All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Truth About Health Care Mechanic, David Rutgers University Press , 2006 Health Care, Human Resources

In his book The Truth About Health Care, David Mechanic explores the challenges facing the United States in providing adequate health care for its citizens and the factors hindering large-scale reform...

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The New Rules of Marketing and PR Meerman, David John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Marketing, Technology

Traditional advertising is all about interruption; its success hinges on getting people to stop what they are doing and pay attention to advertising. According to David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of...

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The 2020 Workplace Meister, Jeanne C. | Willyerd, Karie HarperCollins , 2010 Diversity, Management, Relationships, Technology

In The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd outline the ways in which organizations can and should change in order to meet the needs of the diverse and “über-connected” workforce of...

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The New CFOs Mellon, Liz | Nagel, David C. | Lippert, Robert | Slack, Nigel Kogan Page Limited , 2012 Economics & Finance

The New CFOs by Liz Mellon, David C Nagel, Robert Lippert, and Nigel Slack encourages chief financial officers in business organizations to take more decisive roles as executives. Traditionally...

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Success Under Stress Melnick, Sharon AMACOM , 2013 Personal Growth, Productivity

In today’s work environment, most people are faced with too much to do and too little time to accomplish everything. With a constant barrage of emails and texts and network access 24/7, stress has become the new normal...

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Rethink Merrifield, Ric FT Press , 2009 Change Management, Innovation, Management, Productivity

When it becomes necessary to search for cost efficiencies and business improvement ideas, company leaders tend to focus on fine-tuning processes (the hows) rather than focusing on what companies actually do and why...

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The Self-Made Myth Miller, Brian | Lapham, Mike Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2012 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth

In The Self-Made Myth, Brian Miller and Mike Lapham examine the widespread belief that successful people in America are “self-made,” with little outside help. While hard work, creativity, and sacrifice...

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Nice Teams Finish Last Miller, Brian Cole AMACOM , 2010 Teams

In Nice Teams Finish Last, Brian Cole Miller offers readers methods for improving communication among team members by exposing the myths of nice and fierce teams. He goes on to define the four bold...

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A Seat at the Table Miller, Marc Greenleaf Book Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Customer Focus

The word salesperson can have ugly connotations; it often reminds customers of disengaged product-pushers who sell without passion or purpose. If a salesperson can transcend that image, however, and help his customers...

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The Secret of Teams Miller, Mark Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 Teams

In The Secret of Teams, Mark Miller examines what makes high-performance teams so effective. This engaging business parable follows the continuing story of Debbie Brewster (the heroine from Miller’s...

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