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Winning
Without Losing Your Way:
Character-Centered Leadership
by Rebecca
Barnett
By living and leading with character you can make a great difference in
your life, in your children's lives and in the lives of those you lead.
Winning weaves in statistical research on organizational integrity with
inspirational stories and quotes from interviews with over 100 business
leaders and Olympians. This original and authoritative research offers fresh
leadership insights and shares the wisdom and experience of everyday leaders
and the story of one athlete's journey from competitor to true coach. |
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Becoming
a Category of One:
How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison
by Joe Calloway
Ordinary companies compete in their categories, or even lead them. Extraordinary
companies create their own categories by doing what no one else does—in
effect, becoming a Category of One. Calloway doesn’t offer any mumbo-jumbo
or flavor-of-the-day buzzwords, just simple lessons that lead to real, proven
results. With his guidance, you’ll learn what makes some of the best companies
on earth so successful—and then learn to apply their winning strategies
to your own business. |
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Tomorrow's
Gold:
Asia's Age of Discovery
by Marc Faber
Renowned investment advisor Marc faber sets out to find tomorrow's gold
- the outperforming asset classes of the future. Far from being a sensational
reading of the runes, this book delves deep into the past, to chart how
old investor trends developed and assess how new patterns might emerge.
Faber's work is very well researched and a valuable investment perspective. |
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And
Dignity for All:
Unlocking Greatness with Values-Based Leadership
by Jim Despain
and Jane Bodman Converse
James Despain began his corporate ascent at Caterpillar as a floor sweeper.
As inspiring as it is, however, the story of his personal journey comprises
only half this book. The other half consists of techniques for building
a corporate culture that works: one based on respect, empowerment, civility,
and openness. … And Dignity for All signals the decline of "command-and-control"
bosses and the rise of workers who care. |
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The
Power of Full Engagement
by Jim Loehr
and Tony Schwartz
The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality
of energy available to us is not. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz have trained
some of the best known professional athletes in improving their performance
and endurance with an energy focus system they developed themselves. They
went on to adapt this successful performance system for major corporations
and experienced the same success. The Power of Full Engagement is
a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy
more skillfully both on and off the job. |
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Ageless
Marketing:
Strategies for Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the New Customer Majority
by David
B. Wolfe and Robert E. Snyder
The authors document the results of a groundbreaking research project on
the aging boomer generation, detailing the core values, buying behaviors,
and emotional factors that distinguish the New Customer Majority. With insights
drawn from human biology, psychology and neuroscience, they obliterate outdated,
product-centric, self-interest and youth-dominated beliefs in favor of unique
customer-segment values and self-actualization. This book is a major reality
check and is highly recommended! |
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Financial
Reckoning Day:
Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century
by William
Bonner and Addison Wiggin
Is the U.S. economy turning Japanese? According to maverick investment writers
Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin, the country’s current economic picture mirrors
that of Japan’s decade-old "soft depression"—caused by an aging population
and a structural reaction to its record-breaking financial boom. Financial
Reckoning Day is brimming with down-to-earth wisdom and take-it-to-heart
lessons to get you through the current crunch—and put profits back in your
portfolio. |
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How
to Become a Marketing Superstar:
Unexpected Rules That Ring the Cash Register
by Jeffrey Fox
Fox's
latest book is an irreverent and somewhat contrarian bashing of what currently
masquerades as marketing. Filled with common sense techniques and many very
humorous quips Fox will lead you to a far less complicated place - where
marketing is grounded in getting and keeping good customers. It's an excellent
reference to what works and keeps your registers singing! |
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The
Book of Agreement:
10 Essential Elements for Getting the Results You Want
by Stewart
Levine
Conflict resolution expert Stewart Levine shows how to design agreements
collaboratively to reflect a clear joint vision of the desired outcome and
produce results. The Book of Agreement provides ten powerful tools
for creating successful agreements together and offers more than 25 agreement
templates covering all areas of life. This is a most mindful resource -
providing the tools to make the true spirit of collaboration real in all aspects of your life. |
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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. |
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Retrain
Your Business Brain
Outsmart the Corporate Competition
by Donalee
Markus, Lindsey Paige Markus and Pat Taylor
Readers will learn that the way the mind works is not a fixed, unchangeable
process - that in fact, it is possible to strengthen and open neural pathways.
