Personal Growth

Personal Growth

 
Becoming a Person of Influence Maxwell, John C. | Dornan, Jim Nelson Business , 1997 Leadership, Personal Growth, Relationships, Social Responsibility

Each of us is influenced by others. People of influence can include presidents, entertainers, and athletes. In Becoming a Person of Influence, Maxwell and Dornan stress that this is not something that...

 
 
Becoming an Extraordinary Manager Sandler, Len AMACOM , 2008 Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

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...

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Beyond Code Setty, Rajesh SelectBooks, Inc. , 2005 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth, Technology

In a world of specialization--by both businesses and the people who work in them, it should not be a surprise that business books are also becoming more specialized and directed towards a more narrow audience. With...

 
 
Beyond Neutrality Mayer, Bernard S. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Human Resources, Personal Growth

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...

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Beyond the Babble Matha, Bob | Boehm, Macy Jossey-Bass , 2008 Business Strategy, Communication, Human Resources, Personal Growth

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...

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Black Faces in White Places Pinkett, Randal | Robinson, Jeffrey | Patterson, Philana AMACOM , 2011 Diversity, Personal Growth

In Black Faces in White Places, 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...

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Blink Gladwell, Malcolm Little, Brown and Company , 2005 Management, Personal Growth

Blink is a book about split-second decisions and first impressions. The book is filled with intriguing examples of the "Blink" process, or rapid cognition, at its most impressive - a psychologist who has developed a...

 
 
Breakthrough Creativity Levesque, Lynne C. Davies-Black Publishing , 2001 Human Resources, Innovation, Personal Growth

According to Levesque, many people fail to believe they are creative because their skills are not those that they often associate with creativity-musical/artistic ability or scientific genius, for example. In reality,...

 
 
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It Quinn, Robert E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Change Management, Human Resources, Leadership, Personal Growth

"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...

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Built on Values Rhoades, Ann Jossey-Bass , 2011 Communication, Management, Personal Growth

As Ann Rhoades and Nancy Shepherdson explain in Built on Values, the “perfect company culture” does not exist. The right culture for any company can be defined by determining what values are important...

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