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Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing - Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth

W. Chan Kim - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors Chan Kim and Rene Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing,...
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Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream

Nicholas Lemann - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Over the last generation, the United States has undergone seismic changes. Stable institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties...
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The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last

Thomas J Peters - Vintage
Format: Paperback

Thirty-five years after his iconic In Search of Excellence, bestselling author and management guru Tom Peters is back with his most urgent message yet. A VINTAGE BOOKS ORIGINAL.For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing...
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Stand Up to the IRS

Frederick W. Daily Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

IRS Bills? Get the information and strategies you need to deal with the taxman. Named a "Best Tax Book" by Entrepreneur.co The Internal Revenue Service can wreak havoc on your life. But now you can confront America's most intimidating government agency with confidence. Packed...
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Purpose Over Possessions: Decluttering Your Life So You Can Live on Purpose

Jennifer Ford Berry - Independently published
Format: Paperback

For centuries we have been taught to work harder so we can buy more stuff. We believe the lie that more stuff equals more happiness. But we often don't realize it all comes with a cost: our space, time, energy, and money (S.T.E.M.) . Sometimes that cost is worth paying, but more often...
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Disney A to Z

Dave Smith - Disney Editions
Format: Print book

If you're curious about The Walt Disney Company, this comprehensive encyclopedia is your one-stop guide! Filled with significant achievements, short biographies, historic dates, and tons of trivia-worthy tidbits and anecdotes, this newly updated collection covers all things Disney-from...
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Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business

Andi Simon Phd - Fast Company Press
Format: Hardcover

More and more, women today are challenging long-held beliefs about what they can and can't do. They're speaking up, stepping out, breaking through, and redefining what society has always told them was true about their capabilities. In Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business,...
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Seven Deadly Economic Sins: Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know

James R. Otteson - Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover

You have heard of the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Each is a natural human weakness that impedes happiness. In addition to these vices, however, there are economic sins as well. And they, too, wreak havoc on our lives and in society. They can seem...
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Microeconomics Made Simple: Basic Microeconomic Principles Explained in 100 Pages or Less

Austin Frakt - Simple Subjects
Format: Print book

Find all of the following topics, explained in plain-English:...
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Human Resources Kit For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Andrea Butcher - For Dummies
Format: Paperback(4th ed.)

The talent professional's one-stop reference for best practices and tips Human Resources Kit For Dummies is the guide talent pros turn to for improving their leadership across the businesses they serve. The world of HR is full of unforeseen challenges, and this For Dummies reference...
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