http://www.bizsum.com/ Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:10 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:25 -0400 http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/when-talent-isnt-enough <div>Author: Fischer, Kristen</div> <div>Publisher: The Career Press</div> <div>Published Date: 2013</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/productivity">Productivity</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>When creative professionals become freelancers, starting part-time or full-time businesses of their own, talent is just one part of the equation. In &nbsp;<strong>When Talent Isn’tnough</strong>, Kristen Fischer...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/standout <div>Author: Buckingham, Marcus</div> <div>Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 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>In <strong>StandOut</strong>, Marcus Buckingham asserts that everyone has their own particular genius that is innate to their being. Buckingham explains that by understanding their strengths and learning how to apply...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/you-cant-lead-your-feet-desk <div>Author: Fuller, Ed</div> <div>Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</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/relationships">Relationships</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>In <strong>You Can’t Lead with Your Feet on the Desk</strong>, Ed Fuller, the leader of Marriott International Lodging, offers real-world advice about how to connect with, manage, and do business with people who have...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/persuasive-business-proposals <div>Author: Sant, Tom</div> <div>Publisher: American Management Association</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>Persuasive Business Proposals</strong>, Tom Sant explains how understanding the key features of a good business proposal will quickly increase sales. Business proposals are action-oriented documents that...</p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/chinas-management-revolution <div>Author: Bouée, Charles-Edouard</div> <div>Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan</div> <div>Published Date: 2011</div> <div>Categories: <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/global-business">Global Business</a>, <a href="http://www.bizsum.com/summaries/category/management">Management</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><p>A new management style is emerging in China. Rather than being created in a deliberate manner, it is evolving as Chinese entrepreneurs discover better ways to manage their companies. In <strong>China’s Management...</strong></p></div> New Titles | Business Book Summaries 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