June 2012 | sf business times

Powerwriting: The Hidden Skills You Need to Transform Your Business Writing Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have to write a lot in my business - everything from press releases, speeches, company biographies and sales brochures, through to presentations and marketing reports. Most of my efforts are spent on making it "sound" good and I never really gave any thought to the next step down the line - making...

The Strategy Machine: Building Your Business One Idea at a Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Are you prepared to adapt your strategies to the constantly changing future? Are you ready for the rate of change to speed up? The Strategy Machine by Larry Downes (author of Unleashing the Killer App), contains great conceptual tools for thinking about ways to re-invent your business in the face of...

Time To Get Hired: Strategies for Your Job Search, Job Transition, and Finding Green Jobs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is full of great references that would assist anyone looking for work. The author did a great job of providing real-life examples which exemplify what has happened as a result of a bad economy. I also liked the statistical data he included. The book is a gem, gives helpful salary negotiation...

Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius (Automotive History and Personalities) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My mother always said that the good things always came last. And so it is with this biography of Walter P. Chrysler. As I sit and look at the books on my library shelves, I find volumes of information on the men who built the automobile industry. Henry Ford, William Durant, the Dodge Brothers, etc. but...

Adventures of an Optimist: A Progress Report on the 400 Year Project to Help You Improve 20 Times Faster Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Read Adventures of an Optimist, and you'll experience quite a fascinating adventure yourself. It's that provocative.As you think about the title, you might wonder, "How could anyone be an optimist today?" Just view two or three TV newscasts daily, and you'll assume there's very little we can be upbeat...

A Life in Our Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When I borrowed this book at the library, I had never read Galbraith before, and intended to read just a few chapters. Now I am still reading his books.Galbraith is funny. You learn a lot from him, he makes you see under the surface of things. He is never boring. His writing style is exceptionally elegant....

Management Communication: Financial Times Briefing (Financial Times Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For years, I've been looking for a book that gives the managers I work with everything they need to know about communication - short, easy to read, with examples, synopses, and tools. This guide does all this and more. It bases communication advise on the principles of emotional intelligence. From someone...

Stalin's Apologist: Walter Duranty: The New York Times's Man in Moscow Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Today, even the New York Times itself no longer praises Duranty or the Pulitzer prize he received for his false reporting from Russia for the Times. The NYT website admits on it's Pulitzer page that his reporting has been debunked by various sources. The fact that the terror famine in Ukraine in the...

Forecasting Economic Time Series Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a unique text that treats economic time series forecasting with emphasis on the recent advances in econometric theory such as cointegration as well as other practical strategies such as combination forecasts. Usual text books do not have the breadth of coverage this one attempts, successfully,...

Fundraising in Times of Crisis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Whether your organization is on solid ground or feeling hammered by today's nonprofit challenges, this latest Kim Klein book is sure to provide you relief and inspiration. If your group is struggling to make up for lost grants or other revenue, "Fundraising in Times of Crisis" provides a step-by-step...

On-line, On-time, On-budget: Titanic Lessons for the e-business Executive (Lessons from History series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I think that Mr. Kozak-Holland's book is perfect for any manager as well as IT management. Having had my own business I felt when I read this book that the advice applies not only to IT but can be offered as helpful hints and warnings to just about business, big or small. I am currently contracted in...

Wealth Happens One Day at a Time: 365 Days to a Brighter Financial Future Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Great Book! I totally enjoyed reading it. I have a small collection of books on money management. None have moved me to action such as this one. It was so easy to read. Everything was explained very well. What I also loved about this book was the endless resource Ms. Stephens gave. Her example of everyday...

Market Leader: Upper Intermediate Business English (Course Book) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The reviewer below did not purchase the book from Amazon, and is criticizing the seller. However, he has penalized the book for the fault of the seller.Which is a shame because the book is HIGH QUALITY!I am an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in Paraguay, South America, and I teach adults exclusively....

How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Time, Any Place: Strategies That Work (SquareOne Finance Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Misko's book is not long, but it is not light bedside reading. There are 47 separate strategies for financing real estate of all types, which are presented very (too) succinctly through a short paragraph on the idea, another paragraph or two outlining the actual strategy, and finishing with a scenario...

Imagination Engineering: Your Toolkit for Business Creativity Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The authors provide a wonderful context in which to understand both creating and problem solving in business. The book provides an excellent review of some of the best cutting edge creativity technologies, as well as many useful new tools that I have used sucessfully in my own creativity practice. I...

Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and Sustainability Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a really great read. The case studies discussed in this book are diverse and insightful. Ted Bernard's experiences make the book come alive and give real examples of hope for community level sustainability.Click Here to see more reviews about: Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and...

Business Not As Usual: How to Win Managing a Company Through Hard and Easy Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A Review of BUSINESS NOT AS USUAL:Hugh Aaron's new book doesn't quite have it all. Sure you can find blood, guts, pathos, drama, comedy, tragedy, wisdom, and even sex in its pages, but something's missing. The book is refreshingly un-academic; perhaps that's one reason it's so effective as a tutorial...