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How to Win Friends & Influence People 632 reviews
Dale Carnegie
Pocket, 1998
A Must Read
+ Great Ideas
+ Sales Training Skills
+ Still Solid Advice
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why 146 reviews
Laurence Gonzales
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Deep Survival is Awesome!
+ Deep Survival
+ Deep Survival
+ A Great Book
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Coping with Difficult People: The Proven-Effective Battle Plan That Has Helped Millions Deal with the ...17 reviews
Robert M. Bramson
Dell, 1988
Never an easy task
+ Useful
+ Dealing With Difficult People
+ Good coping strategies
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HR Metrics The World Class Way 1 review
John Sullivan
Kennedy Information, 2003
Very Helpful Guide for HR Managers
The recent movement in human resources management is to quantify the value of the HR department. No longer satisfied as a necessary evil, the world class human resources VP, director and manager will strive to prove their value to the CEO.
This is not always an easy task as many of the ...
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The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration Second Edition
Juris Publishing, Inc., 2008
The Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration-Second Edition is completely revised and expanded in this all new edition. It offers thoughtful advice and insights into the world of international arbitration from some of the most prominent and experienced international arbitrators in the world. The contributors are arbitrators from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, France, ...
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The Swiss Family Robinson (Penguin Classics)1 review
Johann D. Wyss
Penguin Classics, 2007
Original translation
The Swiss Family Robinson was initially written in German by Swiss author Johann Wyss in 1812, and then soon after an accurate English translation was completed by William Godwin in 1816. The Godwin translation remained the standard in English for a generation or two, but by the mid-19th century ...
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The Conscious Universe: Parts and Wholes in Physical Reality 10 reviews
Menas Kafatos, Robert Nadeau
Springer, 1999
Improvement over the original
+ Looking forward to this 2nd edition
+ Responsible, speculative synthesis
+ SCIENTIFIC METAPHOR
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable347 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House, 2007
Intelligent Life
+ Open your mind
+ a must-read but could use a Bill Bryson make-over
Do you ever wonder if those people we call "intellectuals" actually exist? Have you ever stayed up late at night thinking about how everybody just seems to pull stuff out of their *ss? Maybe not. But if you have, Nassim Nicholas Taleb will give you a clear answer. These intellectual philosophy ...
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't703 reviews
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
Worth for its price
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-run Companies49 reviews
THOMAS J PETERS, ROBERT H WATERMAN JR
HARPER & ROW, 9999
One Of The All Time Management Classics
+ Brilliant at the Basics
+ Enthusiastic
This book results from a study of several American companies trying to determine the patterns which make them consistently successful. It covers in detail eight timeless common basic principles which make companies great. Highly recommended! If you like this book you will also like "Built To Last" ...
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Proving the Value of HR: How and Why to Measure ROI (Practical HR Series)
Jack J. Phillips, Patricia Pulliam Phillips
Society For Human Resource Management, 2005
Measuring the return on investment (ROI) of human resources programs (HR) is critical for success in today's business world and is an absolute requirement for HR professionals who are part of the senior executive team. Responding to the current accountability demands that continue to challenge human resource professionals, this manual illustrates the use of ROI methodology as a communication tool ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America21 reviews
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
Excellent, Unbiased, well written and documented
+ Telling the truth
+ Inside experience of the agony of minimum wage
+ nickel and dimed
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Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten)29 reviews
Jon M. Huntsman
Wharton School Publishing, 2005
Wow, I feel like Mr. Huntsman wrote this yesterday
+ Quick Read
+ Just Great
+ Words to live by
+ A must Read for everyone
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HR Answer Book, The: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals15 reviews
Shawn Smith, Rebecca Mazin
AMACOM, 2004
An excellent resource
+ Great resource!
+ Keep Within Easy Reach
+ HR Answer Book, The: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals
+ This is easy !
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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions64 reviews
John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, ...
St. Martin's Press, 2006
Great book
+ Mirror of our 9-5 life
+ Applicable to Nonprofit organizations too
+ Wonderful Book on Change Management
+ Amusing & Enlightening
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Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive79 reviews
Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, ...
Free Press, 2008
Yes! 50 Scientifically proven ways to be persuasive
+ It Works...
+ Practical, concise and effective!
i love this book! Not only is the research explained but the authors give suggestions on how to use the techniques in real life.
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Jesus, CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership58 reviews
Laurie Beth Jones
Hyperion, 1996
The Tao of Jesus for C E O
+ Jesus, CEO good ideas for management
+ Practical, pointed, real
+ Jesus CEO
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The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary75 reviews
Mark Sanborn
Doubleday Business, 2004
Are you a Fred?
+ Service the "Fred" Way
+ I want to be a FRED!
+ The Fred Factor
+ Positive Results From Fred
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Out of the Crisis44 reviews
W. Edwards Deming
The MIT Press, 2000
Dr. Deming Fan
+ Antidote to the Crisis
+ Simply the Best!
+ Every business person MUST read this book.
+ Out of the Crisis
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Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren ...19 reviews
Robert C. Townsend, Warren Bennis
Jossey-Bass, 2007
A truly polemical business classic that retains its sharp edge 30 years on
+ One of the Greats of All Time..
+ Great business book by a experinced corporate executive
+ Entertaining, timeless business wisdom
+ Best Management Book Ever
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