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Pub. Date
2021.
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1st edition.
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English
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Inspiring stories and success secrets from business leader and entrepreneur Amy Hilliard Pivot for Success tells business leader and entrepreneur Amy Hilliard's stories of success, struggle, and sustainability to inspire you to become resilient. Hilliard offers her hard-won perspective on what it takes to "make it" in American business and in life. She talks about the tough stuff, the stuff that most people who rise to her level of accomplishment...
2) Sounder
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A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
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"Step-by-step, Andersen lays out six key attributes (farsightedness, passion, courage, wisdom, generosity, and trustworthiness) that offer people, at all levels within an organization, the tools to think and behave as fully accepted leaders. The book is fill with examples from outstanding organizations and offers a framework for self-assessment to help focus on each of the six leadership attributes. Andersen identifies the key behaviors that exemplify...
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Medicare decisions made easy The newly updated Medicare For Dummies offers clear, step-by-step instructions on how to navigate the complex Medicare system. It takes you from the enrollment process to making use of expanded coverage to customizing a plan for your needs. Written by Medicare expert Patricia Barry, this book is your trusted and proven guide to reducing your out-of-pocket expenses and picking the perfect policy for yourself and your family....
7) Monster
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (15923 pages)
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English
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Monster explains how we can responsibly engage with technology, and avoid its darker tendencies, while accepting its necessary gifts. The authors, insiders at one of the world's largest tech consulting firms, give a unique take on: - The addictive nature of tech and how to fight it - The growing backlash against big tech-where it's right and what it misses - Crucial steps for taming technology's role in your life and in your organization-without becoming...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (13688 pages)
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English
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Learn the secret of what really drives sales-and how to give people what they need so they want to buy from you. Are you a salesperson who has been hearing too many "We'll think it overs", "Get back to mes", and "We'll let you knows"? If so, you're in good company. Author Greg Nanigian has interviewed thousands of chief executives, sales managers, and salespeople, and found that over ninety percent of them have exactly the same problem. Why? Because...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (26767 pages)
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English
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Digital Makeover: How L'Oreal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Powerhouse examines L'Oreal's successful people-driven digital transformation. Professors and authors Beatrice Collin and Marie Taillard set out exactly how L'Oreal turned itself into a digital and tech powerhouse by building on its legacy to reimagine relationships inside the company, and with its customers and partners. Digital Makeover comprehensively describes L'Oreal's strategy,...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (38734 pages)
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English
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We've seen evidence that a new economic cycle has begun. Technological revolutions come by way of a cluster of new innovations. About a decade ago, you started to see AI, robotics, and IoT (sensors) delivering on automation. That's been powerful, but not transformational. It does not force businesses to fundamentally change how they do business. The last piece of the puzzle is cryptocurrency because it allows us to process and transfer economic value...
11) Betrayed by Work
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (24688 pages)
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English
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Emotionally, getting fired is one of life's most difficult experiences. When women get fired, it is often devastating, traumatic, and isolating. We experience a sudden powerlessness that can destroy our confidence and feelings of self-worth. We grieve. We feel broken. It affects our self-esteem, our financial well-being, our professional identity, and our ability to look for other work-in short, it affects our entire way of life. How, then, does a...
12) Undisruptable
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (19584 pages)
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English
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In our world of incessant change, we are all threatened by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity-at the individual and organizational levels. Undisruptable will give you a new lens through which to consider change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. You'll be inspired to consider the big questions of today: What does the future hold? What does the exponential growth of technology mean for the world of work? What does a changing...
13) Burn
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (22671 pages)
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English
Description
The American Dream continues to resonate with immigrants from around the world. Millions of people hope to come to the United States to build a better life for themselves and their families, often by creating and growing new ventures and companies. While not everyone succeeds, many do. Mei Xu is one of those successes. In Burn, entrepreneur and international businesswoman Mei Xu tells her story of ingenuity, determination, and luck. Spanning three...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (31821 pages)
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English
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An insider's guide to the coming philanthropic revolution Meet the next generation of big donors-the Gen X and Millennial philanthropists who will be the most significant donors ever and will shape our world in profound ways. Hear them describe their ambitious plans to revolutionize giving so it achieves greater impact. And learn how to help them succeed in a world that needs smart, effective donors now more than ever. As "next gen donors" step into...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (13428 pages)
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English
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Gone are the days when fathers were expected to put work first and family last. Today, men worldwide are redefining fatherhood and finding greater fulfillment both at work and at home. But old ways die hard. Many managers prefer the status quo, and fathers aren't finding the support and flexibility they need from their employers. Dads still feel pressure to downplay or hide their involvement in their children's lives. And even as more men step up...
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McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (21376 pages)
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English
Description
Is work working for you? If you experience the "Sunday night scaries," count down the days to the weekend, or dread the thought of another day at work, maybe you can only see two options to escape your current misery: quit your job or stay and suffer. There is another option. In Own It. Love It. Make It Work., one of America's top productivity consultants reveals why you don't have to rely on your company, nor your boss, for your professional fulfillment....
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Publisher
McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (23857 pages)
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English
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Technology, information overload, and increasing market dominance by expert investors and computers make it harder than ever to produce investing results that overcome operating costs and fees. Winning the Loser's Game reveals everything you need to know to reduce costs, fees, and taxes, and focus on long-term policies that are right for you. Candid, short, and accessible, Winning the Loser's Game walks you through the process of developing and implementing...
18) Create Amazing
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (22787 pages)
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English
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There are more than 10,000,000 employee owners in America today. The results of employees owning a piece of the pie has been proven throughout American history, even before ESOPs became IRS law in 1974. Employees with even a small capital interest in their firms' successes are more likely to stay, have greater loyalty and pride, are willing to work hard, and make more suggestions for improvement. Economic injustice caused by wealth disparity is quickly...
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (17737 pages)
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English
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As digital technologies and consumer expectations continue to disrupt almost every industry sector, companies are placing greater emphasis on developing and implementing transformation programs. Changing the Game offers the practical knowledge required to create a dramatic step-change in company performance. Designed for executives and managers responsible for a transformation in any type of company and situation, this comprehensive real-world playbook...
20) Fifteen Paths
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (36036 pages)
Language
English
Description
Prescriptions for imaginative living in today's noisy and ever-narrowing world Our social conversation has gone awry. We are surrounded by noise and retreating to social media bubbles. As conversations across ideological divides become increasingly difficult, we as a society need to rethink what it means to listen, to think, to create, and to be democratically engaged citizens. Fifteen Paths documents the journey of a disillusioned business professor...
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