relationships with suppliers, staff and customers, as well as overcome the financial, legal, marketing and personal issues that impact their businesses significantly. One of the best tricks to surviving and prospering is avoiding the common hazards that all

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12 Steps to Power Presence

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Author:

Baldoni, John

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2010

Leadership

Management

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Assigned positions, titles, and roles confer the framework for managing power, but true leadership comes from leadership presence. So writes leadership guru John Baldoni, who dedicates 12 Steps to Power Presence to “leaders who want to make a positive difference.” In this brief, readable primer on wielding power with grace, Baldoni offers people in positions of influence a guide to fulfilling their leadership potential.

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12: The Elements of Great Managing

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:59:03 +0000

Author:

Wagner, Rodd

Harter, PH.D., James K.

Publisher:

Gallup Press

Published Date:

2006

Management

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Engaged, talented employees are a company’s greatest resource. Yet many mangers fail, through both neglect and ignorance, to bring out the best in their workforce. To determine the crucial components of great management, the Gallup Organization examined over one million employee and manager interviews. In 1999, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman‘s book First, Break All the Rules divulged and explored 12 of the critical elements gleaned from Gallup’s research. Ten years later, Rodd Wagner and James K.

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13 Bankers

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Author:

Johnson, Simon

Kwak, James

Publisher:

Pantheon Books

Published Date:

2010

Business Biographies

Economics & Finance

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In March 2009, 13 executives of the most powerful financial institutions in America met with the president at the White House at the height of a profound financial crisis which threatened the very existence of the organizations they represented. In 13 Bankers, authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak use this meeting as a focal point for analyzing the financial industry and regulatory environment in the decades leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

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1992: Strategies for the Single Market.

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Author:

Dudley, James W.

Publisher:

Productivity Press

Published Date:

1989

Management

Marketing

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The lack of common policy for external trade, a chaotic period of adjustment, the inward looking approach to creating a competitive environment, and the lack of a common currency are inherent weaknesses that may undermine the success of the Single Market.The Single Market will produce obvious changes in competition, suppliers, and customers. Japanese, North American, Pacific basin, and European competition will have a definite impact on the Single Market, and the importance of small- and medium-sized businesses should not be underestimated.

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2020 Vision

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Author:

Davis, Stan

Davidson, Bill

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Published Date:

1991

Technology

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Informationalization and turbocharging, as presented in 2020 Vision are enlightened competitive approaches which add considerable value to existing management strategies: The simple information form/function grid provides an all-purpose, user-friendly tool which any business professional can use in the ever-evolving economics infrastructure. By differentiating business from organization, the authors also provide a practical means of using the natural life cycles of every enterprise to one’s competitive advantage.

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20:20 Project Management

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Author:

Marks, Tony

Publisher:

Kogan Page Limited

Published Date:

2012

Management

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20:20 Project Management provides comprehensive, detailed strategies for project managers who are responsible for complex projects. From the earliest stages of project evaluation through planning, execution, and delivery, Tony Marks outlines the best practices of the project management field. He pays particular attention to the pitfalls and common mistakes that project managers should avoid, as well as the absolutely critical steps that can ensure success.

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21 Leaders for the 21st Century

admin — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Trompenaars, Fons

Hampden-Turner, Charles

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2002

Global Business

Leadership

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According to Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner, because business cultures around the globe can be so different as to be diametrically opposed, a different managerial-leadership process is needed. This process must be driven by the kind of thinking that reconciles seemingly opposing values in a way that allows them to integrate objectives and deliver results that create wealth. Through their extensive research and close partnering with client companies, the authors have identified this new, overarching process as transcultural competence.

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24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 1999 05:00:15 +0000

Author:

O'Neil, William J.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Companies

Published Date:

1999

Economics & Finance

Entrepreneurship

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Take investment lessons from the expert. O'Neil started out with $500 just out of college, and by age 30 had purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and opened his own investment management research firm. In 1963, he was the first to create a computerized database for stock market research that is used today by 400 major US institutions.

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30 Days to a Happy Employee

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:00:14 +0000

Author:

Gandy, Dottie Bruce

Publisher:

Dottie Bruce Gandy, Fireside Book NY, Simon & Schuster

Published Date:

2001

Relationships

Social Responsibility

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Acknowledgment motivates individuals to greater productivity, loyalty to the company, and pride in themselves and in what they do. Acknowledgment is one of the most cost-effective ways to take good care of your business.

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30 Days to Social Media Success

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Author:

Martin, Gail Z.

