The Laws of Lifetime Growth: Always Make Your Future Bigger than Your Past by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura This is an excellent little book. It's "little" in terms of being pocket sized for easy transport but very "large" in the actionable insight and wisdom the authors present. Keep this one with you, and you will welcome opportunities just to sit quietly and take in the engaging stories and timeless wisdom for personal success. Your next flight delay may transform into a very mindful adventure. (ed.)
	Goal-Free Living: How to Have the Life You Want NOW! by Stephen M. Shapiro Living without goals might be a bit of a stretch for most in business however, it does involve quite an intense focus on what really matters. Having a compass, being grounded in your values and who you are may well be a more rewarding outlook - being present and always open to possibilities. The author's stories are very enjoyable and meaningful. This one will leave you "up" and ready for adventure! (ed.)
	Just One Thing: Twelve of the World's Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can't Overlook by John Mauldin In a world of squawking television commentators and garish headlines, who and what should we trust? Veteran investment writer John Mauldin offers his answer: take just the best advice, from the best investors, and discard everything else. Mauldin has solicited 12 leading investors for what each considers his most valuable insight or lesson over a long and illustrious investment career - the "one thing" he considers most important to investing - and gathered the tips for future generations of investors to learn.
	The Beethoven Factor: The New Psychology of Hardiness, Happiness, Healing, and Hope by Paul Pearsall In The Beethoven Factor Pearsall identifies the characteristics of those individuals he labels "thrivers" - the quarter of the population who face challenges head-on and grow stronger and more vital as a result. Dr. Pearsall, Ph.D., is the author of over 200 articles and 15 international bestselling books, a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and one of the most requested speakers in the world.
	The Must-Have Customer 7 Steps to Winning the Customer You Haven't Got by Robert Gordman with Armin Brott The most important customer to consider is the one your business currently does not have. After reading this book you will have a crystal clear focus on what really works and what your mission needs to be. You will know the right questions to ask and will never again be bamboozled by your marketers, agencies or otherwise. You will focus on what really matters. This is a very good one. (ed.)
	Six Disciplines for Excellence by Gary Harpst The Six Disciplines™ Methodology synthesizes and integrates the most fundamental elements of strategic planning, quality management, integrated organizational learning, business process automation, people performance management and measure-driven improvement - and offers a systematic and practical "business-building" approach for small businesses to continually improve and sustain business excellence.
	According to Kotler: The World's Foremost Authority on Marketing Answers Your Questions by Philip Kotler According to Kotler distills the essence of marketing guru Philip Kotler's wisdom and years of experience into question and answer format. Based on the thousands of questions Kotler has been asked over the years by clients, students, business audiences, and journalists, the book reveals the revolutionary thinking of one of the profession's most revered experts.
	How to Become an Employer of Choice by Roger E. Herman and Joyce L. Gioia Get the best workers to consciously choose to work for you-instead of joining your competition. Become an "Employer of Choice®." As the labor shortage intensifies, competition for qualified, dedicated employees will become even more challenging. In our strong economy, people have choices of where they will work. Learn how to inspire workers to choose you. This book has the secrets!
	Trillion-Dollars Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers by Maria T. Bailey and Bonnie W. Ulman From the diapers on their babies to the chicken they serve for dinner to the minivans that line the parking lot, moms spend money and, thankfully for consumer marketers, moms love to talk about where they spend it. In no other segment of consumers is word of mouth more powerful. In order to capture a portion of the trillions of dollars spent by mothers, it's time to arm your company with the right knowlege and talent.
	The Consistent Consumer: Predicting Future Behavior through Lasting Values by Ken Beller, Steve M. Weiss and Louis Patler Sociocultural value formation lends itself to effective consumer profiling making it possible to not only define and understand values-based cohort groups, but to anticipate how they are likely to behave. With greater insight into Value Populations we can better increase our understanding, mutual appreciation, and consideration for each other's perspectives.
	Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX by Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan Everybody Wins is a detailed, compelling account of how RE/MAX grew into one of the largest real estate networks in the world. More than that, however, it provides firsthand lessons to leaders on how to drive growth in their own organizations. Coauthors Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan studied seven global companies and did a thorough case study of RE/MAX. The result is a step-by-step inside story of one company's road to competitive mastery, with guidelines for emulating the positives while recognizing and sidestepping the roadblocks.
	Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants: Breakthrough Tactics for Winning Profitable Clients by Jay Levinson and Michael McLaughlin Jay Conrad Levinson’s Guerrilla Marketing revolutionized the way marketers do business by defying the conventional wisdom that effective marketing means spending big bucks. He devised highly successful marketing strategies that rely on creativity, imagination, and energy—instead of money—to get the job done. Now, Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants applies the power of guerrilla marketing to the hypercompetitive business of consulting.
	Power Speaking by Achim Nowak Fueled by the conviction that the best speaking techniques are ineffective without personal essence, public speaker extraordinaire Achim Nowak shows emerging speakers how to develop necessary skills and teaches them how to unleash their inner power. Organized as a personal coaching guide, Power Speaking is packed with assignments, checklists, practice exercises, and tips on how to integrate visuals into a high-profile business or academic presentation. Here is the last word on effective speaking for managers, entrepreneurs, performers, or anyone seeking to galvanize an audience.
