All Summaries

All Summaries

 
If You're Not First, You're Last Cardone, Grant John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy

The concept of being first remains vital to all businesses no matter the economic conditions. Indeed, being foremost in value, sales, or market is never more important than when businesses are struggling to get by....

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Make Your Contacts Count Baber, Anne | Waymon, Lynne AMACOM , 2007 Communication, Relationships

Working in today’s business environment is more demanding than ever. Employees and managers are faced with challenges ranging from competitive intelligence gathering to new business development, attracting and...

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Making Telework Work Offstein, Evan H. | Morwick, Jason M. Davies-Black , 2009 Management, Technology

In Making Telework Work, authors Evan H. Offstein and Jason M. Morwick define telework as incorporating and optimizing technology to be productive, to collaborate better, and to be more proactive...

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10 Steps to Successful Facilitation ASTD Editors ASTD Press , 2008 Teams

In 10 Steps to Successful Facilitation, the American Society for Training and Development provides detailed instructions on becoming an effective and skillful facilitator. It discusses the...

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10 Steps to Successful Presentations ASTD Editors ASTD Press , 2008 Communication

It is not unusual for today’s business professional to be expected to deliver effective communication and presentation skills. Ten Steps to Successful Presentations by the American Society...

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Crush It! Vaynerchuck, Gary HarperCollins , 2009 Technology

In Crush It! author Gary Vaynerchuk describes how anyone can harness the power of the Internet to turn their passion (no matter how obscure or crazy) into a revenue making business. His...

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The Female Vision Helgesen, Sally | Johnson, Julie Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Diversity

Women and men have different perspectives on the world and on how they experience it, but business organizations have traditionally focused on and rewarded only male-centric points of view. A woman’s unique perceptions...

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More Than a Minute Green, Holly G. Career Press , 2009 Management

When Holly G. Green was a young manager, she read a book titled The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. The refreshing simplicity of the book’s three basic principles...

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13 Bankers Johnson, Simon | Kwak, James Pantheon Books , 2010 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In March 2009, 13 executives of the most powerful financial institutions in America met with the president at the White House at the height of a profound financial crisis which threatened the very existence of the...

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The Digital Handshake Chaney, Paul John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Marketing, Technology

Social media has grown exponentially in the past ten years. It has gained prominence not only as a social tool but also as a marketing tool. In The Digital Handshake, Paul Chaney discusses the change...

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