All Summaries

All Summaries

 
What’s Stopping You? Kelsey, Robert Capstone Publishing , 2012 Personal Growth

In What’s Stopping You?, Robert Kelsey warns that fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This common, yet rarely addressed condition alters behaviors in ways that make failure a...

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Identifying and Managing Project Risk Kendrick, Tom AMACOM , 2009 Business Strategy, Management, Productivity, Teams

All projects involve risk, and those projects that are successful generally have leaders who employ the best project management practices available. In his book Identifying and Managing Project Risk,...

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Putting Our DIFFERENCES to WORK Kennedy, Debbe Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2008 Business Strategy, Diversity, Innovation, Teams

Putting differences to work – creating an environment where diverse individuals can work more effectively to drive innovation and performance – has unlimited potential benefits. Unfortunately, however, organizations...

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The Services Shift Kennedy, Robert E. | Sharma, Ajay FT Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Global Business, Productivity

While twenty-first century managers are well-versed in the phenomenon of globalized manufacturing (the physical production of goods outside of a company’s country of operation), the details and implications of a more...

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Speed Lead Kevan Hall Nicholas Brealey Publishing , 2007 Innovation, Management

Companies are growing at an ever-faster rate in today’s era of information technology and globalization. As a result, these organizations are becoming complex, and therefore slower and more expensive to run. People are...

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Propel Keyes, Whitney The Career Press, Inc. , 2012 Marketing

In Propel, author Whitney Keyes presents a series of core principles to guide marketing strategies in any organization. Keyes is quick to admit that there is never a “one size fits all” solution to a...

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Field Tested King, Emily AMACOM , 2012 Human Resources, Leadership Development

Military veterans are some of the most talented, goal-focused, and loyal employees in America. They possess a bevy of skills and perspectives that civilian workers, managers, and job applicants generally lack. Yet...

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Lead with Your Customer Kober, J. Jeff | Jones, Mark David ASTD Press , 2010 Customer Focus

In Lead with Your Customer, Mark David Jones and J. Jeff Kober offer the World-Class Excellence Model as a means to integrate a dual approach of engaging employees internally and customers externally...

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The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual Koegel, Timothy Greenleaf Book Group Press , 2010 Communication

Virtual presentations—videoconferences, webinars, and podcasts—are becoming increasingly popular and a greater element of everyday business communication. Improved technology has transformed virtual presentations into...

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Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness Koestenbaum, Peter John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Leadership, Personal Growth

Leaders are not born; they are developed. Furthermore, leadership is not a characteristic confined to business, but is a way of thinking and a way of living. In the thoroughly revised Leadership: The Inner Side...

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