All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk, Revised and Expanded Catlette, Bill | Hadden, Richard John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Human Resources, Leadership

Research has shown that when employees are focused and fully engaged, they are more productive at work. In Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk, Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden suggest that employees...

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Meaningful Workplaces Chalofsky, Neal E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Human Resources

In Meaningful Workplaces, Neal E. Chalofsky describes how strong and responsive Human Resource functions influence organizational effectiveness by building an employee-engaged, community-based...

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Positive Intelligence Chamine, Shirzad Greenleaf Book Group Press, LLC , 2012 Productivity, Teams

We spend much of our lives like Sisyphus, the king who was doomed forever to push a huge boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down. Unlike Sisyphus, however, our punishment is self-inflicted. In Positive...

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Inspire! Champy, Jim FT Press , 2010 Leadership

Greed and dishonesty run rampant in the business world, and together they have created a nation of customers who are suspicious, frustrated, and fiercely independent. Furthermore, technology has made customers more...

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Deliver! Champy, Jim FT Press , 2012 Business Biographies, Business Strategy

In Deliver!, management adviser Jim Champy takes a close look at five very different case studies of enterprises that have found ways to cut costs, improve efficiencies, or integrate new, sometimes...

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The Digital Handshake Chaney, Paul John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Marketing, Technology

Social media has grown exponentially in the past ten years. It has gained prominence not only as a social tool but also as a marketing tool. In The Digital Handshake, Paul Chaney discusses the change...

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Leaders at All Levels Charan, Ram John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management

In Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan addresses a growing problem in business—the shortage of leaders who are prepared to face today’s complex business environment. Many companies struggle to find...

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Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty Charan, Ram McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Change Management, Economics & Finance, Leadership

Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan is a common-sense guide outlining the management practices necessary to weather the current economic storm. Throughout the book Charan...

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Brand Rewired Chasser, Anne H. | Wolfe, Jennifer C. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Marketing

Intellectual property is the sum of the distinct components that make up a brand and the brand’s campaign. These components include the product or service’s name, logo, slogan, script of the commercial, music that...

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The Talent Powered Organization Cheese, Peter | Thomas, Robert J. | Craig, Elizabeth Kogan Page Limited , 2008 Human Resources, Leadership Development

Companies face rapidly changing conditions in the world that affect their ability to find talent. In The Talent Powered Organization, Peter Cheese, Robert J Thomas, and Elizabeth Craig propose that the...

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