Posted by admin on 01 Jul 2009 at 11:48 am under Business
Editorial Reviews
As the war for talent rages on, organizations are seeking proven methods for leveraging diversity as a resource. Creating the Multicultural Organization challenges today’s organizations to stop “counting heads for the government” and begin creating effective strategies for a more positive approach to managing diversity. Using a model outlined in his [...]
Posted by admin on 01 Jul 2009 at 11:38 am under Business
Editorial Reviews
You loved the comic strip; now read the business advice. Or should that be anti-business advice? Scott Adams provides the hapless victim of re-engineering, rightsizing and Total Quality Management some strategies for fighting back, er, coping. Forced to work long hours, with [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Jun 2009 at 2:57 am under Business
Editorial Reviews
Review
A profound and insightful analysis of the crisis in executive compensation. — Ira Kay, National Director of Compensation Consulting, WatsonWyatt
I agree enthusiastically and almost completely with [Bebchuk and Fried's] analysis of the problem.” — Arthur Levitt, Jr., former SEC chairman
Nobody who reads this book will [...]
Posted by admin on 07 May 2009 at 10:08 am under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
Review
If you work, you need this book! Cali and Jody share the secrets of the most radical workplace experiment the Fortune 500 have ever seen. Want 35% greater productivity while going to the movies on a Wednesday afternoon or taking Fridays off? Make the switch [...]
Posted by admin on 20 Feb 2009 at 10:46 pm under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Showing how to break complex office politics down into its simpler emotional parts, USC management professor Reardon eschews canned advice and cuts to the neediness and manipulation that define many workdays. Using hyper-realistic, no-nonsense sample dialogues that contain everything from colleagues who blindside [...]
Posted by admin on 29 Jan 2009 at 2:56 am under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Showing how to break complex office politics down into its simpler emotional parts, USC management professor Reardon eschews canned advice and cuts to the neediness and manipulation that define many workdays. Using hyper-realistic, no-nonsense sample dialogues that contain everything from colleagues who blindside [...]
Posted by admin on 24 Jan 2009 at 3:34 am under Recommended
From Publishers Weekly
Alsop, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, explores the emergence of the 80 million strong millennial generation into the workplace and the resulting ramifications in this insightful and in-depth look at Generation Y. Born between 1980 and 2001, millennials are a new breed of [...]
Posted by admin on 23 Jan 2009 at 2:52 am under Recommended
Fish! Tales is Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, and Harry Paul’s follow-up to Fish!–their enormously popular fable that draws lessons aimed at combating dysfunctional workplaces from the happy fishmongers at Seattle’s Pike Place Market. In Fish! Tales the authors show how these lessons were put into practice at businesses both big (a major [...]
Posted by admin on 23 Jan 2009 at 1:12 am under Recommended
Another great little book packed with wisdom and instruction to add to the successful 101 series from John C. Maxwell, now with sales in excess of 1 million copies.
Drawing from many of John Maxwell’s bestsellers, this book explores the timeless principles that have become Dr. Maxwell’s trademark style. In a concise, straightforward voice, Maxwell focuses [...]
Posted by admin on 20 Jan 2009 at 2:15 am under Recommended
Review
“Does she have the right stuff? That question follows women whenever they are promoted to visible leadership positions. Her Place at the Table lays out the pragmatic moves that can help any woman in business show she has the right stuff. I encourage all women with leadership [...]
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