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[2018]
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English
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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don't avoid difficult conversations...
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people?
Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow?
Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose?
Do you secretly wish you could be more in control but don't know where to start?
Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There's no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have...
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AMACOM
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Business coach and former COO Victor Prince began his 500-mile trek on the Camino de Santiago as one person--driven, work-focused, and highly competitive--and he finished it a completely different one--more balanced, caring, and present in the moment. As he made his way on foot through rugged countryside and medieval towns, the life-altering journey allowed him to reflect, test his will, and join a community of strangers on a shared mission--resulting...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"After spending the last 30 years helping organizations and leaders reach peak performance, Quint Studer has pulled together his best practices, tools, tips and tactics for engaging employees, revitalizing cultures, and creating high performance companies. All his tactics and tools are easy to understand and implement. It will be comprehensive and will cover things like change management, leadership, communication styles, employee training and engagement,...
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2013.
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English
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In "Lean In", Sheryl Sandberg -- Facebook COO and one of "Fortune" magazine's most powerful women in business -- looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale. She draws on her own experiences working in some of the world's most successful businesses, as well as academic research, to find practical answers to the problems facing women in the workplace.
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If you've never read ‘The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership’, you've been missing out on one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. If you have read the original version, then you'll love this new expanded and updated one.
Internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author John C. Maxwell has taken this million-seller and made it even better:
• Every Law of Leadership has been sharpened and updated
• Seventeen new...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest returns. No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. Most companies and leaders view poor meetings as...
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Westbow Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
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English
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"From John Paul II, to Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr. and others in between, Too Many, by author James Syver, shares the stories of twenty people who have impacted history and the lives of many. Each was moved to state their trust and belief in their Creator, and in large measure, credit Him for their work. This collection of Christ-inspired histories explores the individuals' lives and the impact they've had on society. Syver discusses...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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For my money, I would always rather make a deal with people I like who treat me well. If you want to discover the surprising power of nice, read this book. Memorize it. Use it. Youll be glad you did. -Donald Trump. Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. Where so many companies encourage a dog-eat-dog mentality, The Kaplan Thaler Group...
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Harper Business
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Executive coach Jerry Colonna encourages leaders to consider the ways they have been complicit in, and benefited from, the conditions in the world they say they'd like to change and shows them the path to creating new systems of inclusion for everyone." -- Amazon.com.
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Wiley
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In 2021, women represented 54.3% of the US workforce but only held 35% of senior leadership positions. Of that percentage, only 2.7% of Asian women were seen in management roles. While there have been great leaps for women in the workplace in the last decade, women of color still fall behind. The Tao of Self-Confidence book sets a foundation to help Asian Women start being seen as leaders in work and life rather than by our stereotypes. In order...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"The essential leadership playbook. Learn the principles and guiding philosophies of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and many others through illuminating conversations about their remarkable lives and careers"--
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