http://www.bizsum.com/ Thu, 09 May 2013 16:11:28 -0400 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:11:57 -0400 http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/make-your-brain-work <div>Author: Brann, Amy</div> <div>Publisher: Kogan Page Limited</div> <div>Published Date: 2013</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Make Your Brain Work</strong>, Amy Brann draws on principles of neuroscience to explain how the brain works. Understanding how the brain functions can help people work more efficiently, productively, and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/google-resume <div>Author: Laakmann McDowell, Gayle</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Many recent college graduates dream of the opportunity to work at a top tech company. But relatively few make the cut and get hired by firms like Apple, Microsoft, or Google. In <strong>The Google Resume</strong>,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/professional-presence <div>Author: Stevens, Peggy Noe</div> <div>Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The world is full of brands identified strongly with certain positive characteristics. In <strong>Professional Presence</strong>, Peggy Noe Stevens shows people how to create their own personal brands and associate...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/what%E2%80%99s-stopping-you <div>Author: Kelsey, Robert</div> <div>Publisher: Capstone Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>What’s Stopping You?</strong>, Robert Kelsey warns that fear of failure can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This common, yet rarely addressed condition alters behaviors in ways that make failure a...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/i%E2%80%99d-rather-be-charge <div>Author: Beers, Charlotte</div> <div>Publisher: Vanguard Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Leadership is a buzzword that means to guide, direct, or take charge. It is a journey of self knowledge, learning from the past, creating a self portrait, and being afraid, according to Charlotte Beers. As the first...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/success-under-stress <div>Author: Melnick, Sharon</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2013</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/more-time-you <div>Author: Tator, Rosemary | Latson, Alesia</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In a world that bombards people with information every second of every day, it can be difficult to not feel overwhelmed and overstressed. In <strong>More Time for You</strong>, Rosemary Tator and Alesia Latson show...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/pushback <div>Author: Rezvani, Selena</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Negotiation is an accepted and fundamental part of the business world, yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men. The result is that women receive less of what they want and deserve: promotion...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/who-says-it%E2%80%99s-man%E2%80%99s-world <div>Author: Bennington, Emily</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2013</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>There are more women than ever entering the top echelons of management, but that does not mean it has become easier to advance. In fact, career-transition consultant Emily Bennington has found that ambitious women...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/quitter <div>Author: Acuff, Jon</div> <div>Publisher: Lampo Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Quitter</strong>, Jon Acuff challenges the idea that work is just what people do to finance the rest of their lives. Rife with personal anecdotes and pop-culture references, and aimed at readers in their 20s...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/consider <div>Author: Forrester, Daniel Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Consider</strong>, author and strategist Daniel Patrick Forrester issues a call to individuals and institutions across the globe, urging them to carve think time out of their busy schedules and engage in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/fast-track-networking <div>Author: Rosen, Lucy | Copquin, Claudia</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Fast Track Networking</strong>, Lucy Rosen and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin offer ideas that are primarily, but not exclusively, designed to help women move quickly into the business world. They share guidance on...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/never-apply-job-again <div>Author: Gurney, Darrell W.</div> <div>Publisher: The Career Press, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>People tend to do business with people they trust. The same principle can be applied to a job search—people stay connected to the people they trust, and they recommend these people to others who can use their expertise...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/designed-success <div>Author: Scumaci, Dondi</div> <div>Publisher: Excel Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Despite significant strides toward gender equality in recent years, women still face unique challenges in the workplace. They are expected to play by different rules and meet different expectations than men. Often they...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/stand-yourself-without-getting-fired <div>Author: Ballman, Donna</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Employment laws are complex. As a result, many people frequently interpret them incorrectly. Anyone involved in the workforce should have a strong understanding of their rights and responsibilities, which will benefit...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/harvesting-intangible-assets <div>Author: Sherman, Andrew J.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In a sense, all people are farmers; marking their turf, planting seeds, nurturing them, and preparing for the harvest. People follow a deeply rooted agricultural-like process in their daily lives, hoping that the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/pilot-learning-leadership <div>Author: Hensley, Bill | Hensley, Colleen</div> <div>Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Pilot: Learning Leadership</strong>, Bill and Colleen Hensley describe the lessons they learned from supersonic jet training and how they transfer beyond the cockpit to everyday leadership. Each chapter...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/ethical-intelligence <div>Author: Weinstein, Bruce</div> <div>Publisher: New World Library</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Ethical Intelligence</strong>, Bruce Weinstein presents five core principles to improve the business and personal lives of his readers. By adopting these key principles, people can boost their ethical...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/do-more-great-work <div>Author: Stanier, Michael Bungay</div> <div>Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/major-works">Major Works</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Too many people spend their work days busy with tasks that are not important to them or their organization. Michael Bungay Stanier wrote <strong>Do More Great Work</strong> for those people who want to move beyond busy...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/earn-what-youre-really-worth <div>Author: Tracy, Brian</div> <div>Publisher: Vanguard Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Earn What You’re Really Worth</strong>, Brian Tracy argues that by using care, planning, goal-setting, and written exercises, people can thrive in even the toughest of economies. In order to do so, people...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/11-laws-likability <div>Author: Lederman, Michelle Tillis</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The 11 Laws of Likability</strong>, Michelle Tillis Lederman suggests that in order to be truly successful at networking, it is first important to tap into what is likable about every specific personality....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/optimism-bias <div>Author: Sharot, Tali</div> <div>Publisher: Vintage Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Optimism Bias</strong>, Tali Sharot examines ways in which the human brain deceives its owner—to the owner’s advantage. Normal people misperceive their surroundings, choose to delay pleasure but...