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Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses

Amy Whitaker · HarperBusiness
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An indispensable and inspiring guide to creativity in the workplace and beyond, drawing on art, psychology, science, sports, law, business, and technology to help you land big ideas in the practical world.Anyone from CEO to freelancer knows how hard it is to think big, let alone follow...
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Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives

Anese Cavanaugh · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

GET INSPIRED. GET EXCITED. GET RESULTS.A proven approach to corporate culture that's positively contagiousYou are about to enter a new era of leadership. With more competiton, more connectedness, and more opportunities than ever before, this exciting new era demands a workplace culture...
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A Social Security Owner's Manual, 4th Edition

Jim Blankenship · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback

In this age of disappearing pensions and decimated retirement savings accounts, Social Security benefits are becoming more and more important all the time. As the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, we're seeing more and more folks who want learn how to maximize the Social...
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Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum

Neil Patel · Rodale
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Let's be honest: most of us aren't exactly "special." We don't boast an Ivy League degree like Sheryl Sandberg, a political pedigree like a Kennedy, or a wealthy father like Donald Trump. At best, we're underdogs fighting a system that stacks the odds against us. So how do we find...
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Just Change: How To Collaborate For Lasting Impact

Tynesia Boyea-Robinson · Advantage Media Group
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Gaps in opportunity limit our full potential as a country.The disparities in education, income, and health amonglow-income communities continue to widen. Nevertheless,equitable access to opportunities for all citizens is the key to asustainable national economy. In order to effectively...
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In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Grace Bonney · Artisan
Pages: 359
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller "I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can be surrounded by these incredible women all day long." - Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers Across the globe,...
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Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela

Raul Gallegos · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Beneath Venezuelan soil lies an ocean of crude - the world's largest reserves - an oil patch that shaped the nature of the global energy business. Unfortunately, a dysfunctional anti-American, leftist government controls this vast resource and has used its wealth to foster voter support,...
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart

Sheryl O'Loughlin · Harper Business
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

The former CEO of Clif Bar, Co-founder of Plum, and serial entrepreneur offers insights about launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilled life in this practical guide filled with hard-won advice culled from the author's own sometimes dark, raw experiences. With a foreword...
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Retire on Real Estate: Building Rental Income for a Safe and Secure Retirement

K Kai Anderson · AMACOM
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Think beyond the nest egg . . . Do you know how you'll fund your retirement? With pensions slashed, savings slim, and Social Security insufficient and unpredictable, most people won't have nearly enough money to last them. But a sustainable solution lies in plain sight: rental...
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Superfandom: How Our Obsessions are Changing How We Buy and Who We Are

Zoe Fraade-Blanar · W W Norton
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

As fandom sheds its longtime stigmas of geekiness and hysteria, fans are demanding more from the celebrities and brands they love. Digital tools have given organizations from traditional businesses to tech startups direct, real-time access to their most devoted consumers, and it s easy...
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The Listening Leader: How to drive performance by using communicative leadership

Emilio Galli Zugaro · FT Press
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback

DISCOVER THE ART OF COMMUNICATIVE LEADERSHIP: HOW TO REALLY LISTEN SO YOU CAN WIN AND HOLD THE TRUST OF YOUR STAKEHOLDERS. ...
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The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives

Lisa Servon · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

An urgent, absorbing exposé - why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once did What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a high‑net‑worth entrepreneur, and a twenty‑something...
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Scholarship Handbook 2018

COLLEGE BOARD. · College Board
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback

The Scholarship Handbook 2018 is organized to quickly lead students to real college funding opportunities, including scholarship, internship and loan programs offered by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal government agencies. Every entry is verified by the College...
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

Jesse Eisinger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing...
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How to Start a Home-Based Interior Design Business

Linda Merrill · Taylor Trade Publishing; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Have you ever dreamed of starting your own home-based interior design business? Have you been hesitant to put your business plans into action? This book contains all the necessary tools and success strategies you need to launch and grow your business. An experienced designer shares her experiences...
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