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Career Press

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2010

Technology

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In 30 Days to Social Media Success, Gail Martin reveals how small businesses and solo professionals can take social media from being an overwhelming tool with great potential to a tangible means of reaching top business goals in measurable ways. Her chapter-a-day guide demonstrates how only 30 minutes a day for 30 days is sufficient to launch a successful social media marketing strategy. Social media is most successful when used in conjunction with strong online and offline marketing.

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45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy

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Bruzzese, Anita

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Anita Bruzzese, Perigree Books

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2007

Relationships

Social Responsibility

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Career columnist Anita Bruzzese has covered the workplace from all its angles. She's been both an employer and an employee, and as a business journalist, has interviewed hundreds of top managers and workplace experts. In the course of her career she's come to understand that many employees and their bosses are simply not on the same page-as she puts it, many aren't even in the same book to begin with. This of course leads to nothing but trouble between both bosses and employees-and is nothing

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5 Steps to Expert

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Schempp, Paul G.

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Davies-Black Publishing

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2008

Personal Growth

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What does it take to become an elite performer? How can anyone become more expert in their field? Author Paul Schempp has spent his career as a professional speaker, coach, and consultant examining these questions. In his book Five Steps to Expert, Schempp discusses five specific, consistent steps through which all people progress to become experts, as well as three ways that experts attain their level of proficiency. Expertise is not innate, but developed through hard work.

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50 Top Tools for Coaching

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Jones, Gillian

Gorell, Ro

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Kogan Page Limited

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2009

Leadership Development

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In 50 Top Tools for Coaching, Gillian Jones and Ro Gorell provide readers with tools and techniques for establishing, developing, and sustaining coaching relationships in the workplace. By understanding and following the tools outlined in the book, managers, external coaches, and employees can better prepare themselves for their specific roles in a coaching relationship. The authors’ ultimate goal is to help managers and employees alike see the value of coaching and work towards making talent development through coaching an every-day activity within their company.

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6 Habits of Highly Successful Managers

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Cioffi, John

Willig, Ken

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Career Press, Inc.

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2011

Management

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Today, managers are inundated with information, advice, and various methods for success. It is easier than ever to fall off course, listen to bad information, and fail to become a successful manager. In 6 Habits of Highly Successful Managers, authors John Cioffi and Ken Willig have identified six key and basic habits that will help any manager greatly improve their chance for success. These six building blocks will endure the test of time, never become outdated notions, and ultimately ensure that managers “do the right things right,” once and for all.

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6 Secrets to Startup Success

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Bradberry, John

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AMACOM

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2011

Entrepreneurship

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Most entrepreneurs believe passionately in their ideas, yet most new businesses fail within a few years of launching. In 6 Secrets to Startup Success, John Bradberry explains that entrepreneurial passion may actually contribute to startup failure. He argues that this passion can be a double-edged sword, fueling entrepreneurs to start new ventures but blinding them to potential pitfalls along the way.

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7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis

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Author:

George, Bill

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

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2009

Leadership

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Crisis is the defining moment for a leader. It pushes leaders to their limits and tests whether they will be able to hold true to their beliefs under the toughest of circumstances. In 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, author Bill George offers readers seven essential lessons for facing unprecedented crisis and enormous pressure, explaining that when handled appropriately, crisis can be an opportunity for long-term success.

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7 Moments That Define Excellent Leaders

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Colan, Lee J.

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Lee J. Colan, CornerStone Leadership Institute

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2006

Leadership

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A Moment To Commit: Giving your all-time best: Giving your best always gets the best results. A total commitment creates momentum. However, leadership will not always be a smooth flight, because good leaders are responsible for themselves and their teams. Think excellence: You are the conductor of your own thoughts. No one else can control them for you. Your mind is a magnet. Only you can create your own positive attitude

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8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs

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Bowers, Brent

Publisher:

Brent Powers, Currency Doubleday

Published Date:

2007

Business Strategy

Entrepreneurship

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So you think you're an entrepreneur? Do you have a vision? Are you passionate about this vision of yours? Do you believe that you've just stumbled upon the next biggest thing since Microsoft? If you do, then we could, at the very least, conclude that you do possess a certain entrepreneurial trait. You, just like all entrepreneurs, think big. But you aren't a certified entrepreneur just yet. There's more to an entrepreneur than just a big dream or a gr

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99 to 1

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Collins, Chuck

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

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2012

Economics & Finance

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In 99 to 1, Chuck Collins describes how tax laws, government policies, and political infrastructure are designed to benefit the richest 1 percent of the U.S. population, often at the expense of the majority. For many Americans, the economic recession revealed the disparity between the top 1 percent, those individuals and corporations that hold the majority of the nation’s wealth, and the bottom 99 percent—everyone else.