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/panic-free-job-search <div>Author: Hill, Paul</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Panic Free Job Search</strong>, author Paul Hill presents a radically different approach to finding employment. Most job seekers sift through endless online job ads, and respond by sending out an...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/self-made-myth <div>Author: Miller, Brian | Lapham, Mike</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Self-Made Myth</strong>, 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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/disaster-proof-your-career <div>Author: Forsyth, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Kogan Page Limited</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Disaster Proof Your Career</strong>, Patrick Forsyth acts as a personal coach on how to build a successful career. He draws on many years of experience as a business consultant and trainer to offer insights...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/be-hero <div>Author: Blumenthal, Noah</div> <div>Publisher: Berret-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Most everyone feels stressed, frustrated, or out of control at work or at home at some point. In <strong>Be the Hero</strong>, Noah Blumenthal challenges people to transform self-defeating thoughts and victim behaviors...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/black-faces-white-places <div>Author: Pinkett, Randal | Robinson, Jeffrey | Patterson, Philana</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Black Faces in White Places</strong>, Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson acknowledge that things have improved in America when it comes to race, but there is still progress to be made to leave a better...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/self-aware-leader <div>Author: Gallagher, Daniel | Costal, Joseph</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Self-Aware Leader</strong>, Daniel Gallagher and Joseph Costal offer four pillars of leadership to help aspiring leaders understand their own strengths and weaknesses and become capable of working toward...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/great-leaders-grow <div>Author: Blanchard, Ken | Miller, Mark</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Great Leaders Grow</strong>, best-selling business author Ken Blanchard teams with Chick-fil-A vice president Mark Miller to guide executives on the path to becoming great leaders. The authors assert that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/elements-power <div>Author: Bacon, Terry R.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Elements of Power</strong>, Terry R. Bacon explores the concept of power—what it is, where it comes from, how it is built, and how it is used to lead and influence others. Those who harness their power...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/likeonomics <div>Author: Bhargava, Rohit</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Likeonomics</strong>, Rohit Bhargava asserts that the most trusted people and organizations always win. He offers the five principles of the TRUST formula of Likeonomics to solve what he calls the “modern...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/kiss-frog <div>Author: Tracy, Brian | Tracy Stein, Christina</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Psychologists believe that the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on the quality of their lives. Negative mental attitudes or mindsets are one of the biggest obstacles that prevent individuals from...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/stepping <div>Author: Izzo, John</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Stepping Up</strong>, executive coach and leadership speaker Dr. John Izzo describes how taking responsibility can improve lives, businesses, and relationships. The principles he introduces enable people to...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/7-hidden-reasons-employees-leave-0 <div>Author: Branham, Leigh</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>According to conventional wisdom, employee turnover is usually about pay and beyond the control of most companies. But in <strong>The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave</strong>, human relations consultant Leigh Branham...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/mindful-leadership <div>Author: Gonzalez, Maria</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Mindful Leadership</strong>, Maria Gonzalez offers a guide to leadership for anyone who is in a position to influence others. She shows how to use mindfulness meditation to achieve clarity, focus, and self-...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/they-dont-teach-corporate-college <div>Author: Levit, Alexandra</div> <div>Publisher: The Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>They Don’t Teach Corporate in College</strong>, Alexandra Levit aims to offer “twenty-somethings” a reality check about the corporate world. A successful transition from college to the corporate working...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/zen-leader <div>Author: Whitelaw, Ginny</div> <div>Publisher: The Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Zen Leader</strong>, Ginny Whitelaw addresses the unprecedented amount of pressure that many leaders feel today. It causes leaders to burn out, exhausting themselves and their employees. However, there...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/how-be-great-stuff-you-hate <div>Author: Davies, Nick</div> <div>Publisher: Capstone Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/marketing">Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>How to Be Great at the Stuff You Hate</strong>, author Nick Davies aims to help readers face a crucial fact: most people in sales hate the actual act of selling. In general, the act of selling someone on a...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/self-made-me <div>Author: Burch, Geoff</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Why would an adult hand themselves over to be managed by someone else? That is the question posed by author Geoff Burch in his self-employment how-to book, <strong>Self-Made Me</strong>. According to Burch, working in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/your-best-just-got-better <div>Author: Womack, Jason W.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Your Best Just Got Better</strong>, executive coach and author Jason W. Womack presents actionable strategies to help managers, employees, and entrepreneurs alike in their quest to make lasting, sustainable...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/supercompetent <div>Author: Stack, Laura</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>SuperCompetent</strong>, Laura Stack details the six keys to attaining super competent status: activity, availability, attention, accessibility, accountability, and attitude. Becoming super competent...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/10-steps-successful-time-management <div>Author: Maxey, Cyndi | O'Connor, Kevin E.</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>10 Steps to Successful Time Management</strong>, communications consultants Cyndi Maxey and Kevin O’Connor explain how to view time as a resource. The key is to achieve an understanding of what matters in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/essential-phone-interview-handbook <div>Author: Bailo, Paul J.</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/power-reputation <div>Author: Komisarjevsky, Chris</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Power of Reputation</strong>, 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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/no-fear-failure <div>Author: Burnison, Gary</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>No Fear of Failure</strong>, Gary Burnison uncovers the traits that anchor effective leaders through candid conversations with well-known leaders in business, government, military, education, and sports....