Business - General
Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO's Quest for Meaning and Authenticity
by August Turak
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the last sixteen years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice.
Stiletto Network: Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business
by Pamela Ryckman
published by AMACOM
More women are running major companies than ever before. During the past few years, women's groups have been coalescing in every major American city. Formidable ladies across professions are convening at unprecedented rates, forming salons, dinner groups, and networking circles, and collaborating to achieve clout and success. A new girls' network is alive and set to hyperdrive. "Stiletto Network" is about those groups.
Data Points: Visualization That Means Something
by Nathan Yau
published by Wiley
Whether it's statistical charts, geographic maps, or the snappy graphical statistics you see on your favorite news sites, the art of data graphics or visualization is fast becoming a movement of its own. Author Nathan Yau presents an intriguing complement to his bestseller Visualize This, this time focusing on the graphics side of data analysis.
What's the Future of Business?: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences
by Brian Solis
published by Wiley
What's the Future of Business? teaches you how to start creating and nurturing incredible and shareable experiences for your customers from the moment your brand touches them. Learn how to craft experiences that mean something. The future of your business depends on it.
Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman
published by Wiley
Fabricated offers you practical and imaginative insight into the question, "How will 3D printing change my life?" This book is an informative and fast-paced exploration of 3D printing technologies and the people who use them. You'll take a journey to design studios, businesses, schools, and cutting-edge research labs. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, Fabricated explores the promise and peril of a 3D printed present and future.
Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life's Demands
by Michael Carroll
published by Shambhala
A longtime corporate executive and meditation teacher explains how mindfulness can help you be more confident, resourceful, and at ease in the workplace. Full of engaging stories, this book will help people discover their innate intelligence, bravery, and joy on the job.
Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race
by Dennis N. T. Perkins
published by AMACOM
A gripping tale of triumph over adversity, Into the Storm reveals how any group, working together, can achieve the seemingly impossible. Recounting a heart-stopping tale of the Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race, the book reveals 10 critical strategies for Teamwork at The Edge - as applicable in the workplace as on the high seas.
Market Sense and Nonsense: How the Markets Really Work (and How They Don't)
by Jack Schwager
published by Wiley
Bestselling author, Jack Schwager, challenges the assumptions at the core of investment theory and practice and exposes common investor mistakes, missteps, myths, and misreads. In this engaging new book, he takes aim at the most perniciously pervasive academic precepts, money management canards, market myths and investor errors.
It's Just Good Business: The Emergence of Conscious Capitalism & The Practice of Working For Good
by Jeff Klein
published by Working for Good Publications
It's Just Good Business provides a clear, concise and compelling introduction to the emerging Conscious Capitalism movement and to the practice of Working for Good. It's Just Good Business is an inspiring and informative "quick read" filled with quotes, stories and pathways to action.
The Digital Dollar: Sustainable Strategies for Online Success
by Joe Wozny
published by FairWinds Press
Written for entrepreneurs, small and medium business owners, leaders and executives who want to ensure they have a clear, solid foundation and framework, The Digital Dollar will become your indispensable resource for today and in the future.
Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life
by Trevor Blake
published by BenBella Books
In a straightforward and no-nonsense style, Three Simple Steps shows you how to take back control of your destiny and reshape your mind for increased creativity, serenity and achievement. A practical guide to real-life achievement by a pragmatic businessman who attributes his incredible successes to these very simple ideas.
High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce
by Micah Solomon
published by AMACOM
In an age of social media, smartphones, self-service, and six-second attention spans, High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service throws your business a lifeline. Today's customers are a hard bunch to crack. This book reveals inside secrets of wildly successful customer service initiatives and shows how companies of every stripe can turn casual customers into fervent supporters who will spread the word far and wide--online and off.
The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking
by Eli Broad
published by Wiley
The Art of Being Unreasonable shares the unreasonable principles—from negotiating to risk-taking, from investing to hiring—that have made Eli Broad a success. From understanding "the value of being second" to embracing the thrill of taking a risk, Broad shares the insights and practices that have propelled him to the top.
Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World
by Tony Wagner
published by Scribner
In this groundbreaking book, education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators.
Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth
by Mika Brzezinski
published by Weinstein Books
The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback, from the star of MSNBC's Morning Joe and New York Times bestselling author of All Things at Once, comes a timely and powerful look at women's value in the workplace, weaving together personal stories of struggle and success from prominent women in all lines of work.
Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life
by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller
published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers
As a continuation of best-selling The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, they pick up where they left off with the development of Debbie Brewster, who has now become an accomplished leader. Having grown from mentee to mentor, Debbie now guides her former mentor's son, Blake, through the process of growing as a leader. Debbie believes that "every leader is a learner," and sets out to teach Blake the process of GROW.
The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
by Darren Hardy
published by Vanguard Press
Do you want success? More success than you have now? And even more success than you ever imagined possible? That is what this book is about. Achieving it. As publisher of SUCCESS magazine, author Darren Hardy has heard it all, seen it all, and tried most of it. This book reveals the core principles that drive success.
The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
by Michelle Tillis Lederman
published by Amacom
Wouldn't it be great if you could network in a more relaxed, authentic way?The 11 Laws of Likability reveals a painless new way to network that's based on one simple truth: People do business with people they like. In this empowering book, you'll learn how to identify and accentuate your most likable characteristics plus more!
Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People
by Brian Tracy
published by AMACOM
In this essential guide, Brian Tracy, the Master of Motivation, shows you how to unlock superstar performance from every single member of your work team. Based on decades of research and thousands of hours invested in maximizing personal and organizational performance, the hard and fast secrets of what you can do (and what you should stop doing) to inspire your employees.
Knock 'em Dead: Secrets and Strategies for Success In An Uncertain World
by Martin Yate
published by Adams Media
Straight talk about professional success from America's smartest headhunters and career management minds! Whether your concerns are resumes, job search, turning interviews into offers, job security, climbing the ladder of success, choosing or changing careers, pursuing your dreams, or owning your own business, this is an integrated blueprint for success.
Rush: Why You Need and Love the Rat Race
by Todd G. Buchholz
published by Hudson Street Press
Witty, compelling, and full of surprises, Todd Buchholz shows that it's the race itself that literally delivers the rush and drives us forward, even if we never reach the finish line. He will convince you that what you really want is to chase your tail -- even if you never catch it.
The Collaboration Imperative: Executive Strategies for Unlocking Your Organization's True Potential
by Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese
published by Cisco Systems
Written by two seasoned Cisco executives, Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese, The Collaboration Imperative offers valuable executive strategies to unleash the hidden assets trapped inside your company-from talent and experience to the right answer and the next big idea.
Drowning in Oil: BP & the Reckless Pursuit of Profit
by Loren Steffy
published by McGraw-Hill
As night settled on April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. Drowning in Oil, by award-winning Houston Chronicle business reporter and columnist Loren Steffy is an unprecedented and gripping narrative of this catastrophe and how BP's winner-take-all business culture made it all but inevitable.
Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness
by Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson with Philana Patterson
published by AMACOM
Black Faces in White Places is about "the game" -- that is, the competitive world in which we all live and work. The book offers 10 revolutionary strategies for playing, mastering, and changing the game for the current generation, while undertaking a wholesale redefinition of the rules for those who will follow.
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success
by Carmine Gallo
published by McGraw Hill
Author Carmine Gallo gets into the mind of one of today's more innovative leaders in business to reveal his 7 wonders for innovation and creativity. Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, is the CEO of the decade and now reveals the operating system behind all his great thinking.
The Smart Swarm: How Understanding Flocks, Schools, and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making, and Getting Things Done
by Peter Miller
published by Avery Trade (Penguin)
The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarms. A fascinating new take on the concept of collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems, The Smart Swarm introduces a compelling new understanding of the real experts on solving our own complex problems relating to such topics as business, politics, and technology.