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@YourService

admin — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:00:15 +0000

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Eliason, Frank

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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2012

Customer Focus

Marketing

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Historically, companies could control their image and sell their goods and services through traditional marketing. However, thanks to the advent of the Internet and social media, hyperconnected Customers are the main brand promoters or detractors in today’s marketplace. In fact, Customers are so crucial that in his book @YourService, Frank Eliason argues that businesses should learn to capitalize the word.

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A Better Idea

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

Author:

Petersen, Donald E.

Hillkirk, John

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Company

Published Date:

1992

Business Biographies

Human Resources

Management

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Many American companies are in trouble because they have traditionally used top-down management that leaves little room for the average individual to be creative. As a result, corporate leadership cannot take advantage of the insights and solutions that those doing the actual work can offer. Companies that operate in this manner eventually become second-class competitors.During most of Ford’s history, the company placed too much emphasis on management control. By the beginning of the 1980s, Ford was rated lowest among the Big Three automakers.

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A Complaint Is a Gift

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Barlow, Janelle

Moller, Claus

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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2008

Customer Focus

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In A Complaint Is a Gift, Janelle Barlow and Claus Møller present the right way to handle complaints while retaining customer loyalty and trust. Regardless of industry, the truth for all businesses is that customers are the reason businesses exist. And one of the most direct and meaningful ways for customers to express their dissatisfaction with companies is through the complaint.

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A Future Perfect

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Micklethwait, John

Publisher:

Times Books

Published Date:

2000

Economics & Finance

Global Business

Management

Productivity

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Without a doubt, globalization-the integration of the world economy-has become the most important economic, political, and cultural phenomenon of the times, reshaping business, transforming the lives of individuals, and creating new social classes and new jobs and unimaginable wealth and abject poverty. This contentious, complicated, and confusing subject that everyone talks about, but nobody really defines, means different things to different people. As a result, globalization has increasingly come under attack from increasingly vocal critics.

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A Great Place to Work.

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

Author:

Levering, Robert

Publisher:

Random House

Published Date:

1989

Human Resources

Personal Growth

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Satisfied employees generally begin a description of their workplace by mentioning its unique or attractive benefits. Quickly, however, their comments turn to descriptions of the atmosphere, or feel, of the work environment. Employees of very dissimilar companies use similar terms to describe what makes their work places good. Friendliness, a lack of politics, and underlying fairness were some common traits cited, as were the companies' caring attitudes. There are many tools to assess companies as businesses, but few to assess them as workplaces.

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A Journey Into the Heroic Environment

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:24:36 +0000

Author:

Lebow, Rob

Publisher:

Select Books

Published Date:

2004

Diversity

Human Resources

Leadership

Management

Personal Growth

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In A Journey into the Heroic Environment, Lebow contends that, the secret to job satisfaction is the way an individual treats others and how that conduct causes others to treat the individual. Over the years, job-related tasks change, but the environment remains the most important factor in finding fulfillment in one’s work life.

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A Leader's Legacy

admin — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Kouzes, James M.

Posner, Barry Z.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2006

Leadership

Personal Growth

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Kouzes and Posner's The Leadership Challenge was first published in 1987, and revised in 1996 and 2002, to become one of the bestselling leadership books of all time. Although each revision was offered to address the changing context in which leaders are forced to operate, the premise remained the same: "The most significant contribution leaders make is not simply to day's bottom line; it is to the long-term development of people and institutions so they can adapt, change, prosper, and grow" (The Leadership Challenge, p. xxviii).

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A Little Book of Listening Skills for the Workplace

admin — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:00:15 +0000

Author:

Brady, Mark

Publisher:

Mark Brady, Piaeia Press

Published Date:

2006

Productivity

Relationships

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Listening, being one of the most important things in business, helps create good relations with people. It is a creative act that improves as it is practiced. By effectively listening we open opportunities to explore our wants, how we feel, and what we think. It also gives understanding of who we've been, who we are, and who we will be as individuals and even as organizations. Being a skilled listener opens our minds; this is why the business community needs good listeners with open he

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A Manager's Guide to Coaching

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Author:

Emerson, Brian

Loehr, Anne

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2008

Human Resources

Leadership

Leadership Development

Management

Personal Growth

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In A Manager's Guide to Coaching, authors Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr operate under the premise that without engaging employees on a human level which responds to a coach's leadership, workplace production and satisfaction are inhibited to the point of futility. The costs of recruiting and replacing employees and lost productivity during the hiring process further underscore the benefits of maximizing the skills and talents of all employees.

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A Manager's Guide to Globalization

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Author:

Rhinesmith, Stephen H.

