Format: Hardcover, 208 pages Publisher: Random House On Sale: December 27, 2005 Price: $22.95 ISBN: 978-1-4000-6417-5 (1-4000-6417-1)
In this life-transforming book, Larry Ackerman shows readers how to crack their identity codes. With more than twenty years of experience helping organizations and individuals identify their purpose, Ackerman reveals the Laws of Identity and the Eight Essential Questions they contain. As readers answer these questions, their identity will gradually become...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages Publisher: Broadway Business On Sale: August 20, 1989 Price: $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-385-26542-3 (0-385-26542-5)
"You are the message." What does that mean, exactly? It means that when you communicate with someone, it's not just the words you choose to send to the other person that make up the message. You're also sending signals about what kind of person you are--by your eyes, your facial expression...
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Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Publisher: Broadway On Sale: December 26, 2006 Price: $23.95 ISBN: 978-0-7679-2258-6 (0-7679-2258-1)
THE BOOK OF HARD CHOICES examines the notion of integrity in the workplace. James Autry and Peter Roy, experienced executives themselves, interviewed numerous leaders about the tough decisions they’ve made on the job. They spoke with people including former Starbucks president Howard Behar, Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner, and Governor Tom...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: January 27, 2009 Price: $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-553-38455-0 (0-553-38455-4)
From the authors of Women Don’t Ask, the groundbreaking book that revealed just how much women lose when they avoid negotiation, here is the action plan that women all over the country requested—a guide to negotiating anything effectively using strategies that feel comfortable to you as a woman.
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: February 27, 2007 Price: $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-553-38387-4 (0-553-38387-6)
By neglecting to negotiate her starting salary for her first job, a woman may sacrifice over half a million dollars in earnings by the end of her career. Yet, as research reveals, men are four times more likely to ask for higher pay than are women with the same qualifications. From...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages Publisher: Broadway Business On Sale: October 19, 2004 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-385-50773-8 (0-385-50773-9)
In Managing Up Rosanne Badowski offers a straightforward, entertaining, no-holds-barred account of what it takes to make your relationship with your boss work to your advantage, no matter where you stand in the corporate hierarchy.
Told through rich, colorful anecdotes about her years spent working with one of the smartest, most...
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Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: August 21, 2007 Price: $24.95 ISBN: 978-0-307-33720-7 (0-307-33720-0)
Surprisingly, it’s not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of us are like jack welch, who started life as a lowercase guy, the son of a railroad conductor, but went on to become the most celebrated and successful executive of recent years. Sure, Jack Welch—and lots of other...
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Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: October 23, 2007 Price: $24.95 ISBN: 978-0-307-35110-4 (0-307-35110-6)
Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreams of having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time when women didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of the fledgling USA Today; and, in her current position as the president of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 456 pages Publisher: Ten Speed Press On Sale: October 1, 2008 Price: $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-58008-930-2 (1-58008-930-5)
Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is the most complete guide for first-time job seekers as well as second and encore careers changers. For more than three decades, it remains a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York...Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages Publisher: Ten Speed Press On Sale: November 1, 2005 Price: $9.95 ISBN: 978-1-58008-729-2 (1-58008-729-9)
Richard Nelson Bolles presents an updated version of one of the most widely acclaimed exercises from PARACHUTE, the Flower. This highly effective tool, reproduced here in handy workbook form, helps readers target their ideal work situation. Simple step-by-step worksheets focus on translating personal interests into marketable job skills as well as...
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Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: October 19, 2004 Price: $27.50 ISBN: 978-1-4000-5084-0 (1-4000-5084-7)
"These busy authors have managed to bring fresh insights into a matter that's high on the corporate agenda. What's more, Confronting Reality is even more readable than its predecessor [Execution]." --Businessweek
The fundamentals of how a business makes money are being rapidly and permanently altered by sweeping structural changes. In Confronting Reality, noted...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages Publisher: Broadway Business On Sale: May 17, 2005 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-385-51163-6 (0-385-51163-9)
A thirty-year-old mother of two, Marion Luna Brem had just been given a death sentence: terminal cancer. She had no job. No health insurance. Her marriage would collapse under the stress of her treatment. And her most pressing concern: How do I pay next month’s rent?
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages Publisher: Broadway Business On Sale: December 26, 2006 Price: $19.95 ISBN: 978-0-385-51849-9 (0-385-51849-8)
Using the no-nonsense, results-oriented boot camp approach, Brodow drills readers on the basic skills needed to master the art of negotiation including conquering our fear of confrontation and overcoming the negative behaviors that hold us back, and identifying and developing our personal negotiation style.
Using a wealth of examples from real-life encounters...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks On Sale: December 30, 2003 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-375-75898-0 (0-375-75898-4)
“What should I do with my life?” Author Po Bronson was asking himself that very question when he decided to write this book–an inspiring exploration of how people transform their lives and a template for how we can answer this question for ourselves. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson probes the...
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Format: Paperback, 320 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books On Sale: January 31, 2006 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 978-0-345-48102-3 (0-345-48102-X)
Executive producer Mark Burnett has revolutionized television. So how did a British immigrant with little cash and no connections become his own entertainment empire? In Jump In!, Burnett shares his astounding personal saga of risk and reward, and tells enthralling stories about his shows and their contestants that have never before...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books On Sale: July 18, 1995 Price: $14.00 ISBN: 978-0-449-90958-4 (0-449-90958-1)
From better decision-making to improved teamwork, the authors present proven, step-by-step techniques for surviving—and thriving—in today’s complex workplace.
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Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: June 19, 2007 Price: $24.00 ISBN: 978-0-307-34574-5 (0-307-34574-2)
As Jim Camp's first book, Start with No, gained attention from publications like Harvard Business Review and Fortune, he became a tireless proselytizer for his ideas. During interviews many people wanted to know how his system of negotiating could be applied to their personal lives including day-to-day problems encountered at work...
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Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: January 2, 2007 Price: $27.50 ISBN: 978-0-307-34151-8 (0-307-34151-8)
The new grand theory of leadership by Ram Charan . . . The breakthrough book that links know-how—the skills of people who know what they are doing— with the personal and psychological traits of the successful leader.
How often have you heard someone with a commanding presence deliver a bold vision that...
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Format: eBook, 288 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: August 5, 2003 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-4000-5135-9 (1-4000-5135-5)
What is different, and consequently extraordinary, about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM, senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks? Why did they ascend to the top and prosper—why did they have...
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Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Publisher: Crown Business On Sale: August 5, 2003 Price: $22.95 ISBN: 978-1-4000-4794-9 (1-4000-4794-3)
What is different, and consequently extraordinary, about the careers of people like Lou Gerstner, the acclaimed, recently retired chairman and CEO of IBM, senator Elizabeth Dole, Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig, and Tom Freston, chairman and CEO of MTV Networks? Why did they ascend to the top and prosper—why did they have...
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Format: Paperback, 256 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: December 1, 1982 Price: $7.99 ISBN: 978-0-553-28109-5 (0-553-28109-7)
Claiming that the world is a giant negotiating table, renowned negotiator Cohen teaches the art of negotiation with dozens of concrete examples.
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Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages Publisher: Ten Speed Press On Sale: August 6, 2003 Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-58008-524-3 (1-58008-524-5)
You'll learn a lot of things in college, but there's one thing the textbooks won't teach you: how to acquire marketable job skills before you graduate.
Award-winning college professor and student adviser Bill Coplin has been developing skill-based liberal arts curricula for more than 30 years, and has helped thousands of students...
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Format: Hardcover, 256 pages Publisher: Bantam On Sale: March 2, 2004 Price: $24.00 ISBN: 978-0-553-80320-4 (0-553-80320-4)
"...[A] smart, thought-provoking look at the way we present ourselves to the world." --Booklist (American Library Association)
What kind of first impression do you make? A first impression is the most important impression you’ll ever make—and you get only one chance to make it. Business deals can be made or broken, first...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages Publisher: Broadway Business On Sale: May 18, 2004 Price: $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-385-51246-6 (0-385-51246-5)
LEADERSHIP IS AN ART has long been a must-read not only within the business community but also in professions ranging from academia to medical practices, to the political arena. First published in 1989, the book has sold more than 800,000 copies in hardcover and paperback. This revised edition brings Max De...
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Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books On Sale: December 30, 2008 Price: $15.00 ISBN: 978-0-345-49699-7 (0-345-49699-X)
Chairman of the flagship office of the largest advertising agency network in the world, McCann Erickson, Nina DiSesa is a master communicator, a ceiling crasher, and a big-time realist. In Seducing the Boys Club, DiSesa shows you how S&M–seduction and manipulation–is the secret to winning over (and surpassing) the big guys...
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