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/put-your-dream-test <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Put Your Dream to the Test</strong>, John C. Maxwell describes ten questions that people must answer in order to realize their dreams. Maxwell defines a dream as “an inspiring picture of the future that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/winning-factor <div>Author: Jensen, Peter</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Extraordinary individuals perform well and inspire others, but nobody becomes extraordinary by themselves. The task of leaders is to enable the development of those entrusted to them, inspiring them to become the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/job-search-solution-0 <div>Author: Beshara, Tony</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>With the large number of people out of work in today’s job market, landing a job can be a difficult endeavor. Being aware of how hiring authorities and business managers think is necessary for anyone in search of a job...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/i-got-my-dream-job-and-so-can-you <div>Author: Liebman, Pete</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>I Got My Dream Job and So Can You</strong>, Pete Liebman gives young professionals a comprehensive outline to getting the job of their dreams and starting on the path towards a fulfilling career. He provides...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/synthesis-effect <div>Author: McGrail, John</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Synthesis Effect</strong>, Dr. John McGrail shows how people who are suffering from stress, depression, anxiety or other forms of unhappiness can heal themselves by understanding and marshalling their...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/business-being-best <div>Author: Fletcher, Molly | Spizman, Justin</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In every field there are certain individuals that excel and demonstrate outstanding performance. Many aspire to emulate these leaders, but are unsure how to attain their goal. In <strong>The Business of Being the Best...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/upside-irrationality <div>Author: Ariely, Dan</div> <div>Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Upside of Irrationality</strong>, Dan Ariely draws on his background in behavioral economics to examine irrational human behavior and how it affects decision making in the workplace and in human...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-lessons <div>Author: Swartz, Greg | Thorpe, Julie K.</div> <div>Publisher: </div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Leadership Lessons</strong>, authors Greg Swartz and Julie K. Thorpe explore how great achievers throughout history can influence an individual’s or organization’s performance in the modern world. They argue...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/practical-genius <div>Author: Rudan, Gina Amaro</div> <div>Publisher: Touchstone</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Genius is often considered to be a quality that is not obtainable by everyone. It is viewed as something special that is exclusive to people like Einstein or Mozart. In <strong>Practical Genius</strong>, Gina Amaro...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/confidence-work <div>Author: Taylor, Ros</div> <div>Publisher: Kogan Page</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Confidence at Work</strong>, Ros Taylor shows employees how to achieve a high level of confidence, win promotions, and become a leader that others want to follow. In today’s challenging marketplace, with...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/web-20-job-finder <div>Author: Greene, Brenda | Byrne, Coleen</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Networking has long been a key component to a successful job search, but in recent years social media and virtual networks have become an incredibly powerful piece of the networking equation. In response to the social...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/change-anything <div>Author: Patterson, Kerry | Grenny, Joseph | Maxfield, David | McMillan, Ron | Switzler, Al</div> <div>Publisher: Business Plus</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Many people believe that permanently changing their habits is difficult, if not impossible. However, through behavior change, it is possible to significantly improve results in many different areas of life. In <strong>...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/three-feet-gold <div>Author: Lecther, Sharon L. | Reid, Greg S.</div> <div>Publisher: Sterling Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Three Feet from Gold </strong>is based on the principles put forth by Napoleon Hill in his best-seller, <em>Think and Grow Rich</em>. Published in 1937, <em>Think and Grow Rich </em>inspired a large amount of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/power-presence <div>Author: Hedges, Kristi</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Presence, the ability to command attention and inspire commitment plays a defining role in people’s relationships, their ability to garner buy-in, and even their compensation. Those described as having charisma,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/mojo <div>Author: Goldsmith, Marshall | Reiter, Mark</div> <div>Publisher: Hyperion Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Some people just seem to have their “mojo” working. The salesman who closes with seven tough customers in a row, the baseball player who hits nothing but home runs, and the bartender who is never late with drinks—all...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/driven-lead <div>Author: Lawrence, Paul R.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Driven to Lead</strong>, Paul R. Lawrence describes how human beings are designed to balance the needs of four conflicting drives when making decisions. These drives—acquisition of the necessities for...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/act-sales-pro <div>Author: Hansen, Julie</div> <div>Publisher: The Career Press, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>It is often assumed that great sales people are naturals. But in <strong>Act Like a Sales Pro</strong>, author Julie Hansen asserts that what is seen as natural talent is actually the result of years of hard work and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/hold-you-lost-me <div>Author: McCarthy, Bernice | O'Neill-Blackwell, Jeanine</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Hold On, You Lost Me</strong>, authors Bernice McCarthy and Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell assert that every person has an individual learning style, one that dictates how information is perceived and processed...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/driven <div>Author: Imam, Razi | Walshak, Hank</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Driven</strong>, Razi Imam introduces the concept of Junoon, an ancient Arabic/Persian term that describes the obsession to achieve an impossible goal infused with a super-human level of motivation. The...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/science-influence <div>Author: Hogan, Kevin</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Science of Influence</strong>, author Kevin Hogan provides detailed instruction on the topic of persuasion. He takes the latest findings in behavioral research, tests them under real-world conditions,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/21-indispensable-qualities-leader-0 <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Inc.Thomas Nelson, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 1999</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader</strong>, John C. Maxwell examines the personal characteristics that he believes every leader should recognize, develop, and refine to become a truly effective...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/compromise-trap <div>Author: Doty, Elizabeth</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In today’s corporate environment, many individuals feel pressured to compromise their values, principles, or beliefs. They compromise what they know is right because they believe that is what it takes to get ahead. But...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/creating-your-own-destiny <div>Author: Snow, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Creating Your Own Destiny</strong>, Patrick Snow gives people the tools and resources they need to break out of the corporate grind and take control of their professional lives. The author discusses the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/unwritten-rules <div>Author: Beeson, John</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Unwritten Rules</strong>, John Beeson asserts that “companies offer few guideposts for advancing to the executive level.” In his work as a consultant and executive coach, he has questioned decision...