This can in turn lead to a whole new method of perception, allowing people
to discover more ways of solving problems, approaching challenges, finding
new opportunities, and even turning weaknesses into strengths. Included
in the book are 101 original, visual perception and context-free puzzles
that readers can use to open the door to unlimited new possibilities of
percepton. |
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Myth
to Reality:
The Spirit of the Entrepreneurial Adventure
by John McAlister
and Jeff Burrows
In Myth to Reality, McAlister and Burrows present the proven strategy,
art and science to teach anyone who is responsible for creating and developing
business --- whether they own a business or work in the corporate world
--- how to transform a condition of chaos to a condition of order, excitement
and continuous growth. |
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Magnetic
Service:
Secrets for Creating Passionately Devoted Customers
by Chip R.
Bell and Bilijack R. Bell
The ideal customer defends, champions, forgives, and commits to a company
or brand for the long term — but how can a business create such long-lasting
loyalty? Written in a lively, accessible style, the book shows that loyalty
comes not from allegiance to a product but from compelling experiences.
Using case studies, the authors explain the concept of "magnetic service"
that turns casual customers into loyal and enduring fans. |
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The
Leader's Digest: Timeless Principles for Team and Organization Success
by Jim Clemmer
"Since I first began speaking and writing about leadership over twenty
years ago, I've seen the growth of a huge "leadership industry" with a multitude
of confusing theories, models, grids, charts, formulas, and buzzwords. My
goal with The Leader's Digest was to distill all this information
down to its essentials – a series of "executive summaries" on the timeless
principles for team and organization success." It is all that and
much more (ed.) |
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The
Trusted Leader: Bringing Out the Best in Your People and Your Company
by Robert
Galford and Anne Seibold Drapeau
As most managers intuitively understand, trust in organizations is critical.
Companies that have it in their organizations flourish. Those that don't
fall rapidly into disarray. But what many executives overlook is that their
best efforts to build and maintain trust inside won't succeed if they don't
also work to overcome employees' natural resistance -- resistance to change,
resistance to the unknown, resistance to risk. |
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Saving
the Corporate Board: Why Boards Fail and How to Fix Them
by Ralph
D. Ward
In this and his earlier works - 21st Century Corporate Board and Improving Corporate Boards, Ward offers a very compelling model of
solid corporate governance. For each of the typical boardroom ills - weak
leadership, poor data, isolation, clumsy board logistics and inept board
meetings - Ward offers a sharp and penetrating look at the problem and provides
a road map for the solution. This should be required reading for every board
member and CEO. |
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Authentic
Leadership:
Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value
by Bill George
In the wake of continuing corporate scandals there have been few, if any,
CEOs that have stepped forward as models of "doing things right" -- except
the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Bill George. George has become
the unofficial spokesperson for responsible leadership -- in business, the
media, and academia. In Authentic Leadership Bill George makes the
case that we need new leaders, not just new laws, to bring us out of the
current corporate crisis. |
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Make
Their Day! Employee
Recognition That Works
by Cindy
Ventrice
Author and management consultant Cindy Ventrice demonstrates that to be
effective, recognition must be built directly into the work and workplace,
directed at specifics, and tied to performance. Written from the employees'
viewpoint, this book explains why good working relationships form the core
of effective workplace recognition. The author then offers specific, low-cost
recognition programs that have been effective in improving morale and productivity
at leading companies like FedEx Freight, Cisco Systems, and Wells Fargo
Bank. |
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Speak
with Confidence: Powerful Presentations to Inform, Inspire, & Persuade
by Dianna
Booher
Booher's newest book is her most comprehensive work yet, covering every
aspect of public speaking, from overcoming nervousness to mastering essential
skills to exemplifying executive presence. Booher distills this knowledge
into 497 clear, precise tips that systematically cover the fundamentals
to becoming a powerful communicator and delivering presentations with style
and confidence. |
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The
Relationship Advantage:
Become a Trusted Advisor and Create Clients for Life
by Tom Stevenson
and Sam Barcus
The 2000 - 2003 economic collapse broke our trust in many important ways,
making us more cautious and less willing to trust people, processes, systems
and institutions. Business leaders and their people now will have to conduct
themselves and their business under a microscope. Earning their customers'
trust, while difficult, will be the most essential ingredient in the mix
if they want to grow and prosper in business. |
