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Speed Review: Dream Teams

Working Together Without Falling Apart

by Shane Snow

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Detonate

Why - and How - Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and Bring a Beginner's Mind) to Survive

by Steven Goldbach, Geoff Tuff

Detonate explains how organizations build up bad habits, identifies which ones masquerade as “best practices,” and suggests alternatives that can contribute to winning in the marketplace.

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What Happens Now?

Reinvent Yourself as a Leader Before Your Business Outruns You

by Mark D. Nevins, John Hillen

What Happens Now? shows leaders how to reinvent themselves in order to attain personal growth and organizational success by inspiring people, nurturing relationships, energizing teams, grooming successors and influencing stakeholders.

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Next Is Now

5 Steps for Embracing Change - Building a Business that Thrives into the Future

by Lior Arussy

Arussy shares his five-step Future Ready Impact program that will guide change-impacted employees and business owners from a victim mentality to one of participation and ownership.

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The Art of Profitability

by Adrian J. Slywotzky

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From the author of The Profit Zone comes a new guide to success. With careful pace, Slywotzky takes readers through 23 business lessons. Similar to a Zen koan, this book mixes Eastern philosophy with practical business takeaways. It will help executives fire an arrow directly to the bullseye of their companies' profit target.

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The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

How to Turn Learning and Development into Business Results

by Calhoun Wick, Richard Flanagan, Roy Pollock, Andrew Jefferson

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The authors offer their experience and insight on how to turn training and development into noticeable business results, stressing the necessity for a strong educational program. Six specific disciplines are mapped out that will provide measurable outcomes when properly instilled within the corporate learning environment.

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The Leader of the Future 2

Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era

by Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith

Ten years after the bestselling The Leader of the Future hit the stands, comes this collection of essays from thought leaders of yesterday and today. Read Peter Drucker’s thoughts on executive leadership, R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.’s theory of diversity management, General Eric K. Shinseki’s metaphor of one-eyed kings, Marshall Goldsmith’s words on leading new age professionals, and much more.

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The New American Workplace

by Edward Lawler, James O'Toole

The U.S. government’s Work in America report received national acclaim and front-page coverage in media across the United States when it was published 30 years ago. In The New American Workplace, the long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Work in America, authors James O’Toole and Edward E. Lawler III provide a comprehensive, authoritative picture of the state of the workplace today.

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A Whole New Mind

Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age

by Daniel H. Pink

Bestselling author Daniel H. Pink offers a fresh look at what it takes for individuals and organizations to move from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age in A Whole New Mind. He also reveals the six essential aptitudes — Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning — on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend. A Whole New Mind includes a series of tools, tips and hands-on exercises drawn from international experts that help readers sharpen th

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