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/great-work-great-career <div>Author: Covey, Stephen R. | Colosimo, Jennifer</div> <div>Publisher: FranklinCovey Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Great Work, Great Career</strong>, authors Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo discuss the immense opportunities the new “knowledge” economy has presented to the working population. They outline the ways...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/kick-your-own-ass <div>Author: Johnson, Robert Early</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Kick Your Own Ass</strong>, Robert Early Johnson presents a guide for salespeople to change the arc of their potential and perform better in their careers. The title is meant to evoke the idea of achieving...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/work-your-strengths <div>Author: Martin, Chuck | Guare, Richard | Dawson, Peg</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Work Your Strengths</strong>, Chuck Martin, Richard Guare, and Peg Dawson have explored this concept of position and personality, and created a set of “executive skills.” This set of skills is found...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/change-your-questions-change-your-life <div>Author: Adams, Marilee</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Change Your Questions, Change Your Life</strong>, Marilee Adams uses the story of Ben in order to show how the principles of Question Thinking benefit individuals in the workplace and at home. The primary...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/thrive-pressure <div>Author: Jones, Graham</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Leaders are subjected to intense pressure and stress that they must effectively deal with in order to keep employees and themselves highly motivated and avoid burn out. <strong>Thrive on Pressure</strong> explores the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/smart-networking <div>Author: Lynch, Liz</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Networking events make many people uncomfortable. In <strong>Smart Networking</strong>, author Liz Lynch confesses to feeling so small and overwhelmed at her first networking event that she only lasted five minutes....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/living-weekday <div>Author: Swindall, Clint</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Living for the Weekday</strong>, Clint Swindall examines what causes employees to stare at the clock in anticipation of their days off, and offers strategies on how to boost their engagement and satisfaction...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/star-profile <div>Author: Janove, Jathan</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Corporate success should extend far beyond the dollars-and-cents bottom line of any given company, as many notable executives attest. Managerial excellence and employee development is an important long-term investment...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/today-matters <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Hachette Book Group</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>When problems arise, people want immediate solutions. In <strong>Today Matters</strong>, renowned leadership guru John C. Maxwell offers a radical alternative to this quick-fix approach. As any leader knows, today’s...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/work-makes-me-nervous <div>Author: Berent, Jonathan | Lemley, Amy</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Many people experience anxiety on the job. This problem affects employees at every level of organizations, from entry-level workers to senior executives. Although workplace anxiety can be debilitating, it does not have...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/comebacks <div>Author: Redmond, Andrea | Crisafulli, Patricia</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In the world of work, setbacks happen. In <strong>Comebacks</strong>, Andrea Redmond and Patricia Crisafulli explore the experiences of ten high profile leaders who endured some type of professional upset. The authors...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/successful-time-management-dummies <div>Author: Zeller, Dirk</div> <div>Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Time is a precious commodity. Each person has the same amount of time given to them to use productively or to waste. In <strong>Successful Time Management for Dummies</strong>, Dirk Zeller describes a broad variety of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/seeing-red-cars <div>Author: Goodrich, Laura</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Can heightened awareness, a focus on personal strengths, and intentional thinking create positive results? In <strong>Seeing Red Cars</strong>, author and consultant Laura Goodrich aims to prove that they can, and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/think-better <div>Author: Hurson, Tim</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Think Better</strong> by Tim Hurson outlines a six-step productive thinking program that helps individuals to think more efficiently, more powerfully, and more strategically. The program entails making a long...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/increase-your-influence-work <div>Author: McIntosh, Perry | Luecke, Richard A.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Influence gives people the ability to have an effect on others in the workplace, making it an important skill for success within a company. From entry-level workers to CEOs, people with influence make more effective...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/deep-change <div>Author: Quinn, Robert E.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 1996</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>At some point in their lives, many individuals get overwhelmed and disconnected. They feel that their lives lack meaning, and they realize they need to do something to alter their present situation but lack the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/isd-ground <div>Author: Hodell, Chuck</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>ISD From the Ground Up </strong>by Chuck Hodell provides the basics of good instructional system design (ISD), including practical ways to apply ISD principles. The book presents instructional design as a...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/built-values <div>Author: Rhoades, Ann</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>As Ann Rhoades and Nancy Shepherdson explain in <strong>Built on Values</strong>, the “perfect company culture” does not exist. The right culture for any company can be defined by determining what values are important...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/how-risky-it-really <div>Author: Ropeik, David</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>How Risky Is It, Really?</strong>, David Ropeik discusses how the human brain determines whether a person is at risk and the methods it takes to reach that conclusion. Today, significant advances in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/insiders-guide-building-successful-consulting-practice <div>Author: Katcher, Bruce K. | Snyder, Adam</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>For people who long to be independent in their work and to make the most of their time, independent consulting may be the ideal. <strong>An Insider’s Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice</strong> by Bruce...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/outsiders-inside <div>Author: Couper, David</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Many individuals feel that they just do not fit in at their workplace. This may be because of their personality, their appearance, or the way they think. In <strong>Outsiders on the Inside</strong>, David Couper...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/joy-retirement <div>Author: Borchard, David C. | Donohoe, Patricia A.