	Managing Leadership: Toward a New and Usable Understanding of What Leadership Really Is--and how to Manage It by Jim Stroup Jim Stroup provides a clear and actionable solution to the leadership crisis facing the owners, directors, and managers of contemporary organizations. Managing Leadership will show owners and managers how to take back control of their organizations and direct them with effective, no-nonsense managerial integrity.
	The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall In a darkened room, isolated from the rest of his family, Jason is confronted by the image of his deceased great uncle on a video monitor... and so begins a 12 month quest for purpose and meaning in an empty life, as Jason attempts to complete the tasks required to receive Red Stevens' greatest bequest....The Ultimate Gift. This is very inspiring reading from one who sees very clearly.
	Lessons from the Hive: The Buzz on Surviving and Thriving in an Ever-Changing WorkPlace by Charles Decker Based on the true story of a candle-making company in New England, Lessons from the Hive is a fictionalized look inside an organization, Bee Natural, Inc., as it deals with inevitable changes after being brought by a consumer-products conglomerate. Fast-paced and entertaining, this story is filled with likable, realistic characters facing the trials, tribulations, and eventual success of a company enduring organizational change.
	Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? by George Stalk and Rob Lachenauer Hardball takes leaders deep inside the world of hardball competition - a world where the players are zealously committed to winning and relentlessly driven to strengthen their competitive positions, creating a virtuous cycle that puts them far out of competitors' reach. The authors reveal who uses hardball strategies, under what circumstances each strategy is most effective, and how to orchestrate the attack.
	Leadership: Seeing, Describing, and Pursuing What's Possible by Paul B. Thornton Paul Thornton has mastered the art of simplifying for maximum impact. His latest book will help you find opportunities, make the case for change, deliver with passion and set the example in execution and implementation. As with his other "triangles" of leadership, (and we have have his Be the Leader as one of the best of all time) this one will help sharpen your skills to help people discover their gifts and achieve their greatness.
	You Don't Have to Do it Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done by Richard H. Axelrod, Emily M. Axelrod, Julie Beedon and Robert W. Jacobs Covering everything from solving a nagging long-term problem at work that could save a company millions of dollars, to launching a community movement to improve local schools, the book shows how involving others in a project while maintaining one's focus on the nuts-and-bolts details can make big things happen. It's an excellent guide to master how to involve others to achieve your goals.
	Renovate Before You Innovate: Why Doing the New Thing Might Not be the Right Thing by Sergio Zyman, with Armin A. Brott In his new book, Zyman drops another bucket on the marketing world: innovation, the designing and branding of new products, is a waste of time and money. Renovation, he says, is a better way for companies to spend their resources. This book will "twist you head" a bit in challenging conventional thinking, however it's grounded in very solid principles, as in how to leave a company's "essence" intact while giving it new vigor.
	It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff "The most important thing a captain can do is to see the ship from the eyes of the crew." This belief has successfully guided D. Michael Abrashoff, the captain of one of the U. S. Navy's most modern and lethal warships. Good leaders listen to the people under their command and use their ideas to improve operating procedures. This is an excellent story of how one leader, with clear values and resolve, can inspire others to exceptional levels of great performance. This is required reading! (ed.)
	How Winners Sell: 21 Proven Strategies to Outsell Your Competition and Win the Big Sale by Dave Stein Dave Stein, founder of a consultancy that helps companies improve their sales effectiveness, reveals techniques for developing skills needed to thrive in today's competitive sales environment. In this second edition, he presents content on selling to boards of directors, mitigating perceived customer risk, building personal brands, handling requests for proposals, and leading a virtual sales team.
	Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan Larry Bossidy's and Ran Charan's Execution is a unique and indispensable guide to corporate strategy that focuses on the quality most essential to every business -- the ability to get things done. As the authors note in their introduction, "Execution is a systematic process of rigorously discussing hows and whats, questioning, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability." If you want to create an organization in which strategic planning and day-to-day operations are supported by tangible results, then this book will be an invaluable guide.
	Strategic Negotiation: A Breakthrough Four-Step Process for Effective Business Negotiation by Brian J. Dietmeyer, with Rob Kaplan In Strategic Negotiation, Dietmeyer and Kaplan use a research-based approach to negotiation that assists sales professionals in reaching their own business goals, while ensuring that their customers meet budget and professional objectives as well-going beyond win-win to achieve true, measurable business value for all parties at the negotiating table.
	Redefining F.E.A.R. Maximizing Limited Resources with Unlimited Ideas by Karen Evenson Every business today faces a variety of challenges, but according to Karen Evenson’s book, the difference between success and failure rests wholly in the business’s approach to the problem. Redefining F.E.A.R. stands out from other business-related books because of the use of a fictional storyline to relay the message. Evenson backs up the storyline with applications which are based on Dr. Michael Kirton’s theories and research into creativity and problem-solving to help business leaders discover new approaches to their own challenges.
	Napoleon and Your Business: Avoiding Your Own Waterloo by Brenda Collins Effective leaders are always searching for ways to improve and to help their organization position themselves strategically. Napoleon and Your Business: Avoiding Your Own Waterloo, written by author and entrepreneur Brenda Collins, takes Napoleon's beliefs on leadership, strategy and tactics, and in a unique manner translates these maxims into everyday language. Download an excerpt from the book -- try it now for free!
