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A CLASS WITH DRUCKER: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher
By William A. Cohen, Ph.D.
ISBN#978-08144-09190 $24.95
First and foremost, Peter Drucker was a gifted and passionate teacher. For those fortunate to study under him, his lectures were the stuff of legend. For Drucker, the classroom was his temple and it was here that he crafted and shared some of his most provocative and original ideas. Cohen, the first graduate of Drucker's doctoral program, shares many of Drucker's teachings that never made it into his countless books and articles, ideas that were offered to his students in classroom or informal settings. He also shows how Drucker's ideas can be applied to the real-world challenges managers face today.
Why what "everyone" knows is frequently wrong.
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ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR: How to Combat the Psychological Recession That's Alienating Employees and Hurting American Business By Judith M. Bardwick, Ph.D.
ISBN#978-08144-80588 $24.95
As many as two-thirds of American employees are either actively looking for new jobs or merely going through the motions at their current jobs. Fearful and feeling vulnerable after years of watching friends get laid off, they expect the worst to happen, and they see no reason to give it their all. This phenomenon, identified by renowned author Judith M. Bardwick as "the psychological recession," can have a devastating effect on your company's financial health. Using hard numbers and current studies that prove the direct connection between a company's financial performance and its employees' commitment, this wake-up call illuminates the very real issues affecting so many companies, and explains what you can do to turn things around.
See what "The Psychological Recession" really is.
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THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO BUILDING A MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS
By Susan Wilson Solovic
ISBN#978-08144-74198 $21.95
In the past several years, women have taken the small-business world by storm. But, shockingly, less than three percent of women-owned businesses in the U.S. gross a million dollars or more in revenue! And less than eight percent of women business owners gross more than $200,000! Solovic, CEO and Chairman of the fast-growing SBTV.com (Small Business Television),offers frank advice and hard-won lessons on how to create a vision for success, make good business decisions, hire the right people, and everything else it will take to bring your business up to—and beyond—the million-dollar level.
Check out the Introduction.
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DISAGREEMENTS, DISPUTES, AND ALL-OUT WAR
By Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.
ISBN#978-08144-80632 $15.00
In anyone's life, some degree of conflict is inevitable. Packed with instructive, real-life examples, DISAGREEMENTS, DISPUTES, AND ALL-OUT WAR gives you simple exercises and tools to help you assess any conflict situation. This powerful,
easy-to-understand guide provides a proven system to help you identify the reason behind any conflict, recognize and control the emotional factors, and find the best solution for everyone…without letting people walk all over you.
See how to manage CONFLICT now.
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YOUR GUIDE TO VA LOANS: How to Cut Through the Red Tape and Get Your Dream Home Fast
By David Reed
ISBN#978-08144-74358 $17.95
For the brave, dedicated men and women who have served their country, there is perhaps no more valuable benefit than the VA Loan. With low interest rates, better closing costs, and more relaxed credit terms, it is the most attractive loan on the market for those qualified. But bureaucracy and stringent procedures can often make applying and qualifying for these loans complicated and unwieldy. David Reed shows all veterans how they can obtain their loans quickly and easily in the first and only book to guide veterans through this process.
See how to get started on your VA loan NOW.
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THE REAL ESTATE AGENT'S GUIDE TO FSBOS: Make Big Money Prospecting For-Sale-By-Owner Properties
By John Maloof
ISBN#978-08144-00432 $19.95
There is an untapped resource that will help realtors take their careers to new heights—the For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) listing. Many homeowners try to sell their home without an agent, believing that they can find a buyer just as quickly and avoid paying a commission. But often, nothing can be further from the truth. Author John Maloof has built a stellar career by farming FSBOs. At the age of just 23, he made six figures his first year as a real estate agent using his prospecting plan. Now he shows you how you can do the same.
Check out Chapter One for more info on FSBOs.
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THE LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE: How the Best Companies Are Developing Their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success By Robert M. Fulmer and Jared L. Bleak
ISBN#978-08144-09251 $27.95
Outlines the key findings of an in-depth study which examined five top leadership-development organizations: Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, PepsiCo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Washington Group International. The best competitive advantage any organization can have is its up-and-coming leaders. See how some of the best companies are building and implementing powerful leadership-development programs and how you can build your own organization's next generation of strong, effective leaders.
See how to make good leaders a strategic advantage.
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SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement Using the SCOR Model, Second Edition
By Peter Bolstorff and Robert Rosenbaum
ISBN#978-08144-09268 $39.95
Complete with new case studies, a Value Chain Excellence project roadmap, and the addition of the DCOR and CCOR process frameworks, SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE gives you all the practical tools you need, whether you're trying to improve the performance of an existing supply chain system or implement a new one.
See how to build organizational support for supply chain improvement.
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SPIRAL UP: …and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives
By Jane C. Linder
ISBN#978-08144-09176 $24.95
Stunning accomplishments never come from following the management cookbook. If you want to work wonders, you've got to abandon the accepted, linear, day-by-day management mindset and step into the real world. SPIRAL UP encourages you to think backwards or, more accurately, upside down. Linder encourages would-be champions to start where they are—not by setting out to transform an entire organization--but rather by working one wonder at a time. One exceptional accomplishment will light the way to the next, and the experience will change the champions forever.
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BECOMING AN EXTRAORDINARY MANAGER: The 5 Essentials for Success
By Len Sandler
ISBN#978-08144-80656 $17.95
Now, you can get exceptional results and make an important contribution to your company. Len Sandler focuses not just on "understanding" principles of good management, but on taking action. He shows you how to interview and hire the right people, open the lines of communication with your employees, retain your top performers, introduce change, and handle performance problems.
Check out the Introduction for tips on becoming "extraordinary".
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Where We Stand by Seymour Garte, Ph.D.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "Garte's reasoned discussion and compelling, honest tone make this a valuable tool for increasing science literacy with regards to the important environmental issues of the day; Garte's recommendations, to 'continue on the paths we have been traveling and finally acknowledge the great progress that we have already made' should put new wind in discouraged environmentalists' sails, while plentiful references, data and illustrations will give skeptics material to think over."
Coolhunting by Peter Gloor, Scott Cooper 
HARVARD BUSINESS ONLINE, Tom Davenport:
"The book advocates a variety of methods for sensing the market for cool ideas in the form of products, processes, and services. You may have an innate sense for what's coming up next, but your efforts would undoubtedly be aided by the book's approaches, which include analyzing blog content, using opinion markets, and forming COINS, or 'community of interest networks.' … COOLHUNTING reports on useful techniques for helping to see what's coming. Wrap it in a plain brown wrapper, and read it surreptitiously."
Beyond Buzz by Lois Kelly 
Richard Pachter, THE MIAMI HERALD: "Lois Kelly has delivered a prodigious and worthy successor to that book [The Cluetrain Manifesto] by looking at the ways humans communicate with each other and how conversational aspects, hooks and themes can be used for marketing. She brings the proverbial cluetrain into the station and unpacks some of the freight."
Welcome to BioTech Nation by Moira Gunn 
BIOWORLD TODAY: "The wide-ranging book, likely to be useful for industry newbies and amusing for biotech veterans, is written in a gee-whiz, Alice-in-Wonderland style (first chapter: "Down the Biotech Rabbit Hole"), and makes the complex science understandable for just about anybody."
Reclaiming the Sky by Tom Murphy 
AVIATION FOR WOMEN: "If you've worked for an airline in any capacity, or worked at an airport served by them, you owe it to yourself to pick up this book."
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