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The Wizard and the Warrior
Leading with Passion and Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
The Wizard and the Warrior gives leaders the insight and courage they need to take risks on behalf of values they cherish and the people they guide. Great leaders must act both as wizard, calling on imagination, creativity, meaning, and magic, and as warrior, mobilizing strength, courage, and willingness...
Reversing the Slide
A Strategic Guide to Turnarounds and Corporate Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
A just-in-time guide for revamping distressed companies
Drawn from the author's decades of experience advising, purchasing, and reviving distressed companies across industries, geographies, and sizes, Reversing the Slide is designed to help executives, managers, and employees revitalize downtrodden...
Smart Giving Is Good Business
How Corporate Philanthropy Can Benefit Your Company and Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Answers to the 12 most common and critical questions about corporate giving
In this groundbreaking resource, Weeden shows how to strategically plan, manage and evaluate corporate contributions. Questions include: Why Should We Give?; How Much?; Who Decides?; Does a Company Need a Foundation?;...
The Arab World Unbound
Tapping into the Power of 350 Million Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
An expert's guide to exploring business opportunities in the burgeoning Arab marketplace
This groundbreaking book reveals the myriad opportunities presented by the Arab World's market of 350 million consumers, who collectively wield the ninth-largest economy in the world. Based on the author's...
The Truth About Teaching
What I Wish the Veterans Had Told Me
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
A beautiful gift book that offers encouragement, comfort, and inspiration for new (and veteran) teachers
This beautifully designed book is a celebration of the joys and challenges of the teaching life. Author and veteran educator Coleen Armstrong is a wise, witty, and caring mentor. Her words...
The Myths of Creativity
The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
How to get past the most common myths about creativity to design truly innovative strategies
We tend to think of creativity in terms reminiscent of the ancient muses: divinely-inspired, unpredictable, and bestowed upon a lucky few. But when our jobs challenge us to be creative on demand, we...
by Harry M. Kraemer
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Silver Medal Winner, Business and Leadership, 2012 Nautilus Book Awards
Respected former CEO, professor, and speaker examines what it takes to become a values-based leader
In this highly-anticipated book, Harry Kraemer argues that today's business environment demands values-based leaders...
The End of Fundraising
Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Why does it cost nonprofits on average $20 to raise $100, while it costs companies only $4?
Simply put: Nonprofits have no leverage. No one has to make a donation. And since most donors have no direct stake in the organizations they support, they make donations out of the goodness of their...
Social Innovation, Inc.
5 Strategies for Driving Business Growth through Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Could Wal-Mart offer a better solution to healthcare than Medicaid? Could GE help reduce global warming faster than the Kyoto protocol?
Social Innovation, Inc. declares a new era where companies profit from social change. Leading corporations like GE, Wellpoint, Travelers and Wal-Mart are transforming...
Beyond Dealmaking
Five Steps to Negotiating Profitable Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
Praise for Beyond Dealmaking
"Every potential rainmaker and savvy competitor needs Melanie Billings-Yun's GRASP method for negotiation. You'll never have to search for leads again. I highly recommend this book."
—Jeffrey J. Fox, author, How to Be a Rainmaker, Rain, and How to Be...
Fair Pay, Fair Play
Aligning Executive Performance and Pay
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
A timely look at how to evaluate and determine executive pay
Recognized as the leading expert on executive compensation, Robin Ferracone combines her own 20 years of experience with interviews with executives and compensation committees to provide a clear examination of and guidance on determining...
Joining a Nonprofit Board
What You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Praise for Joining a Nonprofit Board
""As an individual who has served on various nonprofit boards, and as the president and CEO of a large nonprofit organization, I can attest to how valuable this book is. Marc Epstein and Warren McFarlan offer insight into the expectations of nonprofit...
Look at More
A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Praise for Look At More
"Andy Stefanovich is a masterful storyteller and a true 'curator of inspiration.' Look At More gives you a dose of Andy's adrenaline and creative can-do spirit, and it provides you with a powerful how-to guide for inspiring workplace innovation that lasts."—Beth...
I Have a Strategy (No, You Don't)
The Illustrated Guide to Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
A smart and witty take on strategy . . . an essential business topic
Every day, millions of professionals around the world discuss strategy, and they assume that everyone else in the room defines "strategy" the same way. But they don't. Howell J. Malham Jr. has created a simply designed...