http://www.bizsum.com/ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:08:12 -0400 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:12:56 -0400 http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/advantage <div>Author: Lencioni, Patrick</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</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></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Organizational health represents a company’s greatest source of advantage. It forms the context for every important function, ranging from strategy to finance, marketing, technology, and more. Cultivating...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/changeology <div>Author: Norcross, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Simon & Schuster</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/change-management">Change Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Many people spend years trying to quit their smoking or drinking habits, lose weight, save money, or improve relationships. These efforts often fail because few of these people formulate plans before they begin. In...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/business-model-innovation-factory <div>Author: Kaplan, Saul</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-strategy">Business Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Business Model Innovation Factory</strong>, Saul Kaplan introduces the concept of business model innovation factories, the 15 principles associated with that concept, and how these factories can benefit...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/content-currency <div>Author: Wuebben, Jon</div> <div>Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/marketing">Marketing</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Content Is Currency</strong> can help businesses take maximum advantage of the new possibilities created by the Internet, smart phones, and other digital tools and media. Author Jon Wuebben surveys the many...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/change-better <div>Author: LaMarsh, Jeanenne</div> <div>Publisher: B2 Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/change-management">Change Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Change is a constant, omnipresent reality of life. Organizations and companies are forced to adapt to fluctuations in a globalized marketplace in a frenetic rush to stay ahead of the curve. These changes impact...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/essential-controller <div>Author: Bragg, Steven M.</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/economics-finance">Economics & Finance</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>With <strong>The Essential Controller</strong>, Steven M. Bragg has provided a primer for the new controller. The world of accounting has changed, and with it the role of the controller. A once isolated profession,...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/lean-done-right <div>Author: Zidel, Thomas G.</div> <div>Publisher: Health Administration Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/health-care">Health Care</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Lean Done Right</strong>, Thomas G. Zidel argues that ineffective approaches to Lean also can be found in many healthcare organizations today. He is concerned that hospitals and other healthcare...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries 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> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/team-turnarounds <div>Author: Frontiera, Joe | Leidl, Daniel</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/teams">Teams</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Turning around a failing team is not an easy task. In <strong>Team Turnarounds</strong>, Joe Frontiera and Daniel Leidl present their findings from interviews with successful team leaders in sports and business,...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries 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> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/crash-course <div>Author: Martenson, Chris</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/economics-finance">Economics & Finance</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Most Americans assume that the economy will continually operate in a way that is both effective and orderly. However, recent economic, environmental, and energy-related trends have emerged which challenge this...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/stoking-your-innovation-bonfire <div>Author: Kelley, Braden</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Without realizing it, companies may be hindering their own progress by erecting barriers to what initially made them successful: innovation. <strong>Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire</strong> by Braden Kelley is based on...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/5-levels-leadership <div>Author: Maxwell, John C.</div> <div>Publisher: Center Street</div> <div>Published Date: 2013</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></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The 5 Levels of Leadership</strong>, John C. Maxwell defines leading as a verb, not a noun. Good leadership involves dealing with individuals and their different dynamics, which are continually in flux, and...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/beyond-obvious <div>Author: McKinney, Phil</div> <div>Publisher: Hyperion Books</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Beyond the Obvious</strong>, Phil McKinney premises that ideas are the most valuable currency in today’s business world, and that success depends on the ability to generate new ideas that lead to innovations...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/inside-apple <div>Author: Lashinsky, Adam</div> <div>Publisher: Grand Central Publishing</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/business-biographies">Business Biographies</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/innovation">Innovation</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Inside Apple</strong> by Adam Lashinsky explores the inner workings of Apple and how its founder, the late Steve Jobs, returned from exile to transform a floundering computer company into an unrivaled producer...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/boring-meetings-suck <div>Author: Petz, Jon</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p><strong>Boring Meetings Suck</strong> by Jon Petz is intended for leaders who want to end, or at least minimize, useless time consuming meetings. To be great, a meeting must deliver real value by providing useful...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/6-secrets-startup-success <div>Author: Bradberry, John</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Most entrepreneurs believe passionately in their ideas, yet most new businesses fail within a few years of launching. In <strong>6 Secrets to Startup Success</strong>, John Bradberry explains that entrepreneurial...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/lead-your-boss <div>Author: Baldoni, John</div> <div>Publisher: AMACOM</div> <div>Published Date: 2010</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Lead Your Boss</strong>, John Baldoni provides practical, step-by-step advice to middle managers about how to become better leaders and help their organizations succeed. He illuminates the unique nature of...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/most-important-thing <div>Author: Marks, Howard</div> <div>Publisher: Columbia University Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/economics-finance">Economics & Finance</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Most Important Thing</strong>, Howard Marks details his own investment philosophy based on his experience as founder and chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and a successful money manager. His overall...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/mobile-marketing <div>Author: Varnali, Kaan | Toker, Aysegul | Yilmaz, Cengiz</div> <div>Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/marketing">Marketing</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>Mobile Marketing</strong>, Kaan Varnali, Aysegul Toker, and Cengiz Yilmaz explore the latest advances in mobile technology and how the burgeoning use of mobile handsets makes the medium an optimal platform...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/influence-game <div>Author: Vance, Stephanie</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/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>Lobbying and wielding influence over key decision makers are activities often associated, somewhat unflatteringly, with Washington, D.C. The reality is that lobbyists have influence and successfully sway lawmakers to...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries 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> New Titles | Business Book Summaries 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> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/drama-free-office <div>Author: Warner, Jim | Klemp, Kaley</div> <div>Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC</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/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Drama-Free Office</strong>, Jim Warner and Kaley Klemp present their proven methods of recognizing, diagnosing, and minimizing drama in the workplace. They emphasize authentic behavior and curious...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/pin-drop-principle <div>Author: Lewis, David | Mills, G.Riley</div> <div>Publisher: Jossey-Bass</div> <div>Published Date: 2012</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/communication">Communication</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>The Pin Drop Principle</strong>, David Lewis and G. Riley Mills share their methods and principles for engaging in effective communication regardless of circumstances. The authors identify the five traits...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries