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Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
James Collins, William C. Lazier
Prentice Hall Press, 1995
Most Applicable Planning Book I Have Read
I have read a number of books on strategic planning. They all generally follow a very similar approach. However, Jim Collins has done a masterful job putting the theory into a format that is easily understood and easily applied to solve real problems. I initially ...
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Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond
Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman
Bantam, 2008
Realistic, detailed negotiation manual
This strong book on negotiation offers a lot that is new and valuable. Authors Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman are realistic. They know how often people run on automatic pilot when negotiating, how they can miss opportunities due to bias and narrow vision, and how ...
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How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches
Christian Klemash
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2006
An outstanding read
A thoroughly enjoyable and motivating read. This is a remarkable collection of exclusive interviews with the best American sports coaches of the last 40 years. The author has packed a voluminous amount of wisdom, inspiration and facts into what amounts to a road map ...
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Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Talent is Never Enough
This book is truly highly motivational in moving ourselves beyond what we believe are our talents and gifts. I really feel much can be gained from reading this phenomenal book.
John C. Maxwell truly has a gift with words and speaks from the heart. This is ...
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Nursing Leadership, Management And Professional Practice For The LPN/LVN: In Nursing School and Beyond ...
Mary Ann Anderson
F. A. Davis Company, 2005
The expanded title, In Nursing School and Beyond, means that there is expanded coverage for your students and added utility for your course presentation in Mary Ann Anderson's new 3rd edition text. Anderson has combined the early-curriculum content covered in her own To Be a Nurse: Personal/Vocational Relations for the LPN/LVN text with ...
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Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success
Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola
Business Plus, 2007
Not just for basketball fans
A great book, even if you're not a Duke fan! A perfect choice for busy people because it can be read a few minutes a day (or in one sitting if you're so inclined). Each short chapter describes a word which is important to success, not just on the basketball court, but ...
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Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words
Stephen Young
McGraw-Hill, 2006
Insightful advice
Micromessages are those subtle - and sometimes not-so-subtle - nonverbal messages that people send through body language, tone of voice and the way they inflect words. Micromessages signal at an immediate gut level how people feel about each other. You can use nice ...
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Implementing Beyond Budgeting: Unlocking the Performance Potential
Bjarte Bogsnes
Wiley, 2008
This important book describes the serious and systemic problems with traditional management practices, and provides concrete alternatives and practical guidance on how to implement the beyond budgeting methodology, drawing on actual cases in which the author has implemented beyond budgeting in large, global companies. It describes the need for an ...
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Beyond the Babble: Leadership Communication that Drives Results
Bob Matha, Macy Boehm
Jossey-Bass, 2008
Practical and compelling approach
Beyond the Babble is the first leadership communications book I've read that offers a compelling approach to enable communications to drive results. It's different than all of the other "communication" books and research studies that preach endless "messaging" ...
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West Point: Going Beyond Leadership of Character: How to be a Great Leader (and live a virtuous life)
Norman Thomas Remick
Rovani, 2008
How to win in the game of life
Just finished reading the book. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. It was a real page turner. To me, it was a little Dale Carnegie, a little Paul Harvey, a history lesson, and a philosophy lesson all rolled into one, and shot through with that incredible ...
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Beyond Reengineering: How the Process-Centered Organization is Changing Our Work and Our Lives
Michael Hammer
Collins Business, 1997
A must read for anyone interested in how organizations work
I recently had the privilige of attending a Dr. Hammer seminar in Boston and can tell you that this book tracks closely with his seminar which was the best I have ever attended. The book however goes into much greater detail and depth than a one day high level ...
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Leading Beyond the Walls: Developing Congregations With a Heart for the Unchurched
Adam Hamilton
Abingdon Press, 2002
a new standard for the mainline
Adam Hamilton refuses to believe that mainline churches are irrelevant. He challenges us to engage our culture with all of our heart, soul and especially our minds.
He says that every church must answer three questions if it wants to reach people for Jesus
1. Why ...
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Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches (J-B Leadership Network Series)
Scott Thumma, Dave Travis
Jossey-Bass, 2007
An Inspiration to Church's of Any Size
This book is long on analysis and full of helpful lessons that any church can apply regardless of size. You could spend several months and thousands of dollars visiting the fastest growing churches in America and trying to gather what they've learned OR you can spend ...
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Beyond Price
Mary Kay Plantes, Robert D. Finfrock
Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2008
Useful business tool
Beyond Price provides solid analysis for business owners/managers who are looking for transformational models in today's increasingly global market place. The book was written so anybody can understand the steps you need to analyze your situation and create a new ...
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Beyond Success - The 15 Secrets to Effective Leadership and Life Based on Legendary Coach John Wooden's ...
Brian D. Biro
Perigee Trade, 2001
Wooden's Way
I've always admired John Wooden's work as a leader of men. I have his Pyramid of Success on my office wall. Mr. Biro's work has brought the building bricks of the pyramid into focus for me. This a well written work that reaches far beyond the "self help" genre. It was ...
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