All Summaries
All Summaries
“Good” is the new Great. Profit alone is not enough in a world where people prioritize social values and seriously consider the impact organizations have on individuals, communities, and the planet as a whole. A...
In Standing in the Fire, Larry Dressler compares leading a combustible meeting with fighting a brush fire. When not tended to properly, a fire can cause suffering, proliferation, and destruction....
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...
Job satisfaction may include a paycheck, benefits, and vacation time, but career contentment is harder to define—it cannot be measured in physical terms because people have their own ideas about what it takes to be...
In Becoming a Category of One, Joe Calloway states that a company must strive not to become a leader in a category, but to create a new category altogether and be the only company in it. In order to accomplish this, a...
After taking part in an exceptional business team early in his career, Keith Ferrazzi realized the “incredible power of having a team of people guide me, encourage me, help me to be open and candid, hold me accountable...
In today’s fast-moving economy, successful companies often have to change course in order to keep up with the shifting demands of the market – essentially, they have to “reposition” themselves in the mind of the...
Most people equate the name Warren Buffett with canny investing, enormous amounts of money, and a generous, philanthropic spirit. In The Snowball, Alice Schroeder provides readers with a detailed and...
The startling technological advances of the Internet age have changed the way we think, the way we play, and the way we work. As a result, the arena for business success is more open and expansive than it has ever been...
Maximizing productivity at work is a top priority for all business organizations, but all too often focus is limited to extrinsic rewards: tangible benefits such as pay, commissions, and bonuses. In Intrinsic...
