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Turning To One Another
Simple Conversations To Restore Hope To The Future
Margaret J. Wheatley
If you’re feeling increasingly disconnected in a world fraught with high tech personal communications gear – you are not alone. In her newest book, leadership guru Margaret J. Wheatley describes how our yearning for “community” requires the “human touch” and cannot be satisfied by technology alone. Instead, she points to the ancient art of conversation as well as the capacity to listen as the most effective way of connecting with ourselves and others. Her book creatively explores the importance of reflection, the acceptance of chaos, and offers ten conversation starters you can put to use with your organization today. Any organization or team that needs to build deeper relationships to move forward faster will benefit from this quick read.
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Jump Start Your Business Brain
Win More, Lose Less and Make More Money
Doug Hall
Here’s a Timely Idea – buy this book and supercharge your creative thinking! Jump Start Your Business Brain is must-have information for business people everywhere, especially small business owners. Why? Because author Doug Hall is on a personal quest to translate the wisdom he's discovered researching top corporations into no-fail, practical tactics for small and medium sized businesses. This book is packed with hard-won insight as to what truly works in the marketplace. If you want to know the real differences between features and benefits and what makes products fly off the shelf, this book is for you.
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The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference
Malcom Gladwell
In his debut book, Gladwell, a writer for New Yorker Magazine, artfully blends history with social science to explain how word-of-mouth epidemics start and spread. Throughout, he demystifies the dynamics of viral communications by citing examples of how seemingly ordinary things pushed beyond their "Tipping Point" - their moment of take off - to reach critical mass. A favorite among Advertising Agencies and Marketers, this book provides valuable insights into how to create a buzz for a product, project, company or cause. If you're a professional communicator charged with getting the word out, this book will help you make your message an epidemic.
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Managing The Dream
Reflections On Leadership and Change
Warren Bennis
Managing The Dream is a collection of thought leading essays on Leadership from group behavior guru Warren Bennis. It is an anthology of insights that distill the dimensions of leaders and how they inspire the human heart. Throughout, this book offers fresh perspective on leveraging these dimensions in the context of current leadership challenges. With more than twenty-five books and dozens of articles on leadership to Bennis’ credit, this ranks among his best work.
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The Art Of Innovation
Lessons in Creativity from IDEO
Tom Kelley
Legendary industrial design firm IDEO has helped clients create products that range from the sleek Palm V pocket organizer to the mechanical whale in the movie “Free Willy”. Their success is unrivaled. Now IDEO’s secrets to success are public knowledge, thanks to this book written by company General Manager Tom Kelley. This guide provides gobs of details and actionable ideas that can help you be more creative with your company thinking, products and processes. If you’re looking to jump start your brain, this is the jolt you need.
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The Wisdom of Teams:
Creating the High-Performance Organization
Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
If you’ve ever been part of a group that can’t seem to get on-track, this book will tell you why. Jon Katzenbach and Doug Smith codify the foundation of effective team play, types of teams (there’s more than one?), and methods for accelerating performance clearly and concisely. Throughout the book, they use real world examples to illustrate their theory, findings and recommended practices. This national bestseller gives you the keys to unlocking collaboration in the workplace.
Get it today – your teamwork depends on it!
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Harvard Business Review on Change
This collection of HBR articles from thought leaders on Change is filled with real-world examples and field tested strategies on how to use this dynamic to your advantage. From inspiring confidence and support while leading change, to understanding why employees so often resist transitions – it’s all in this book. This is the definitive resource for embracing change that you shouldn’t be without.
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The Corporate Culture Survival Guide
Edgar H. Schein
Corporate Culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein separates the sense from the nonsense in the field of cultural change. His latest book is packed with practical advice and real world case studies that give you hands-on tools for effecting change in organizations of all sizes. If your company is in transition (and who’s isn’t these days?) – then this tome is a “must read.”
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Powershift
Alvin Toffler
Powershift is the final entry of Toffler's trilogy that began with his runaway best sellers Future Shock, and The Third Wave. In it he explores the nature of power in the 21st Century and the social, political, and economic implications of the Information Age. This comprehensive work stands alone to provide a rich, over-arching context of change that is sweeping the globe. If you're navigating the future for your organization, this book will help you chart the course.
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