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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

Beth Macy · Back Bay Books
Format: Print book

The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it was also...
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LinkedIn Profile Optimization For Dummies

Serdula · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 322
Format: Print book

Optimize your LinkedIn profile - and get results Your LinkedIn profile is essentially a platform to shape how others see you, highlight your abilities, products, or services, and explain how your work impacts lives. Yet many people simply copy and paste their resume and expect job offers...
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Incorporate Your Business: A Step-by-Step Guide to Forming a Corporation in Any State

ANTHONY MANCUSO · NOLO
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Form a corporation in any state, quickly and easily. Forming a corporation has many advantages, including limiting your personal liability. With the step-by-step instructions in this book, the process is straightforward and easy to accomplish. Incorporate Your Business clearly explains...
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Taking Minutes of Meetings

Joanna Gutmann · Kogan Page
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Minutes are vital to the success of meetings. Attendees rely on them for information they may have missed, and they serve as an essential communications tool for non-participants. In addition, the action points highlighted in minutes act as a timely reminder for the whole organization....
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Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire

Zack O'Malley Greenburg · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

The surprising rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of how Michael Jackson grew a billion-dollar business.Michael Jackson is known by many as the greatest entertainer of all time, but he was also a revolutionary when it came to business. In addition to famously buying the Beatles'...
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Interview: The Art of the Interview: The Perfect Answers to Every Interview Question

James Storey · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback

Free Bonus Giveaway at the End of the Book!Here's a quick question: What would you do if your boss ordered you to do something that is against your values?No, that's not a trick question because it is actually asked by most interviewers! If you are not sure what the best answer...
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Fit Matters: How to Love Your Job

MOE CARRICK · Maven House
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

This practical guide for job hunters or employees at any career stage offers useful advice, tools, and exercises to help you find the job you'll love.How can you discover a job that really matches your needs? A job that provides meaning to your life? Fit Matters shows you how.Odds are that...
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Head ball coach : doing it differently. and winning

Steve Spurrier · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

In this New York Times Bestseller, College football's most colorful, endearing, and successful pioneer, Steve Spurrier, shares his story of a life in football -- from growing up in Tennessee to winning the Heisman Trophy to playing and coaching in the pros to leading the Florida Gators...
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Start Your Own Event Planning Business: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

The Staff of Entrepreneur Media · Entrepreneur Press; Fourth Edition edition
Format: Print book

"Covering hot new trends in the industry, including the rise in first birthday celebrations, environmentally friendly parties, small-plate catering, and more, this startup guide provides entrepreneurs with everything they need to take their event business from concept to reality. Aspiring...
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Succession: Mastering the Make-or-Break Process of Leadership Transition

Noel M. Tichy · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

Noel Tichy has been the trusted adviser on management succession to companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Nokia, Intel, Ford, and Mercedes Benz. Succession distills his decades of experience and provides a practical framework for building effective transition pipelines - for multi-billion...
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The Art of Fact Investigation:Creative Thinking in the Age of Information Overload

Philip Segal · Ignaz Press
Pages: 107
Format: Print book

Investigation is as much art as it is science. This book helps lawyers, investigators and others to get the information they need for litigation, due diligence and finding assets. New York-based investigative lawyer Philp Segal shows through real-life examples the way a good investigation...
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How to Open a Financially Successful Specialty Retail & Gourmet Foods Shop

Sharon Fullen · Atlantic Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Experts indicate that gourmet products do better in uncertain economic times as consumers seek out affordable luxuries. Updated and completely revised in 2105, this is the new A-to-Z guide to making it in your own gourmet store. This detailed text contains all the information needed to start,...
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The Power of Project Leadership: 7 Keys to Help You Transform from Project Manager to Project Leader

Susanne Madsen · Kogan Page
Format: Paperback

For projects to make an impact and add lasting value, the project manager has to be able to strategize, motivate, network, calculate risk and collaborate effectively with different stakeholders.  Project managers must learn how to lead.   The Power of Project Leadership...
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The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook: A New Roadmap for Maximizing Your Brand, Influence, and Credibility

Gail Martin · Career Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

It's time to take the fear and frustration out of social media.In today's crowded marketplace, it's harder than ever to rise above the noise and clutter. For millions of businesses, a savvy approach to social media is the secret to creating sustainable engagement with a profitable...
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Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses

E. Freya Williams · AMACOM/American Management Association
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

What do Brazil's top beauty brand, America's second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world's third bestselling car have in common? They are shattering the myth that acting sustainably and building a billion-dollar business are mutually exclusive. Green Giants examines...
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