Book Summaries

February 2017Remove
July 2016Remove
March 2016Remove
October 2011Remove
May 2009Remove
February 2009Remove
June 2008Remove
August 2006Remove
November 2005Remove
August 2005Remove
May 2001Remove
October 1995Remove

Filters

Subject

Publication Date

Browse by subject:

Management Leadership Career & Self Development Marketing Sales Human Resources Economics Entrepreneurship Finance Technology Innovation All Subjects

Pages

1of5 Next

Show

View

ListGrid

Sort

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.

View Details
The Future Workplace Experience

10 Rules for Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees

by Kevin J. Mulcahy , Jeanne C. Meister

The Future Workplace Experience provides 10 rules for rethinking, reimagining, and reinventing your organization including Make the Workplace an Experience, Be an Agile Leader, Consider Technology an Enabler and Disruptor, Embrace On-Demand learning, Tap the Power of Multiple Generations, and Plan for More Gig Economy Workers.

View Details
Writing Without Bullshit

Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean

by Josh Bernoff

At the center of this comprehensive guide to writing by Josh Bernoff, is the Iron Imperative: treat the reader’s time as more valuable than your own. Embrace that, and your customers, your boss, and your colleagues will recognize the power and boldness of your thinking.

View Details
How Great Leaders Think

The Art of Reframing

by Terrence Deal, Lee Bolman

Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal’s influential four-frame model of leadership and organizations offers leaders an accessible template for understanding four major dimensions of organizational life: structure, people, politics, and culture.

View Details
What Millennials Want from Work

How to Maximize Engagement in Today’s Workforce

by Alec Levenson, Jennifer Deal

Using fieldwork and survey data from global research, Jennifer J. Deal and Alec Levenson have formulated a scientifically accurate picture of what really motivates Millennials around the world.

View Details
Committed Teams

Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance

by Derek Newberry, Madeline Boyer, Mario Moussa

Based on research at the Wharton School of Business, the authors provide tools for aligning members of your team behind a motivating vision, making team meetings efficient and productive, and closing the gap between stated goals and actual behaviors.

View Details
Deep Work

Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

The skill of deep work is the ability to focus with a distraction-free concentration that pushes your cognitive capabilities to their limit. Author and professor Cal Newport presents a series of four “rules” to transform your mind and habits in order to cultivate this skill and make it the core of your working life.

View Details
First, Fast, Fearless

How to Lead Like a Navy SEAL

by Brian Hiner

Brian "Iron Ed" Hiner tells what it’s like to be a SEAL and what shapes the intense sense of sacrifice, teamwork and mutual commitment they share. From his own 20-year career as a Navy SEAL and his hands-on experience of commanding hundreds of strategic combat missions and operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the globe, Hiner extracts business leadership lessons that can help leaders isolate what’s most important, especially in stressful times.

View Details
5 Gears

How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time

by Steve Cockram, Jeremie Kubicek

Kubicek and Cokram describe five gears that represent different modes of effectively connecting with others and balancing work and life in a meaningful and productive way. By shifting into the right gear at the right time, you can improve your relationships and increase your respect, influence and productivity.

View Details