All Summaries

All Summaries

 
In Too Deep Reed, Stanley | Fitzgerald, Alison John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Business Biographies, Social Responsibility

On the night of April 20, 2010, BP’s Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. For the next 87 days, millions of barrels of oil from the Macondo...

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Crash Boom! Rand, Greg Career Press , 2011 Economics & Finance

According to Crash Boom! by Greg Rand, the current downturn in the real estate market provides the perfect opportunity for small players to invest and create wealth with a long-term strategy of holding...

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Management Reset Lawler III, Edward E. | Worley, Christopher G. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Management, Social Responsibility

Management Reset by Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley presents a radical shift to the profit-driven business model that governs most companies. In the past, focusing solely on financial...

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The Power of Reputation Komisarjevsky, Chris AMACOM , 2012 Communication, Personal Growth, Relationships

In The Power of Reputation, public relations leader Chris Komisarjevsky explains how to build and leverage character, communication, and trust. In every facet of life, a good reputation is among our...

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Brave Dragons Yardley, Jim Alfred A. Knopf , 2012 Leadership, Teams

In Brave Dragons, New York Times foreign correspondent Jim Yardley profiles the 2008-2009 season of an underdog Chinese basketball team, the Shanxi Brave Dragons, whose owner made the radical decision...

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The Essential Phone Interview Handbook Bailo, Paul J. Career Press , 2011 Communication, Personal Growth

In today’s increasingly competitive job market, phone interviews have become a necessary step in the interviewing process. A phone interview is more than just a phone conversation with a potential employer; it is the...

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Smart Growth Hess, Edward D. Columbia University Press , 2010 Business Strategy, Productivity

In Smart Growth, Edward D. Hess challenges commonly held business beliefs that businesses must grow or die, growth is always good, public companies should grow smoothly and continuously, and quarterly...

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The New Rules of Green Marketing Ottman, Jacquelyn A. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 Marketing, Social Responsibility

In The New Rules of Green Marketing, Jacquelyn A. Ottman presents the new rules for mastering the marketing of ecologically-responsible consumer goods, as well as real-world examples that illustrate...

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The Negotiation Book Gates, Steve John Wiley & Sons , 2012 Business Strategy

In The Negotiation Book, author Steve Gates describes the traits required to maximize the value of each business negotiation in order to become a Complete Skilled Negotiator. As the founder and CEO of...

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What Matters Now Hamel, Gary Jossey-Bass , 2012 Change Management

In What Matters Now, author Gary Hamel presents compelling reasons to change the management model of the 20th century in order to succeed in the 21st century. The traditional management style has grown...

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