Authors: Drea Zigarmi. Ken Blanchard. Michael O'Connor. Carl Edeburn.
Hardcover, 266 pages
Publisher: FT Press
Publication Date: 2004-09-05
Edition: 1

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    The first step towards becoming an outstanding leader: know yourself. Thisbook will help you understand yourself as a leader...so you can change, grow,and become powerfully more effective. Authored by four world-renownedleadership experts, including the legendary Ken Blanchard, it draws on anextraordinary seven-year research study on how successful corporate executivesexert influence. The authors begin by presenting self-change as your musturgent leadership challenge, and showing how your values and personalitygovern your actions, even when you don't realize it. You'll examine the innerself you're currently bringing to your "moments of influence," discovering howyour disposition, values, beliefs, and persona are contributing right now to yoursuccess -- or failure. Throughout, the authors present proven, values-basedapproaches to leadership in both group settings and one-to-one contexts. TheLeader Inside will help you connect to facets of yourself you've neverdiscovered, and liberate personal energy you never knew you had. And it willhelp you rekindle your team's spirit, so you can work together to build stronger,more effective, more joyful organizations....

Authors: Richard Ott.
Hardcover, 250 pages
Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing
Publication Date: 1993-12


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    High productivity and the recognition that comes with it are goals of all successful business people today. This guide to becoming more creative, productive and satisfied should show readers how to recognize and remove productivity barriers. It is packed with tips, techniques, and ideas for managers and employees who want to get the most from their workforce and themselves. Included are helpful ideas such as: six steps to alleviate worry in order to increase productivity, how to stop the erosion of energy and enthusiasm, and the five productivity-boosting techniques used by the world's most productive people....

Authors: Richard Paul Evans.
Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: Fireside
Publication Date: 2009-01-20


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    Easy to understand and simple to apply, The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me for Women is one of the most powerful books ever written about money and essential reading for any woman today.

When Richard Paul Evans was twelve years old, his father fell and broke both of his legs. With no income and no insurance, the Evans family was destitute. At this time a multimillionaire taught young Evans the five secrets to wealth. Evans used those five secrets not only to change his life but that of thousands of others when he wrote The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth. An international bestseller, this essential book interweaves those influential lessons with personal stories from everyday people. Evans explains that money should not be the preoccupation of our lives, but instead our focus should be on the principles that free us to concentrate on God, family, and relationships -- life's true riches.

Now Evans has taken years of personal research and coaching to create the perfect money book for women who want a better life. With his classic, motivational voice, Evans offers lessons that are easy to understand and simple to follow. Powerful, proven, and life changing, The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me for Women may be one of the most important books you will ever read....

Authors: Russ C. Edelman. Timothy R. Hiltabiddle. Charles C. Manz.
Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Publication Date: 2008-07-31


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    How to succeed without being an SOB—or a pushover

Many people suffer from Nice Guy Syndrome, held back from higher levels of success by being too selfless at work. It’s a tricky problem, because if you start to think that being nice is bad, it’s easy to overcompensate with selfishness, intimidation, and intense aggression.

The founders of Nice Guy Strategies teach that nice is not about being weak or soft—that you can hang on to your morals, compassion, and sincerity and still get ahead. The key is to draw on eight practical strategies— The Nice Guy Bill of Rights—that will help you find the right balance.

Each chapter shares insights and stories from both ordinary nice guys and celebrity executives....

Authors: Andrea Kay.
Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Publication Date: 2009-01-01


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Authors: Andrew J. DuBrin.
Paperback, 348 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
Publication Date: 1990-07-03


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    Discusses the use of effective political techniques for surviving in the corporate world, offering proven strategies for gaining power and visibility and examples of courses of action and solutions for various office scenarios....

Authors: Dennis W. Bakke.
Hardcover, 314 pages
Publisher: PVG
Publication Date: 2005-03-07
Edition: 1

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    Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today’s bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit?

