All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Facebook Effect Kirkpatrick, David Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2010 Business Biographies, Technology

In The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick delves into the life of entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and explores how he created a company that has forever changed the way the world uses the Internet....

 
 
The Market-Driven Supply Chain Burrows III, Robert P. AMACOM, , 2012 Business Strategy

For the last 40 years, supply-driven sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been a consistent management process for the manufacturing and distribution of consumer and industrial products. However, in today’s...

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The Language of Success Sant, Tom AMACOM , 2008 Communication

Communicating effectively is a key skill in business, but one that many people lack. In The Language of Success, Tom Sant presents useful structures and tricks of the trade for writing successful...

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Power Questions Sobel, Andrew | Panas, Jerold John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Leadership, Management, Relationships

In Power Questions, Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas show how questions are the best way to deepen relationships, build a business, and influence people. The authors show that asking the right questions...

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Speaking as a Leader Humphrey, Judith John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. , 2012 Communication, Leadership

John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., 2012 In Speaking as a Leader, Judith Humphrey aims to help people become more effective leaders by learning to be more effective speakers and, just as important, to...

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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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