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High-Impact Interview Questions: 701 Behavior-Based Questions to Find the Right Person for Every Job

Victoria A Hoevemeyer · AMACOM
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Ask the right questions. Hire the best people. Most prospective hires come well prepared. So how do you get past the polished exteriors and rehearsed replies to discover what applicants are actually like? High-Impact Interview Questions shows you how to dig deeper using competency-based...
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No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram

Sarah Frier · SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning reporter Sarah Frier reveals an inside, never-before-told, behind-the-scenes look at how Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade.

Since its creation in 2010, Instagram's fun and simple interface has captured our collective...

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Small Data, Big Disruptions: How to Spot Signals of Change and Manage Uncertainty

Martin Schwirn · Career Press
Format: Hardcover

"Strategy decisions are like playing high-stakes blackjack, and scanning is the technique for counting cards. Martin Schwirn isn't a pro gambler, but an expert in scanning." -- Bill Ralston, cofounder of Strategic Business Insights and author of Scenario Planning Handbook...
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Capitalism in America: A History

Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.

From even the start...
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Mastering the Hire: 12 Strategies to Improve Your Odds of Finding the Best Hire

Booker, Chaka · HARPERCOLLINS LEADERSHIP

Making the wrong hiring decision can cost companies over $40,000 per hire and countless lost hours, yet statistics show that half of the time, the hire proves to be the wrong fit. Chaka Booker has developed a system that will increase the odds of hiring the right person for the right job from...
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The Innovation Mandate: The Growth Secrets of the Best Organizations in the World

Nicholas Webb
Format: Hardcover

In this constantly shifting world, companies must innovate if they want to survive. In clear language, The Innovation Mandate shows leaders a step-by-step process to continually generate great ideas, implement them, and maximize their value to benefit both customers and investors.

In...

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AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip

Jean Chatzky · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Two of the world's leading experts explain the vital link between health and wealth that could add years to your life and dollars to your retirement savings.
All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if we can't get out of bed. And the healthiest body in the world won't stay that...
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No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can

Robert Reffkin · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

No one expected a dreadlocked fifteen-year-old who cared more about his DJ business than his homework to grow up to become one of the youngest-ever White House fellows, create multiple nonprofits, and found a multibillion-dollar company. But Robert Reffkin - raised by an Israeli immigrant...
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PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide

KIM HELDMAN · Sybex
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback

Essential review for the PMP exam, updated for the new PMBOK(R) Guide, 6th edition The PMP Project Management Professional Exam Review Guide, Fourth Edition, offers complete, concise review of essential project management concepts and practices. Covering 100% of the PMP exam objectives,...
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Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work

Colleen Ammerman · Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on record. But despite these statistics, women remain underrepresented in positions of power...
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