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Leadership in Action: Dividends and Interest - Learning From Experience Bridges the Generations
Author Craig Chappelow
When it comes to developing effective leaders, the most basic skill that can be taught is the willingness and ability to learn from whatever experiences life brings.
Release Date 2006/08 -
Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Making Leadership a Reality
Author Harriet Mayor Fulbright
This article is the text of a graduation speech that Harriet Fulbright gave on May 23, 2006, at the Early College of Guilford, an advanced-placement public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Release Date 2006/08 -
Nikon® D200 Digital Field Guide
Author David D. Busch
You've been waiting for an affordable dSLR with the quality and versatility of the Nikon D200. Packed with great techniques and full-color examples, this book helps you take advantage of all the D200's features. From the Quick Tour on how to use your D200 to the i....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Essentials for Government Contract Negotiators
Author Legette McIntyre
Learn to negotiate by applying business-savvy negotiation strategies and tactics, anticipating and countering the other side's strategies and tactics, and concluding and documenting the negotiation successfully. Essentials for Government Contract Negotiators ....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Author Mark Albion
How do you build the kind of company you've always wanted to work in—one that serves people and the planet while being financially successful, too? What do you do when you believe that business should serve the common good, but everyday business pressures—meet....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Leadership in Action: Leading Change: Adapting and Innovating in an Uncertain World
Author Richard Lepsinger , Gary Yukl
In today's turbulent business environment, being able to respond in a timely way to emerging threats and opportunities is crucial to an organization's survival and prosperity. An organization's effectiveness can be improved by leader decisions that facilitate inn....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Awakened Leadership in Today's Organizations
Author Joan Marques
Awakened leaders maintain a high level of alertness in every regard: toward themselves and their driving motives in various matters, toward the people and organizations they lead, toward the environment in which their organizations operate— and toward the entire uni....
Release Date 2006/06 -
What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better
Author MA Collins Hemingway , Ph.D. Cathy Greenberg , Ph.D. Dan Baker
Happy companies are winning companies. Well-adjusted, psychologically healthy companies collaborate better. They innovate more effectively. They change faster. They see reality with exceptional clarity, but they know how to address it positively. They uncover opport....
Release Date 2006/05 -
Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders
Author Stephen Rhinesmith , Peter C. Cairo , David L. Dotlich
This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks—all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhin....
Release Date 2006/05 -
Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities
Author Mark Gerzon
As our world grows smaller, opportunities for conflict multiply. Ethnic, religious, political, and personal differences drive people apart—with potentially disastrous consequences—and it's the task of perceptive leaders to bring them together again World-renowned m....
Release Date 2006/05 -
Evidence Based Coaching Handbook
Author Anthony M. Grant , Dianne R. Stober
The first reference to bring scientifically proven approaches to the practice of personal and executive coachingThe Evidence Based Coaching Handbook applies recent behavioral science research to executive and personal coaching, bringing multiple disciplines to bear....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies
Author David P. Norton , Robert Kaplan
Most organizations consist of multiple business and support units, each populated by highly trained, experienced executives. But often the efforts of individual units are not coordinated, resulting in conflicts, lost opportunities, and diminished performance. Robert....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Author Patricia Carr
Organizational culture is a concept that most managers don't spend a lot of time thinking about. What they do think about are questions such as: 1. Why are we so slow at bringing new products to market? 2. How can we get people to stop working in silos and become m....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Leadership in Action: New Model: A Social Entrepreneur Changes the Landscape
Author Aparna Bhandary , Lyndon Rego
A cardiac surgeon has pioneered a series of innovative solutions that have put health care within the reach of millions of people in India by harnessing state-of-the-art technology, top-flight talent, partnerships, and most of all creative leadership.
Release Date 2006/04 -
Leadership in Action: Face to Face - Quality Leadership - A Conversation with Dennis R. Barry
Author Editor Tracy Patterson
Barry recently spoke with David Altman, vice president of research and innovation at CCL, and Tracy Patterson, a research and innovation associate at CCL, about the current challenges facing leaders in the health care field. Here are excerpts from that interview: ....
Release Date 2006/04 -
Composite Culture in a Multicultural Society
Author Sucheta Mahajan , Bipan Chandra
The book comprises contributions from the fields of political theory and philosophy; ancient, medieval and modern history; sociology; anthropology and creative arts. It provides perspectives drawing on the multicultural experiences of the United States, Britain, Tri....
Release Date 2006/04 -
The silk road to riches: How you can profit by investing in Asia’s newfound prosperity
Author Ivan D. Martchev , Yiannis G. Mostrous , Elliott H. Gue
Asia is now the world’s #1 growth story. Farsighted investors will realize enormous profits by investing in companies that benefit from Asia’s historic transformation. In The Silk Road to Riches, a team of world-class financial analysts and newsletter editors point ....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women
Author Courtney Lynch , Angie Morgan
Ask yourself honestly, is your professional life going according to plan? If you are not developing your leadership skills, there is an essential element missing from your efforts for success. Leading from the Front will show you how to start leading your life rath....
Release Date 2006/03 -
ERIC SINK ON THE BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE
Author Eric Sink
The authors of the bestselling Beginning iPhone 3 Development are back, with the same excellent material completely updated for iOS 4 and written from the ground up using the latest version of Apple's Xcode 3. All source code has been updated to use the latest Xcod....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Author Robin Jay
What’s the one entree you should never order at a business lunch? Is it ever okay to order alcohol? When should you bring up the subject of business? The Art of the Business Lunch takes you through every aspect of the business lunch. Robin Jay, the “Queen of the Bus....
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Taking Action: A Case Study in Dynamic learning
Author Wilfred H. Drath
A method of learning dating to the 1950s is founded on the conviction that people learn best from their experience, but only if they can reflect critically on that experience. Action learning is a way to learn while doing; it balances the action of work with shared ....
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Leaders who Encourage Get Their Mojo Working
Author J. Preston Yarborough
Encouragement focuses on the present and on what someone is doing, without comparison to the actions of others, and it communicates appreciation for someone's abilities.
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Reading Up - A New Crop of Leadership Page-Turners
Author Mary Schwartz
A Review of ten books on leadership
Release Date 2006/02