SUCCESSFUL people

SUCCESSFUL people

 
Team Turnarounds Frontiera, Joe | Leidl, Daniel Jossey-Bass , 2012 Teams

Turning around a failing team is not an easy task. In Team Turnarounds, Joe Frontiera and Daniel Leidl present their findings from interviews with successful team leaders in sports and business,...

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Inside Apple Lashinsky, Adam Grand Central Publishing , 2012 Business Biographies, Innovation

Inside Apple 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...

 
 
Softwar Symonds, Matthew | Ellison, Larry Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2003 Technology

Larry Ellison, co-founder and chief executive of Oracle, is one of the most recognized software pioneers in the world. In Softwar, Matthew Symonds paints a fascinating portrait of an individual with a...

 
 
The Self-Made Myth Miller, Brian | Lapham, Mike Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2012 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth

In The Self-Made Myth, 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...

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Strategic Leadership Adair, John Kogan Page Limited , 2010 Business Strategy, Leadership

Organizations need effective government to flourish; however, leadership is a difficult vocation that requires knowledge and experience. Fortunately, history offers a wealth of theory, knowledge, and practical examples...

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Be the Hero Blumenthal, Noah Berret-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Personal Growth

Most everyone feels stressed, frustrated, or out of control at work or at home at some point. In Be the Hero, Noah Blumenthal challenges people to transform self-defeating thoughts and victim behaviors...

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The Self-Aware Leader Gallagher, Daniel | Costal, Joseph ASTD Press , 2010 Leadership, Personal Growth

In The Self-Aware Leader, 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...

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Hiring for Attitude Murphy, Mark McGraw-Hill , 2012 Human Resources, Leadership Development

In Hiring for Attitude, Mark Murphy contends that whether a company is hiring its next hourly employee, its next CEO, or someone for a position in between, attitude will likely be the issue that...

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SuperCompetent Stack, Laura John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Personal Growth, Productivity

In SuperCompetent, Laura Stack details the six keys to attaining super competent status: activity, availability, attention, accessibility, accountability, and attitude. Becoming super competent...

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The Women of Berkshire Hathaway Linder, Karen John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Biographies, Leadership

The Women of Berkshire Hathaway by Karen Linder brings to life the stories of nine women who have risen to the top ranks of management within subsidiary companies of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway...

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