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Why Wall Street Matters
WILLIAM D COHAN · RANDOM HOUSE
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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For readers of Michael Lewis comes a counterintuitive defense of the banks. One of America's most respected financial journalists debunks all the misinformed arguments against Wall Street - while acknowledging the greed and excess that fuel those feelings - and argues persuasively that,... |
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Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds
Carmine Gallo · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Ideas are the true currency of the twenty-first century. So, in order to succeed you need to be able to sell yourself and your ideas persuasively. The ability to sell yourself and your ideas is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams. TED Talks have redefined... |
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No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career
Larry Smith · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A provocative new approach to discovering your true calling in life and achieving not just a good career, but a great one Over the past three decades, professor Larry Smith has become something of a "career whisperer" for his students at the University of Waterloo. Each year,... |
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
Tom Vanderbilt · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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"From the best-selling author of Traffic, a brilliant and entertaining exploration of our personal tastes--why we like the things we like, and what it says about us,"--NoveList.From the tangled underpinnings of our food taste to the complex dynamics of our playlists, our preferences... |
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Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion
David Zweig · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring look at the hidden stars in every field who perform essential work without recognition In a culture where so many strive for praise and glory, what kind of person finds the greatest reward in anonymous work? Expanding from his acclaimed Atlantic article, "What Do Fact-Checkers... |
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Administrative Assistant's and Secretary's Handbook
James Stroman · AMACOM; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From managing the phones, coordinating meetings, and preparing presentations to planning events, crafting clear business communications, and deciphering legal documents, administrative assistants need to be everything to everyone, all the time. Long the gold standard for office professionals... |
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Parachuting Cats into Borneo: And Other Lessons from the Change Café
Axel Klimek · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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A toolkit of proven strategies and practices for building capacity and creating transformation Recent years have seen a proliferation of information on how to make change -- in business, in social and environmental movements, and on a more personal scale. But, even with all this attention,... |
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Find Your Extraordinary: Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
Jessica DiLullo Herrin · Crown Business
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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What if you could, with a little effort, live an extraordinary life? A life in which you felt deep passion for everything you did, and always had time for what matters most? A life in which you had the power, the daring, and the will to make your boldest dreams come true, all while you happily... |
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Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses
Alpha. · Alpha Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Flipping houses can be a dream - or a nightmare. You have to know what you're doing. Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses takes a practical, real world look at the process by presenting the risks and rewards of flipping real estate. This book will help determine if you have the necessary... |
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Making work work : the positivity solution for any work environment
Shola Richards · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Is your office a place of soul-destroying negativity? Shola Richards keynote speaker, award winner, and creator of The Positivity Solution blog is about to change that . . . forever. " My mission was clear: I needed to fix the problems facing the workplace. As quickly as I came up with... |
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Out of Office: How to Work from Home, Telecommute, or Workshift Successfully
Simon Salt · Pearson Education, Limited
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
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Work where you want, when you want! Want the flexibility to work outside the office? It's not all "peaches and cream"! There are real pitfalls, real tradeoffs, real hassles. But there are also real solutions. Whether you're freelancing, telecommuting, or workshifting,... |
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Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace
Christine Lynne Porath · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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From the leading authority on workplace incivility, Christine Porath, shows why it pays to be civil, and reveals just how to enhance effectiveness in the workplace and beyond by mastering civility. Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights,... |
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The Four: Or, How to Build a Trillion-Dollar Company
SCOTT GALLOWAY · Portfolio
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook are four of the most influential entities on the planet. Just about everyone knows how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about The Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering... |
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Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their... |
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