Too many organizations today play follow the leader: the commander articulates a "vision" and people uncritically go along with it. But this style of leadership is ultimately ineffective and even dangerous. It hampers people...
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Author:Eich, Ritch K.Summary:Forget leadership gimmicks and catch phrases, "instant" leadership manuals and Stalinesque approaches to bottom-line results. Skip the sharp cuts to cope with tough times, too. Real and effective leaders today — from the ...
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Author:Kahnweiler, JenniferSummary:Introverts may feel powerless in a world where extroverts seem to rule, but there’s more than one way to have some sway. Jennifer Kahnweiler proves introverts can be highly effective influencers when, instead of trying to act like...
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Author:Kahle, DaveSummary:A good question is a salesperson's most powerful tool, one that can be used in every stage of the sales process, from making appointments to closing the sale; yet, most salespeople are ill-equipped to use this tool effectively. As...
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Author:Reed, JamesSummary:What does it take to get and keep the job you want? Ninety-six percent of employers argue that it's not just about having the right skills for the position-it's all about the right mindset.As two leading experts on the subject, Reed and...
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Author:Bailey, Keith, Leland, KarenSummary:Whether it’s leading a brainstorming meeting for a staff of five or giving a keynote speech to an audience of 5000, public speaking with confidence and competency is an essential skill for success. Unfortunately, many people feel...
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Author:Keyes, Whitney, Winkel, MaggieSummary:What does American Express have in common with a one-woman meat vendor in Malaysia? Surprisingly, the answer is a “lot.” In today's competitive marketplace, size doesn’t matter. Success for every organization boils down to five...
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Author:Pattakos, AlexSummary:NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED World-renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most important books of modern times. Frankl’s personal story of finding a reason to live in Nazi concentration camps...
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Author:Cameron, KimSummary:Plenty of research has been done on why companies go terribly wrong, but what makes companies go spectacularly right? That’s the question that Kim Cameron asked over a decade ago. Since then, Cameron and his colleagues have uncovered...
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Author:Cameron, KimSummary:NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Beyond success, Positive Leadership shows how to reach beyond ordinary success to achieve extraordinary effectiveness, spectacular results and what Kim Cameron calls “positively deviant performance”—...
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Author:Bing, Eric, Epstein, Marc J.Summary:Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, two mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a...
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Author:Rinpoche, TsemSummary:Peace begins here, right where we are. Far from being a distant concept, inner and outer peace can be created at every moment, in every conversation, and with our every action.In this compilation of short teachings, Tsem Rinpoche brings...
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Author:Kelly, MarjorieSummary:As long as businesses are set up to focus exclusively on maximizing financial income for the few, our economy will be locked into endless growth and widening inequality. But now people are experimenting with new forms of ownership,...
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Author:Zhexembayeva, NadyaSummary:We all know the proverb about teaching someone to fish, but if there are no fish left, knowing how to catch them won’t do you any good. And that’s the position businesses are in today. Resources are being depleted at an alarming rate...
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Author:Owen, HarrisonSummary:Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide is just what the name implies: a hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST). OST is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing...
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Author:Hock, Dee, Senge, PeterSummary:Dee Hock, VISA’s founder, details the revolutionary "chaordic" organizational philosophy that was instrumental in VISA’s success. Hock skillfully weaves together the story of VISA with his own remarkable life story and elaborates the...
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Author:Lloyd, Kenneth L.Summary:Most books that deal with ridiculous behaviors in the workplace are premised largely on conjecture, anecdotes, and limited data, but that's not the case with Office Idiots. Written by Ken Lloyd, one of the foremost experts on jerks...
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Author:Karinch, MaryannSummary:To get the truth from someone, you need two sets of skills. The first are the interpersonal skills necessary to get the facts. But the second group of skills is equally if not more important: they enable you to assess whether the facts...
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Author:Enelow, Wendy S., Boldt, Arnold G.Summary:For the first time ever, here’s a resume book that clears away the clutter and gets down to the "brass tacks” of what it takes to write and design a resume that will get you interviews and job offers. Authors and professional...
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Author:Lazarus, JeremySummary:NLP: The Essential Handbook for Business is a straight-talking, highly practical guide to using NLP to significantly improve your results at work. Whether you want to be a better leader, manager, negotiator, salesperson, or decision-...
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