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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
Proven Principles of Success, for Big Companies, Small Start-Ups, and Even Families
+ For hiring managers, and those looking for leaders + "Good to Great" an exceptional leadership reference + A good look at what companies can do to manage talent + Good to Great
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How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday Gerry Spence
St. Martin's Griffin, 1996
Well done
+ This guy knows his stuff + This Book Works in Real Life.. + Very helpful
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Communicating at Work Tony Alessandra
Fireside, 1993
Excellent range of material covered
+ JIM'S REVIEW + Great timing
Tony has done a great job simplifying complex tools to enhance communication. "Communicating at Work" is the type of book that you buy extra copies to give to people you know. It will also become a resource for ongoing reference as you sharpen your skills. Great Job Tony!
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Good News, Bad News: Journalism Ethics And The Public Interest (Critical Studies in Communication & in ... Jeremy Iggers
Westview Press, 1999
An excellent take on an underdiscussed topic
Iggers begins his discussion about journalism ethics from a simple premise: "Journalism is in trouble." Citing a persistent urging of the public for journalists to become more ethical in their practices, Iggers explains that "the most fundamental problem is not the performance of the journalists ...
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Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All Tom Fenton
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
Decline of Foreign News Linked to Decline of Broadcast News
+ Bad News, Bad, Bad News! + all the news they didn't see fit to print
I read Bernard Goldberg's "Arrogance" alongside Eric Alterman's "What Liberal Media?" two years ago. Fenton's "Bad News" is a much more balanced look on media bias, with better research to boot.
Fenton's long book title is misleading. His main issue is the lack of US foreign policy coverage on ...
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It's Not Just PR: Public Relations in Society W. Timothy Coombs, Sherry J. Holladay
Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
Public relations shapes and spins our news, influencing society’s values, knowledge, and perceptions. Despite this, it often goes unnoticed. It's Not Just "PR" takes a balanced approach in assessing its impact, drawing on a diverse range of contemporary examples from global corporations through to the power of PR in the non-profit sector. Investigates a broad range of examples, from ...
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When Your Doctor Has Bad News: Simple Steps to Strength, Healing, and Hope Al B. Weir
Zondervan, 2003
Straightforward and heartfelt
+ A good companion in facing illness + When your Doctor Has Bad News
This book is a great step by step guide to spiritually dealing with cancer, but can relate to any bad news. The author is very sincere and shares real life experiences with the reader. At the end of the book I felt strong and not alone. I wish their were more doctors with Dr. Weir's faith and ...
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In The Court of Public Opinion: Winning Your Case With Public Relations James F. Haggerty, James Haggerty
Wiley, 2003
it takes one to know one
+ An incisive, informative and entertaining read + Smart, Incisive Guide to "Media Age" Litigation + Perspective from a PR-Legal Pro
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Wingtips with Spurs Michael L. Gooch
Multi-Media Publications Inc., 2008
Excellent management advice delivered with a virtual cowboy twang
+ Refreshing.... down to earth.... a must read if you are in management at any level! + Excellent! + Fantastic Advice for Business Leaders
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Public Relations: The Complete Guide Joe Marconi
South-Western Educational Pub, 2004
Great on the essentials...
+ A must have for any public realations professional + Insightful! + A Must Have Book!
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Bad News, Good News: Conversational Order in Everyday Talk and Clinical Settings Douglas W. Maynard
University Of Chicago Press, 2003
A Natural history of bad and good news delivery.
This book is the result of ten years of detailed research on real episodes of bad and good news delivery. Professor Maynard uses a rigorous (yet sensitive) interdisciplinary methodology (conversation analysis) to open up these delicate moments, so that we may better understand, and improve, how we ...
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Crisis: Deliver Bad News, Manage Tough Situations, Limit the Damage (Fast Thinking) Ros Jay
Financial Times Management, 2001
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Crisis Intervention Strategies Richard K. James
Brooks Cole, 2007
For the individual with no crisis planning and services experience.
As required for licensure, I used this text for the mandated Crisis Intervention post-master's course. In addition to basic mental health crisis intervention, the book primarily focuses on crisis response, crisis planning, and other concepts introduced to the general public by FEMA and HRSA after ...
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Communicating in Groups: Applications and Skills Katherine Adams, Gloria Galanes
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2008
Great Combination of Theory and Practice.
+ good college textbook purchase + good
Over the past several years I've had to read several text books, especially those having to do with speech communication. The majority of these speech communication books I have had to read are long, dry, and dull. They tend to be filled with all sorts of theories and very little actual real-life ...
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Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow the ... Chuck Martin
McGraw-Hill, 2005
Sound, Practical, and Eloquent
+ Tough Management ... Easy Results? + Highly Recommended!
Martin's seven "ways" are actually admonitions. As he would be the first to point out, they are much easier said than done. In fact, he wrote a book to explain how to "make tough decisions easier, deliver the numbers, and grow business in good times and bad." Here are the admonitions:
1. ...
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