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Driving the Saudis
A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses (plus their servants, nannies, and one royal hairdresser)
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The true-to-life account of a female chauffeur hired to drive the Saudi royal family in Los Angeles.
After more than a decade of working in Hollywood, actress Jayne Amelia Larson found herself out of luck, out of work, and out of prospects.
When she got hired to drive for the Saudi royal...
Sound and Fury
Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell were must-see TV long before that phrase became ubiquitous. Individually interesting, together they were mesmerizing. They were profoundly different -- young and old, black and white, a Muslim and a Jew, Ali barely literate and Cosell an editor of his university's law...
Low Risk, High Reward
Starting and Growing Your Own Business with Minimal Risk
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2001
Contrary to popular belief, most entrepreneurs don't like risk. While they are not afraid to take chances, the most successful entrepreneurs do what they can to anticipate, minimize, and offset risk at every opportunity, insists Bob Reiss, who in his own flourishing entrepreneurial career has managed...
The Customer Marketing Method
How to Implement and Profit from Customer Relationship Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2002
Today the hottest new area of marketing is Customer Relationship Management (CRM) -- the discipline of identifying, attracting, and retaining a company¹s most valuable customers. Drawing upon more than ten years of testing, tryout, and implementation in hundreds of companies, CRM expert Jay Curry,...
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
The former FDIC chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the financial crisis.
Appointed by George W. Bush as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance...
True Professionalism
The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 1999
David Maister, the world's premier consultant to professional service firms, vigorously challenges professionals to examine this essential, yet under-addressed question: What is true professionalism?
Professional firms are forever trying to get their people to act like professionals—to do...
by Max H. Bazerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
In Negotiating Rationally, Max Bazerman and Margaret Neale explain how to avoid the pitfalls of irrationality and gain the upper hand in negotiations.
For example, managers tend to be overconfident, to recklessly escalate previous commitments, and fail to consider the tactics of the other party....
The Carrot Principle
How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Got carrotphobia? Do you think that recognizing your employees will distract you and your team from more serious business, create jealousy, or make you look soft?
Think again.
The Carrot Principle reveals the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever...
by Everett M. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Since the first edition of this landmark book was published in 1962,
Everett Rogers's name has become "virtually synonymous with the study
of diffusion of innovations," according to Choice. The second and
third editions of Diffusion of Innovations became the standard
textbook and reference...
Brothers
The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
The New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history—the Kennedy Administration and its dramatic aftermath—by acclaimed journalist David Talbot.
Though countless books have been written about the Kennedy men and their brief, tumultuous...
by Tony Alessandra
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 1986
A fully revised and updated edition of The Art of Managing People, offering the latest wisdom on crucial guidelines and techniques for creating a positive work environment and increasing productivity and profitability.
From the award-winning authors of the bestselling management classic comes...
by John P. Kotter
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic performance, for better or for worse. Through painstaking research at such firms as Hewlett-Packard,...
Beyond the Crash
Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The international financial crisis that has held our global economy in its grip for too long still seems to be in full stride. Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown believes the crisis can be reversed, but that the world’s leaders must work together if we are...
by Stephen R. Covey
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This commemorative collection captures the essence of Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s most profound teachings on business, success, management, family, and love.
Stephen R. Covey passed away in July 2012, leaving behind an unmatched legacy with his teachings about leadership, time management, effectiveness,...