All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Mojo Goldsmith, Marshall | Reiter, Mark Hyperion Books , 2009 Personal Growth

Some people just seem to have their “mojo” working. The salesman who closes with seven tough customers in a row, the baseball player who hits nothing but home runs, and the bartender who is never late with drinks—all...

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Mobilized Marketing Hasen, Jeff John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Marketing

In Mobilized Marketing, chief marketing officer of Hipcricket Jeff Hasen describes the evolution of marketing through mobile communication devices. Using interviews with numerous marketers, Hasen...

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Mobilize Sobhany, Rana June Vanguard Press , 2011 Technology

Mobile application software has become an integrated component of the way many people socialize, run businesses, schedule appointments, and entertain themselves. The term app is now commonly understood to mean any...

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Mindset Dweck, Carol S. Random House , 2006 Personal Growth, Productivity

According to Carol S. Dweck, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, there are two main belief systems, or mindsets, that people can possess: fixed and growth. These mindsets strongly...

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Mindful Leadership Gonzalez, Maria Jossey-Bass , 2012 Leadership, Personal Growth

In Mindful Leadership, Maria Gonzalez offers a guide to leadership for anyone who is in a position to influence others. She shows how to use mindfulness meditation to achieve clarity, focus, and self-...

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Million-Dollar Hire Jones, David P. Jossey-Bass , 2011 Human Resources, Leadership Development

In any business, hiring and retaining the best employees is the key to long-term success. Often, hiring the wrong people can waste money, hurt morale, and undermine competitiveness. Taking into account recruiting costs...

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Military Misfortunes Cohen, Eliot J. | Gooch, John Free Press , 2006 Business Strategy, Leadership, Major Works

Even the world’s mightiest armies can suffer from a lack of leadership and dysfunctional organization, leading to catastrophic loss of life, political upheaval at home, and the ruination of careers for those...

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Merge Ahead Adolph, Gerald | Petitt, Justin | Sisk, Michael McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy

Mergers and acquisitions (M & A) and other corporate development deals have never been more important than they are today. But a variety of factors – including globalization, the speed with which deals are closed,...

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Mentoring and Diversity Clutterbuck, David | Ragins, Belle Rose Butterworth-Heinemann , 2002 Diversity, Leadership Development

While mentoring is a well researched topic, the relationship between mentoring and diversity requires more exploration. In Mentoring and Diversity, David Clutterbuck and Belle Rose Ragins review...

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Media, Markets, and Morals Spence, Edward H. | Alexandra, Andrew | Quinn, Aaron | Dunn, Anne Wiley-Blackwell , 2011 Communication, Technology

In Media, Markets, and Morals, the authors suggest that as technology rapidly advances, the nature of media communication changes drastically as well. Because the media, or those who dissemination and...

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