All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Green Tech Webber, Lawrence | Wallace, Michael AMACOM , 2009 Social Responsibility, Technology

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...

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Great Work, Great Career Covey, Stephen R. | Colosimo, Jennifer FranklinCovey Publishing , 2009 Personal Growth

In Great Work, Great Career, authors Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo discuss the immense opportunities the new “knowledge” economy has presented to the working population. They outline the ways...

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Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders Baldoni, John McGraw-Hill , 2005 Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Motivation is an authentic trait of leadership. While many have written before about motivation and leadership, Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders simplifies, by example, ways in which great...

 
 
Great Leaders Grow Blanchard, Ken | Miller, Mark Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Leadership, Personal Growth

In Great Leaders Grow, best-selling business author Ken Blanchard teams with Chick-fil-A vice president Mark Miller to guide executives on the path to becoming great leaders. The authors assert that...

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Great Business Teams Guttman, Howard M. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Strategy, Leadership, Management, Teams

Great teams stand apart from the rest. They are undaunted by the toughest business challenges and are not content with simply overcoming such challenges. Instead, they use them as opportunities for transformation. In...

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Grabbing Lightning O'Connor, Gina C. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Strategy, Innovation

Innovation—pioneering new ways of thinking and developing improved processes and products—is critical to business success. What is particularly needed is “breakthrough,” or radical, innovation—that which offers wholly...

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Google Speaks Lowe, Janet John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Biographies

Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have been called the “lords of all information,” the “Thomas Edisons of the Internet,” and the twin “Princes of High Technology” for creating what Time magazine in 2006 called...

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Good Works! Kotler, Philip | Hessekiel, David | Lee, Nancy R. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Good Works! by Philip Kotler, David Hessekiel, and Nancy R. Lee provides actionable advice for corporate executives and managers on how to integrate marketing and corporate social initiatives into a...

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Good Idea. Now What? Lee, Charles T. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Innovation

In Good Idea. Now What?, Charles T. Lee insightfully deconstructs the biology of ideas, from conception to fruition. He uses a kaleidoscope of perspectives to examine the life cycle of an idea,...

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Good for Business Benett, Andrew | Gobhai, Cavas | Reilly, Ann O. | Welch, Greg Palgrave Macmillan , 2009 Social Responsibility

After decades marked by the misdeeds of businesses—from Enron to the BP oil spill—consumers have lost confidence in big businesses. However, companies have an opportunity to regain that confidence, and the support of...

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