All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Stepping Up Izzo, John Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Personal Growth, Productivity

In Stepping Up, executive coach and leadership speaker Dr. John Izzo describes how taking responsibility can improve lives, businesses, and relationships. The principles he introduces enable people to...

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The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave Branham, Leigh AMACOM , 2012 Leadership Development, Personal Growth

According to conventional wisdom, employee turnover is usually about pay and beyond the control of most companies. But in The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, human relations consultant Leigh Branham...

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Optimize Odden, Lee John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Customer Focus, Marketing

Lee Odden, author of Optimize, believes that no company is too small or too large to benefit from a customer-centric online marketing strategy that optimizes their web presence. To be successful...

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Paper Promises Coggan, Philip Public Affairs Books , 2012 Economics & Finance, Global Business

Over the last forty years, governments and consumers around the world have accumulated massive amounts of debt. This development reveals how attitudes toward money have changed over time. In Paper Promises...

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Improving the Performance of Government Employees Liff, Stewart American Management Association , 2011 Leadership Development, Productivity

Improving the Performance of Government Employees is a handbook that describes how managers in government agencies can build and maintain a powerful set of management systems to propel improved...

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Design like Apple Edson, John John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Biographies, Marketing

In Design Like Apple, John Edson describes how companies can use design to gain a competitive advantage. Through an in-depth breakdown of Apple’s philosophies, practices, and inner workings, Edson...

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China Versus the West Tselichtchev, Ivan John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. , 2012 Economics & Finance, Global Business

In China Versus the West, Ivan Tselichtchev describes the Western economic crisis that occurred parallel to unyielding Chinese growth and how this created a global power shift. He explains the genesis...

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Mindful Leadership Gonzalez, Maria Jossey-Bass , 2012 Leadership, Personal Growth

In Mindful Leadership, Maria Gonzalez offers a guide to leadership for anyone who is in a position to influence others. She shows how to use mindfulness meditation to achieve clarity, focus, and self-...

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Reviving Work Ethic Chester, Eric Green Leaf Book Group Press , 2012 Leadership, Productivity

In Reviving Work Ethic, Eric Chester takes the position that the decline of work ethic is a problem that affects all Western nations, as well as a growing number of Eastern ones. He says that while it...

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The New CFOs Mellon, Liz | Nagel, David C. | Lippert, Robert | Slack, Nigel Kogan Page Limited , 2012 Economics & Finance

The New CFOs by Liz Mellon, David C Nagel, Robert Lippert, and Nigel Slack encourages chief financial officers in business organizations to take more decisive roles as executives. Traditionally...

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