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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by James C. Collins
A guide to building a successful company, examining the practices and values of leading organizations.
To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in ... (Goodreads)
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
An exploration of the dynamics of team-building, and how to overcome five common pitfalls.
In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and ... (Goodreads)
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham
Analysis of top managers to uncover the secrets of their success.
Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently. With vital ... (Goodreads)
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath
Exploring why certain ideas are remembered and others are forgotten, focusing on practical ways to make ideas ‘stick’.
NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances–essential reading in the "fake news" era. Mark Twain once ... (Goodreads)
The One Minute Manager
by Kenneth H. Blanchard
A practical guide to improving productivity and motivation through effective management.
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager 's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job ... (Goodreads)
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
by Michael E. Gerber
A guide to harnessing the power of entrepreneurial thinking to create a thriving small business.
E-Myth \ 'e-,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work ... (Goodreads)
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
A guide to improving efficiency and productivity through better organization.
The book, Lifehack, calls ,"The Bible of business and personal productivity.","A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'",—,Fast ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
A business novel that follows a manufacturing plant's attempts to optimize production.
Written in a fast-paced thriller style,, The Goal, is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more ... (Goodreads)
Winning
by Jack Welch
A guide to business success, revealing strategies to gain a competitive edge.
A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, ... (Goodreads)
Strengths Finder 2.0
by Tom Rath
Discover your top five strengths and learn how to leverage them for personal and professional success.
Do You Do What You Do Best Every Day? Chances are, you don't. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover ... (Goodreads)
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim
A guide to creating unique and profitable business strategies by surpassing competition.
The global phenomenon, embraced by business worldwide and now published in more than 40 languages. This international bestseller challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for ... (Goodreads)
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
by Clayton M. Christensen
Examines disruptive innovation and how to manage it in a business setting.
Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership – or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he ... (Goodreads)
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Eric Ries
Systematic approach to launching and managing successful businesses in an ever-changing market.
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. ... (Goodreads)
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
by Peter F. Drucker
A guide to becoming an effective executive by focusing on time management, decision-making, and prioritization.
What makes an effective executive?, The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is the ability to "get the right things done." This usually involves doing what other people have ... (Goodreads)
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
A parable about navigating change through the eyes of four characters.
It is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for ... (Goodreads)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini
An analysis of the psychology of persuasion and how to use it to influence people.
Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding ... (Goodreads)
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
by James C. Collins
Examines the strategies and principles used by high-performing companies in uncertain environments.
The new question: Ten years after the worldwide bestseller "Good to Great," Jim Collins returns to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? In "Great by ... (Goodreads)
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable… about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
by Patrick Lencioni
A business parable about the pitfalls of poorly-run meetings and how to create effective meetings.
Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life., In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin. Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Jack: Straight from the Gut
by Jack Welch
Autobiography of Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, detailing his leadership style and business strategies.
Nearly 20 years ago, former General Electric CEO Reg Jones walked into Jack Welch's office and wrapped him in a bear hug. "Congratulations, Mr. Chairman", said Reg. It was a defining moment for ... (Goodreads)
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
An exploration of the rapid globalization of the world, and the implications of this shift.
When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter Y2K to March 2004 , what will they say was the most crucial development? The attacks on the World ... (Goodreads)
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by Geoffrey A. Moore
A guide for high-tech companies to successfully market and sell their products to mainstream customers.
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for bringing cutting-edge products to progressively larger ... (Goodreads)
The Richest Man in Babylon
by George S. Clason
A collection of parables about financial wisdom and the power of wealth.
Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth. The Success Secrets of ... (Goodreads)
First Things First
by Stephen R. Covey
A practical guide to finding balance and making time for what matters in life.
From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a guide to prioritizing your personal and professional goals. I'm getting more done in ... (Goodreads)
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
by Peter Thiel
A guide to launching a startup, exploring the power of entrepreneurship.
If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, ... (Goodreads)
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
by Seth Godin
A guide to standing out and becoming remarkable in the modern business world.
The acclaimed Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestseller. You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Starbucks and JetBlue and ... (Goodreads)
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath
Exploring ways to make change easier in life and work, using practical strategies.
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors ... (Goodreads)
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
by Marshall Goldsmith
A guide to becoming even more successful, offering strategies for personal and professional growth.
America's most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach ... (Goodreads)
Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
A step-by-step guide to personal success and wealth creation.
This is the original 1937 version of Napoleon Hill's Classic Book: Think and Grow Rich . To the greatest extent possible, the text and formatting have been kept exactly the same as in the original ... (Goodreads)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
by John C. Maxwell
A guide to developing leadership skills, with practical and proven principles.
What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing to distill everything he had learned about leadership into a handful of life-changing principles ... (Goodreads)
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind: How to Be Seen and Heard in the Overcrowded Marketplace
by Al Ries
A guide to using marketing strategies to stand out in today's competitive marketplace.
The first book to deal with the problems of communicating to a skeptical, media-blitzed public, Positioning describes a revolutionary approach to creating a "position" in a prospective customer's ... (Goodreads)
