Portfolio imprint: 521 books
You Can't Order Change
Lessons from Jim McNerney's Turnaround at Boeing
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
The first book to explore the unique leadership style of Boeing’s acclaimed CEO
Jim McNerney was one of Jack Welch’s top protégés at General Electric and a finalist to replace the retiring Welch as CEO. McNerney lost that competition in 2001, but since then he has emerged as one of the...
Dealstorming
The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Sales genius is a team sport.
As a B2B sales leader, you know that by Murphy’s Law, despite your team's best efforts, some deals will inevitably get stuck or key relationships will go sour. And too often, it's the most important ones—the last thing you need when millions of dollars are on the...
All the Tea in China
How to Buy, Sell, and Make Money on the Mainland
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2007
A pioneer shares the secrets to creating jobs and reaping profits doing business with China
Is China a threat to America’s economic future? Just the opposite, says international businessman Jeremy Haft. China is a boon for business: the opportunity of a lifetime to create jobs, build value,...
The Triumph of Value Investing
Smart Money Tactics for the Postrecession Era
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010
Timely advice from value-investing giants such as Warren Buffett, William O'Neil, Charles Brandes, and David Iben.
After the financial chaos and panic of the last few years, investors are looking to rebuild confidence and learn from the mistakes that led to the crash. In *The Triumph of Value...
Think Big, Act Small
How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2005
Is it possible for a company to grow its revenues and profits by 10 percent or more for at least ten consecutive years, not counting acquisitions? That’s an incredibly high bar for growth and profitability, one that 99.99 percent of American companies can’t meet—including the famous ones that...
The Unforced Error
Why Some Managers Get Promoted While Others Get Eliminated
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
A guide to help managers prepare for whatever comes over the net
In tennis, the player with the fewest unforced errors usually wins. The same is true in business- all too often, the mistakes that sabotage a career are completely avoidable, if you can anticipate them early enough.
Bestselling...
You Can't Fire Everyone
And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
A practical, entertaining handbook for people who never expected to be bosses.
Plenty of managers never asked, expected, or trained to be put in charge of other people. But when it happens, these accidental bosses often find that learning to manage is like learning to swim by being dropped...
Free the Market!
Why Only Government Can Keep the Marketplace Competitive
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Why we need government intervention in the free market to protect competition and encourage innovation
Starting about thirty years ago, conservatives forced an overhaul of competition policy that has loosened business rules for everything from selling products to buying competitors.
Gary Reback...
by Simon Sinek
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Do you know how to play the game you’re in?
In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified.
In infinite games, like business or politics or life itself, the players come and...
Good Advice from Bad People
Selected Wisdom from Murderers, Stock Swindlers, and Lance Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
The world is full of people telling you how to live your life. Sometimes the advice-givers fall ever-so-slightly short themselves.
Bestselling author Zac Bissonnette has gathered more than seventy-five jaw-dropping gems, including risk-management advice from the man who triggered the world’s...
Would You Do That to Your Mother?
The "Make Mom Proud" Standard for How to Treat Your Customers
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
**Customer experience pioneer Jeanne Bliss shows why “Make Mom Proud” companies outperform their competition. Her 5-step guide to customer experience and culture transformation makes this achievement possible.
Bliss urges companies to** make business persona**l to earn ardent fans and admirers,...
The Self-made Billionaire Effect
How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn’t left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear...
Taking People with You
The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
“AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT MOTIVATION FROM A PROVEN MOTIVATOR.” —JACK WELCH
Yum! Brands CEO David Novak learned long ago that you can’t lead a great organization of any size without getting your people aligned, enthusiastic, and focused relentlessly on the mission. But how do you do that?...
The Fine Print
How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
“No other modern country gives corporations the unfettered power found in America to gouge customers, shortchange workers, and erect barriers to fair play. A big reason is that so little of the news . . . addresses the private, government-approved mechanisms by which price gouging is employed...