Publisher:

Business One Irwin

Published Date:

1993

Global Business

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Although globalization has arrived in the world, it has not done so in most of the world’s organizations. This is unfortunate: To be viable during the next century, all organizations (domestic or international) will need to become more global- at least in their outlook. It is also unfortunate that conventional wisdom about the inability of U.S. firms to compete effectively in the global marketplace usually blames inadequate spending in technology, plants, and equipment, when the real culprit is usually the lack of global mindsets in key managers.

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A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:24:40 +0000

Author:

Chevalier, Roger

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2007

Human Resources

Management

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At one time or another, most managers have experienced dissatisfaction with their employees' performance. Despite the strong temptation to fall prey to the assumption that poor performance is a result of unchangeable employee characteristics, managers need to realize that they do have the power to reverse negative performance trends and affect positive change in the workplace. In A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance, Roger Chevalier provides a systematic framework for achieving such change.

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A New Brand World

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Author:

Bedbury, Scott

Fenichell, Stephen

Publisher:

Viking Press

Published Date:

2002

Innovation

Marketing

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Today's business world is an intense world, characterized by unrelenting competition, unrelenting technological change, unrelentingly unknowledgeable consumers, and markets that are unrelentingly sensitive to the effects of globalization; thus, having a great product/service is no longer sufficient. If companies are to meet these unrelenting challenges with even a modicum of effectiveness, they must build and manage great enduring brands that are widely desired and trusted.

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A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship

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Author:

Morris, Michael

Publisher:

Kogan Page Limited

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2012

Entrepreneurship

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In A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurship, Michael Morris states that, “Starting a business today may be more difficult than at any previous time in history.” However, despite all of the obstacles placed in the way of the new entrepreneur, people continue to form new enterprises. This is important to the global economy since small firms account for most of the new jobs created, as well as for a large number of inventions and new ideas.

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A Rock and a Hard Place

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Author:

Hodgson, Kent

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

1992

Personal Growth

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Far more attention needs to be given to the values and principles-both business and ethical-that business people hold, for the simple reason that they make up the foundation upon which decisions are made. Solving business/ethical issues and challenges is every manager’s responsibility. Value-based decision-making demands basic ethics skills as well as business skills-the implication being that the decision maker knows and uses a process that consciously merges the business and ethical factors inherent in most situations.

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A Seat at the Table

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:08:22 +0000

Author:

Miller, Marc

Publisher:

Greenleaf Book Press

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2009

Business Strategy

Customer Focus

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The word salesperson can have ugly connotations; it often reminds customers of disengaged product-pushers who sell without passion or purpose.

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A Whole New Mind

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:24:39 +0000

Author:

Pink, Daniel

Publisher:

Riverhead

Published Date:

2005

Human Resources

Major Works

Personal Growth

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In A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink describes a new era already underway in the global economy - the Conceptual Age. Success in this new era calls for a set of skills and talents that have been largely discounted, historically, in the workplace-- creativity, playfulness, empathy, intuition, and inventiveness. Throughout American history, first the Agricultural Age gave way to the Industrial Age, which then bowed to the Information (e.g., technology) Age.

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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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About Face

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Author:

Hill, Dan

Publisher:

Kogan-Page

Published Date:

2010

Marketing

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In About Face, Dan Hill demonstrates how advertising agencies and marketing strategists can employ new advances in neuroscience, behavioral economics, and cognitive psychology to create emotionally effective advertisements that bring brands and companies closer to the consumer. Hill is an expert in facial coding and a widely sought speaker who has appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show,” FOX, CNN, and MSNBC for his analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election and steroid scandal in Major League Baseball.

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Absolute Honesty

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Johnson, Larry

Phillips, Bob

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2003

Human Resources

Leadership

Management

Social Responsibility

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With shocking revelations of deliberate corporate dishonesty and manipulation appearing almost daily in the media, many are beginning to wonder if the realities of business and the concept of integrity are, by definition, mutually exclusive. Johnson and Phillips believe, however, that this is definitely not the case. It is their premise that a majority of organizations strive to do the right thing. They understand that it is in their best interests, and in the best interests of their customers, employees, shareholders, and communities, to stand on truth, honesty, and accountability.

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Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century

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Author:

Rose, Colin

Tracy, Brian

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Colin Rose and Brian Tracy, Dell Pub Co

Published Date:

1998

Leadership

Management

Personal Growth

Relationships

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This package is a combination of six cassette tapes along with a workbook and other handouts. Colin Rose is a British expert on accelerated learning techniques and Brian Tracy is a well-known U.S.

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Accelerating Out of the Great Recession

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Author:

Rhodes, David

Stelter, Daniel

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McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2010

Business Strategy

Economics & Finance

Global Business

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The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations, threatening the current global trade system and the global economy as a whole. In Accelerating Out of the Great Recession, David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter outline the many causal factors of the recession and discuss the current state of the economy and how it is likely to look in the future.