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>When people reach the age of 50 they begin to consider retirement and often assume that this means taking on a passive life style, simply sitting around at home or in a retirement community. In <strong>The Joy of...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/how-successful-people-think <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Center Street</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In all aspects of life, from the professional world to family interactions, good thinkers help solve problems. In <strong>How Successful People Think</strong>, Maxwell discusses the 11 skills that good thinkers exhibit...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/essentials-business-ethics <div>Author: Collins, Denis</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/social-responsibility">Social Responsibility</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The most successful companies credit their achievement, in part, to the ethical way in which they conduct their business and the ethical standards their employees follow. Organizations that operate with high integrity...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/negotiate-win <div>Author: Collins, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Whether it is buying a new car, or finalizing a business contract, knowing how to effectively negotiate is an essential skill. In <strong>Negotiate to Win!</strong>, expert negotiator Patrick Collins offers training in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/why-work <div>Author: Ulrich, Dave | Ulrich, Wendy</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Why of Work</strong>, Dave and Wendy Ulrich contend that organizations that have found ways to engage their employees are rare in American industry. Most fail to transmit positive attitudes and define...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/10-steps-successful-business-writing <div>Author: Appleman, Jack E.</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>While studies point to an inadequate level of writing in the business world, most business professionals view writing as a soft skill that is not worth an investment of time and money. Recently, however, some employers...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/image-success <div>Author: Vega, Lizandra</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Lizandra Vega wrote <strong>The Image of Success</strong>, a detailed and practical guide to putting one’s best foot forward in the working world, to help others maximize their professional success. A certified image...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/success-principles <div>Author: Canfield, Jack</div> <div>Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>The Success Principles</strong>, written by Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author Jack Canfield, is a comprehensive guide to the timeless practices that have driven success for centuries. Whether your definition...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/5-steps-expert <div>Author: Schempp, Paul G.</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>What does it take to become an elite performer? How can anyone become more expert in their field? Author Paul Schempp has spent his career as a professional speaker, coach, and consultant examining these questions. In...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/strengths-finder-20 <div>Author: Rath, Tom</div> <div>Publisher: Gallup Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>It is a cultural norm to inspire children with the idea that they can be anything they want to be. The truth is, however, that every individual possesses both strengths and weaknesses that remain mostly consistent...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/put-emotional-intelligence-work <div>Author: Feldman, Jeff | Mulle, Karl</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The idea that emotions are just as important as intellect in determining success has gained wide acceptance in recent years. Often our success or failure may not be governed by external events, but by how we experience...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/making-difference-being-yourself <div>Author: Huszczo, Gregory E.</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>For most of us, our sense of well-being is closely tied to whether or not we have a sense of purpose and of making a difference. Employees who feel they are simply part of a bureaucracy and unable to contribute to the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/find-your-strongest-life <div>Author: Buckingham, Marcus</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Women today lead lives in which work, home, friends, hobbies, and special interests are both technologically and physically interwoven, and in which they are expected to do more and succeed more than ever. In <strong>...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/happiness-work <div>Author: Pryce-Jones, Jessica</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The old saw says that money cannot buy happiness. But what about the reverse? Does happiness matter in the workplace? In <strong>Happiness at Work</strong>, Jessica Pryce-Jones demonstrates that happy employees are...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/career-contentment <div>Author: Garton, Jeffrey</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/whos-got-your-back <div>Author: Ferrazzi, Keith</div> <div>Publisher: Broadway Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>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...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-inside-out <div>Author: Cashman, Kevin</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In 1998, Kevin Cashman first published <strong>Leadership from the Inside Out</strong>, a breakthrough bestseller, connecting personal growth and leadership effectiveness. Since then, the book has been integrated into...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/igniting-third-factor <div>Author: Jensen, Peter</div> <div>Publisher: Performance Coaching Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Research indicates that coaching can increase performance much more than skill-focused job training alone. Most leaders, however, never learn the basic principles of successful coaching, why they are important, or how...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/developing-exemplary-performance-one-person-time <div>Author: Sabbag, Michael</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>When it comes to performance development, many leaders are happy to accept work that is merely “satisfactory.” But what if each employee could be developed into an exemplary performer, executing their duties at a level...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/how <div>Author: Seidman, Dov</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Krazy George Henderson, on an October day in 1981 at Oakland Stadium, invented the sweep of crowd enthusiasm now known as the Wave. His seemingly trivial feat of coordinating humans to work together toward a common...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/10-steps-successful-sales <div>Author: Lambert, Brian</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/customer-focus">Customer Focus</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Sales is among the oldest and most conflicted professions on earth — at once reviled and revered, valued for its promise of heavy paychecks and prestigious career paths, maligned for its loose ethics, and made...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/time-trap <div>Author: Mackenzie, Alec | Nickerson, Pat</div> <div>Publisher: Amacom</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Who has never felt the need for more hours in the day to accomplish what must be done? The struggle to use time effectively in the face of overwhelming daily demands has not diminished since the late Alec Mackenzie...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/secret-language-business <div>Author: Hogan, Kevin</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Nonverbal communication affects and influences all aspects of daily life, and its impact is widely overlooked. Successful professionals must be able to interpret the nonverbal signals everyone displays. In business,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/getting-resolution <div>Author: Levine, Stewart</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In traditional models of conflict resolution, disagreeing parties are pitted against one another in a highly adversarial win/lose scenario. According to Stewart Levine, author of <strong>Getting to Resolution...