Well, imagine no more. In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the true story of this extraordinary company—and how, as its co-founder and longtime CEO, he challenged the business establishment with revolutionary ideas that could remake America’s organizations. It is the story of AES, whose business model and operating ethos –"let’s have fun"–were conceived during a 90-minute car ride from Annapolis, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. In the next two decades, it became a worldwide energy giant with 40,000 employees in 31 countries and revenues of $8.6 billion.

It’s a remarkable tale told by a remarkable man: Bakke, a farm boy who was shaped by his religious faith, his years at Harvard Business School, and his experience working for the Federal Energy Administration. He rejects workplace drudgery as a noxious remnant of the Industrial Revolution. He believes work should be fun, and at AES he set out to prove it could be. Bakke sought not the empty "fun" of the Friday beer blast but the joy of a workplace where every person, from custodian to CEO, has the power to use his or her God-given talents free of needless corporate bureaucracy. In Joy at Work, Bakke tells how he helped create a company where every decision made at the top was lamented as a lost chance to delegate responsibility—and where all employees were encouraged to take the "game-winning shot," even when it wasn’t a slam-dunk.

Perhaps Bakke’s most radical stand was his struggle to break the stranglehold of "creating shareholder value" on the corporate mind-set and replace it with more timeless values: integrity, fairness, social responsibility, and, above all, fun. And Bakke doesn’t shrink from describing the assault on his leadership when AES was sucked into the Enron downdraft and faced a plunging stock price. At this moment of crisis, influential colleagues and directors distanced themselves from the values that had made AES one of the most celebrated companies in the world.

Joy at Work offers a model for the 21st-century company that treats its people with respect, gives them unprecedented responsibility, and holds them strictly accountable—because it’s the right thing to do, not just because it makes good business sense. More than any book you’ve ever read, Dennis Bakke’s Joy at Work will force you to question everything you thought you knew about corporate success....

    Dennis Bakke was co-founder and eventually CEO of AES, a large energy company which grew to over $8 billion in annual revenue and over 40,000 employees. Bakke's Joy at Work is in part, a CEO memoir, as it chronicles AES's growth, complete with anecdotes about boardroom confrontations, employee relations, and new openings of production facilities. Joy at Work goes beyond the standard business tale, though: Bakke believes in moral values as ends in themselves, as opposed to means towards the end of greater financial return, and he's not afraid to say it.

A number of authors in recent years have made the case that companies which embody humanistic values, and which nurture uplifting cultures, come to house happier, more productive employees. "Values" should be embraced, the argument goes, because they lead to better business results. Bakke shuns such thinking. He wants "values" for values' sake--because he believes they are an integral part of the human experience, and one that daily work should incorporate. He argues that financial return is only one good alongside others. As Bakke writes at one point in Joy at Work: "Why should enriching shareholders be more important than producing quality products and selling them to customers at fair prices?"

Readers who start off sympathetic to Bakke's worldview will likely enjoy Bakke's book. "Joy at Work" is situated perfectly within values-led business literature, alongside books like Howard Schultz’s Pour Your Heart Into It, the Body Shop's Anita Roddick (Take It Personally) and Ben & Jerry's Double Dip, by the ice-cream guys. Joy at Work provokes questions and warrants a read, if, for no reason other than its impressive string of blurbs from friends of the author: Everyone from President Bill Clinton to Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren vouches for Bakke and his gospel. --Peter Han...

Authors:
Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: 2004-11-25
Edition: 1

