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and the books recommended by people we respect.
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101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business |
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James M Higgins |
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1001 Ways to Energize Employees |
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Bob Nelson |
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1001 Ways to Market Your Services: Even If You Hate to Sell |
| Rick Crandall |
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1001 Ways to Reward Employees |
| Bob Nelson |
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American Spirit: Visions of a New Corporate Culture |
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Lawrence M. Miller |
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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything |
| Guy Kawasaki |
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| The Art of Self Promotion: No Nonsense, Practical Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business |
| Ilse Benun |
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The Art of Speed Reading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language |
| Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger |
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The Art Of War |
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Sun Tzu; Edited
by James Clavell |
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Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence |
| Michael Masterson |
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Beating the Odds: 10 Smart Steps to Small-Business Success |
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Scott A. Clark |
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Become A Recognized Authority In Your Field - In 60 Days Or Less |
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Robert Bly |
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Beyond Survival, A Guide For Business Owners And Their Families |
| Leon
A. Danco |
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Big Blues, the Unmaking of IBM |
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Paul Caroll |
| "This is a fascinating read, especially if you were working for IBM during that time." MWP |
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The Big Eight |
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Mark Stevens |
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The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted |
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L.J. Davis |
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking |
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Malcolm Gladwell |
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Blur: The Speed Of Change In The Connected Economy |
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Stanley M. Davis and Christopher Meyer |
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The Book of Business Wisdom: Classic Writings by the Legends of Commerce and Industry (Book of Business Wisdom) |
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edited by Peter Krass |
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The Brand Called You: The Ultimate Personal Branding Handbook to Transform Anyone into an Indispensable Brand |
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Peter Montoya with Tim Vandehey |
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Breakthrough Thinking: The Seven Principles of Creative Problem Solving |
| Gerald Nadler |
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies |
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Jim Collins |
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Business at the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy |
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Bill Gates |
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A Business and Its Beliefs : The Ideas That Helped Build IBM |
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Thomas J. Watson |
| "Some of the principles that formed the foundation of IBM and the company it became." MWP |
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Buying Trances: A New Psychology of Sales and Marketing |
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Joe Vitale |
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The CEO's Complete Guide to Committing Fraud |
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Gary D. Zeune |
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The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness |
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Tom Peters |
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Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message |
| Ken McConnell and Jackie Huba |
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Clicks and Mortar |
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David S. Pottruck & Terry Pearce |
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Client Seduction: A Step-by-Step Lead Generation System for Professional and Technology Service Firms |
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Henry DeVries and Denise Bryson |
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Common Things Uncommon Ways: Proven techniques to grow any business through your staff |
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Sunny Kobe Cook |
| "Deceptively short and simple, but covering principles I consider the basis of great people management. Ms. Cook is also a great speaker with important business wisdom to offer." MWP |
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Communication Catalyst |
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Mickey Connolly and Richard Rainoshek |
| "Some fascinating concepts here!" MWP |
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Corporate Governance and the Board : What Works Best |
| Richard M. Steinberg |
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Corporate Life Cycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die and What to Do About It |
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Ichak Adizes |
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The Corporate Mystic: A Guidebook for Visionaries with Their Feet on the Ground |
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Gay Hendricks, and Kate Ludeman |
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Create the Business Breakthrough You Want: Secrets and Strategies from the World's Greatest Mentors |
| Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen, Bob
Proctor, Brian Tracey, and John Eggen |
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Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox: A Complete Course in the Art of Creating Solutions to Problems of Any Kind |
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Richard Fobes |
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Creative Solution Finding |
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Gerald Nadler and Shozo Hibino |
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Crossing the Chasm |
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Geoffrey Moore |
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Decision Traps - the Ten Barriers to Brilliant Decision-Making & How to Overcome Them |
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J. Edward Russo and Paul J. H. Schoemaker |
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The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness |
| Stephen R. Covey |
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Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire |
| Alan Axelrod |
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The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It |
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Michael Gerber |
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The E-Myth Manager: Why Most Managers Don't Work and What to Do About It |
| Michael Gerber |
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E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company |
| Michael Gerber |
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It |
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Michael Gerber |
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The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen |
| Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D., Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous |
| This book is a must read for anyone concerned about our current economy and seeking a better understanding of how we got here as a nation. Read my full book review here. MWP |
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Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year |
| Ram Charan and Noel Tichy |
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done |
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Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan |
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The Expert's Edge: Become the Go-To Authority People Turn to Every Time |
| Ken Lizotte |
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Extraordinary Guarantees : A New Way to Build Quality Throughout Your Company & Ensure Satisfaction for Your Customers |
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Christopher Hart |
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| Failing
Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes |
| John
C. Maxwell |
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Family Business, Risky Business: How to Make It Work |
| David
Bork |
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Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond |
