Crown imprint: 1774 books
Leading Up
Managing Your Boss So You Both Win
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Eight true stories show that Leaders today aren’t just bosses, they’re self-starters who take charge even when they haven’t been given a charge. Upward leaders get results by helping their superiors lead. They make sure that good ideas don’t die on the vine because a boss’s understanding...
Managing Up
How to Forge an Effective Relationship With Those Above You
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2003
Everyone has a boss. And anyone who has aspired to move up the corporate ladder knows that their relationship with those they report to is crucial. In Managing Up Rosanne Badowski offers a straightforward, entertaining, no-holds-barred account of what it takes to make your relationship with your boss...
The Thinker's Toolkit
14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.
The Ten Faces of Innovation
IDEO's Strategies for Beating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
The author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation reveals the strategies IDEO, the world-famous design firm, uses to foster innovative thinking throughout an organization and overcome the naysayers who stifle creativity.
The role of the devil's advocate is nearly universal in business today....
Start Over, Finish Rich
10 Steps to Get You Back on Track in 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Let 2010 Set You on the Path to Wealth.
Believe it or not, recessions make millionaires! Will you be one? In Start Over, Finish Rich, America's best-loved financial expert, David Bach, explains that 2010 will be the best opportunity for building wealth we have seen in decades. And, as the economy...
America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money
Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Do you have too much month at the end of your money? Is your credit card screaming for relief? Are you tired of robbing Peter to pay Paul . . . whoever they are?
Meet Steve and Annette Economides. They’ve been called cheapskates, thriftaholics, and tightwads, but in these tough economic times,...
Triggers
Creating Behavior That Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life.
Do you ever find that you are not the patient, compassionate problem solver you believe yourself to be? Are you surprised at...
No More Dreaded Mondays
Ignite Your Passion - and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Is Your Job Making You “Stupid”?
Adam Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations,once wrote that a person who spends his life performing the same repetitive tasks “generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become.” Wow! Now that’s not a pretty...
Basic Black
The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreams of having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time when women didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of the fledgling USA Today; and, in her current position as the president of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to launch...
Know-How
The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
The new grand theory of leadership by Ram Charan . . . The breakthrough book that links know-how—the skills of people who know what they are doing— with the personal and psychological traits of the successful leader.How often have you heard someone with a commanding presence deliver a bold vision...
Fierce Leadership
A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Business Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
From the author of the acclaimed book Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today.
· “Provide anonymous feedback.”
· “Hire smart people.”
· “Hold people accountable.”
These are all sound, business practices, right? Not so...
Faster Cheaper Better
The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
A bold and revolutionary thinker’s legacy for how business can meet the greatest economic challenge in decades...
It’s no secret: everyone knows that the way most companies do things is screwed up. Surprisingly, though, herein lays the biggest opportunity for improving growth and profitability...
The Leader's Way
The Art of Making the Right Decisions in Our Careers, Our Companies, and the World at Large
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Born out of a decade of discussion between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and international management consultant Laurens van den Muyzenberg, The Leader’s Way is the unique meeting of two worlds: the global business landscape and Buddhism. At first sight, these seem to be an unlikely pairing. After...
by Pat Summitt
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 1999
"I'm someone who will push you beyond all reasonable limits. Someone who will ask you not to just fulfill your potential but to exceed it. Someone who will expect more from you than you may believe you are capable of. So if you aren't ready to go to work, shut this book."
--Pat Summitt
Pat...