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    Management Skills contains the best thinking from the biggest names in business management on a wide range of subjects including leadership, shaping the work environment, change, communicating, hiring and motivating employees, leading teams, and much more. The author list of this invaluable resource reads like a who's who of business management. This extraordinary collection features chapters from Robert R. Albright, David Batstone, Warren Bennis, Lee G. Bolman, Richaurd Camp, David R. Caruso, Terrene E. Deal, Christina A. Douglas, Peter Drucker, Deborah L. Duarte, Michael Finley, J. Davidson Frame, Bill George, T. George Harris, Todd D. Jick, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, James M. Kouzes, Edward E. Lawler III, Patrick Lencioni, Clinton O. Longenecker, David H. Maister, Marick F. Masters, Cynthia D. McCauley, Patrick J. McKenna, Henry Mintzberg, Dana M. Muir, David A. Nadler, Mark B. Nadler, Burt Nanus, Parker J. Palmer, Terry Pearce, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Barry Z. Posner, Robert E. Quinn, Kathleen Kelley Reardon, Harvey Robbins, Peter Salovey, Steven B. Sample, Jack L. Simonetti, Douglas K. Smith, Nancy Tennant Snyder, Barry A. Stein, Robert I. Sutton, and Mary E. Vielhaber....

Authors: Marshall Goldsmith.
Paperback, 2 pages
Publisher: Thought Leaders Media
Publication Date: 2009-01-10
Edition: 1st

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Top athletes, executives, and leaders all use coaches to take their skills to new levels. Now you can have the leading authority on professional success as your coach.

Best-selling author, Marshall Goldsmith, is one of the world s top authorities in leadership development and one of a select few who have been hired to work with over 100 major CEOs and their management teams. Now, for the first time ever, Marshall's Professional Coaching system is available to everyone.

The Marshall Goldsmith Professional Success System (MG-Pro) guides you through a six-month professional coaching system that brings to life the same process Marshall uses with leaders of some of the most successful companies.

Marshall guides you through a six-month online program that will show you how to:
- Target opportunities to achieve greater results.

- Create a team of people committed to your success.

- Take your professional success to a new level.

The MG-Pro uses the same methods that have helped the top leaders of the world s most successful companies become even more successful.

Here is what you are going to cover over the six months:

Month 1: Choosing the right goal. Month 2: Enrolling stakeholders . Month 3: Using stakeholders. Month 4: Changing effectively. Month 5: Keeping the process going. Month 6: Changing perception.

At the end of the six months you will be able to register for a certificate of completion as a MG-Pro. You can even renew for an additional six-month engagement to reinforce the behaviors and changes you've made.

This system contains everything that you will need including interactive tools, learning resources, video, and Marshall guiding you step-by-step to create real results.

Your MG-Pro provides all that you need including:

1. Marshall as your virtual coach. 2. On-the-job exercises that produce measurable results. 3. Interactive goal tracking and development tools. 4. Weekly email reminders keep you on track. 5. Step-by-step guidance to take charge and create real change.

For more information visit: myMGpro.com

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Authors: John C. Maxwell.
Audio CD, pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: 2007-04-10
Edition: Abridged

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    The major difference between achieving people and average people is their perception of and response to failure. John C. Maxwell covers the top reasons people fail and shows how to master fear instead of being mastered by it. Listeners will discover that positive benefits can accompany negative experiences-if you have the right attitude. Chock full of action suggestions and real-life stories, Failing Forward will help men and women move beyond mistakes to fulfill their potential and achieve success....

    The author of 24 books on maximizing personal and leadership potential, John C. Maxwell believes "the difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure." In Failing Forward, he offers inspirational advice for turning the difficulties that inevitably arise in life into stepping stones that help you reach the top. Noting that star performers are often those who aggressively push forward after encountering adversity, Maxwell shows how a variety of well-known and not-so-well-known people have forged ahead despite obstacles that could have derailed them. They include: Mary Kay Ash, who founded her cosmetics firm against enormous odds when the direct-sales company she toiled in for 25 years resisted her continued corporate climb; Truett Cathy, who lost two brothers (and business partners) in an airplane crash and experienced his own serious medical problems before establishing the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain; Greg Horn, who reopened his Kentucky grocery store just 21 days after it suffered $1 million in flood damage; and Beck Weathers, who lost his nose, half of one arm, and the fingers on his other in the infamous 1996 Into Thin Air Mt. Everest tragedy, but now takes a positive message of survival and conquest to audiences around the world. --Howard Rothman...