All Summaries

All Summaries

 
What Matters Now Hamel, Gary Jossey-Bass , 2012 Change Management

In What Matters Now, author Gary Hamel presents compelling reasons to change the management model of the 20th century in order to succeed in the 21st century. The traditional management style has grown...

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Well Said! Price, Darlene AMACOM , 2012 Communication

Effective presentation and communication skills can get people noticed, remembered, and promoted more quickly than any other skill set. Well Said! is a how-to guide to delivering targeted, memorable...

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Well Connected Curtis, Gordon S. | Lewis, Greg Jossey-Bass , 2010 Communication, Relationships

In order to accomplish common goals, today’s businesspeople are required to form partnerships with both colleagues and competitors. According to Gordon Curtis, identifying and engaging the right people – those who...

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Web Copy That Sells Veloso, Maria AMACOM , 2009 Communication, Marketing

Direct marketing websites need effective copy to engage prospects and convert them to customers. In Web Copy That Sells, Maria Veloso boils more than 30 years of copywriting experience down to a...

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Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here Verklin, David | Kanner, Bernice John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Business Biographies, Customer Focus, Marketing, Technology

Almost two-thirds of Americans’ waking lives are engaged with media of some kind, according to David Verklin and Bernice Kanner, the authors of Watch This, Listen Up, Click Here, and where consumers...

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Wander Woman Reynolds, Marcia Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Leadership

Modern, high-achieving women are more confident than their predecessors, but they also feel more stress about their futures. Their passion to succeed is overshadowed by the uncertainty of what they are trying to...

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Virtual Teamwork Ubell , Robert (editor) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Teams, Technology

Over the past 20 years, Internet-based online learning has grown from a rudimentary tool to a routine part of business operations. Today, virtual teams give businesspeople across the globe uninterrupted access to...

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Virtual Team Success DeRosa, Darleen M. | Lepsinger, Richard Jossey-Bass , 2010 Management, Productivity

In today’s complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. Virtual collaboration has already begun to transform many business sectors. The gradual shift of...

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Viral Loop Penenberg, Adam L. Hyperion Books , 2009 Business Strategy, Technology

The startling technological advances of the Internet age have changed the way we think, the way we play, and the way we work. As a result, the arena for business success is more open and expansive than it has ever been...

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Value Dobbs, Richard | Huyett, Bill | Koller, Tim John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance

In market economies, value is a very important metric. Investors want the value of their funds to grow in ways that compensate them for risk, as well as for the interest they sacrificed by not investing elsewhere. To...

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