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The Power of Intuition
How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work
Written by Gary Klein, Ph.D
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $16.95
At times in our careers, we've all been aware of a "gut feeling" guiding our decisions. Too often, we dismiss these feelings as "hunches" and therefore untrustworthy. But renowned researcher Gary Klein reveals that, in fact, 90 percent of the critical decisions we make is based on our intuition. In his... Read more >
How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work
Written by Gary Klein, Ph.D
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $16.95
At times in our careers, we've all been aware of a "gut feeling" guiding our decisions. Too often, we dismiss these feelings as "hunches" and therefore untrustworthy. But renowned researcher Gary Klein reveals that, in fact, 90 percent of the critical decisions we make is based on our intuition. In his... Read more >
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When Work Disappears
The World of the New Urban Poor
Written by William Julius Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 29, 1997
Price: $17.00
Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos. Marshaling a vast array of data and the personal stories of hundreds of men and women, Wilson persuasively argues... Read more >
The World of the New Urban Poor
Written by William Julius Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 29, 1997
Price: $17.00
Wilson, one of our foremost authorities on race and poverty, challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos. Marshaling a vast array of data and the personal stories of hundreds of men and women, Wilson persuasively argues... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
Written by Benjamin M. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $18.95
From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits. In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M. Friedman examines the political and social histories of... Read more >
Written by Benjamin M. Friedman
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $18.95
From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits. In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M. Friedman examines the political and social histories of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Leading Up
How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Written by Michael Useem
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2003
Price: $15.95
Today’s best leaders know how to lead up, a necessary strategy when a supervisor is micromanaging rather than macrothinking, when a division president offers clear directives but can’t see the future, or when investors demand instant gain but need long-term growth. Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership... Read more >
How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win
Written by Michael Useem
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2003
Price: $15.95
Today’s best leaders know how to lead up, a necessary strategy when a supervisor is micromanaging rather than macrothinking, when a division president offers clear directives but can’t see the future, or when investors demand instant gain but need long-term growth. Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership... Read more >
Also available as an
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Boeing versus Airbus
The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business
Written by John Newhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $16.00
The commercial airline industry is one of the most volatile, dog-eat-dog enterprises in the world, and in the late 1990s, Europe’s Airbus overtook America’s Boeing as the preeminent aircraft manufacturer. However, Airbus quickly succumbed to the same complacency it once challenged, and Boeing regained its precarious place on top. Now, after... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business
Written by John Newhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $16.00
The commercial airline industry is one of the most volatile, dog-eat-dog enterprises in the world, and in the late 1990s, Europe’s Airbus overtook America’s Boeing as the preeminent aircraft manufacturer. However, Airbus quickly succumbed to the same complacency it once challenged, and Boeing regained its precarious place on top. Now, after... Read more >
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The Project50 (Reinventing Work)
Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!
Written by Tom Peters
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 21, 1999
Price: $22.00
The common denominator/bottom line for both the professional service firm/PSF and the individual/Brand You is: the project. And for the cool individual in the cool professional service firm there is only one answer: the cool project.
A seminar participant said: "Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes." So, how many of you are... Read more >
Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Matters!
Written by Tom Peters
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 21, 1999
Price: $22.00
The common denominator/bottom line for both the professional service firm/PSF and the individual/Brand You is: the project. And for the cool individual in the cool professional service firm there is only one answer: the cool project.
A seminar participant said: "Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes." So, how many of you are... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Six Sigma
The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporations
Written by Mikel Harry Ph.D. and Richard Schroeder
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 21, 2006
Price: $16.95
The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results.
Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The... Read more >
The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporations
Written by Mikel Harry Ph.D. and Richard Schroeder
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 21, 2006
Price: $16.95
The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results.
Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.
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The Necessary Revolution
How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
Written by Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur and Sara Schley
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $29.95
How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
Written by Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur and Sara Schley
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $29.95
Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound...
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Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Written by Lois Beckwith
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $9.95
This caustically funny Webster’s of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land.
At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won’t weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary of... Read more >
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Written by Lois Beckwith
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $9.95
This caustically funny Webster’s of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land.
At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won’t weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Written by Jonathan A. Knee
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2007
Price: $16.00
Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A. Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling... Read more >
Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Written by Jonathan A. Knee
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2007
Price: $16.00
Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A. Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling... Read more >
