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Leadership in Action: Identity Crisis: Recognizing the Triggers of a Growing Type of Conflict
Author Todd J. Weber , Donna Chrobot-Mason , Marian N. Ruderman
As today's organizations become more globally oriented, their leaders must help those they lead deal with an increasingly prevalent source of conflict—social identities. Our social identities are made up of the aspects of ourselves that are tied to the various demo....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Leadership in Action: Seeing Your Way: Why Leaders Must Communicate Their Visions
Author David Baldwin , Talula Car twright
A vision has to be shared in order to do what it is meant to do: inspire, clarify, and focus the work of the organization. One part of a leader's job is to create commitment to the organization's vision. To do this, leaders must communicate the vision effectively ....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Leadership in Action: Face to Face—Sense and Sensibility—A Conversation with Ong Keng Yong
Author Editor Stephen Rush
Jeffrey Yip, a research associate at CCL-Asia in Singapore, and Christopher Ernst, research director for global leadership at CCL-Asia, recently spoke with Ong about his leadership experiences as secretary general of ASEAN and his perspectives on the role of ASEAN i....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Leadership in Action: In Focus—Dealing with Change—Leading Globally Requires a Fundamental Shift
Author Ancella Livers
Although many executives recognize that moving into a global position requires them to manage under multiple sets of laws, currencies, and time zones, many don't understand that to lead in a global setting requires a fundamental shift in their thinking and behavior....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Commodities for Every Portfolio: How You Can Profit from the Long-Term Commodity Boom
Author Emanuel Balarie
Step-by-step guidelines for making commodities a valuable component in any portfolioAs stock market investing becomes increasingly hard to squeeze profits from, savvy investors are finding commodities to be the perfect vehicle for maintaining portfolio performance. ....
Release Date 2007/09 -
Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow
Author Chip Conley
After fifteen years of rising to the pinnacle of the hospitality industry, Chip Conley's company was suddenly undercapitalized and overexposed in the post-dot.com, post-9/11 economy. For relief and inspiration, Conley, the CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitali....
Release Date 2007/09 -
The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World
Author Mohanbir Sawhney , Satish Nambisan
All the talk about "open innovation" and externally-focused innovation assumes that "one size fits all" in terms of what network-centric innovation is and how companies should harness external creativity. But the reality is that there is no one right way to master t....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Full of Bull: Do What Wall Street Does, Not What It Says, To Make Money in the Market
Author Stephen T. McClellan
“I am going to initiate coverage on this book: BUY! The title perfectly encompasses the theme of the book. Stephen McClellan, a Wall Street analyst for 32 years, highlights common practices of research analysts and what they mean for individual investors. This is a ....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Your Next Great Stock: How to Screen the Market for Tomorrow's Top Performers
Author Jack Hough
A comprehensive look at how to profit from the power of stock screeningWith thousands of stocks to choose from, how can you find the best ones to invest in? Simple: start with a handful of clues that tend to predict outstanding returns, and then search the entire ma....
Release Date 2007/10 -
The Secret Language of Leadership
Author Stephen Denning
The book introduces the concept of narrative intelligence—an ability to understand and act and react agilely in the quicksilver world of interacting narratives. It shows why this is key to the central task of leadership, what its dimensions are, and how you ....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Black Belt Negotiating: Become a Master Negotiator Using Powerful Lessons from the Martial Arts
Author Sensei Grant Tabuchi , Michael Lee
The best martial artists know what they want when they enter the arena, they know how to get it, and they're not afraid to go after it. The same could be said of great negotiators. This book uses the principles of martial arts to guide readers step-by-step, from ba....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Unearthing Business Requirements
Author Kathleen B. Hass , Rosemary Hossenlopp
A Volume of the Business Analysis Essential Library Series Learn how the business analyst works collaboratively with the project manager and other core team members to create plans that customize elicitation activities to the unique needs of the project. The a....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Author David C. Korten
David Korten’s classic bestseller When Corporations Rule the World was one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy. In The Great Turning he argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely on....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Leadership in Action: Doors of Perception: Getting Others to Notice the New You
Author Talula Car twright
For leaders, making changes in themselves to improve their effectiveness is only half the battle. They also need to affect people's perceptions so that these newfound leadership skills will be noticed. This requires some public relations, among other things. ....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Leadership in Action: Lending an Ear: Why Leaders Must Learn to Listen Actively
Author Michael H. Hoppe
The ability to listen effectively is an essential component of leadership. But many leaders, often unknowingly, fall short in this area. By learning the skills and behaviors of active listening—the willingness and ability to hear and understand—leaders can become mo....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Author William Zipp , Stephen G. Fairley
Discover the 10 best Coaching practices for solving problems and implementing change with clients--right away Coaching works, there's no doubt about that. But the coaching industry is going through tremendous change that all professional coaches need ....
