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Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court

Jay Wright · Ballantine
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men's basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. When Kris Jenkins sank...
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Creative Change: Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It
Creative Change: Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It

Jennifer Mueller · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions --and finds some surprising conclusions. All corporate CEOs, top executives, and other business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive...
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The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy

LEIGH GALLAGHER · HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

This is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth of Airbnb, the online lodging platform that has become, in under a decade, the largest provider of accommodations in the world. At first just the wacky idea of cofounders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk,...
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Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff
Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff

Edward J. Balleisen · Princeton University Press
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

The United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers. Worship of entrepreneurial freedom has complicated the task of distinguishing aggressive salesmanship from unacceptable deceit, especially on the frontiers of innovation. At the same...
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Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

Mike Michalowicz · Portfolio
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability.Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed)...
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Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot--and Relaunch Their Careers
Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot--and Relaunch Their Careers

Wendy Sachs · AMACOM
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

We are in the midst of a wild job market. Technology has disrupted nearly every industry, blowing up many careers, but creating millions more. Many women feel forced to pivot to stay relevant, while others choose to pivot to keep engaged. Or we may be struggling to get back into the workforce...
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Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent

Sydney Finkelstein · Portfolio/Penguin
Pages: 261
Format: Print book

A GOOD BOSS HITS HIS GOALS AND LEADS HIS TEAM.A SUPERBOSS BLOWS AWAY HER GOALS BY BUILDING AN ARMY OF NEW LEADERS.WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE? What do football coach Bill Walsh, restaurateur Alice Waters, television executive Lorne Michaels, technol­ogy CEO Larry Ellison, and fashion pioneer...
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Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously
Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously

Jeff Gothelf · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The End of Assembly Line ManagementWe're in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people's behavior in real time, communicate internally at extraordinary speed, and innovate continuously. These new, software-driven...
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