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Accountability

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Lebow, Rob

Spitzer, Randy

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Rob Lebow and Randy Spitzer, Berret-Koehler Publishers

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2002

Leadership

Management

Social Responsibility

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Accountability is one of the best written management books that advocate freedom and responsibility without control in managing business organizations that achieves sustainable results in sales growth and overall bottom line performance for many industries. This advocacy professes the belief in granting individuals in a business organization the right and the freedom to make choices that allows people to be personally responsible in their jobs when they are allowed to design and own their jobs, and to

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Achieve Leadership Genius

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Zigarmi, Drea

Fowler, Susan

Lyles, Dick

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FT Press

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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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Achieve Sales Excellence

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Author:

Stevens, Howard

Kinni, Theodore

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Adams Media

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2007

Customer Focus

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Achieve Sales Excellence is based on a 14-year study by the HR Chally Group that surveyed over 80,000 customers in fifteen industries and revealed a new paradigm for business-to-business selling. While price, quality, innovative product features, and availability of products and services obviously influence customers’ buying decisions, none of these are the most influential factor. The study’s results indicated that B2B customers rank salesperson effectiveness as the most important factor in their buying decisions.

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Achieving Total Quality Management

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Author:

Perigord, Michel

Publisher:

Productivity Press

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1990

Human Resources

Management

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Achieving Total Quality Management is a compact guide to the concepts, methods, and techniques for achieving Total Quality. Written by French quality expert, Périgord, this book (originally published in French as Réussir la Qualité Totale) presents a comprehensive overview of Total Quality philosophies. In addition, Périgord’s perspective on responsibility (the human aspect of quality) is a unique and valuable feature. Although works abound on the theory and practice of total quality, this work examines the quality message as it is assimilated and practiced in France.

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Act Like a Sales Pro

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Hansen, Julie

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The Career Press, Inc.

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2011

Personal Growth

Productivity

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It is often assumed that great sales people are naturals. But in Act Like a Sales Pro, author Julie Hansen asserts that what is seen as natural talent is actually the result of years of hard work and training. Selling is a lot like acting because it involves the art of persuasion. Like an actor in front of an audience, a sales person must convince buyers that a product or service is right for them. By using techniques used by modern actors, sales professionals can learn to improve their ability to win sales.

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Adaptability

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McKeown, Max

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Kogan Page Limited

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2012

Change Management

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In Adaptability, author Max McKeown explores one of the most important human characteristics: the ability to adapt. With seven billion people on earth struggling to survive, it has never been more important to learn how to think better and adapt in successful ways. Adaptability goes beyond survival. It is about the powerful difference between choosing to cope and choosing to win. The present age of uncertainty presents both problems and opportunities, and McKeown illustrates how to be part of the group that adapts faster and smarter than the rest.

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AfterMarketing

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

Author:

Vavra, Terry G.

Publisher:

Business One Irwin

Published Date:

1992

Customer Focus

Marketing

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The fixation of capturing new buyers has probably been fueled by the marketer’s desire to increase revenues and profits. But, as a company pursues this goal, present customers are often overlooked. Their continued patronage is assumed. Their value to the enterprise and contributions to profit are taken for granted. And because their satisfaction is presumed, the organization fails to maintain them. This is a costly mistake. Attracting new customers has become increasingly expensive as mass media costs escalate.

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Aftershock

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

Author:

Wiedemer, Robert A.

Spitzer, Cindy

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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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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Ageless Marketing

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Author:

Wolfe, David B.

Snyder, Robert E.

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Dearborn Trade Publishing

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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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Agents of Influence

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

Author:

Choate, Pat

Publisher:

Touchstone

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1990

Leadership

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Politics is now an economic strategy along with price, quality, innovation, marketing, and service. Few American companies give attention to this sixth dimension of competition-fewer than 30 percent of the 150 largest U.S. corporations try to affect their government’s international trade and economic policies, and virtually none address the trade and economic policies of the foreign countries where they operate.Japanese and European firms spend most of their time shaping the international and domestic policies that affect their businesses.

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All Marketers Are Liars

admin — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Godin, Seth

Publisher:

Seth Godin, Portfolio Hardcover

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2005

Management

Marketing

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What sells a product these days? Is it price point? Is it the buyer's need? Are product features and benefits the deciding factors for customers to buy? Seth Godin says it is none of the above. Consumers buy products when they fall for a marketer's story. A successful marketer has to be able to come up with stories that consumers want to believe. The stories should fit a consumer's worldview and encourage people to talk to others about it.

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All Rise

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Fuller, Robert W.