	The Hasidic Masters' Guide to Management by Moshe Kranc Hasidism, the eighteenth century Jewish mystical movement, revolutionized and revitalized the Jewish world. The Hasidic Masters valued sincerity and devotion and provided inspiration and guidance to their adherents. Today's managers, seeking to provide inspirational leadership, clear direction, business vision, and organizational guidance to their team, have much to learn from these wise leaders.
	Measuring Human Capital: Converting Workplace Behavior into Dollars by Dennis J. Kravetz In this book best-selling author Dennis Kravetz shows how anyone, by gathering easily available information, can set up metrics to measure human capital. Once established, these metrics enable individuals to calculate the dollar value of planned or completed people management changes. Measuring Human Capital melds together the best of behavioral science, finance, and business pragmatics to show how to measure human capital in the workplace.
	Sell Yourself Without Selling Your Soul: A Woman's Guide to Promoting Herself, Her Business, Her Product, or Her Cause with Integrity and Spirit by Susan Harrow Written in a conversational, woman-to-woman style, this innovative book blends illuminating personal anecdotes and wisdom of famous spiritual, historical, and political leaders with Harrow's own unique system. You'll find helpful examples of powerful publicity packages and dozens of practical exercises that instruct and motivate, not to mention proven techniques to save you time, grief, and money.
	Motivational Selling - Advice on Selling Effectively, Staying Motivated and Being a Peak Sales Producer by Jim McCormick et al Motivational Selling shares remarkable stories, insights, strategies, anecdotes and examples to help you be more motivated and more effective in any sales environment. It is a compilation of wisdom from America's top motivational sales speakers, trainers, authors and sales professionals.
	Marketplace Masters: How Professional Service Firms Compete to Win by Suzanne C. Lowe Drawing from a five-year study covering thousands of firms, Lowe presents the three building blocks of a market-driven infrastructure — looking out, digging deeper, and embedding innovation — and identifies eleven core skills that any service firm can apply to master the marketplace and achieve lasting competitive success.
	Leadership on the Run How to Get Better Results Faster by Leslie Bendaly Leadership on the Run offers an eclectic mix of stories and situations. Motivational coach and bestselling author Leslie Bendaly identifies the little things that often add up to success and consolidates them in six critical leadership activities. Bendaly's tips arm time-strapped leaders with valuable knowledge and give them the tools they need to propel themselves and their teams to a new level of performance.
	Business Plans to Game Plans: A Practical System for Turning Strategies into Action by Jan B. King King breaks down complex concepts into simple and effective action plans, helping you profit from her extensive experience and avoid common mistakes. With more than fifty worksheets and exercises to guide your implementation, Business Plans to Game Plans helps you turn your vision into a thriving business equipped to weather any market.
	Don't Let 'Em Treat You Like A Girl A Woman's Guide To Leadership Success (Tips from the Guys) by Liz Weber In this fast, witty, content-filled book, Liz Weber shares what it takes for women and men to earn the respect they want, need, and deserve from colleagues and family members alike. Illustrated with insights and anecdotes from contributors ranging from best-selling authors to her father, this book shares dozens of tips including "It's NOT Your Prerogative", "Get Over the Glass-Ceiling Thing", and "You Can't Be the Smelly One". This is an entertaining and energizing must-read for anyone struggling to find his or her own "leadership success".
	Joe Sails: A Story In Progress by Dick Olenych Author Dick Olenych presents a narrative offering an entertaining and humorous guide to getting back to the fundamentals of business. Not the typical how-to business book that demands a tedious step by step program, instead Joe Sails elicits the reader to examine his or her own corporate conduct to encourage positive cultural change. Olenych successfully presents the perspective that all employees are ambassadors for their company and that their behavior reflects back upon that company.
	Just Ask a Woman: Cracking the Code of What Women Want and How They Buy by Mary Lou Quinlan Top marketing consultant Mary Lou Quinlan shows marketers and business leaders how to tap into America's most powerful consumers: women. Although they comprise just over half of the U.S. population, women buy or influence the purchase of eighty-five percent of all products and services sold nationwide. Yet, far too often, products marketed specifically to women fail to address their needs or connect with them on an emotional and motivational level. Just Ask a Woman will tell you why.
	Measuring the Value of Partnering: How to Use Metrics to Plan, Develop, and Implement Successful Alliances by Larraine Segil Measuring the Value of Partnering gives readers a system for measuring a relationship's contribution at every stage of the alliance, from creation to implementation to termination. This essential book features case studies drawn from interviews with key players at companies like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Staples, and Hyundai. Weaving these and other real-life examples together, Author Larraine Segil helps readers develop the appropriate metrics and then shows how and when to use them accurately and intelligently to achieve the greatest impact.
	The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence in Action by Karl Albrecht Albrecht, a noted management consultant, speaker, and author, draws on his experiences working with organizations around the world to define what organizational intelligence is and how it can be developed. Taking a critical look at organizations that have and have not achieved organizational intelligence, he defines seven components of organizational intelligence and uses them to analyze situations and identify the kinds of conditions necessary to nurture organizational intelligence. He also identifies 17 dysfunctional syndromes that keep companies from mobilizing their collective brain power.
	Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing, How Business Can Lead the Way to New Possiblities by John E. Renesch, foreword by Anita Roddick This book puts forth a vision for historic transformation for all humankind. It pictures a global future full of possibilities - a much "better future" than the one that appears most likely if we rely upon probabilities and forecasts based on existing trends. Not only that, but the author points directly to the business community as the segment of our society that can best lead the rest of the world in such an incredible transition for all humanity.
	Economic Value Management: Applications and Techniques by Eleanor Bloxham Operating from a perspective that includes all constituents of the organization, Economic Value Management makes an organization more effective by clarifying decision-making and establishing management practices that are replicable. Stressing the importance of consistent stewardship and the perils of failed stewardship, Eleanor Bloxham presents Economic Value Management as a means of integrating management processes, generating immediate returns, and paving the way for long-term success.
	Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People by Roger Herman, Tom Olivo, and Joyce Gioia Serious labor shortages will challenge employers this decade. By 2010, we’ll have 10,033,000 more jobs than skilled workers to fill them. This vital issue is presented, with an abundance of evidence, followed by concrete advice about what employers must do to defend themselves. Highly readable, direct, designed for corporate executives. Over 20 new concepts are presented in this thought-provoking wake-up call. Filled with graphs and charts that lay out the emerging shortage of skilled labor. Highly recommended for senior executives. This book reveals a problem that won’t go away and must be addressed.
	The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman With vivid stories and a set of original terms and concepts, Friedman shows us how to see this new system of globalization. He dramatizes the conflict of "the Lexus and the olive tree" — the tension between the globalization system and ancient forces of culture, geography, tradition, and community. He also details the powerful backlash that globalization produces among those who feel brutalized by it, and he spells out what we all need to do to keep this system in balance.
	From Contact to Contract: 496 Proven Sales Tips to Generate More Leads, Close More Deals, Exceed Your Goals, and Make More Money by Dianna Booher Contact to Contract provides a comprehensive collection of 496 tips and best practices without getting bogged down in long explanations of sales theory and models. The summary headlines and brief entries have been written with fast-paced sales professionals in mind - in pick-up, put-down fashion, they can go right to the help they need with a specific prospect. Filled with practical techniques and advice that can be used immediately, From Contact to Contract is a sales primer professionals will use again and again!
	The Engaging Leader: Winning with Today's Free Agent Workforce by Ed Gubman Inspiring and engaging "free agents" in today's workforce is more important than ever, and it is up to individual leaders to engage their talented employees, retain them and keep them productive. Gubman's book draws parallels and insights from the sports world, highlighting winning leadership decisions as well as several spectacular mistakes coaches have made in choosing and managing their best players. The Engaging Leader is an interesting and very entertaining read.
	A Genie's Wisdom: A Fable of How a CEO Learned to Be a Marketing Genius by Jack Trout A Genie's Wisdom allows Trout, a famed business visionary, to distill his years of management and marketing experience into an entertaining and educational yarn that reveals today's essential practices. The dedication sums it up well: This book is dedicated to those who have had it with the academics, consultants, and con-men (women) who want to make marketing far more complex than it has to be. Thanks Jack!
	CEO Capital: A Guide to Building and Leveraging CEO Reputation by Leslie Gaines-Ross CEO Capital describes what it takes to do the job right. The book isolates best practices for CEOs as they journey through their first 100 days to their last 100 hours. Dr. Gaines-Ross identifies the elements of CEO reputation, establishes a working model for building CEO and corporate reputation and the bottom line and describes how CEOs can master the stages of their tenure to bolster credibility and company success. CEO Capital provides a realistic program that chief executives can follow to generate shareholder value, employee commitment and meaningful corporate cultures.
	Doing it Right - Realizing Your Company's Potential by Daniel D. Elash, Ph.D True to form, Dan Elash's new book goes beyond being a 'book.' It's a comprehensive 'learning system' that is an invaluable guide for all business owners and leaders interested in creating and sustaining a high performance enterprise. Filled with very thoughtful and relevant concepts, stories, tools, profiles and practical examples, Dan's new 'learning system' will help you chart a clearer, more mindful and more focused path in these turbulent times.
	The Power of Nice - How to Negotiate so Everyone Wins - Especially You! by Ronald M. Shapiro and Mark A. Jankowski, with James Dale Building and maintaining relationships is far more important than making one-time deals. It's called a "WIN-win" outcome - both sides win, but you win bigger. This type of mutually beneficial result still allows both sides to walk away from a deal satisfied, and likely to do business with one another in the future. (This is a great one! ed.)
	Permission To Prosper: What Working Wives Crave From Their Husbands And How To Get It! by Azriela Jaffe What a difference a husband who encourages and supports your professional ambitions and achievements can make. In reality, though, many women encounter resistance, stress, and even subtle sabotage from their husbands when it comes to career growth. You may wonder, can I really have it all — a thriving career, a husband who is supportive, and a healthy and terrific marriage and family life? The answer is yes. Azriela Jaffe takes a fearless approach to a topic most writers wouldn't dare tackle.
	If You Row, You Will Not Drift: Perfect Life Management - The Life Wizard by Shaun H. Ajani Congratulations Shaun on your latest great work! This book is about Life Management, specifically how we can use the techniques of management from big corporations to manage our lives, get organized, row in a definite direction, and finally get what we want. Shaun is the author of Extreme Project Management and is a regular contributor to The CEO Refresher.