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/work-passion-midlife-and-beyond <div>Author: Anderson, Nancy</div> <div>Publisher: New World Library</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Nancy Anderson’s book Work with Passion in Midlife and Beyond presents a simple process for reshaping your life both inside and outside the workplace. Her seven-step process for change begins by eliminating layers of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/mindset <div>Author: Dweck, Carol S.</div> <div>Publisher: Random House</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>According to Carol S. Dweck, one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation, there are two main belief systems, or mindsets, that people can possess: fixed and growth. These mindsets strongly...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/introverted-leader <div>Author: Kahnweiler,, Jennifer B.</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In an outgoing, Type-A business culture, the introvert may feel excluded, overlooked, and misunderstood. Reticence can be mistaken for reluctance, arrogance, or even lack of intelligence. These impressions can result...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/art-and-science-communication <div>Author: Perkins, P. S.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>P.S. Perkins’ <strong>The Art and Science of Communication </strong>informs the reader of the seven types of communication, beginning with the individual and ending on a global scale. Perkins argues that effective...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/10-steps-successful-training <div>Author: Biech, Elaine</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Training programs are only as effective as the trainers who design them, and <strong>10 Steps to Successful Training</strong> explains in detail the characteristics, actions and behaviors that define truly successful...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/just-listen <div>Author: Goulston, Mark</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>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 <strong>Just Listen</strong>,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/imagination-first <div>Author: Liu, Eric | Noppe-Brandon, Scott</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Imagination is an immensely powerful tool; when tapped, both individuals and companies have almost limitless access to creativity, innovation, and competitive advantages. The future of society relies heavily on...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/be-shortcut <div>Author: Halford, Scott G.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>72 pp. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009 Everyone knows what a shortcut is: a quicker, easier way to get somewhere. In Be a Shortcut, author Scott Halford uses the word in a slightly different sense: a Shortcut is that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/words-work <div>Author: Luntz, Dr. Frank</div> <div>Publisher: Hyperion Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Communication is about the effective use of language in the context of understanding the audience. The best product or service can have a great slogan or advertisement, but the message fails if the communicator does...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/power-presenter <div>Author: Weissman, Jerry</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Jerry Weissman has spent twenty years teaching executives how to deliver successful, profitable presentations, and his techniques have been used to raise financing, sell products, propose partnerships, and seek...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/personal-efficiency-program <div>Author: Gleeson, Kerry</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The problems of overwork can plague anyone in today's hectic business world where technology has increased both projects and expectations. The paperless society has only half arrived, so many have to deal with an...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/beyond-babble <div>Author: Matha, Bob | Boehm, Macy</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Communication is one of the most important tools leaders can use to focus their employees on understanding, embracing, and delivering a company’s strategy. However, most individuals reach positions of leadership...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/10-steps-successful-coaching <div>Author: Oberstein, Sophie</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Workplace coaching has gained in popularity, and it has evolved from being viewed as a punishment for poor performance to a perk for those being groomed for positions of greater responsibility. In <strong>10 Steps to...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/now-discover-your-strengths <div>Author: Buckingham, Marcus | Clifton, Donald</div> <div>Publisher: The Free Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2001</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Now, Discover Your Strengths</strong>, Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton assert that most employees feel as though their strengths and talents are not being utilized in their everyday work. Successful...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/other-kind-smart <div>Author: Deutschendorf, Harvey</div> <div>Publisher: Amacom</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In his book <strong>The Other Kind of Smart</strong>, Harvey Deutschendorf shows that emotional intelligence can be more important than general intelligence when determining an individual’s personal and professional...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/strengths-based-leadership <div>Author: Rath, Tom | Conchie, Barry</div> <div>Publisher: Gallup, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Strengths Based Leadership</strong>, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie discuss the importance of identifying one’s natural strengths and how they fit into the four domains of leadership: Executing, Influencing,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/talent-never-enough <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>We frequently attribute great accomplishments to great talent. However, if success depends on talent alone, then why do we all know talented people who are not successful? In <strong>Talent Is Never Enough</strong>,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/its-all-politics <div>Author: Reardon, Kathleen Kelley</div> <div>Publisher: Broadway Business</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Business is not a spectator sport. Regardless of skills and hard work, anyone who aspires to advance in business cannot afford to be apolitical. In <strong>It’s All Politics</strong>, Kathleen Kelley Reardon explains...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/average-awesome <div>Author: Smith, Jr., Jim</div> <div>Publisher: ASTD Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Through dozens of uplifting true-life stories, <strong>From Average to Awesome </strong>by Jim Smith, Jr., demonstrates how others have catapulted themselves from mediocrity to stellar achievement, despite the odds....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-beyond-reason <div>Author: Townsend, John</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Leadership Beyond Reason</strong>, Dr. John Townsend speaks from a background of both psychological and theological expertise to urge leaders to go “beyond reason,” to connect with their values, feelings,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/high-altitude-leadership <div>Author: Warner, Chris | Schmincke, Don</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>High Altitude Leadership</strong>, Chris Warner and Don Schmincke, apply the lessons learned in the world of extreme mountaineering to the world of business. According to the authors, the dangers faced by...