All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Productive Narcissist Maccoby, Michael Broadway Books , 2003 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Leadership, Personal Growth

For our age of rapid social and economic change, author Michael Maccoby proposes a new paradigm of leadership, one that is based on a classic Freudian personality trait – narcissism. Challenging prevailing theories of...

 
 
Success Built to Last Porras, Jerry | Emery, Stewart | Thompson, Mark Wharton School Publishing , 2007 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth

People who make an impact doing what matters most to them have the potential for enduring success. Some of the world’s most enduringly successful people have become so by harvesting their failures and summoning the...

 
 
The 17 Essential Qualities Of A Team Player Maxwell, John C. Thomas Nelson Publishers , 2002 Relationships, Teams

A follow-up companion reader to "The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork," here is a clear character profile of the ideal Team Player. Maxwell stresses...

 
 
The Corporate Culture Handbook O'Donovan, Gabrielle The Liffey Press , 2006 Human Resources, Management

According to O’Donovan, CEOs must face three major challenges in the 21st century: driving change, managing corporate culture so as to reverse the increasing occurrences of corporate malfeasance, and meeting market...

 
 
Succeed on Your Own Terms Greenberg, Herb | Sweeney, Patrick McGraw-Hill , 2006 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Personal Growth

All successful individuals maintain a defining quality that sets them apart, and often, a clear vision of their own success. Those who know what motivates people and who have a clear sense of purpose and meaning in...

 
 
Lesson from the Edge Matthews, Jana | Davis, Jeff | Economy, Peter Oxford University Press , 2000 Entrepreneurship, Management

Most entrepreneurs and business owners are terrified of losing their companies that they built with years of blood, sweat, and tears. Although there...

 
 
In the Line of Fire Weissman, Jerry Prentice Hall , 2005 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

There are but a number of people who are able to take on challenging questions head on, without faltering. However, there are even fewer people who will go through life...

 
 
The Transparency Edge Pagano, Barbara | Pagano, Elizabeth McGraw-Hill , 2005 Leadership, Personal Growth

In his foreword, Stephen Lundin (coauthor of Fish, Fish Tales, and Fish Sticks) notes that change agents worldwide have rewritten the rules of change and motivation, and initiated massive cultural revolutions, in...

 
 
The Art of Connecting Raines, Claire | Ewing, Lara AMACOM , 2006 Communication, Diversity, Personal Growth, Relationships

In every kind of business and in every industry, workplaces are becoming more diverse, which has important and challenging implications for communication and for relationship building. In The Art of Connecting...

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Focus Like A Laser Beam Haneberg, Lisa L. Jossey-Bass , 2005 Personal Growth, Productivity

Focus is defined as concentrating energy on something, achieving a distinct vision, or attending to the right thing. Focus is purposeful, not accidental; and it is different than giving attention to something....

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