All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Growth or Bust! Faust, Mark Career Press, Inc. , 2011 Business Strategy, Management

In Growth or Bust!, growth and turnaround consultant Mark Faust describes how most companies have the inherent ability to greatly increase growth, and describes methods that combine the creation of...

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The Power of LEO Chowdhury, Subir McGraw-Hill , 2012 Business Strategy, Customer Focus

Despite business management’s best efforts, quality improvement cannot be achieved through piecemeal changes or the efforts of a single, specialized department alone. According to quality expert Subir Chowdhury, true...

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Thinking Forward Griffith, John R. | White, Kenneth R. | Cahill, Patricia Health Administration Press , 2003 Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Health Care

“Thinking forward” is the phrase used by Patricia Cahill, president and CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), to describe the process that put CHI on the road to its current success. Thinking forward is the way CHI...

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Turnaround Leadership Callaghan, Shaun O. Kogan Page , 2010 Change Management, Leadership

Crises constantly arise in the world of global business. All career managers will experience a crisis at some point, be it the aftermath of a recession or a change in the way consumers spend their money. Regardless of...

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Building the High-Trust Organization Shockley-Zalabak, Pamela S. | Morreale, Sherwyn P. | Hackman, Michael Z. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy

Trust is not just important; it is the main element of success for any organization. High-trust organizations grow faster, innovate and execute better, enjoy more stakeholder loyalty, and are more valuable than...

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Practical Genius Rudan, Gina Amaro Touchstone , 2012 Personal Growth

Genius is often considered to be a quality that is not obtainable by everyone. It is viewed as something special that is exclusive to people like Einstein or Mozart. In Practical Genius, Gina Amaro...

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Trailblazers Anderson, Redia | Billings-Harris, Lenora John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Diversity

Today’s top organizations have embraced diversity and inclusion as practices that make good business sense. Fostering an internal culture of diversity that is interconnected with community outreach means organizations...

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Leadership is Dead Kubicek, Jeremie Simon & Schuster, Inc. , 2011 Leadership

In Leadership is Dead, Jeremie Kubicek urges executives and managers to embrace the most potent professional asset on the planet: leading through influence. While the ground rules of leadership have...

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Joining Forces Marks, Mitchell Lee | Mirvis, Philip H. Jossey-Bass , 2010 Business Strategy

While mergers, acquisitions, and alliances are more common than ever in today’s strategic business climate, only 25 percent of all mergers succeed. In Joining Forces, authors Mitchell Lee Marks and...

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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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