Second-Act Careers
50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement
Written by Nancy Collamer
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $11.99
A career guide that rethinks the golden years, this handbook offers 50+ income models for creating flexible, fulfilling, and profitable work during the encore stage of one’s career.
RETHINK YOUR RETIREMENT
For many people, retirement is no longer a trifecta of golf, grandkids, and gardening— it’s an opportunity for new pursuits that involve both...
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Creating Magic
10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney
Written by Lee Cockerell
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $15.99
“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”
The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results.
No one knows more about this kind...
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Getting Past No
Negotiating in Difficult Situations
Written by William Ury
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $14.99
We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no?
How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?
In
Getting Past No, William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for...
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy
The Difference and Why It Matters
Written by Richard Rumelt
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $14.99
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world Developing and implementing a strategy is
the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100 company, an entrepreneur, a...
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The Servant
A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
Written by James C. Hunter
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $13.99
With a new introduction on using the principles of The Servant in your life and career.In this absorbing tale, you watch the timeless principles of servant leadership unfold through the story of John Daily, a businessman whose outwardly successful life is spiraling out of control. He is failing miserably in each...
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Debt
The First 5,000 Years
Written by David Graeber
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $32.00
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
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