The Crown Publishing Group: 2539 books
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...
The Greatest Stock Picks of All Time
Lessons on Buying the Right Stock at the Right Time
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Worth magazine founder Randy Jones shows how to pick the best stocks of the future by learning the lessons of the greatest stocks of all time.
In a turbulent investing environment, luck must be the only way to score in the stock market, right? Not so, says Randy Jones. The people who bought...
The Heart Aroused
Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
**In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost
-**DANTE
Like Dante, many of today's corporate workers find themselves lost in the day-to-day duties of their jobs. Our lives seem shaken by the events of September 11 and the seemingly endless...
Robert E. Lee on Leadership
Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Robert E. Lee was a leader for the ages. The man heralded by Winston Churchill as "one of the noblest Americans who ever lived" inspired an out-manned, out-gunned army to achieve greatness on the battlefield. He was a brilliant strategist and a man of unyielding courage who, in the face...
Time Management for the Creative Person
Right-Brain Strategies for Stopping Procrastination, Getting Control of the Clock and Calendar, and Freeing Up Your Time and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Creative folks often know all too well that the muse doesn’t always strike when you want it to, or when the deadline for your next brilliant project is creeping up on you like an ill-fitting turtleneck. Originality doesn’t follow a time clock, even when you have to. While conventional time management...
The Difference
When Good Enough Isn't Enough
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
If you saw a toothpick on the floor, what would you do?
This seemingly innocuous question was posed to Subir Chowdhury by one of his longtime clients, and ultimately lead him to a profound realization: good enough is not enough. The best processes in the world won't work without developing...
Grow
How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit …
Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the market by a huge margin. They dominate their categories, create new categories and maximize...
Integrity Selling for the 21st Century
How to Sell the Way People Want to Buy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
“I have observed several hundred salespeople who were taught to use deceptive practices like ‘bait and switch’ and encouraged to play negotiation games with customers... In the same industry, I have observed countless people who had been taught to sell with high integrity. Ironically, their...
Brandwashed
Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
From the bestselling author of Buyology comes a shocking insider’s look at how today’s global giants conspire to obscure the truth and manipulate our minds, all in service of persuading us to buy.
Marketing visionary Martin Lindstrom has been on the front lines of the branding wars for over...