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Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Tristan Taormino
Cleis Press, 2008
Opening Up
To be honest, I wasn't sure what I would take from Tristan Taormino's new book Opening Up - A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. That's not to say that I wasn't excited about reading it - I'm fascinated by how people navigate different relationships ...
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The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor
Harvard Business School Press, 2003
the real thing
As CEO of LMS Technical for 28 years, my use of books to help me plan, sustain and improve my business has been a priority. Introduced to this book by my daughter who is presently a student of Christensen, I was skeptical that a "Harvard" read would be too far off the ...
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The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business
Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, ...
Doubleday Business, 2008
I trust the authors and I love the message!
"One-Minute" has become a learning model that the world loves. Two reasons for this are: the story format makes you part of the lesson and the distilled wisdom in each lesson is both profound and simple.
I've known Ken Blanchard and Don Hutson for over 20 years. ...
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Tested in the Trenches: A 9-Step Plan for Building and Sustaining a Million-Dollar Financial Services Practice
Ron Carson, Steve Sanduski
Kaplan Business, 2005
Building your own Financial Planning practice
There are a lot of different books out there written by owners of different financial service firms but of all the books I've seen this book is by far the best. The advice may seem simple but it is highly effective. We have already referred to this book many times ...
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The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations
Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, ...
Doubleday Business, 1999
Great book to look at change from different lenses
This book is touted as a "resource" to the Fifth Discipline, but my view is that it could itself stand on its own steam as a handbook for change management. With articles contributed by a variety of authors, the book looks at the challenges of triggering, initiating, ...
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Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance
Daniel G. Md Amen
Three Rivers Press, 2006
Excellent book
This is an excellent book: informative, clear, and packed with practical suggestions. Current brain research coupled with a wealth of individual case studies makes this a valuable guide.
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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1998
Using IT for Competitive Advantage
In his 1985 book titled Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Free Press 1985 Management and IT (information Technology) author Michael Porter set fourth some very useful ideas about creating competitive advantage with IT (e.g. building a ...
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Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining ...
John M. Bryson
Jossey-Bass, 2004
Strategic Planning Textbook
Excellent book for strategic management course. Along with the workbook, this textbook is a good resource for those developing and implementing strategic plans in public service and nonprofit organizations. It outlines and details valuable information to help public ...
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Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in T Blended Family
Susan Wisdom, Jennifer Green
Three Rivers Press, 2002
Wonderful and Inspiring Book...Especially the Last Two Chapters!
This is a wonderful and valuable book for anyone currently in a stepfamily or contemplating a remarriage with children involved. The last two chapters stick out in my mind the most, especially the second to the last Chapter - Empowering Everyone. The stories and ...
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Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
A must have for conservationists and general public (and cheap!!)
First the more practical stuff. I think the book is very cheap, because I found for a much higher price somewhere else, but also because of its size and print quality (I expected something smaller). And it arrived very fast (I got super-fast shipping for free).
Now ...
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The Healthy Aging Brain: Sustaining Attachment, Attaining Wisdom
Louis Cozolino
W. W. Norton, 2008
A neuroscientifically based account of how our brains age and change over time. Brain development has traditionally focused on early childhood. Recently we've learned that the brain continues to develop through adulthood. This book explains the social brain over time, emphasizing neural plasticity and growth, and offering readers skills and ...
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Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home And Community In A Global Age
Timothy Beatley
Island Press, 2005
What elements constitute a real community?
What elements constitute a real community, and how is that sense of community changing in the wake of global connections? Timothy Beatley's Native To Nowhere: Sustaining Home And Community In A Global Age uses research and the author's own travels to communities across ...
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Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a C World
Brian Walker, David Salt
Island Press, 2006
Gem of Useful Education
This is a gem of an educational book. Mixing case studies with elaborating chapters on key concepts, it's as a good a volume as I have found for teaching undergraduates, graduates, and practitioners (farmers, factory managers, investors) the core ideas needed to ...
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Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage (3rd Edition)
Jay Barney
Prentice Hall, 2006
PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING
This is a great book - more for what it organises than what it adds as new ideas. Barney sets a model for Competitive Advantage (VIRO) and them compares strategic models as potential sources. It places many of the modern attempts in perspective. Without this starting ...
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Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World
Patti Anklam
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007
The many varieties of networks in business
What most attracts me to Patti Anklam's book Net Work is that it so pragmatic. There are far too many business books that ultimately offer few insights into specific actions to take. Net Work both provides a deep understanding of the nature of networks, and also ...
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