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Business | Leadership | Job Search | Career | Creativity | Marketing | Personal Fulfillment
Business
The EMyth Revisted by Michael Gerber
Everyone considering starting a business should read this book.
The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
Senge gives all the reasons why developing a learning organization
is critical
Finding & Keeping Great Employees by James Harris, Ph.D., and Joan Brannick,
Ph.D.
Harris and Brannick have done a lot of research into the best practices
of top companies. The book is helpful both to those interested in
hiring great employees and those who want to be great employees.
Who
Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
Spencer Johnson has written a small book with a big message on managing
change.
Free
Agent Nation by Daniel Pink
The author makes a case for the growing population of free agents
today. Learn about the different types of free agents, what kind
of people thrive in this environment and the reasons society is
shifting to a nation of free agents..
The
Art of Possibility -Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund
Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The authors help us to substitute new definitions and beliefs for
old ones in order to open more possibilities in our lives.
Feel
the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Fear though unpleasant is necessary if we want to grow. Jeffers
helps us to understand this and gives ideas about how to handle
it.
Pour
Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz
The CEO and Chairman of Starbucks tells the secrets of building and
maintaining a successful business.
The
Streetwise Small Business Book Of Lists by Gene Marks
Are you a business owner or manager? Here’s the only book you'll need!
The Streetwise Small Business Book Of Lists (Adams Media; 2006)
is a collection of over 500 critical lists of information every business
owner or manager needs to know to make decisions quickly and manage more
effectively. Two lists by Alvah Parker are included
Leadership
Synchronicity by Joseph Jaworski
Jaworski takes leadership to a new level.
Shackleton's
Way by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
Shackleton and his men were stranded 1200 miles from civilization in the
Antartic from 1914 and 1916. Every man survived in relatively good health
and spirits. What were the secrets of Shackleton's leadership abilities
that made this possible?
Job Search
Knock 'Em Dead 2008 by Martin Yate
A complete strategy on finding a new job.
Resumes that Knock 'Em Dead by Martin Yate
Great help for writing resumes
Cover Letters that Knock 'Em Dead by Martin Yate
Sample excellent sample cover letters.
Career
Now
What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction by Laura Berman Fortgang
This book is a complete 12 week program with exercises and examples to step
you through a transformational process. By the end of the 12 weeks you will
know yourself better and have several possibilities for career choices.
What
Color is Your Parachute? 2008 by Richard Nelson Bolles
This is a book that has been around for a long time and has served the test
of time.
How To Find the Work That You Love by Laurence Boldt
Helps the reader tap his or her inner resources to discover meaningful work.
Zen
and the Art of Making a Living by Laurence Boldt
A Career Guide that will help you widen your horizons and make the ideal
real.
I
Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was by Barbara Sher
This book will help you find a life that you will love. The exercises
will help you to focus on your strengths, overcome your blocks, and take
action.
Now,
Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
Along with their discussion of what strengths are and how they are used
at work, the authors provide an internet based assessment to help you define
your own strengths.
Creativity
The Artists Way by Julie Cameron
A twelve week program to help you unlock your creativity.
The Artists Way at Work: Riding the Dragon by Mark A Bryan, Julie Cameron,
Catherine Allen
Learn to nurture your spirit and listen to your thoughts as a way to thrive
at work.
Dancing in the Dragon's Den: Rekindling the Creative Fire in Your Shadow
by Rosanne Bane
An exploration of the reasons people avoid creativity and what they can
do to reconnect to that creativity.
Marketing
Selling the Invisible: A Field Guild to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith
Author argues that what consumers are primarily interested in today are
relationships.
Personal Fulfillment
The
Precious Present by Spencer Johnson
This is a bestselling classic which tells you in parable form how to be
happy with yourself and your life.
Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
The astonishing tale of survival of Shackleton and all 27 of his men for
over a year on the ice-bound Antartic seas.
last updated January 2, 2008