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date:

2006

Diversity

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Respect for the dignity of others is a value often sadly lacking in today's society. In All Rise, author Robert W. Fuller makes the case that abused power inherent in rank - rankism - is the main obstacle in maintaining functional organizations where a "dignitarian" society would no longer tolerate dictatorial bosses, condescending teachers, arrogant doctors, or impervious bureaucrats.

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Allies or Adversaries

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:59:04 +0000

Author:

Holm, Craig E.

Publisher:

Health Administration Press

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2004

Health Care

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Since its inception in the early part of the 20th century, the medical staff organization has allowed physicians to have some say in the running of hospitals and has acted as an overseeing body for granting credentials and privileges in the hospital system. Physicians and hospitals worked hand in hand throughout most of the century, and medical staff organizations proved to be an effective way of coordinating the interests of the two groups.

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Alternative Staffing Strategies

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

Author:

Nye, David

Publisher:

Facts on File Publications

Published Date:

1989

Human Resources

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Alternative staffing strategies are defined as employer-employee relationships that depart from traditional, full-time, long-term, in-house employment arrangements. While alternative methods are not new, they are becoming increasingly popular because of the advantages they hold for both employees and employers. Alternative staffing methods allow employers the flexibility to respond to fluctuations in the business climate while protecting the job security and morale of their regular, full-time work force. Today, about 90 percent of U.S. businesses use temporary workers (temps).

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Always a Winner

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:39:20 +0000

Author:

Navarro, Peter

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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2009

Business Strategy

Economics & Finance

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In Always a Winner, Peter Navarro makes the case that a recession can be substantially more damaging to an organization that any 10 competitors. He presents a comprehensive guide for executives to create an “always a winner” organization that will survive – even thrive – during a recession. By strategically managing the business cycle, he advocates that organizations can gain substantial competitive advantage and superior financial performance.

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Always On

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:39:25 +0000

Author:

Vollmer, Christopher

Precourt, Geoffrey

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

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2008

Marketing

Technology

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The new media environment is “always on,” accessible to audiences from anywhere at any time, and responsive to their control. The world of marketing is now at the beginning of a consumer-centric digital age in which the traditional approaches to marketing products and services are no longer viable. Instead of being satisfied with knowing how many people are exposed to their brand messages, marketers must determine how well their messages are received, whether they generate a customer response, and what those responses are.

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American Business: A Two-Minute Warning.

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

Author:

Grayson Jr., C. Jackson

O'Dell, Carla

Publisher:

The Free Press

Published Date:

1990

Leadership

Management

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From history we find that leadership and world dominance tend to cause complacency. Leaders overlook the relative growth rates of challengers, the changes are so gradual that leaders have difficulty sensing the crisis, and their relative size gives them a false sense of security.History also teaches us that the challengers to world leadership have enormous drive that more than compensates for a lack of re-sources. They stress education, and they all copy and improve upon the ideas and technology of the leader.

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American Wheels Chinese Roads

admin — Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:20 +0000

Author:

Dunne, Michael J.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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2011

Business Strategy

Entrepreneurship

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Michael Dunne is an American businessman with over 20 years of experience working in China in the automotive industry, initially as an industry consultant and more recently as an investment advisor. In American Wheels, Chinese Roads, he puts his experience to work, telling the story of General Motors’ early years in China. He explains the rules of the road for doing business in China, providing colorful examples and anecdotes from Chrysler Jeep as well as GM.

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An Insider's Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:59:02 +0000

Author:

Katcher, Bruce K.

Snyder, Adam

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AMACOM

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2010

Business Strategy

Personal Growth

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For people who long to be independent in their work and to make the most of their time, independent consulting may be the ideal. An Insider’s Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice by Bruce L. Katcher and Adam Snyder provides information that new consultants need to build their business and existing consultants need to accelerate their business. To be a successful independent consultant, it is important to develop a niche, market diligently, provide value to clients, and network for additional business.

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And Then the Roof Caved In

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:39:25 +0000

Author:

Faber, David

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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2009

Business Biographies

Economics & Finance

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Speculation and investigations into what really caused one of the greatest economic collapses in history will continue for the foreseeable future and, in the process, blame will most likely be placed at a number of doorsteps. One of the first books to track the missteps of the financial meltdown, And the Roof Caved In, by CNBC correspondent David Faber, traces the lineage of the economic collapse to the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, historically low interest rates, and a housing boom that was aided by a drop in lending standards.

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Angel Customers and Demon Customers

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:24:38 +0000

Author:

Selden, Larry

Colvin, Geoffrey

Publisher:

Portfolio

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2003

Customer Focus

Leadership

Management

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In their research and experience, Selden and Colvin have consistently found that the bottom 20 percent of customers, by profitability, (those they call demons) often generate losses that are equal to more than 100 percent of a company's total profits. Meanwhile, the top 20 percent of customers often account for more than 150 percent of a company's profits. Because these angel customers are the key drivers of a company's stock price, they must be protected at all costs and nurtured in every way possible.

