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Make Every Second Count

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Bly, Robert

Publisher:

Career Press

Published Date:

2010

Productivity

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In today’s busy world, the demands on an individual’s time can be overwhelming. In fact, forty-two percent of American workers feel that they are overworked. High speed technology, downsizing, and increased customer demands have created an impatient, time-impoverished society. In Make Every Second Count, author Robert Bly acknowledges that twenty-five hours cannot be jammed into a twenty-four hour day; however, an individual can solve the most critical time-management problems by increasing personal productivity.

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The Upside of Irrationality

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Ariely, Dan

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Published Date:

2010

Personal Growth

Relationships

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In The Upside of Irrationality, 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 relationships. The goal of behavioral economics is to make sense of the way humans operate, so that people can observe their biases, be more in tune with what influences them, and make better decisions.

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The Leader's Guide to Radical Management

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Denning, Stephen

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2010

Leadership

Management

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The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management by Stephen Denning dismantles traditional management systems and builds a mental model of management based on a more accurate and effective understanding of how humans work best together.

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Leadership Lessons

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Swartz, Greg

Thorpe, Julie K.

Published Date:

2012

Leadership

Personal Growth

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In Leadership Lessons, 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 that the most successful achievers work hard to create their own successes and know how to recognize optimum opportunities. None of the popularly held theories of leadership are adequate to describe how icons of success such as Bill Gates and Leonardo daVinci turned opportunities into high achievement.

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Be the Elephant

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Kaplan, Steve

Publisher:

Workman Publishing

Published Date:

2006

Business Strategy

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In Be the Elephant, marketing guru and best-selling author Steve Kaplan offers a detailed playbook for successfully growing businesses of all sorts and sizes, while exploring the ways a growing business can go astray. A business must grow or risk shrinking; however unplanned growth can also be risky. Growth may accelerate but falter if processes are not in place to handle the increase. Detailed business models using real figures to support projections, incorporate research, and discount optimism are essential to successful growth.

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Joining Forces

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:00:25 +0000

Author:

Marks, Mitchell Lee

Mirvis, Philip H.

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2010

Business Strategy

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While mergers, acquisitions, and alliances are more common than ever in today’s strategic business climate, only 25 percent of all mergers succeed. In Joining Forces, authors Mitchell Lee Marks and Philip H. Mirvis offer strategies, insight, and advice that go beyond what it takes to successfully combine organizations to create real value. This comprehensive guide uses a combination of theory, research, and practical knowledge to illustrate how to use mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to make one plus one equal three.

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Leadership is Dead

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:00:20 +0000

Author:

Kubicek, Jeremie

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published Date:

2011

Leadership

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In Leadership is Dead, Jeremie Kubicek urges executives and managers to embrace the most potent professional asset on the planet: leading through influence. While the ground rules of leadership have changed, influence is still the key to success and fulfillment in life. Instead of CEOs who put their own welfare above their companies’ and employees’, or managers who focus solely on their bonus checks and quotas, the world needs leaders who want to positively impact those around them and contribute to the greater good.

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Trailblazers

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:00:25 +0000

Author:

Anderson, Redia

Billings-Harris, Lenora

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Diversity

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Today’s top organizations have embraced diversity and inclusion as practices that make good business sense. Fostering an internal culture of diversity that is interconnected with community outreach means organizations are better able to attract top talent to their workforces as well as increase their bottom lines. In their book Trailblazers, Redia Anderson and Lenora Billings-Harris define trailblazers as individuals in leading corporations who have successfully created and implemented cultures of diversity in the workplace.

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Practical Genius

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:00:18 +0000

Author:

Rudan, Gina Amaro

Publisher:

Touchstone

Published Date:

2012

Personal Growth

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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 Practical Genius, Gina Amaro Rudan argues that everyone has the capacity for genius and can achieve the extraordinary. However, genius does not rise to the surface unaided; it is up to everyone to find their genius and to put it to work. Rudan helps readers identify their genius, express it in everyday life, and market that genius for personal and professional growth.

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Building the High-Trust Organization

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:00:24 +0000

Author:

Shockley-Zalabak, Pamela S.

Morreale, Sherwyn P.

Hackman, Michael Z.

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Business Strategy

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Trust is not just important; it is the main element of success for any organization. High-trust organizations grow faster, innovate and execute better, enjoy more stakeholder loyalty, and are more valuable than organizations in which trust is low. In Building the High-Trust Organization, authors Pamela S. Shockley-Zalabak, Sherwyn P. Morreale, and Michael Z. Hackman present their carefully-researched organizational trust model, which has been field-tested across a wide variety of cultures and industries.

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Turnaround Leadership

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:00:25 +0000

Author:

Callaghan, Shaun O.

Publisher:

Kogan Page

Published Date:

2010

Change Management

Leadership

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Crises constantly arise in the world of global business. All career managers will experience a crisis at some point, be it the aftermath of a recession or a change in the way consumers spend their money. Regardless of the cause, managers can prepare themselves for crisis situations by identifying triggers and potentially preventing crises themselves. If a crisis does occur, a manger can use it as an opportunity for improving the company.

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Thinking Forward

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:00:24 +0000

Author:

Griffith, John R.

White, Kenneth R.

Cahill, Patricia

Publisher:

Health Administration Press

Published Date:

2003

Business Biographies

Business Strategy

Health Care

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“Thinking forward” is the phrase used by Patricia Cahill, president and CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), to describe the process that put CHI on the road to its current success. Thinking forward is the way CHI wants its associates to approach their work—not only to constantly look for ways to serve their patients and clients better but to enjoy the process and grow themselves. CHI uses the term “associates” to include employees, affiliated physicians, and volunteers.

