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Managing Time

Harvard Business Review · Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Book

Does it seem like you never have enough time to get everything done? Keeping on top of your tasks, deadlines, and work schedule can be daunting. Managing Time quickly walks you through the basics. You’ll learn to:• Assess how you spend your time now• Prioritize your tasks•...
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Self-Made: How to Become Self-Reliant, Self-Realized, and Rich in Every Way

Nely Galán · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 214
Format: Print book

For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank - a global revolution in entrepreneurship is under way, inspiring women to blaze a trail of financial self-reliance and become self-made. Featuring a foreword by Suze Orman. What does it mean to be self-made? It's not just about having...
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That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know

Joanne Lipman · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

First things first: There will be no man shaming in That's What She Said. A recent Harvard study found that corporate "diversity training" has actually made the gender gap worse - in part because it makes men feel demonized. Women, meanwhile, have been told closing the gender...
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The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance

Jim Whitehurst · Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

TODAYS LEADERS KNOW THAT SPEED and agility are the keys to any companys success, and yet many are frustrated that their organizations cant move fast enough to stay competitive. The typical chain of command is too slow internal resources are too limited people are already executing beyond...
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Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

Rosabeth Moss Kanter · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

"America has been waiting for a call to think big and act big as we envision our transportation future. Kanter's important book is it." -- Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, 2007 -- 2015Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays...
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The Go-Giver Leader: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business

Bob Burg · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

PLEASE NOTE: This book was previously published under the title It's Not About You.From the acclaimed, bestselling authors of The Go-Giver, a new parable about the power of giving leadership.The family-owned business of Allen & Augustine has manufactured high-quality chairs for decades....
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The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism and Feminist Accountability

Kristen Hogan · Duke University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

From the 1970s through the 1990s more than one hundred feminist bookstores built a transnational network that helped shape some of feminism's most complex conversations. Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movement's rise and eventual fall, restoring its radical work to public...
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Rebuilding the Brand: How Harley-Davidson Became King of the Road

Clyde Fessler · Allworth Press; Reprint edition
Format: Book

In the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson was on the verge of bankruptcy. In the general public's opinion, quality was substandard—of both motorcycles and riders. Harleys leaked oil and were often broken down. Riders were roughnecks, out to raise hell. The Harley-Davidson brand was tarnished....
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Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics

Richard Evershed · Bloomsbury SIGMA
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Horse meat in our burgers, melamine in our infant formula, artificial colors in our fish and fruit--as our urban lifestyle takes us farther away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity, and profit-making shortcuts. Food adulteration, motivated...
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SUPERHUBS: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World

Sandra Navidi · Nicholas Brealey
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Chosen by Edmund Phelps in Bloomberg's survey of Best Books of 2016. $UPERHUBS is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the world's most powerful titans, the "superhubs" pull the levers of our global financial system. Combining insider's knowledge with principles of network...
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Achieving Excellence in Fundraising

Eugene R Tempel · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

"Achieving Excellence in Fundraising" is the go-to reference for fundraising principles, concepts, and techniques. With comprehensive guidance toward the fundraising role, this book reflects the latest advances in fundraising knowledge. Coverage includes evolving technologies,...
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Success Is the Only Option: The Art of Coaching Extreme Talent

John Calipari · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Kentucky's charismatic coach shares the secrets of creating one of the premiere programs in college basketball, revealing how he transforms a group of former high school superstars into selfless, cohesive teams - including a remarkable squad last year that fell just one game short of a perfect...
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Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

ELIZABETH WILLARD THAMES · HarperBusiness
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The deeply personal story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband...
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Economics: The User's Guide

Ha-Joon Chang · Bloomsbury
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works--in real-world...
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Whiskey Business: How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits

Tom Acitelli · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Discover the underdog story of the improbable rise of small-batch distilling in America. This bracingly written, fast-paced work traces the relationship of Americans to spirits such as bourbon, scotch, vodka, gin, and rum. And it presents the full story of a plucky band of entrepreneurs...
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