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Working With Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

Do you have what it takes to succeed in your career? What distinguishes star performers from the mediocre is emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is actually a set of skills that anyone can acquire, and in this practical guide, Daniel Goleman identifies them, explains their significance, and shows how they can be fostered. As Goleman documents, emotional intelligence is the essential ingredient for reaching and staying at the top in any field, even high-tech careers.

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Great by Choice

Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck - Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

by Jim Collins, Morten T. Hansen

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Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague, Morten Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous...

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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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Making Yourself Indispensable

The Power of Personal Accountability

by Mark Samuel

According to Mark Samuel, who has helped thousands of people around the world get on the path to personal achievement and fulfillment, shows why the key to becoming indispensable is to embrace accountability rather than run from it in everything you do at work and in your personal life. Becoming indispensable doesn’t require a fancy degree, a senior management title or huge income. It’s a mind-set available to anyone.

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Still Surprised

A Memoir of a Life in Leadership

by Patricia Ward Biederman, Warren Bennis

Still Surprised illuminates how the world-changing ideas of leadership guru Warren Bennis and his colleagues resulted from the personal crucibles of their own encounters, events and experiences. Bennis shares what he has learned by leading, and by mentoring and teaching future leaders.

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Delivering Happiness

A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh

In 1999, Tony Hsieh sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an adviser and investor, and eventually became CEO. In Delivering Happiness, Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more.

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B2B Street Fighting

Three Counterpunches to Change the Negotiation Conversation

by Brian Dietmeyer

Based on six years of research and 15 years of practical application and consulting on over 20,000 B2B negotiations in nearly 50 countries, B2B Street Fighting will redefine how you think about negotiation. B2B Street Fighting by Brian J. Dietmeyer shows you how to change the negotiation conversation from the price of your products and services to the value of your solutions, and build value for you and your customers in every deal.

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