Deadline! How Premier Organizations Win the Race Against Time
by Dan Carrison
Deadline! profiles six seemingly overwhelming time-critical challenges from a wide variety of industries. The secrets of deadline management come from the lips of the executives, managers, and team leaders who met these challenges head on. Each suspenseful story is a dramatic case study in team leadership; and each chapter yields unique tips that apply to any deadline, in any industry.

The Partnering Intelligence Fieldbook: Tools and Techniques for Building Strong Alliances for Your Business
by Stephen M. Dent and Sandra M. Naiman
The need to partner has never been greater. Our information-based economy requires organizations to reach out and connect with as many sources of knowledge as possible. Following on the success of Stephen Dent's Partnering Intelligence, we now offer you an application guide to our proven step-by-step process to help businesses form internal or external partnerships that add value to their organizations.

Tangled Up In The Past
by Bob Ferchat and Tony Carlson
In a fast-changing world, it is never enough to concentrate only on your core competencies. Rather, leaders need to exercise a constant, rigorous peripheral vision, searching for possibilities beyond today’s focus. For the only future we can rely on is the one we make. Tangled Up In The Past tells the story of an opportunity missed ... and the billion-dollar consequences still reverberating in today’s headlines. Congratulations Bob and Tony on your excellent "Hour’s Good Read."

