All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Beyond Good Company Googins, Bradley K. | Mirvis, Philip H. | Rochlin, Steven A. Palgrave Macmillan , 2007 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Executives today are confronted with a paradox. The public holds business leaders in low regard, mistrusts what they say and the motives behind what they do, and sees big companies as too powerful and much more...

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The $800 Million Pill Goozner, Merrill University of California Press , 2004 Health Care

The price of prescription drugs is high and steadily rising. Through Medicare and Medicaid, much of the costs are absorbed by the government, and thus by the taxpayers. With these costs becoming more and more...

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The Must-Have Customer Gordman, Robert | Brott, Armin St. Martin's Press , 2006 Customer Focus, Marketing

Winning and keeping the right customers is the key to sustaining increased profitability and growth. According to Gordman, customers fall into one of two categories: core customers and opportunistic customers. Core...

 
 
Winning the Global Talent Showdown Gordon, Edward E. Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Global Business, Human Resources, Social Responsibility

The world will soon face a massive talent shortage, especially in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Every nation in the world will be uniquely affected by this crisis, and each will...

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Competitor Targeting Gordon, Ian H. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2002 Management

In Relationship Marketing, Gordon’s guidelines for creating an entirely new marketing process are built on the alignment of process, culture, values, leadership, strategy, structure, people, technology, and knowledge...

 
 
The Nonverbal Advantage Gorman, Carol Kinsey Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2008 Communication

Business professionals who fail to hone their nonverbal communication skills are quickly becoming non-competitors in today’s marketplace. New and sophisticated videoconferencing technology requires fluency in body...

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The Carrot Principle Gostick, Adrian | Elton, Chester The Free Press , 2007 Human Resources, Management, Productivity

Numerous organizations employ business leaders who set clear goals, communicate openly, treat people fairly, hold them accountable, and create trusting relationships. However, there’s often something critical missing....

 
 
The Carrot Principle: Second Edition Gostick, Adrian | Elton, Chester The Free Press , 2009 Human Resources, Management, Productivity

Recognition is an important and powerful tool that managers often do not use to full advantage. However, the effective use of recognition becomes even more critical in turbulent or difficult times when finding and...

 
 
The Invisible Employee Gostick, Adrian | Elton, Chester John Wiley & Sons, Inc , 2006 Management

There is a crisis in business today: the invisible employee. Feeling overlooked, ignored and unappreciated, invisible employees fight...

 
 
Just Listen Goulston, Mark AMACOM , 2010 Communication, Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships

Though the seemingly simple act of communication is as natural to humans as breathing and eating, every individual occasionally runs across someone else who is not easily “reachable.” In Just Listen,...

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