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  The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

  by Richard Florida

  The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award Winner The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental... (more)
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  The One Minute Manager Anniversary Ed: The World's Most Popular Management Method

  by Ken Blanchard

  The original, best-selling blockbuster which has transformed businesses world-wide. Now available in audiobook on both cassette and CD. The blockbuster number 1 international bestselling phenomenon is back! not that it ever really went away. An easy to absorb story, which quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques. It also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the... (more)
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  Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

  by Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

  National Bestseller Available in Paperback Drawing from decades of research within world-class organizations, the authors show that great leaders-whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians-excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using Emotional Intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness. The best leaders, they show, have "resonance"-a powerful ability to... (more)
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  The Bridges of Madison County

  by Robert James Waller

  Robert Kincaid, a photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, reveal what it is like to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. Reprint."
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  Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

  by Patrick Lencioni

  Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life.    In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin.  Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch.   “How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered.  In his latest... (more)
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  Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd Ed.

  by Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister

  Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. Their answers aren't easy--just incredibly successful. New second edition features eight all-new chapters. Softcover. Previous edition: c1987. DLC: Management.
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  Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from Entrepreneur to CEO (Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership)

  by Katherine Catlin

  Learn how to take your company to the next level of growth through the stories of over 500 successful entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, this flagship book introduces a new series on managing growth. The authors expertly guide you through the three stages of entrepreneurial growth: initial growth, rapid growth, and continuous growth. Personal stories told by successful... (more)
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  Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance

  by Kjell Nordstrom, Jonas Ridderstrale

  Provides a unique, informed, and defiantly funky perspective on the new world order. Suggests that successful companies are so because they inspire and promote talent, inspirational thinking and different ways of doing things, not maintaining the status quo. Softcover.
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  Organizational Behavior, 11th Edition (Text Only)

  by Stephen P. Robbins

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  Brilliant Answers To Tough Interview Questions: Smart Answers To Whatever They Can Throw At You

  by Susan Hodgson

  What everybody worries about before the interview is what they are going to be asked, and how they should answer it. This book is packed with over 200 of the most commonly asked interview questions - the tricky ones, the hidden meaning ones, the sly ones and the downright tough ones. And for each question, the book offers one or more ideal answers, to show you exactly what the employer wants you to say - and how... (more)
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  Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships

  by Ken Blanchard

  What do your people at work and your spouse and kids at home have in common with a five-ton killer whale? Probably a whole lot more than you think, according to top business consultant and mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his coauthors from SeaWorld. In this moving and inspirational new book, Blanchard explains that both whales and people perform better when you accentuate the positive. He shows how using... (more)
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  The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing

  by Lori Arviso Alvord

  In a remarkable book that takes the reader on a spellbinding journey between two worlds, surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord describes her struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico--and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart. Finding the solutions to modern medicine's most daunting problems was far from the mind of a girl from a... (more)
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  Lessons in Loyalty: How Southwest Airlines Does It - An Insider's View

  by Lorraine Grubbs-West

  Without a doubt, Southwest Airline’s phenomenal culture has become the envy of most of American CEOs. The Dallas-based airline’s unprecedented success, its ability to survive where others fail and its continued tradition of service excellence has garnered awards from every possible corner of a highly-competitive industry. The question is, how did it happen? After her retirement, Lorraine Grubbs-West -- a... (more)
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  Gung Ho!: Turn on the People in Any Organization

  by Ken Blanchard

  Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn... (more)
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  The Motivation to Work

  by Frederick Herzberg

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  Strategic Business Partner: Aligning People Strategies with Business Goals

  by Dana Gaines Robinson, James C Robinson

  There is no more critical role for today's human resource professionals than that of Strategic Business partner (SBP). SBPs demonstrate competence in many ways — through their questioning of clients, their knowledge of the business, and their ability to translate business needs into performance requirements and people initiatives. But performing effectively as an SBP requires use of a mental model as a guide or... (more)
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  The Hr Value Proposition

  by David Ulrich

  HR's leading thinkers provide a blueprint for the future The international bestseller Human Resource Champions helped set the HR agenda for the 1990s and enabled HR professionals to become strategic partners in their organizations. But earning a seat at the executive table was only the beginning. Today's HR leaders must also bring substantial value to that table. Drawing on their sixteen-year study... (more)
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  The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance

  by Brian E. Becker, David Ulrich

  Providing the tools and systems required for leading a "measurement managed" HR architecture, this important book heralds the emergence of human resources as a strategic powerhouse in today's organizations. Three experts in the field outline a powerful measurement system that highlights the indisputable role HR can play as both a prime source of sustainable competitive advantage and a key driver of value... (more)
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  Transfer of Training: Action-Packed Strategies to Ensure High Payoff from Training Investments

  by Mary L. Broad, John Newstrom

  Shows why the full transfer of learned skills to the workplace is critical for the organization's growth and survival. DLC: Employees-Training of.
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  Creative Interviewing: The Writer's Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions (3rd Edition)

  by Ken Metzler

  This comprehensive book covers everything an aspiring interviewer needs to know from developing listening and observation skills to conducting interviews by electronic mail and surfing the Internet for story ideas. Creative Interviewing aids readers by using examples and anecdotal accounts of actual professional experiences. Readers are provided with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and... (more)