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Animal Spirits

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:00:16 +0000

Author:

Akerlof, George A.

Shiller, Robert J.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

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2009

Economics & Finance

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Animal Spirits dissects standard economic theories and demonstrates their failure to account for human emotion, even though emotions have a large impact on the economy. George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller state that there are five key “animal spirits” which influence global economics: confidence, fairness, corruption, money illusion, and storytelling. They begin by explaining each animal spirit in detail, and continue on to apply these animal spirits to historic economic examples and traditional economic theories.

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Answering the Ultimate Question

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:24:41 +0000

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Owen, Richard

Brooks, Laura

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

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2009

Business Strategy

Customer Focus

Management

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Net Promoter - a multi-faceted program focused on increasing company growth through focused enhancement of customer loyalty - has been implemented in organizations worldwide. Many leading companies have demonstrated the positive effects of Net Promoter on innovation and profitability. Other companies, despite their declared commitment toward the program, have struggled with the program and achieved less than desirable outcomes. What explains these discrepant results? What are some companies doing - and others not - that is allowing them to achieve such success?

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Answers for Managers.

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

Author:

Radzik, Adam

Emek, Sharon

Publisher:

AMACOM

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1991

Human Resources

Leadership

Management

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In Answers for Managers, Radzik and Emek have distilled a virtual library of management concepts into an extremely practical guide, whose primary value lies in the fact that it provides managers with the information they have requested, in a format that they can readily use in the trenches.Some subordinates are motivated, while others are practically asleep on the job, sometimes, even managers find themselves less than enthusiastic. Though seemingly an elusive and mysterious force, motivation can be managed.

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Anticipate, Respond, Recover

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:18:59 +0000

Author:

McGlown, K. Joanne

Robinson, Phillip D.

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Health Administration Press

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2011

Health Care

Leadership

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In Anticipate, Respond, Recover, editors K. Joanne McGlown and Phillip D. Robinson stress that healthcare executives must take responsibility for knowing as much about disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigations as they know about healthcare finance, insurance, and medical staff credentialing. Overlooking this aspect of their education can incapacitate a healthcare facility and place it in great jeopardy.

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Anywhere

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:00:17 +0000

Author:

Green, Emily Nagle

Publisher:

Emily Nagle Green, McGraw-Hill

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2009

Business Strategy

Technology

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A pill bottle helps health care professionals monitor patients taking medication. A vending machine reports its own inventory over a wireless network. A telephone speeds checkout by acting as a debit card in retail stores around the world. The future of the world - and business - is ubiquitous connectivity, the total interconnection of people, ideas, and products through a global digital network. As the network grows and the world of data expands, every citizen will have instant acce

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aol.com

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

Author:

Swisher, Kara

Publisher:

Times Business

Published Date:

1998

Business Biographies

Technology

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During the last decade of the 20th century, an entirely new medium - online communications via the personal computer - was born, and the preeminent brand of this emerging new medium has turned out to be America Online (AOL). Since its founding a decade ago, the company has grown from an insignificant computer-games service aimed at teenage boys into a huge enterprise with more than 11 million subscribers worldwide and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Apple

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

Author:

Carlton, Jim

Publisher:

Times Business

Published Date:

1998

Business Biographies

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Almost every personal computer worldwide now has the distinctive look of Apple’s legendary Mac, which was the first to bring easy-to-use graphical icons and pull-down menus to the masses. Unfortunately, the company that started it all did not change in the same manner it changed the world. Now, Apple is in danger of disappearing-to becoming a footnote in history-albeit, a large one. Apple brings to life, in a manner that even the most technically illiterate person can understand, the process of designing, building, and selling computers.

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Army of Entrepreneurs

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:00:15 +0000

Author:

Prosek, Jennifer

Publisher:

AMACOM

Published Date:

2011

Business Strategy

Entrepreneurship

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Businesses face a tough financial landscape today. To complicate matters further, the economy does not always function in a predictable or recognizable fashion. Large, well-established companies have faced great challenges during the last decade, and some companies deemed "too-big-to-fail" have done so quite publicly. In Army of Entrepreneurs, Jennifer Prosek provides a guide for how to successfully implement a program that will deliver tangible financial results quickly and consistently.

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Artful Work

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

Author:

Richards, Dick

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date:

1995

Human Resources

Personal Growth

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Issues that the business world now believes to be important, such as values, empowerment, service, quality, and environmental responsibility, are matters of feeling and spirit. Although most people acknowledge that these issues are crucial to organizational success, and that the technology exists for their implementation, there are more failures than there are success stories. Obviously, some elusive ingredient in work is missing.

