In the Words of Great Business Leaders by Julie M. Fenster This book presents the accumulated experience of 19 business legends, in their own words. Each leader provides inspiring and motivating wisdom that runs the gamut from investing to setting priorities to making the most of opportunity. This book also features thorough background information on each…
The Circle of Innovation: You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Greatness by Tom Peters In 1982, Tom Peters introduced himself to the business world by co-authoring one of the most influential management books of all time: In Search of Excellence. Now, through his in-your-face style, bold graphics, astounding facts and figures, and quotes whose sources…
Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need by Harvey Mackay Harvey Mackay practices what he preaches. He would be the first to tell you that his success in a variety of fields can be attributed to his vast knowledge and practice of networking. Mackay gained recognition with his previous…
Nuts! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg How’s this for performance? Southwest Airlines has turned a profit every year since 1973, yet it maintains the lowest fares in the industry. It has never laid off an employee, regularly ranks best in customer service, and has a consistently high…
The Power of Focus: What the Worlds Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Lew Hewitt The best-selling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series join forces to show you how to hit your business, personal, and financial targets with absolute certainty. Whether…
Great Leaders See the Future First: Taking Your Organization to the Top in Five Revolutionary Steps by Carolyn Corbin Carolyn Corbin is co-founder and president of the Center for the 21st Century, a think tank providing executive briefings, organizational training, consulting, and studies. She is also the author of the best-selling Strategies 2000 and Conquering…
If You Want to Make God Really Laugh Show Him Your Business Plan: 101 Universal Laws of Business by Barry J. Gibbons The former CEO of Burger King blows the cover on corporate incompetence—and uncovers the secrets of good business—in his sharp-tongued, riotously funny book. Why are so many businesses such depressing, poorly directed messes?…
Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) by James O’Toole Instead of focusing, as most leadership tomes do, on who leaders are, their character, style, charisma, and so on, this book looks closely at what great leaders actually do. As the title implies, Leadership A to…
The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton The market for business knowledge is booming, as companies looking to improve their performance pour billions of dollars into training programs, consultants, and executive education searching for ways to improve. Did you ever wonder why so much education…