All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Kick Your Own Ass Johnson, Robert Early John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Productivity

In Kick Your Own Ass, Robert Early Johnson presents a guide for salespeople to change the arc of their potential and perform better in their careers. The title is meant to evoke the idea of achieving...

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The Diversity Code Johnson, Michelle T. AMACOM , 2011 Diversity

In The Diversity Code, Michelle T. Johnson, the self-titled “Diversity Diva,” uses her experience as a lawyer and journalist to help people break “the diversity code” by looking at things differently....

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Generations, Inc. Johnson, Meagan | Johnson, Larry AMACOM , 2010 Leadership, Management, Teams

In today's business environment, it is not unusual to be managing several generations at once. While everyone may be talented, hardworking, and committed to the organization, professionals of different ages have...

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Billy, Alfred, and General Motors Johnson, Lydia Brown AMACOM , 2006 Business Biographies, Entrepreneurship, Major Works

In the 1950s, GM was a juggernaut, dominating every market it entered and influencing American manufacturing, marketing, and even society like no other company, before nor since. Now, as the company approaches its...

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Absolute Honesty Johnson, Larry | Phillips, Bob AMACOM , 2003 Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

With shocking revelations of deliberate corporate dishonesty and manipulation appearing almost daily in the media, many are beginning to wonder if the realities of business and the concept of integrity are, by...

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Leaders Make the Future Johansen, Bob Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership

In the future, the world will be filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, or VUCA. Though the past has certainly seen its fair share of these things, the future will be more volatile, more...

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Get There Early Johansen, Bob Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2007 Leadership

In Get There Early, Bob Johansen’s goal is to provide a guidebook for a future that is not optional and cannot be avoided. He calls this future VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity...

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Six Pixels of Separation Joel, Mitch Business Plus , 2009 Customer Focus, Marketing, Technology

The term “six degrees of separation” suggests that everyone is connected through six or less friends or acquaintances. In Six Pixels of Separation, however, Mitch Joel suggests that this paradigm is no...

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Igniting the Third Factor Jensen, Peter Performance Coaching Inc. , 2008 Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Research indicates that coaching can increase performance much more than skill-focused job training alone. Most leaders, however, never learn the basic principles of successful coaching, why they are important, or how...

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The Winning Factor Jensen, Peter AMACOM , 2012 Personal Growth

Extraordinary individuals perform well and inspire others, but nobody becomes extraordinary by themselves. The task of leaders is to enable the development of those entrusted to them, inspiring them to become the...

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