All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Coming to Concurrence Smith, J. Walker | Clurman, Ann | Wood, Craig Racom Communications , 2005 Customer Focus, Marketing, Productivity

Marketing is in crisis mode, for the model for marketing, as it stands today, is obsolete. Customers have developed a resistance to marketing that is only going to grow. The crisis spawned by consumer resistance...

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From Average to Awesome Smith, Jr., Jim ASTD Press , 2008 Personal Growth

Through dozens of uplifting true-life stories, From Average to Awesome by Jim Smith, Jr., demonstrates how others have catapulted themselves from mediocrity to stellar achievement, despite the odds....

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Contrarian Management Smith, Martin R. AMACOM , 1992 Human Resources, Management

In America’s capital-starved economy, high-tech industries will do no better than low-tech ones. In fact, low-tech businesses that supply staples for everyday living, whether the economy is prosperous or austere, will...

 
 
Lead with a Story Smith, Paul AMACOM , 2012 Leadership

Until recently, storytelling was considered “unprofessional” in the corporate world. Today, storytelling is well-accepted in corporate America as a tool for sharing information in a compelling way that engages others....

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Taking Charge Smith, Perry M. Avery Publishing Group, Inc. , 1989 Leadership, Management

Smith offers 20 essential characteristics of a good leader, including such diverse elements as trust, technical competence, and humor. The majority of these characteristics fall into one of two traits: openness and...

 
 
Riches Among the Ruins Smith, Richard P. | Zheutlin, Peter AMACOM , 2009 Business Biographies, Global Business

The focus of Riches Among the Ruins by Robert P. Smith is twofold: it shows how the isolated economies of individual nations have created great investment opportunities in the last 50 years, and how...

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BOLD Smith, Shaun | Milligan, Andy Kogan Page Limited , 2011 Customer Focus

Today, the world of business is so crowded that only courageous companies with radically different business approaches can attract the attention of consumers. In BOLD, Shaun Smith and Andy Milligan...

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Money Makers Snider, David | Howard, Chris Palgrave MacMillan , 2010 Economics & Finance

In Money Makers, David Snider and Chris Howard explore six key fields that impacted the 2007–2008 financial crisis: investment banking, venture capital and entrepreneurship, private equity, hedge funds...

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Creating Your Own Destiny Snow, Patrick John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Personal Growth

In Creating Your Own Destiny, Patrick Snow gives people the tools and resources they need to break out of the corporate grind and take control of their professional lives. The author discusses the...

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Unleashing Innovation Snyder, Nancy Tennant | Duarte, Deborah L. Jossey-Bass , 2008 Business Biographies, Innovation

Every company wants to be an innovation leader. After all, companies that innovate are ultimately those that thrive. Unfortunately, most companies that institute innovation programs do it in a manner that thwarts the...

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