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Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
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The Female Advantage |
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Sally Helgesen |
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Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time |
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Susan Scott |
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization |
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Peter M. Senge |
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable |
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Patrick Lencioni |
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Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead |
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James Belasco |
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Ford: The Men and the Machine |
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Robert Lacey |
| "I really enjoyed this one! As an old Dearborn, MI girl, I particularly related to Mr. Lacey's descriptions of the area and its people." MWP |
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The Founder Factor |
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Nancy Truitt Pierce |
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days |
| Jessica Livingston |
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The Fourth Wave |
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Herman Bryant Maynard Jr. and Susan E. Mehrtens |
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Games Mother Never Taught You |
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Betty Lehan
Harragan |
| "To those of us entering the business world in the 60's and 70's, when it was still pretty much an exclusive boy's club, this book was a revelation and critical resource." MWP |
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Get Slightly Famous: Become a Celebrity in Your Field and Attract More Business with Less Effort |
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Steven Van Yoder |
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Getting Attention, Leading-Edge Lessons for Publicity and Marketing |
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Susan Kohl |
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Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition |
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Jay Abraham |
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Getting New Clients |
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Richard A. Connor,
Jr. and Jeffrey P. Davidson |
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Getting New Clients, 2nd Edition |
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Dick Connor
and Jeff Davidson |
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Getting the Best: Out of Yourself and Others |
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Buck Rogers
with Irv Levey |
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Getting Together : Building Relationships As We Negotiate |
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Roger Fisher
and Scott Brown |
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In |
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Roger Fischer
and William Ury |
| "I had the privelege of taking a class in negotiation with Bill Ury as an instructor. Great information here!" MWP |
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Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! |
| Lorraine Howell |
| "For those of us not always comfortable selling ourselves, Lorraine Howell offers invaluable guidance." MWP |
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't |
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Jim Collins |
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The Great Game of Business |
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Jack Stack with
Bo Burlingham |
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Growing a Business (The Companion Volume to the 17-part
PBS Series) |
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Paul Hawken |
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Growing Your Business! |
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Mark LeBlanc |
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How To Make Your Business Run Without You |
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Susan Carter |
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How to Win Arguments |
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William A. Rusher |
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How to Read a Person Like a Book |
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Gerald I. Nierenberg
and Henry Calero |
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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life |
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Thomas Gilovich |
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The Hunters and the Hunted: A Non-Linear Solution for Reengineering the Workplace (Corporate Leadership) |
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James B Swartz |
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Hurdle: The Book on Business Planning |
| Tim Berry |
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IBM: Colossus in Transition |
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Robert Sobel |
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) |
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Robert B. Cialdini |
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The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth |
| Clayton
M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor |
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In Search of Excellence - Lessons from America's Best Run Companies |
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Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr. |
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It's Not About the Horse - It's About Overcoming Fear and
Self-Doubt
Wyatt Webb with Cindy Pearlman |
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Jack: Straight from the Gut |
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Jack Welch with John A. Byrne |
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| Kipplinger's Guide to Small Business Growth |
Thomas L. Conrad |
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The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill (Complete, Unabridged) |
| Napoleon Hill |
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Leadership (Tom Peters Essentials) |
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Tom Peters |
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Leadership Secrets of Elizabeth I |
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Shaun O'L. Higgins and Pamela Gilberd |
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Leading People from the MIddle: The Universal Mission of Heart and Mind |
| William
P. Robinson |
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Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People |
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Robert J. Serling |
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Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane: Essays on Irrational Organizations and Their Leaders |
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Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries |
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Light Bulbs for Leaders: A Guide Book for Team Learning |
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Barbara Pate Glacel |
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The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, and Lasting Value |
| Frederich F. Reichheld |
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Managing Executive Stress |
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James W. Greenwood
III and James W. Greenwood, Jr. |
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Managing People Is Like Herding Cats: Warren Bennis on Leadership |
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Warren Bennis |
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Managing The Professional Service Firm |
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David Maister |
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Managing
Your Time |
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Tim Hindle. |
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Marketing Imagination, New, Expanded Edition |
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Theodore Levitt |
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Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality |
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Leonard L. Berry
and A. Parasuraman |
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Martha Inc.: The Incredible Story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia |
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Christopher Byron |
| "This is an utterly fascinating story about a strong businesswoman who always seems to land on her feet. Enjoy." MWP |
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May I Have Your Attention, Please: Build a Better Business by Telling Your True Story |
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Chris Hilicki |
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Moments of Truth |
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Jan Carlzon |
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Monday Morning Salescoach: Solutions to 99% of the Toughest Selling Challenges You'll Ever Face |
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Jim Dunn and John Schumann |