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/authentic-conversations <div>Author: Showkeir, Jamie | Showkeir, Maren</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Authentic Conversations, Jamie Showkeir and Maren Showkeir show the way to change the ways in which you communicate with both your peers and your subordinates at work. The authors suggest that by being aware of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/managers-guide-coaching <div>Author: Emerson, Brian | Loehr, Anne</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In A Manager's Guide to Coaching, authors Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr operate under the premise that without engaging employees on a human level which responds to a coach's leadership, workplace production and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/emotional-intelligence-managing-results-diverse-world <div>Author: Gardenswartz, Lee | Cherbosque, Jorge | Rowe, Anita</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2009</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Over the past decade, emotional intelligence has been recognized more and more as a critical underpinning of success both on and off the job. It has become even more important as work environments have become...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/results-through-relationships <div>Author: Takash, Joe</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In the business world, it is sometimes easy to focus on the business of making money and lose sight of people, be they co-workers, clients, vendors, or customers. This is a mistake, according to Joe Takash, author of...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-solutions <div>Author: Weiss, David S. | Molinaro, Vince | Davey, Liane</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Organizations often struggle to build the leadership capacity necessary to thrive in an ever-changing global business environment. In fact, leadership development may be one of the biggest challenges facing businesses...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/change-cycle <div>Author: Salerno, Ann | Brock, Lillie</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/change-management">Change Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Although change is usually unpredictable, the process of how people move through life’s change can be anticipated. In <strong>The Change Cycle</strong>, Ann Salerno and Lillie Brock provide readers with the six...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/connect-effect <div>Author: Dulworth, Michael</div> <div>Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Connect Effect</strong>, Michael Dulworth provides readers with a simple networking framework (the right people, the right conversations, the right time) and set of tools for developing personal,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-and-sexes <div>Author: Gurian, Michael | Annis, Barbara</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Gender differences are apparent in all facets of life, and work settings are no exception. Some companies ignore these differences, breeding miscommunication and misunderstanding. Other companies work to become gender...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/executive-stamina <div>Author: Seldman, Marty | Seldman, Joshua</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Most executives have an intense desire to achieve, and equally exhibit a strong sense of responsibility, but sometimes they overlook the fact that raising their endurance and energy levels can strengthen their...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/three-signs-miserable-job <div>Author: Lencioni, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Miserable jobs – those that breed deep cynicism, unhappiness, and frustration – exist across all industries and status levels. Unfortunately, far too many employees experience job misery each day. Not only can this...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/transparency <div>Author: Bennis, Warren | Goleman, Daniel | O'Toole, James | Biederman, Patricia Ward</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In today’s world, <strong>Transparency </strong>– acting with candor, disclosure, integrity, and honesty – is increasingly linked to both survival and success. Not only does <strong>Transparency </strong>enhance...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/how-sell-yourself <div>Author: Lustberg, Arch</div> <div>Publisher: Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Everything a speaker does sends signals to members of the audience. Where we gaze, the way we speak or gesture, and the inflection in our voice all cause the audience to reach certain conclusions and judgments about...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/working-relationships <div>Author: Wall, Bob</div> <div>Publisher: Davies Black</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Being able to work with people is one of the most important factors in determining success on the job. The things that we need to improve our jobs are only a conversation away. Ideas go unexpressed or unheard because...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/becoming-extraordinary-manager <div>Author: Sandler, Len</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Most jobs in the business world come with a set of easily recognizable attributes: a desk, a paycheck, and a manager. While the first two are easily dealt with by most, the third can make an otherwise fulfilling job...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/secret-language-leadership <div>Author: Denning, Stephen</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><div>The power to communicate a complex idea or engender transformational change in a company and its people is a key characteristic of a good leader. Generating enduring enthusiasm through <em>compelling storytelling...</em></div></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/i-didnt-see-it-coming <div>Author: Widmann, Nancy C. | Eisenman, Elaine J. | Kopelan, Amy Dorn</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/change-management">Change Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>The organizational landscape has undergone so many transformations over the last decade that thousands of talented professionals who managed to thrive through all sorts of difficulty have suddenly found themselves the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/practical-intelligence <div>Author: Albrecht, Karl</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/major-works">Major Works</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Determining that IQ, as a singular measure of competence, could no longer be supported, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner, proposed (in Frames of Mind, 1985) a range of key competencies, which he calls multiple...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/true-north <div>Author: George, Bill | Sims, Peter</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>True North</strong>, the sequel to Bill George’s 2003 bestseller Authentic Leadership, readers are shown how to follow their <em><strong>“True North,”</strong></em> their internal compass that will guide...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-challenge-4th-edition <div>Author: Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>The Leadership Challenge</strong>, one of the best-selling leadership books of all time, is considered by many as the most trusted source on becoming a better leader. With this fourth edition, James M. Kouzes...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/opt-out-revolt <div>Author: Mainiero, Lisa A. | Sullivan, Sherry E.</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>More and more highly talented employees – particularly women – are leaving the traditional workforce in a trend termed the “opt-out” phenomenon. Some of these individuals pursue careers outside traditional corporate...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/smarts <div>Author: Martin, Chuck | Dawson, Peg | Guare, Richard</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2007</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Why do certain tasks seem easier for some people than for others? Why do some individuals excel in one job and flounder in another? Why are personal weaknesses relatively stable and difficult to change?<br /><br />In...