All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Onboarding Bradt, George | Vonnegut, Mary John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Human Resources, Leadership Development

In Onboarding, authors George Bradt and Mary Vonnegut provide a how-to guide for establishing a Total Onboarding Program designed to acclimate any employee taking on a new role within an organization....

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The Essential Controller Bragg, Steven M. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance

With The Essential Controller, Steven M. Bragg has provided a primer for the new controller. The world of accounting has changed, and with it the role of the controller. A once isolated profession,...

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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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Make Your Brain Work Brann, Amy Kogan Page Limited , 2013 Personal Growth, Productivity

In Make Your Brain Work, Amy Brann draws on principles of neuroscience to explain how the brain works. Understanding how the brain functions can help people work more efficiently, productively, and...

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Branded! Brennan, Bernie | Schafer, Lori John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Marketing, Technology

Customers have become technology savvy—blogging about products, instantly comparing prices, becoming fans on Facebook, and posting videos on YouTube. Retailers need to listen to what is being said about their products...

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The Art of Being Unreasonable Broad, Eli John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Biographies, Leadership

Eli Broad’s most cherished possession, a paperweight from his wife Edythe, is inscribed with these words from George Bernard Shaw: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in...

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Trust Agents Brogan, Chris | Smith, Julien John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Marketing, Technology

In Trust Agents Chris Brogan and Julien Smith present strategies for businesses and individuals to build relationships with consumers on the Web that foster trust. In the age of the Internet, when...

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Right Relationship Brown, Peter G. | Garver, with, Geoffrey | Helmuth, Keith | Howell, Robert | Szeghi, Steve Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Social Responsibility

The right relationship that people must seek is “between the human economy, and the earth’s commonwealth of life,” write authors Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver in Right Relationship. In the Quaker...

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Building a Small Business that Warren Buffett Would Love Brownlee, Adam John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship

In Building a Small Business that Warren Buffett Would Love, Adam Brownlee covers basic principles and concepts that any owner or would-be owner of a small business will want to consider. The...

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Deals from Hell Bruner, Robert F. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2005 Economics & Finance, Management

Mega-mergers and acquisitions seem to be the norm these days. They garner a lot of press, and with good reason. Shareholders, stockholders, competitors, and regulatory agencies all follow these deals with great...

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