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At America's Service

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

Author:

Albrecht, Karl

Publisher:

Dow Jones-Irwin

Published Date:

1989

Customer Focus

Marketing

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Many service firms are paying a high price in lost business due to mediocre service, while few firms are truly oriented toward quality customer service. Businesses often don't understand customers and their priorities, and rarely have elective quality control programs. Management systems are often an active impediment to quality service, and many managers adhere to outmoded management concepts wholly unsuited to a service environment. Service is generally neglected in businesses. Too often, advertising slogans are substituted for real changes in customer service.

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At the Crossroads

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:16 +0000

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Coltoff, Philip

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Business Strategy

Social Responsibility

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In At the Crossroads, Philip Coltoff examines how not-for-profit organizations can address today’s critical issues in ways that will help redefine their missions and expand their visions. Not-for-profits, because of their size, budgets, and number of employees, are considered the third sector in American life, joined by the for-profit free enterprise system and government. Due to recent social and economical crises, the not-for-profit industry is struggling to provide for its growing number of clients.

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Authentic Conversations

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:24:41 +0000

Author:

Showkeir, Jamie

Showkeir, Maren

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date:

2008

Communication

Leadership

Management

Personal Growth

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Authentic Conversations, Jamie Showkeir and Maren Showkeir show the way to change the ways in which you communicate with both your peers and your subordinates at work. The authors suggest that by being aware of yourself, aware of your messages, and aware of how people react. You can make your workplace happier and more successful. Functional and ordinary conversations can lead to a workforce that is engaged and energized, or to one that is alienated and uninspired. All too often workplace conversations create what the authors call parent-child relationships.

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Authentic Leadership

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2003 05:00:17 +0000

Author:

George, Bill

Publisher:

Bill George, Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2004

Leadership

Management

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The author expounds on what he considers to be the cause of the current leadership crisis -- a crisis that is apparent in the business world. Looking back on his thirty years of experience as a corporate executive, the author offers authentic leadership as a means for building people and companies capable of making a positive contribution to the world.

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Awakening the Leader Within

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:24:38 +0000

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Cashman, Kevin

Forem, Jack

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2003

Leadership

Personal Growth

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Cashman believes that many of the business, political, ethical, and spiritual dilemmas individuals face today in their personal and professional lives are symptomatic of a larger crisis of authenticity and purpose. In his 20-plus years experience in coaching senior executives, he has seen that being genuine, purposeful, and principled is the requisite foundation upon which to build character development and effective living-the essential ingredients of great leadership.

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Awesomely Simple

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:10:46 +0000

Author:

Spence, John

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2009

Business Strategy

Leadership

Productivity

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Any business will claim to have a vision for itself; it will also claim to have top talent, robust communications, and extreme customer focus. Likely though, its management gives itself higher marks in those areas than do its customers and employees. The challenge is not a lack of vision or desire for talent or customer satisfaction, but a lack of execution. In Awesomely Simple, John Spence observes that the path to excellence in business is far simpler than it appears.

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Baked In

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:17 +0000

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Bogusky, Alex

Winsor, John

Publisher:

Alex Bogusty & John Winsor, Agat B2

Published Date:

2009

Marketing

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Brands must build a new relationship with their customers and the culture they participate in. The old rule was: Create safe, ordinary products and combine them with mass marketing. The new rule is: Create truly innovative products and build the marketing right into them. Today, the product is at the center of the conversation. It's within the product itself that a brand has the most leverage with customers. For many companies, it's high time to re

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Balancing Acts

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

Author:

Galbraith, James K.

Publisher:

Basic Books

Published Date:

1990

Economics & Finance

Global Business

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Today, a competitive challenge defines our economy and the at-tendant difficulties we are now experiencing have to do with failures of policy and not faults of national character. In the 1970s and 1980s, the inward orientation of macroeconomics led to inward-oriented explanations (e.g., the productivity slowdown) or explanations that incorporated externals (e.g., oil price shocks).

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Bare Knuckle People Management

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:27:36 +0000

Author:

O'Neil, Sean

Kulisek, John

Publisher:

BenBella Books, Inc.

Published Date:

2011

Management

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In Bare Knuckle People Management, authors Sean O’Neil and John Kulisek present a frank and edgy guide to helping managers get the most from their teams. Rather than subscribing to traditional leadership attitudes, the authors argue that managers should keep using the skills that got them promoted in the first place to deal with the new challenges of their leadership roles. Bare Knuckle People Management can be used as a “field guide” for spotting various types of employees and deciding how to best manage them.

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