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The Power of LEO

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Chowdhury, Subir

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published Date:

2012

Business Strategy

Customer Focus

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Despite business management’s best efforts, quality improvement cannot be achieved through piecemeal changes or the efforts of a single, specialized department alone. According to quality expert Subir Chowdhury, true quality improvement requires that a quality mindset be embraced by every employee and embedded throughout the organizational culture.

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Growth or Bust!

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:20 +0000

Author:

Faust, Mark

Publisher:

Career Press, Inc.

Published Date:

2011

Business Strategy

Management

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In Growth or Bust!, growth and turnaround consultant Mark Faust describes how most companies have the inherent ability to greatly increase growth, and describes methods that combine the creation of effective strategies and vigorous innovation to create positive results throughout the organization. By following Faust’s advice, managers can find overlooked and unexamined growth potential for their organizations, and embrace a companywide approach for successful turnaround.

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Wild West 2.0

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Fertik, Michael

Thompson, David

Publisher:

American Management Association

Published Date:

2010

Relationships

Technology

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Almost everyone today uses the Internet for conducting business, gathering information, and making social connections. Still, the Internet is a dangerous place. Reputations can be damaged by scandal, businesses can lose thousands of customers because of false online reports, and relationships can be impaired by anonymous gossip.

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How to Hire A-Players

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Herrenkohl, Eric

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2010

Human Resources

Leadership Development

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In How to Hire A-Players, Eric Herrenkohl provides strategies and tactics to build a team of talented employees. These so-called A-players create superior results compared to most of the other people who hold similar positions in their industries. Herrenkohl contends that executives who want to build a team of A-players must stop trying to convert poor performers into top performers, and commit more time to finding and hiring A-players.

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The Deciding Factor

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Rosenberger, Larry

Nash, John

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

Published Date:

2009

Business Strategy

Leadership

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In The Deciding Factor, industry experts Larry Rosenberger and John Nash show how an organization can make better decisions through a combination of data, mathematics, and software, and ultimately create a more customer-centric, cost-competitive, and profitable organization. The authors look at all facets of decision management, including decisions about building brand loyalty, increasing profitability, and unlocking new sources of value.

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Maxwell, John C.

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

Published Date:

1998

Leadership

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World-renowned leadership guru John C. Maxwell has admitted to the daunting complexity and myriad requirements of effective leadership, but in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, he distills the major lessons he has learned through 30-plus years of leadership development. If you follow them, Maxwell promises, people will follow you. Though the times may change, leadership is still leadership.

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Confidence at Work

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:08:09 +0000

Author:

Taylor, Ros

Publisher:

Kogan Page

Published Date:

2011

Leadership

Personal Growth

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In Confidence at Work, 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 fewer jobs and an abundance of qualified candidates, having confidence at work has never been more important to getting ahead in the workplace. Taylor offers insights and theories from her own experience as a psychologist, coach, and businesswoman to inspire employees to embark on their own personal journeys as successful, confident individuals in life and at work.

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Secrets of Power Problem Solving

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Dawson, Roger

Publisher:

Career Press

Published Date:

2011

Leadership

Management

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All organizations are faced with problems. Some react to their problems better than others and, in most cases, these organizations are more successful than organizations that stumble toward unwise decisions. Roger Dawson, former president of a real estate sales company and current negotiations trainer, believes that many organizations do not do a very good job of confronting their problems or finding solutions.

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The Web 2.0 Job Finder

admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Greene, Brenda

Byrne, Coleen

Publisher:

Career Press

Published Date:

2011

Personal Growth

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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 media explosion in the networking arena, authors Brenda Greene and Coleen Byrne offer specific guidelines to create, develop, and maintain a social network that will ultimately enhance any job search, as well as enhance any established career path.

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The Myth of Stress

admin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:00:18 +0000

Author:

Bernstein, Andrew

Publisher:

Free Press

Published Date:

2010

Personal Growth

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The idea that “life is stressful” is a common myth based on a faulty interpretation of the nature of stress. While stress is very real, people often misjudge where stress really comes from and what can be done about it. According to Andrew Bernstein, all stress is a result of subconscious assumptions – it is a function of beliefs, not circumstances. Consequently, the key to eliminating stress – not just managing or escaping it – is to create a fundamental and lasting shift in thinking.

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Effective Financial Management

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Finch, Brian

Publisher:

Kogan Page

Published Date:

2010

Business Strategy

Economics & Finance

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While financial management is a topic that would seem to be most directly associated with accounting, there are many daily monetary concerns that must be taken into consideration throughout all departments and organizations. Before leaders can even begin to tackle financial matters, they must engage in considerable planning. They must also learn suitable financial management strategies and commit to communicating with those who have the power to affect the business.

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None of Us Is as Good as All of Us

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:00:19 +0000

Author:

Harris, Patricia Sowell

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date:

2009

Diversity

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McDonald’s prides itself on the diversity of its workforce. In January 2009, the employee base was 62 percent female, 35 percent Hispanic, 20 percent African American, five percent Asian, and two percent Native American. These numbers reflect not only restaurant crew members but also all levels of management. In None of Us Is as Good as All of Us, Patricia Sowell Harris chronicles the story of diversity and inclusion in the McDonald’s Corporation and highlights how a dedication to its diversity principles has been instrumental in the business’s success.

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Change Anything

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:08:09 +0000

Author:

Patterson, Kerry

Grenny, Joseph

Maxfield, David

McMillan, Ron

Switzler, Al

Publisher:

Business Plus

Published Date:

2011

Personal Growth

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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 Change Anything, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler explain the science behind personal change, and define the steps that anyone can take to increase chances for success when attempting to transform their careers, health, financial situations, relationships, and more.

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