The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence
by William M. Crilly and Andrew J. Sherman
published by AMACOM
COMPLETELY NEW edition with CD-ROM. The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence is the most complete guide available on how to properly perform a due diligence investigation -- and radically improve the success rate of a pending corporate merger or acquisition.
The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide
by Peri Pakroo
published by Nolo
Approximately eight million U.S businesses are currently women-owned, and the number is growing at twice the national average for all businesses. As one of the millions of aspiring female small business owners, you know that there are specific issues and questions that need to be addressed when you're setting up shop. The Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit, written by the author of the bestselling The Small Business Start-Up Kit, gives you the practical and legal information you need to kickstart a successful enterprise.
Robert's Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival
by Robert F. Brands with Martin J. Kleinman
published by Wiley
In this timely guide, innovation expert and former CEO Robert Brands presents the best practices for today's "innovate or die" world, in the form of 10 simple and practical steps your business must take to achieve growth through innovation.
Y-Size Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business
by Jason Ryan Dorsey
published by Wiley
In today's economy, maximizing the performance of every employee is critical to business survival and growth. Gen Y—sometimes called Millennials—provides an enticing opportunity for employers to increase their short-term profitability and create a long-term competitive advantage.
Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living
by Jeff Klein
published by Sounds True
The words "business" and "social change" may seem contradictory, but the fact is a successful business may be the most powerful force for positive change in the world today. In Working for Good, Jeff Klein, one of the visionaries and driving forces behind Spinning, Seeds of Change, ChiRunning, and other forward-thinking brands presents a how-to guidebook for becoming a "conscious entrepreneur."
The World According to Twitter
by David Pogue
published by Black Dog & Leventhal
The Wit and Wisdom of the Twittersphere captured in a hilarious, and occasionally poignant, collection of handpicked tweets-the first-ever book created exclusively using content from Twitter.com!
Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life
by Donald Trump
published by Vanguard Press
Over the years, Donald Trump has written many bestselling books, and he has also written short pieces that summarize his singularly successful tenets on how to live the good life, both personally and professionally.
Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life
by Tony Jeary
published by Vanguard Press
Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life presents a methodology that will help you get clear, stay focused, and efficiently execute relevant, high-value activities that bring you the results and success you want -- faster.
Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
by Joel Comm with Ken Burge
published by Wiley
Cutting edge business-persons are leveraging the power of Twitter to introduce themselves to and communicate with customers in a whole new way that makes them feel like valued friends.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
published by Random House
Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. It's a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures).
A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
by Jay Hakes
published by Wiley
A former national energy official offers a viable plan for American energy independence. A Declaration of Energy Independence takes a nonpartisan, honest approach to these fundamental questions and obliterates the political and economic myths of both conservatives and liberals. Jay E. Hakes combines real facts and solid science with historical context to ask the right questions and propose the best answers. After educating readers on the facts, A Declaration of Energy Independence goes on to offer an seven-point plan for breaking free from the costly energy trap and enhancing American influence abroad.
Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility
by Andrew Yarrow
published by Yale University Press
Andrew Yarrow explains in accessible terms why federal debt is rising (and will soon rise much faster), what effects it may have on Americans if debt is not brought under control, why our government borrows, and what it will take to pay it all back.
Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
by Samuel Fromartz
published by Harcourt
Organic food has become a juggernaut in an otherwise sluggish food industry, growing at 20 percent a year as products like organic ketchup and corn chips vie for shelf space with conventional comestibles. But what is organic food? Is it really better for you? Where did it come from, and why are so many of us buying it?
The Washing Machine: How Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Soils Us
by Nick Kochan
published by Texere
Money laundering schemes are used to fund terrorists, evade taxes, sell arms, or accumulate obscene amounts of wealth. They divert money from every honest person into the pockets of criminals.