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It's All Politics
WINNING IN A WORLD WHERE HARD WORK AND TALENT AREN'T ENOUGH
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
From It’s All Politics
Like business in general, politics is not a spectator sport. You cannot afford to be apolitical at work if you have any aspirations for advancement. The only way to avoid politics is to avoid people—by finding an out-of-the-way corner where you can do your job. Of...
Ubuntu!
An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
A powerful story about the African philosophy of teamwork and collaboration that has the power to reshape our workplaces, our relationships with our coworkers, and our personal lives, written by the bestselling coauthor of Fish! and the bestselling author of 1001 Ways to Reward Employees.
John...
The Male Factor
The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Based on a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than three thousand men, bestselling author of For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn, has written a startling and unprecedented exploration of how men in the workplace tend to think, which even the most astute women might otherwise miss....
Hard Landing
The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
In this updated paperback edition of a "rich, readable, and authoritative" Fortune) book, Wall Street Journal reporter Petzinger tells the dramatic story of how a dozen men, including Robert Crandall of American Airlines, Frank Borman of Eastern, and Richard Ferris of United, battled for control of the world's airlines. 416 pp. Radio drive-time pubilcity. 20,000 print.
Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman
What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2000
An honest and practical handbook that reveals important insights into relationships between men and women and work, Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, is a must-read for every woman who wants to leverage her power in the workplace.
Women make up almost half of today's labor force, but in corporate...
Start with No
The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Start with No offers a contrarian, counterintuitive system for negotiating any kind of deal in any kind of situation—the purchase of a new house, a multimillion-dollar business deal, or where to take the kids for dinner.
Think a win-win solution is the best way to make the deal? Think again.
For...
Pigs at the Trough
How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
“Wonderfully incendiary and right-headed . . .Huffington is mad as hell, and rightly so.” –Esquire
The scathing and insightful New York Times bestseller, now updated to include the current economic crisis
Pigs at the Trough is Arianna Huffington’s eerily prescient exposé of...
You Are the Message
Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Learn the secrets of communication that win elections, promotions, and customers, from Roger Ailes, media consultant to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and the founder of Fox News.
When you communicate with others, everything that makes you unique comes into play. From your appearance...
The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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...
SuperCorp
How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the answer to the global crisis of business and American-style capitalism.
Out of the ashes of conventional business models arises a set of companies using their power not only for profits and sustainable growth but also social good.
If you think business corporations...
Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It
How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
We are experiencing a historic wealth-building opportunity, says David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. As Lereah has predicted, the double-digit appreciation boom–far from a real estate “bubble”–is winding down to a healthy real estate expansion that will...
Hostile Takeover
How Big Business Bought Our Government and How We Can Take It Back
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?
Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system?
Do you...
by Richard Wolffe
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Revival 2.0 tells the dramatic inside story of how President Obama and his team have regained their footing and learned to fight for their political survival.
Bestselling Obama biographer Richard Wolffe (author of Renegade and Revival) follows President Barack Obama and his inner circle (including...
The Death of American Virtue
Clinton vs. Starr
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Ten years after one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, author Ken Gormley offers an insightful, balanced, and revealing analysis of the events leading up to the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. From Ken Starr’s initial Whitewater investigation...