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Niche and Grow Rich |
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Jennifer Basye Sander and Peter Sander |
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The Official Get Rich Guide to Information Marketing: Build a Million-Dollar Business in 12 Months |
| Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer and Robert Skrob |
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The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business |
| Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, and Ethan Willis |
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The One Minute Manager |
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Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson, M.D. |
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The One Minute Salesperson |
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Spencer Johnson, M.D. and Larry Wilson |
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On Human Relations |
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Harvard Business Review |
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Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company |
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Andrew S. Grove |
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Outside the Box Performance: How to Beat Your Competitors' Brains Out |
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Gary D. Zeune |
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Pain Killer Marketing: How to Turn Customer Pain into Market Gain |
| Chris Stiehl and Henry J. Devries |
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Phone Power |
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George Walther |
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind and Marketing Warfare |
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Al Reis and Jack Trout |
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Power and Persuasion: How to Command Success in Business and Your Personal Life |
| Michael Masterson |
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The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal |
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Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz |
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The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale |
| Jeff
Thull |
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Profit with Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism (The Future of American Democracy Series) |
| Daniel Yankelovich |
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Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable |
| Seth
Godin |
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Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies |
| Nikos Mourkogiannis |
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The Rational Project Manager: A Thinking Team's Guide to Getting Work Done |
| Andrew
Longman and Jim Mullins |
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Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service |
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Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles |
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! |
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Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A. |
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Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior- -Anytime, Anyplace |
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Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, Ph.D and Mark Mazzarela |
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The Regis Touch: Million-Dollar Advice from America's Top Marketing Consultant |
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Regis McKenna |
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The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date |
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Bill Gates |
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Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition |
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Robert K. Greenleaf |
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Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing |
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Harry Beckwith |
| "This book is a revelation for those of us selling consulting services. Short, but very insightful read." MWP |
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Selling Your Services: Proven Strategies For Getting Clients To Hire You (or Your Firm) |
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Robert Bly |
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The Service Edge, 101 Companies That Profit from Customer Care |
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Ron Zemke with Dick Shaaf |
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People |
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Stephen R. Covey |
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Seven Secrets of Great Entrepreneurial Masters: The GEM Power Formula For Lifelong Success |
| Allen E. Fishman |
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Seven Years to Seven Figures: The Fast-Track Plan to Becoming a Millionaire |
| Michael Masterson |
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer |
| Margot
Morrell and Stephanie Capparell |
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Shrewd Business |
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Edited by Boardroom Reports |
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Signals: How To Use Body Language For Power, Success, And Love |
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Allan Pease |
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SPIN Selling |
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Neil Rackham |
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The SPIN Selling Fieldbook |
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Neil Rackham |
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The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be |
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Jack Canfield |
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The Ten-Day MBA 3rd Ed.: A Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering The Skills Taught In America's Top Business Schools |
| Steven Silbiger |
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Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition) |
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Michael Michalko |
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"This Isn't the Company I Joined": How to Lead in a Business Turned Upside Down |
| Carol Kinsey Goman |
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The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management |
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R. Alec Mackenzie |
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Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised |
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Napoleon Hill |
| "The granddaddy of all business books! Latest edition restores much of the original text and quirky emphasis from caps and punctuation. Still applicable after all these years!" MWP |
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Thirty Years of Management Briefings 1958 To 1988 |
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Edited by IBM Corporation |
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Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow the Business in Good Times and Bad |
| Chuck
Martin |
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The Toyota Way |
| Jeffrey
K. Liker |
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True Professionalism: The Courage to Care About Your People, Your Clients, and Your Career |
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David Maister |
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The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow |
| John
C. Maxwell |
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding |
| Al Ries and Jack Trout |
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The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth |
| Fred Reichheld |
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| The Ultimate Small Business Guide |
| Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Growing Business |
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Scott A. Clark |
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The Unspoken Dialogue: Understanding Body Language and Controlling Interviews and Negotitations |
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Robert Rail |
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone? |
| Lee Iacocca |
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Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten) |
| John
Huntsman |
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Who Moved My Cheese? |
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Spencer Johnson, M.D. |
| "Never underestimate the power of a simple fable, well told and insightful." MWP |
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Winning at Work: A Book for Women: Dr. Florence Seaman's Proven Method of Mastering Crisis Thinking, Guilt, Rejection, Success, Anger, Criticism |
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Dr. Florence
Seaman and Anne Lorimer |
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Your Money or Your Life |
| Neil Cavuto |
| "I'm a big fan of Neil's. His business show on Fox News is full of great information presented without the usual spin and grandstanding. A brilliant, funny and kind man." MWP |
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