Release Date 2007/11 -
Creating Success from the Inside Out: Develop The Focus and Strategy To Uncover the Life You Want
Author Emerson Brantley , Ephren W. Taylor
Creating Success from the Inside Out shares the inspiring and motivational story of Ephren Taylor, one of the world’s youngest-ever CEOs of a publicly traded company. A millionaire by the young age of sixteen, Taylor tells you what it takes to succeed in life by fol....
Release Date 2007/11 -
Something Really New: Three Simple Steps to Creating Truly Innovative Products
Author Denis J. Hauptly
Product innovation is the key to business growth. But many books deal with innovation from the business process view alone, or confuse innovation with creativity. Written by an innovation expert whose products generate more than one billion dollars in annual revenue....
Release Date 2007/11 -
A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher
Author Ph.D William A. Cohen
Long considered the world’s greatest thinker and writer on management, Peter Drucker’s teachings continue to inspire leaders everywhere. From 1975 to 1979, author William Cohen studied under the Great Man and became the first graduate of his doctoral program. What D....
Release Date 2007/11 -
Digital Communications Test and Measurement: High-Speed Physical Layer Characterization
Author Marcus Müller , Dennis Derickson
A Comprehensive Guide to Physical Layer Test and Measurement of Digital Communication LinksToday's new data communication and computer interconnection systems run at unprecedented speeds, presenting new challenges not only in the design, but also in troubleshooting....
Release Date 2007/12 -
Canon® PowerShot® Digital Field Guide
Author Michael Guncheon
With this book and your Canon PowerShot, taking pictures becomes a lot more fun! The Quick Tour gets you familiar with all the settings and menus on your G, S, TX, A, or SD-series camera, so you can start shooting. Then spend some time exploring tips for getting sup....
Release Date 2007/12 -
The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Leadership Development Tools
Author Jack Gordon
The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Leadership Development Tools is organized into three sections: Presentations and Discussions (articles); Experiential Learning Activities; and Inventories, Questionnaires, and Surveys. These selections represent the all-time best the ....
Release Date 2007/12 -
Take No Prisoners: A No-Holds-Barred Approach to Corporate Excellence
Author Marvin A. Davis - CTP
Now more than ever, American companies are experiencing a nagging feeling that they could be doing much better. Globalization, digitization, and the development of cellular technology have increased competition by leaps and bounds. As a consequence, skating by on ma....
Release Date 2007/12 -
Leadership in Action: Sending Signals: Nonverbal Communication Can Speak Volumes
Author Karl W. Kuhnert , William A. Gentry
Leaders need to understand that they are never not communicating. As a result, their awareness and use of nonverbal communication may be a key factor in improving their leadership abilities.
Release Date 2007/12 -
Synchronization and Arbitration in Digital Systems
Author David J. Kinniment
Today's networks of processors on and off chip, operating with independent clocks, need effective synchronization of the data passing between them for reliability. When two or more processors request access to a common resource, such as a memory, an arbiter has to ....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Ultimate Leadership: Winning Execution Strategies for Your Situation
Author Russell E. Palmer
To succeed, leaders must understand and apply the core principles of leadership--but that’s not enough. You need to shape your approach for any unique situation. Too many leaders don’t know how to do that--and that’s why they fail. Ultimate Leadership shows how to a....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader
Author Joan V. Gallos
The second edition of best-selling Business Leadership contains the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business. It offers leaders everything they need to know to prepare for today’s—and tomorrow’s—leadership challenges: how to understand the ....
Release Date 2008/01 -
The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations
Author Ronald E. Riggio , Jean Lipman-Blumen , Ira Chaleff
The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from the burgeo....
Release Date 2008/01