The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World: Peter Schwartz

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Presenting a revolutionary approach to developing strategic vision in business and in life, a guide for managers, entrepreneurs, and investors explains how to apply creative and intuitive skills to corporate practices. Reprint.
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Smart Questions: The Essential Strategy for Successful Managers: Dorothy Leeds

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Called “a must” by Norman Vincent Peale, this definitive guide shows you how to ask for the most from your staff-and get it!
“Revolutionary…invaluable insights.”-Robert L. Shook, author of Hardball
“A comprehensive guide to sharpening your questioning skills.”-Michael LeBoeuf, author of How to Win Customers and Keep [...]

Mindfulness and Money: The Buddhist Path to Abundance: Dominic J. Houlder, Kulananda Houlder

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Ignore the consumerist connotation that the “abundance” of the book’s subtitle unfortunately carries, and enjoy this basic text on how to live happily and mindfully as a householder Buddhist. This is a book for Buddhists with jobs to keep and bills to pay-people [...]

Smart Questions: Learn to Ask the Right Questions for Powerful Results: Gerald Nadler, William Chandon

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“Smart Questions and the concept of the Smart Questions Approach are long overdue, and I only wish they had reached my desk 40 years ago. Getting the right people involved at the onset and defining and then seeking ‘an expanded purpose’ are obvious to me [...]

Smart Questions: Learn to Ask the Right Questions for Powerful Results: Gerald Nadler, William Chandon

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“Smart Questions and the concept of the Smart Questions Approach are long overdue, and I only wish they had reached my desk 40 years ago. Getting the right people involved at the onset and defining and then seeking ‘an expanded purpose’ are obvious to me [...]

The Politics of Fortune: A New Agenda For Business Leaders: Jeffrey E. Garten

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From Publishers Weekly
With headlines about fiscal malfeasance becoming as normal as weather reports, Garten delivers a timely and well-reasoned rationale for executives to become better public citizens, and not only to improve their public image. He presents a range of public policy challenges that business [...]

The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks: C.K. Prahalad, M.S. Krishnan

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Named one of the “Best Books on Innovation, 2008″ by BusinessWeek magazine.
From the greatest minds in business today comes a groundbreaking new blueprint for executing the next stage of customer-created value. C.K. Prahalad, the world’s premier business thinker, and IT scholar M.S. Krishnan unveil the critical missing link in connecting strategy to execution–building [...]

Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm: Verne Harnish

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“The undisputed expert in helping entrepreneurs grow their firms [has] now brought you his powerful ideas in book form.” — Ted Leonsis, Vice Chair, AOL Owner, Washington Capitals
Business guru Verne Harnish’s firm Gazelles has brought hundreds of businesses to fast-growth profitability. Now he [...]

Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work: John C. Maxwell

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Basing his latest book on the theory that “successful people think differently than unsuccessful people,” Maxwell (author of bestselling The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and Running with the Giants) guides readers on the journey of mastering “good thinking” to achieve their personal and professional [...]

The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work: Richard J. Leider

The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work, by respected life/work planning specialist Richard Leider, is a lofty yet down-to-earth guide for people struggling to find their true professional callings. Developed through the author’s considerable personal experience and extensive interviews conducted over the past 20 [...]