All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Coaching For Improved Work Performance Fournies, Ferdinand F. McGraw-Hill , 2000 Human Resources, Leadership Development, Management, Productivity

Coaching is a powerful technique for motivating employees to change their behavior. In Coaching For Improved Work Performance, Ferdinand Fournies shows managers how to become skilled coaches and to face the challenges...

 
 
Creative Destruction Foster, Richard N. | Kaplan, Sarah Doubleday , 2001 Economics & Finance, Marketing

One need only look to market indices over the past century to realize that highly revered and much-touted “built-to-last” corporations tended to underperform the market by a significant amount. McKinsey consultants,...

 
 
Disaster Proof Your Career Forsyth, Patrick Kogan Page Limited , 2010 Personal Growth

In Disaster Proof Your Career, Patrick Forsyth acts as a personal coach on how to build a successful career. He draws on many years of experience as a business consultant and trainer to offer insights...

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Turn Clicks into Customers Forrester, Duane McGraw-Hill , 2010 Customer Focus, Marketing

Developing a powerful business presence on the Web is only the beginning for companies. Smart marketers realize the goal is not to increase traffic to a site, but to achieve more sales, more subscribers and more...

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Consider Forrester, Daniel Patrick Palgrave Macmillan , 2011 Personal Growth

In Consider, author and strategist Daniel Patrick Forrester issues a call to individuals and institutions across the globe, urging them to carve think time out of their busy schedules and engage in...

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The Inspiring Leader Folkman,, Joseph R. | Edinger, Scott K. | Zenger, John H. McGraw-Hill , 2009 Communication, Leadership

In The Inspiring Leader, John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger explain how leaders can bring about extraordinary performance and move a group from ho-hum to gung-ho by breaking...

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Made to Stick Flynn, Simone Isadora Random Hous , 2007 Customer Focus, Innovation, Marketing

Some ideas are “stick-worthy” while others are not and the traditional advice to make ideas stick, such as knowing your audience, making eye contact, practice, and repetition, tends to have limited effectiveness....

 
 
Brand Clout Flynn, Dennis C. Dennic C. Flynn, Cameo Publications, LLC , 2006 Change Management, Management, Marketing

In the fast paced world of 21st century economics, even change has changed. The only way to keep afloat these days is to truly abide by the old...

 
 
The Breakthrough Illusion Florida, Richard | Kenney, Martin BasicBooks , 1990 Innovation, Technology

The authors document the emergence of America ’s high-tech innovation and development-the breakthrough economy-and explain how it has failed to effectively generate new products, wealth, and economic growth. Also,...

 
 
The Learning Layer Flinn, Steven D. Palgrave Macmillan , 2010 Human Resources

In The Learning Layer, Steven D. Flinn introduces the concept of a learning layer that rests atop all other systems within an organization and, like the human mind, can evolve and adapt to the input of...

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