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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness)
The Challenge: Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study: For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and … (continue reading)Get this book$ 1817 -
Once An Eagle
by Anton Myrer (Harper Perennial)
Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking … (continue reading)Get this book$ 1479 -
Jack: Straight from the Gut
by Jack Welch (Business Plus)
They called him Neutron Jack. They called him the world's toughest boss. And then Fortune called him "The Manager of the Century." In his twenty-year career at the helm of General Electric, Jack Welch defied conventional wisdom and turned an aging behemoth of a corporation into a lean, mean engine of growth and corporate innovation. In this remarkable autobiography-a classic business book and runaway New York Times bestseller now updated with a new afterword by the author-Jack Welch takes us … (continue reading)Get this book$ 1118 -
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie (Pocket Books)
For more than sixty years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Now this previously revised and updated bestseller is available in trade paperback for the first time to help you achieve your maximum potential throughout the next century! Learn: Three fundamental techniques in handling people. The six ways to make people like you. The twelve ways to win people to you … (continue reading)Get this book$ 938
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Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
by Edward De Bono (Harper Colophon)
The first practical explanation of how creativity works, this results-oriented bestseller trains listeners to move beyond a "vertical" mode of thought to tap the potential of lateral thinking.Get this book$ 823 -
The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving
by Morgan D. Jones (Crown Business)
An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time. From the Hardcover edition.Get this book$ 1156 -
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books)
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing … (continue reading)Get this book$ 1087 -
The One Minute Manager
by Kenneth H. Blanchard (William Morrow)
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book … (continue reading)Get this book$ 1374