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leaders-legacy <div>Author: Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Kouzes and Posner's The Leadership Challenge was first published in 1987, and revised in 1996 and 2002, to become one of the bestselling leadership books of all time. Although each revision was offered to address the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/art-connecting <div>Author: Raines, Claire | Ewing, Lara</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In every kind of business and in every industry, workplaces are becoming more diverse, which has important and challenging implications for communication and for relationship building. In <strong>The Art of Connecting...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/focus-laser-beam <div>Author: Haneberg, Lisa L.</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Focus is defined as concentrating energy on something, achieving a distinct vision, or attending to the right thing. Focus is purposeful, not accidental; and it is different than giving attention to something....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/next-level <div>Author: Eblin, Scott</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>40 percent of new executives fail in their positions within eighteen months of promotion. Could it be that CEOs and executive teams have chosen the wrong person for the job nearly half the time? Scott Eblin doesn’t...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/power-mentoring <div>Author: Ensher, Ellen E. | Murphy, Susan E.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Today, few employees spend their entire career at one company. Some people move from company to company in search of raises and promotions; while some move from project to project. Employment patterns have also changed...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/six-disciplines-breakthrough-learning <div>Author: Wick, Calhoun | Pollock, Roy | Jefferson, Andrew | Flanagan, Richard</div> <div>Publisher: Pfeiffer</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Training and development is often viewed as expendable, a department that is nice to have when times are good, but one that organizations can do without when times are bad. This line of reasoning exists because many...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leading-leaders <div>Author: Salacuse, Jeswald W.</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Leaders are in for a new set of challenges when they are called upon to manage people who are themselves leaders. This challenge is particularly prevalent in “high talent” organizations made up of people with high...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/social-intelligence <div>Author: Albrecht, Karl</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2006</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/major-works">Major Works</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Having pondered why some people with very high IQ scores fail miserably in their personal lives, Harvard professor Howard Gardner, concluded that the concept of “intelligence,” as a singular measure of competence,...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/never-eat-alone <div>Author: Ferrazzi, Keith | Raz, Tahl</div> <div>Publisher: Crown Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Author Keith Ferrazzi believes that people and relationships are central to success in business and in life, and his own personal story provides a compelling testament to the power of networking. However, the...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-gap <div>Author: Weiss, David S. | Molinaro, Vince</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Canada Ltd.</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership-development">Leadership Development</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Because leaders must shape their organizations, build teams, drive results, and inspire their employees to deliver value, leadership is a critical source of competitive advantage in today’s economy. However, Weiss and...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/time-mastery <div>Author: Clemens, John K. | Dalrymple, Scott</div> <div>Publisher: Amacom</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Every executive has wished for more hours in a day in order to meet all of his or her business goals. John K. Clemens and Scott Dalrymple suggest that more hours are not necessarily the best answer. They contend that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/career-warfare <div>Author: D'Alessandro, David F.</div> <div>Publisher: McGraw-Hill</div> <div>Published Date: 2008</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Career Warfare </strong>outlines the various ways that individuals working within business can create their own successful personal brand. A personal brand is really the individuals themselves; how they present...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leading-way <div>Author: Gandossy, Robert | Effron, Marc</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2005</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In the past, there has been little real research to show that leadership development has resulted in positive, long-term success. Now studies are showing that leaders can change, but aren’t necessarily doing so....</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/building-bridge-you-walk-it <div>Author: Quinn, Robert E.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/change-management">Change Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>"Building the Bridge as You Walk on It" is Robert Quinn’s final book in the trilogy focusing on personal change and organizational leadership that began with "Deep Change" in 1996. In "Deep Change," Quinn teaches that...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leadership-inner-side-greatness <div>Author: Koestenbaum, Peter</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Leaders are not born; they are developed. Furthermore, leadership is not a characteristic confined to business, but is a way of thinking and a way of living. In the thoroughly revised <strong>Leadership: The Inner Side...</strong></p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/leveraging-new-human-capital <div>Author: Burud, Sandra | Tumolo, Marie</div> <div>Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/diversity">Diversity</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>According to Burud and Tumolo, people live and work differently today than they did in the past. Because employees no longer have the “invisible” support of the home-based partner who backed workers of the Industrial...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/face-it <div>Author: Horn, Art</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Fear comes in many different—and often disguised—forms. In addition to preventing many from achieving the levels of professional success of which they are capable, fear is also the root cause of most conflict in...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/beyond-neutrality <div>Author: Mayer, Bernard S.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2004</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/human-resources">Human Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>After a journey toward acceptance and establishment over the last quarter century, conflict resolution, as a professional practice, is now facing a crisis. In large part, this is because it has not addressed conflict...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/built-learn <div>Author: Purington, Cliff | Butler, Chris | Gale, Sarah Fister</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2003</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In 1998, aerospace giant, Rockwell Collins, was representative of the outdated approach to organizational learning that existed throughout the business world. Its training program, budgeted for $17.3 million, was...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/five-dysfunctions-team <div>Author: Lencioni, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2002</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/leadership">Leadership</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/major-works">Major Works</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/personal-growth">Personal Growth</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/teams">Teams</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Team builders will, at one time or another, face the challenge of fostering group harmony in groups where there are inevitably going to be flaws due to human nature. According to author Patrick Lencioni, human beings...</p></div> Business Book Summaries: Personal Growth