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Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Those who read Heifetz's previously published Leadership Without Easy Answers will be interested to know that the final section in that brilliant book ("Staying Alive") led to the development of this book which Heifetz co-authored with Linsky. "We wanted this second book to be more focused, more practical,...

Speed Thinking: How to Thrive in a Time-Poor World Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent Book. A must for anyone who solicits requirements from users, or just handles tough meetings in medium to large groups. I thought it was well written, and points are concise and easy to apply. Concepts that we so often overlook.Click Here to see more reviews about: Speed Thinking: How to Thrive...

Dynamical Leadership: Building Adaptive Capacity for Uncertain Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought this was a well researched and written book. It provided me with some interesting perspectives to consider when deciding how best to shape my strategies for various endeavors and groups. I believe the ideas offered in the book will be helpful to me and I look forward to implementing some of...

Famous Failures: Hundreds of Hot Shots Who Got Rejected, Flunked Out, Worked Lousy Jobs, Goofed Up, or Did Time in Jail Before Achieving Phenomenal Success Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Famous Failures" is a hefty little 288-page compendium showcasing descriptive vignettes of hundreds of famous and successful people in the fields of entertainment, sports, science, politics, and literature who all shared one thing in common - they experienced failure. From Albert Einstein who failed...

The Gatekeeper: 60 Years of Economics According to The New York Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson had written one of the most sophisticated and original works of journalism criticism in years in The Gatekeeper. No one will ever view the New York Times or American journalism the same after reading this book. In view of the deep problems facing the U.S. and global economy...

Speed to Market: How to Cut Lead Time & Increase Profits in Job Shops & Custom Manufacturing Environments Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's a pleasure reading a book that uses everyday language and minimizes the use of trendy buzz-words. The seven chapters are divided logically and go from the general to the specific. This allows the reader to capture the essence of the message without reading long passages before getting to a point....

A Return to Abundance, Book 3: Money management, personal finance education, budgeting, financial planning, time value of money principles, cash flow principles, budget worksheets: a self-help book Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)After reading the three volumes of A RETURN TO ABUNDANCE, I now have meaningful and enjoyable conversations about money and finance with my teenage children. Other financial books I've read didn't jumpstart money conversations with friends and family. Here are three reasons I think A RETURN TO ABUNDANCE...

Excel Data Analysis: Modeling and Simulation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was a graduate student of Professor Guerrero at The College of William and Mary and have to recommend this book. For those unfortunates who did not have him as an instructor, this is a book that gives you the experience of spending time with him in the classroom. The practical application of Excel...

Thomas Mellon And His Times (Calvin Centre) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I enjoyed reading this very interesting book. It along with the autobiographies of Ben Franklin and Andrew Carnegie give many insights on how to raise yourself up from poverty and contribute to society.His insights on the court system based on his 10 years as a judge I think are useful today. Read this...

Smart Women Don't Retire -- They Break Free: From Working Full-Time to Living Full-Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Competent, skilled, experienced, a woman about to retire is on the brink of a world of possibilities! But there's a transition that a smart woman allows herself, a time to reflect on what has been and what is to come in the future that has valuable meaning. There are stages to this transition that involve...

TrainSmart: Effective Trainings Every Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book has really great ideas for trainers. Most of them can be implemented immediately.Click Here to see more reviews about: TrainSmart: Effective Trainings Every TimeFacilitate highly successful staff development sessions with new brain-friendly strategies, 25 key concepts for training smarter,...

Web Copy That Sells: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy Every Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ms. Veloso is a specialist in writing the kind of copy which sells online courses and other one-per-website items. Because these items often have high selling prices, they take a lot of long, intense, hard selling to convince buyers to pull the trigger. If you're trying to sell a book, course, get rich...

Successful Interviewing and Recruitment: Structure the interview; Identify exceptional candidates; Hire the best person for the job (Sunday Times Creating Success) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)How often have you been to an interview only to find that it is a training session for an interview? Probably more times than you wish to recall ... or actually realised! The `interviewing game' is highly important and Dr Rob Yeung comes to the rescue of the inexperienced with helpful suggestions on...

Castles in the Sand: The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher (Florida History and Culture) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Mark Foster does a terrific job defining the character and accomplishments of Carl Graham Fisher. This incredible life story played a far larger role in shaping America in the 20th centuty than most people understand. Largely forgotten, Fisher set the tone for American leisure time, and gave his heart...

10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was flipping through this book at Barnes yesterday while waiting for my girlfriend to finish buying a gift for her friend's birthday. The book is basically a bunch of individual lists and howtos -- how to buy wine, 23 common interview questions, etc. By the time my girlfriend was ready to go, I was...

The Age of Deleveraging: Investment Strategies for a Decade of Slow Growth and Deflation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am not familiar with Schilling but he manages money and writes a newsletter from a quick perusal of his website. However, the book states that he does not yet manage money (but he is already a bit old). The book is really in three parts: 1. The first third of the books deals with recommendations the...

Merchants of Culture Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)From cuneiform tablets to papyrus reeds to the early centuries of movable type, publishing was a power in the world and aimed at the needs and necessities of the cultural elite. But then in the 19th century literacy began to spread down to the growing middle classes and address the interests of ordinary...