When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work
by Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman
The generation gap can be a source of many communication failures in the workplace. When Generations Collide looks to analyze and understand the differences between the generations and how they view issues and tasks differently because of different value systems and life experiences.

Shakespeare in Charge - The Bard's Guide to Leading and Succeeding on the Business Stage
by Norman Augustine & Kenneth Adelman
The immensely popular guide to Shakespeare's words of wisdom for business managers and CEOs - amusing but useful advice for anyone in business.

The Entrepreneur's Survival Guide - An Interactive Paperback Book
by Mark Paul
The author of the paperback, "The Entrepreneur's Survival Guide" has developed a way to communicate with purchasers and continually update their book for a year.

Excerpts from The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
compiled by Rick Sidorowicz
"Markets are conversations - talk is cheap - silence is fatal - we are not seats or eye balls or end users or consumers - we are human beings - and our reach exceeds your grasp - deal with it."

What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works
by Ram Charan
The best CEOs have a knack for bringing the most complex business down to the fundamentals. They have business acumen -- the ability to focus on the basics and make money for the company.

Shaping the Adaptive Organization: Landscapes, Learning, & Leadership in Volatile Times
by William E. Fulmer
Dr. William E. Fulmer takes a fresh, intriguing approach by turning to biological models - and especially to complex adaptive systems - to explain the turbulent nature of business today.

The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton M. Christensen
How to harness the disruptive forces of revolutionary technologies and stay on top - from HarperBusiness.

Partnering Intelligence
by Stephen M. Dent
In his book organizational consultant Stephen M. Dent shows how to develop the power of  partnerships in any organization and take the lead in 21st century business.

New Standard of Business Excellence Taps Wisdom Traditions
by Richard Haasnoot
The New Wisdom of Business: Nine Guiding Principles from Today's Leaders - a wonderful Dearborn book.

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