All Summaries

All Summaries

 
At the Crossroads Coltoff, Philip John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

In At the Crossroads, Philip Coltoff examines how not-for-profit organizations can address today’s critical issues in ways that will help redefine their missions and expand their visions. Not-for-...

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Authentic Conversations Showkeir, Jamie | Showkeir, Maren Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2008 Communication, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Authentic Conversations, Jamie Showkeir and Maren Showkeir show the way to change the ways in which you communicate with both your peers and your subordinates at work. The authors suggest that by being aware of...

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Awesomely Simple Spence, John John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership, Productivity

Any business will claim to have a vision for itself; it will also claim to have top talent, robust communications, and extreme customer focus. Likely though, its management gives itself higher marks in those areas than...

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Bare Knuckle People Management O'Neil, Sean | Kulisek, John BenBella Books, Inc. , 2011 Management

In Bare Knuckle People Management, authors Sean O’Neil and John Kulisek present a frank and edgy guide to helping managers get the most from their teams. Rather than subscribing to traditional...

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Be a Shortcut Halford, Scott G. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Personal Growth, Relationships

72 pp. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009 Everyone knows what a shortcut is: a quicker, easier way to get somewhere. In Be a Shortcut, author Scott Halford uses the word in a slightly different sense: a Shortcut is that...

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Be the Elephant Kaplan, Steve Workman Publishing , 2006 Business Strategy

In Be the Elephant, marketing guru and best-selling author Steve Kaplan offers a detailed playbook for successfully growing businesses of all sorts and sizes, while exploring the ways a growing...

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Be the Hero Blumenthal, Noah Berret-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Personal Growth

Most everyone feels stressed, frustrated, or out of control at work or at home at some point. In Be the Hero, Noah Blumenthal challenges people to transform self-defeating thoughts and victim behaviors...

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Becoming a Category of One Calloway, Joe John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy

In Becoming a Category of One, Joe Calloway states that a company must strive not to become a leader in a category, but to create a new category altogether and be the only company in it. In order to accomplish this, a...

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Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach Frisch, Michael H. | Lee, Robert J. | Metzger, Karen L. | Robinson, Jeremy | Rosemarin, Judy AMACOM , 2012 Leadership Development

Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach reveals how executive coaches can discover their best coaching approaches by using resources such as knowledge, experience, and intuition to create a Personal...

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Becoming an Extraordinary Manager Sandler, Len AMACOM , 2008 Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

Most jobs in the business world come with a set of easily recognizable attributes: a desk, a paycheck, and a manager. While the first two are easily dealt with by most, the third can make an otherwise fulfilling job...

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