The Yes Factor by Tonya Reiman "Every day, many times a day, you are selling you – your ideas, beliefs, products, services, desires. No matter what you do for a living or what you hope to achieve in your personal or professional life, can change the impressions that you make on others by changing the way you communicate. Date: 2011-12-29 Make Talent Your Business by Wendy Axelrod & Jeannie Coyle "Wouldn't it be heavenly if the people you manage were developing new skills while they delivered results every day? They would be more productive, happier, and less likely to leave", write Managing... Date: 2011-12-12 Drinking From The Fire Hose "Whenever you feel like a data storm is about to block out the sun, we want you to turn to the straightforward questions that form the backbone of this book – questions that we still ask ourselves every day. Date: 2011-11-16 Harvesting Intangible Assets "The flaws in our 500-year-old double-entry accounting system for recognizing the value of intangible assets are at the heart of a current and pervasive debate in the accounting and finance professions", writes partner in the Washington, D.C. office of James Day and a top-rated Adjunct Professor in the MBA and Executive MBA... Date: 2011-10-24 The Diversity Index "Diversity has become a smorgasbord from which companies are taking what they desire and leaving the rest. The partial use of the diversity concept has resulted in the formation of a persistent racial ceiling in corporate America".... Date: 2011-10-11 >Why New Systems Fail by Phil Simon "Although the specifics vary quite a bit based on the industry, the type and scope of the new system, many system failures have similar root causes, issues, costs, and ultimately, consequences", writes... Date: 2011-09-29 Finding Your New Owner: For Your Business, For Your Life "For many years you've been the successful CEO of your own company. Now you are facing a new challenge – a future in which you may have to make a major business and personal transition", writes successful... Date: 2011-09-14 Collaborative Intelligence by J. Richard Hackman "Although there are many heroic individuals in the intelligence community, most intelligence work actually involves extensive and intensive collaboration with others – with colleagues in the... Date: 2011-08-30 42 Rules for Driving Success with Books "As a marketer in today's turbulent times, you must be wondering what you can do to demonstrate your effectiveness", writes entrepreneur, CEO of Happy About®, and editor of the idea packed and engaging book 42 Rules for Driving Success With Books. Date: 2011-08-16 Marketing in the Moment "Web 3.0 marketing describes the next wave that is already taking place and is the shift from web 2.0. The key driving factors to Web 3.0 marketing include browsing habits, more intelligent information, the... Date: 2011-08-01 Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business "Here's the bottom line: Companies that try ti differentiate themselves by focusing on incremental innovation instead of game-changing, disruptive innovation will differentiate themselves right out of business"... Date: 2011-07-21 The Googlization of Everything by Siva Vaidhyanathan "On the basis of that faith – born of users' experiences with the services that Google provides – since the search engine first appeared and spread through word of mouth for a dozen years, Google has permeated our culture. Date: 2011-07-05 Conflict 101 by Susan H. Shearouse "Managers deal with conflict all the time. As leader of a group, the manager's job is to understand the mission of the workgroup – how it supports the mission of the organization – to articulate that mission to staff and to others inside and outside the organization,and to support staff in accomplishing that mission. Date: 2011-06-14 Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail "And so I decided to join a populous, if largely ignored, tribe – the fifteen million Americans working in retail, one million of whom sell apparel", writes renowned reporter and feature writer Caitlin Kelly, in her eye opening and engaging book Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail. The author describes her experiences behind the cash wrap as a retail sales associate for internationally known outdoor apparel retailer The North Face, and shares some important insights into the world of the retail employee. Date: 2011-06-02 My Life & 1000 Houses by Mitch Stephen "You don't have to have a Harvard education to accomplish or even exceed your dreams", writes self-taught real estate entrepreneur Mitch Stephen, in his straight talking and inspirational book My Life & 1,000 Houses: Failing Forward to Financial Freedom. Date: 2011-05-17 Strengths Based Selling by Tony Rutigliano & Brian Brim "Strengths Based Selling is about your strengths and your personal approach to sales", write consultants and Gallup executives Tony Rutigliano and Brian Brim, in their landmark and extensively research based book Strengths Based Selling: Based on Decades of Gallup's Research Into High-Performing Salespeople. Date: 2011-05-05 Book Review: The New Rules Of Green Marketing by Jacquelyn Ottman "Back in the 1960s, trying to lead an environmentally conscious lifestyle, and especially integrating green into one's shopping, was a very fringe phenomenon. Date: 2011-04-18 Book Review: Killing Giants "What connects each is a desire to do the impossible, every day: kill the giant in their industry", writes strategist and marketing consultant Stephen Denny in his thought provoking and insightful book Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry. Date: 2011-04-07 Book Review: You Can't Fire Everyone "But the biggest problem is that no one ever trained us how to be a good boss – or any sort of boss, for that matter", writes deputy managing editor of Fortune, Hank Gilman, in his very entertaining and perceptive book You Can't Fire Everyone: And Other Lessons from an Accidental Manager. The author describes, through acute observation and often bitter experience, how creative people are seldom taught how to be good managers; and the often questionable results speak for themselves. Date: 2011-03-21 Book Review: OVERconnected – The Promise and the Threat of the Internet "By 2007, the Internet had become so much a part of our way of life that we were no longer conscious of the ways it was affecting us", writes former Silicon Valley executive and successful entrepreneur William H. Davidow, in his thought provoking and insightful book OVERconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet. Date: 2011-03-07 Book Review: You Already Know How To Be Great "The biggest obstacle in performance isn't not knowing what to do; it's not doing what we know", writes corporate trainer, executive coach, and founder and President of Inside-Out Development Alan Fine in his insightful and very pragmatic book You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and Unlock Your Greatest Potential. Date: 2011-02-24 Book Review: Army of Entrepreneurs "I had been working on a new way to configure my business, one that tapped the tremendous talent of the seventy-plus people in my company and inspired them to rise up and face the challenges of the day whether or not I was in the office to see it. Date: 2011-02-10 Book Review: Future Babble "The desire to know the future is universal and constant, as the profusion of soothsaying techniques in human culture – from goats' entrails to tea leaves – demonstrates so well", writes award winning columnist and investigative journalist with the Ottawa Citizen, Dan Gardner, writes in his well researched and insightful book Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail – and Why We Believe Them Anyway. Date: 2011-01-27 Book Review: -Able "The only thing in life you have control over is yourself", writes award winning blogger, speaker, and "The Nametag Guy", Scott Ginsberg in his inspirational and success building book -able: 35 Strategies for Increasing the Probability of Success in Business and in Life. Date: 2011-01-11
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