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The Mentor Myth: How to Take Control of Your Own Success

Debby Carreau - Bibliomotion
Format: Print book

Mentors are over-utilized, under-trained and, as studies show, under-deliver. From an employer's perspective, assigning a mentor is often a band-aid to a larger problem. From an employee's perspective, a lack of formal mentorship is seen as a serious, career-inhibiting problem,...
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Small Business Accounting

Andy Lymer - Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Format: Print book

Small Business Accounting is a jargon-free joy for the small business owner or manager, providing practical examples of real businesses to show the reader, step by step, how to record each transaction. This book does not assume that you know anything at all about business records and accounts...
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The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth

JEREMY RIFKIN - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Age of Resilience is a wide-ranging look at the political, economic and cultural effects of the global shift from an economy based on efficiency to one based on resilience, from New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin ...
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The One-Percent Edge: Small Changes That Guarantee Relevance and Build Sustainable Success

Susan Wilson Solovic - AMACOM
Format: Hardcover

Want to stay competitive? Keep evolving. Solid profits, a strong brand, steady customers--all of these can vanish when market shifts disrupt business as usual. So how do you keep from losing ground? How do you stay a step ahead of competitors? The solution is surprisingly straightforward:...
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Lead to Win: How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential Leader in Any Environment

Carla A Harris - ?Avery
Format: Hardcover

The author of Expect To Win and Strategize To Win steps out with dynamic strategies for leaders of today and tomorrow.Work has undergone a sea change, introducing a new matrix of concerns and questions for leaders and potential leaders. What does it take to lead effectively now? What does...
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Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team

John U. Bacon - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

When John U. Bacon played for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats, he never scored a goal. Yet somehow, years later he found himself leading his alma mater's downtrodden program. How bad? The team hadn't won a game in over a year, making them the nation's worst squad...
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The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs

Alexa Clay - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A book that argues that lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and working on the margins of business and society.Who are the greatest innovators in the world?...
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8 Ways to Avoid Probate

MARY RANDOLPH - NOLO
Format: Paperback

By taking some simple steps now, you can spare your family and beneficiaries a lot of time and money. How much? Probate court proceedings after a death can drag on for a year and cost tens of thousands of dollars--money that would otherwise have gone directly to your loved ones. 8 Ways...
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Conversations Worth Having, Second Edition: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement

Jackie Stavros - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Expanded edition
Format: Paperback

We know that conversations influence us, but we rarely stop to think about how much impact they have on our well-being and ability to thrive. This book is the first to show how Appreciative Inquirya widely used change method that focuses on identifying what's working and building on it rather...
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Graduate from College Debt-Free: Get Your Degree With Money In The Bank

Bart Astor - Humanix Pub Llc
Format: Print book

SMART and SAVVY WAYS TO PAY FOR COLLEGE...WITH NO DEBT (OR as Little as Possible) With college graduates earning over a million dollars more than high school grads will earn during the course of their lifetime, getting a college degree is incredibly important. However, the cost of college...
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