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Outliers
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Malcolm Gladwell
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Describes the importance of data and important macro factors that impact industry success.
http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
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Leadership
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How We Decide
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Jonah Lehrer
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This book explains how the discoveries of neuroscience can help us make the best decisions, and arms the reader with tools to determine the correct part of the brain to use for different types of decisions.
http://www.jonahlehrer.com/books
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Strategy
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Leadership
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Rudy Giuliani
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Autobiography of Giuliani on his experiences as a corporate lawyer and U.S. attorney and then as mayor of NYC. He champions the leadership principles of preparation, accountability and strong self-definition.
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Leadership
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The 80/20 Principle
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Richard Koch
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Describes how in many examples across business (and life), 20 percent of the input produces 80 percent of the output. Koch helps you to identify your most productive 20 percent and get more out of your business and life.
http://www.the8020principle.com/
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Strategy
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A Sense of Urgency
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John P. Kotter
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Describes the importance of having an urgency-driven culture and includes many tools to create a sense of urgency in your business.
http://www.kotterinternational.com/ResourceItemView.aspx?MediaID=74
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Culture
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Blue Ocean Strategy
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W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
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Paints a metaphor of expanding, competitor-free “blue ocean markets” which innovative companies should navigate instead of highly competitive “red seas” and provides tools for analyzing these markets.
http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/
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Strategy
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Execution – The Discipline of Getting Things Done
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Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
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Explains that the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is the ability to execute and describes the building blocks that that need to be in place to successfully manage people, strategy, and operations.
http://www.ram-charan.com/execution.htm
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Leadership
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Mergers & Acquisitions, from A to Z
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Andrew J. Sherman
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Describes the steps that companies go through during the merger and acquisition process. A good reference good and checklist for companies that are planning on M&A as part of their corporate strategy.
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Finance
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HR for Small Business
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Charles H. Fleischer
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Great quick reference guide on a wide variety of HR issues that small and midsized companies face.
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People
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Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
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Dennis Perkins, Margaret Holtman, Paul Kessler and Catherine McCarthy
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Describes powerful leadership characteristics through a true-life narrative of Shackleton’s 1910 Antarctic expedition. Combines Shackleton’s compelling 3 year journey with survival leadership techniques.
http://www.margaretholtman.com/leading-at-the-edge.html
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Leadership
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The Big Short
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Michael Lewis
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Describes several key players that were able to predict the 2007-08 housing market implosion. Shows how these individuals, who were shorting the markets, made a fortune on the bubble collapse and the related impacts on the financial world and economy at large.
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Finance
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Drive
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Daniel Pink
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Describes a model for motivation in the workplace based on the human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
http://www.danpink.com/
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People
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Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean
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Karen Berman, Joe Knight, John Case
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Describes the essentials of finance with basics of financial measurement: reading income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
http://www.financialintelligencebook.com/
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Finance
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Buyology
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Martin Lindstrom
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Describes a groundbreaking market research method in brain scanning technology. These new methods use brain activity to determine how people really feel about products, services, and advertising messages.
http://www.martinlindstrom.com//index.php/cmsid__buyology_your_buyology
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Marketing
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How to be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy - HBR Article
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Robert Sutton
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HBR article describes the key factors for leaders during challenging and uncertain times. The 77 tips are suggested actions for businesses to follow during an economic downturn.
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Leadership
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Goals
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Brian Tracy
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Describes the importance of goal setting with empirical evidence and a wide variety of specific goal setting and implementation methods.
http://www.briantracy.com/catalog/product.aspx?pid=211
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Strategy
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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
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Tony Hsieh
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Describes the journey that Zappos took in building its company and company culture around the idea of “WOW!”customer service.
http://www.deliveringhappiness.com/about-2/
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Culture
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Linchpin
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Seth Godin
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Describes an essential type of person in the workplace, the “Linchpin.” These are people who invent, lead, connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos.
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/books.asp
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People
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
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Heath Brothers
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Describes how people need to unite their rational and emotional minds in order to bring about transformative change.
http://www.heathbrothers.com/switch/
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Strategy
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Integrity Dividend
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Tony Simons
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Describes how people who do what they say they will do make more money, are more powerful, and are more generally successful.
http://integritydividend.com/
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Leadership
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Power Base Selling: Secrets of an Ivy League Street Fighter
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Jim Holden
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Describes how selling has changed in recent years and what it takes to be successful in sales. How sales professionals must align themselves with powerful advocates inside customer organizations, build well formulated competitive selling strategies, and provide non-traditional value to customers.
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Marketing
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