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The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, ...
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005
World Cafe: Makes Complex Conversations Easy
+ The Wisdom of The Team
+ abbeypress
Full of clear and sensible information about how to manage complex conversations and consultations with large and diverse groups. A pleasantly 'unacademic' approach to achieving good results.
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The Baron Son: Vade Mecum 7
Vicky Therese Davis, William R. Patterson, ...
Long & Silverman, 2005
Amazingly Insightful
+ A Real Life Parable
+ Not your average business/leadership book.
+ A great guide to success
+ Great read ranks with classics
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IT Service Management: An Introduction
Jan van Bon
Van Haren Publishing, 2005
Essential reading for those new to ITIL
+ Excellent overview of ITIL v2
+ Excelente libro en espaņol sobre ITIL Foundations
+ Recommended but Replaced?
+ What's the difference?
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Cowboy Ethics
James P. Owen, David R. Stoecklein
Stoecklein Publishing, 2005
Cowboy Ethics
+ Distills the Basics
+ A MUST READ!
+ Ethic's my Father taught me
+ Cowboy Ethics
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The Hr Value Proposition
David Ulrich, Wayne Brockbank
Harvard Business School Press, 2005
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY STERN'S MANAGEMENT REVIEW.!
+ Great experience!
+ A Must for Startegic HR Professionals
+ Buy this book
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Getting Them to Give a Damn: How to Get Your Front Line to Care about Your Bottom Line
Eric Chester
Kaplan Business, 2005
A 'must' for any member of the 'next generation employer'
+ Now I Get It
+ NOT a review of this book.....
+ Connecting with THEM
+ Motivate Young Employees
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Winning
HarperAudio, 2005
Management teextbook
+ "Calling it like it is"
+ High on the "Stories from Utopia" bookshelf
+ Clarifying Business
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Good to Great CD: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
HarperAudio, 2001
Worth for its price
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People, Revised and Updated ...
Ph.D., Bradford D. Smart
Portfolio Hardcover, 2005
Wealth of Information
+ A Must Read for all Executives and Managers
+ Read before making your next hire!
There is a wealth of information in Topgrading. Most business owners do not understand the importance of having the right people in the right spots. As the statistics show, about 75% of the people hired for a job are mis-hires. That is to say they are not the best available for the job and the ...
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Bullies, Tyrants, and Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them
Ronald M. Shapiro, Mark A. Jankowski, ...
Crown Business, 2005
Excellent book about dealing with difficult people
+ If you deal with "difficult" people, you MUST read this book!
+ How to Handle Bullies
+ A MUST read!!!
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The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative
Stephen Denning
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Don't Miss the chapter on the paradox of innovation
+ Get Where People Are Coming From and They'll Go Where You'd Like Them to Go
+ thnking outside the box
+ Put away the PowerPoint slides
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The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley
Leslie Berlin
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
a vanished Silicon Valley
+ Inspiration for those with ADD!
+ Get things open !
+ Raises the Bar for biography
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25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks
John C. Maxwell, Les Parrott
Thomas Nelson, 2005
Best Audio Book Ever on Interpersonal Relations
+ Enjoyable, but scattered
+ Great Book
+ Good book, easy reading
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The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization
John Seely Brown
Harvard Business School Press, 2005
board implications for sustainable advantage.
+ Analyses and Prescriptions for Bringing More Actionable Knowledge into Your Organization
+ Good introduction to some important global trends
+ Good analysis but limited examples
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Win the Crowd: Unlock the Secrets of Influence, Charisma, and Showmanship
Steve Cohen
Collins Living, 2005
A real winner!
+ Helpful information
+ Great for less "Magical" MUSICIANS too
+ A must have for entertainers!!!
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