All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Art of Being Unreasonable Broad, Eli John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Biographies, Leadership

Eli Broad’s most cherished possession, a paperweight from his wife Edythe, is inscribed with these words from George Bernard Shaw: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in...

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The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation Elliot, Jay | Simon, William L. Vanguard Press , 2011 Business Biographies, Leadership

In The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation, former Apple Senior Vice President Jay Elliot and William Simon analyze the business practices of the man who once asked a potential hire, “Do...

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Valuable Content Marketing Jefferson, Sonja | Tanton, Sharon Kogan Page Limited , 2013 Marketing

In today’s hyper-connected world, traditional marketing and sales techniques no longer work on the Internet. In Valuable Content Marketing, Sonja Jefferson and Sharon Tanton argue that businesses need...

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Talent Leadership Mattone, John | Xavier, Luiz AMACOM , 2013 Leadership Development

In Talent Leadership, John Mattone contends that the human capital asset is the most critical variable driving operational excellence. He aims to help business leaders use various methods of behavior...

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Improving Performance Rummler, Geary A. | Brache, Alan P. Jossey-Bass , 2013 Business Strategy, Productivity

Managers are too often slaves to the vertical silos depicted on organizational charts. Instead, Geary A. Rummler and Alan P. Brache argue in Improving Performance, that managers should understand and...

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How Not to Worry McGee, Paul Capstone Publishing, Ltd. , 2012 Personal Growth

Worry can adversely impact people’s daily lives and the lives of those around them. In How Not to Worry, Paul McGee explores why worry is such a significant part of people’s lives. He exposes some of...

 
 
Leverage Denninger, Karl John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance

Leverage is nothing more than the use of debt as a replacement for capital in a transaction. It may sound innocent, but it has been used over the years as a means of amassing ill-gotten wealth. In Leverage...

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Culture Shock McInnes, Will John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2012 Business Strategy

In Culture Shock, Will McInnes argues that the 20th-century way of doing business needs to be laid to rest. In its place, McInnes envisions a 21st-century approach to organizational dynamics that...

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Mastering Turbulence McCann, Joseph | Selsky, John W. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Change Management

In Mastering Turbulence, Joseph McCann and John W. Selsky provide a framework for organizations to survive conditions of uncertainty, or turbulence—any surprise, shock, natural disaster, or windfall...

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Quitter Acuff, Jon Lampo Press , 2011 Personal Growth

In Quitter, Jon Acuff challenges the idea that work is just what people do to finance the rest of their lives. Rife with personal anecdotes and pop-culture references, and aimed at readers in their 20s...

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