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"With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn't quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon--and that's just fine with her. She's only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young. Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping? Either way, she's struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat. And being a single woman in a male-dominated...
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AMACOM/American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2009]
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1 online resource
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English
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What makes a great leader' Confidence' Trust' Vision' The ability to inspire' The answer is complex yet understandable. The good news is that most great leaders are made, not born, and many of the characteristics associated with effective leadership can be assessed, trained, and developed. Based on the best-selling seminar by the American Management Association, this book gives readers practical advice on how they can:- get noticed by learning how...
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Gildan Audio
Pub. Date
Â2020
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Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (7 hr., 20 min.)
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English
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What will it take to create a more gender-balanced workplace'We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where gender equality is today-and how far we still have to go. This book will inspire you to: better understand the path women must take to leadership; learn the root causes of the barriers that exist for women in the workplace; check your own gender...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (46462 pages)
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English
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Eliminating misconceptions about what is really important for successful project financings, Project Finance for Business Development shows you how to develop, structure, and implement projects successfully by creating competitive advantage. By shedding light on project finance failures, it also helps you avoid failures of your own. - Offers a roadmap for successful financing, participant roles and responsibilities, and assessing and testing project...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (20782 pages)
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English
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You have the opportunity to lead: to show up with confidence, connected to others, and committed to a purpose in a way that inspires others to follow. Maybe it's in your workplace, or in your relationships, or simply in your own life. But great leadership-leadership that aligns teams, inspires action, and achieves results-is hard. And what makes it hard isn't theoretical, it's practical. It's not about knowing what to say or do. It's about whether...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (28941 pages)
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English
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Conventional business wisdom tells us that entrepreneurs are society's main source of innovation. Young founders leave college with a big idea, get to work in a garage, and build something that changes the world. Typical corporate employees, strangled by slow-moving bureaucracy, are blocked from making transformative discoveries. In Driving Innovation from Within, strategist and advisor Kaihan Krippendorff disproves one of today's biggest business...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (25529 pages)
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English
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Reap the benefits of a diverse workforce. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you create a culture that seeks and celebrates difference. This book will inspire you to: identify and address bias; short-circuit discrimination instead of unintentionally feeding it; attract, retain, and engage talented people who represent myriad identities; ensure that everyone has equal access...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (18562 pages)
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English
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Dr. Gary S. Goodman is the bestselling author of twelve books and thousands of articles. He is also creator of the applauded training program, "Best Practices In Negotiation," offered at U.C. Berkeley and UCLA Extension, as well as at organizations worldwide. As an attorney, Fortune 1000 management consultant, and celebrated speaker and lecturer, Dr. Goodman has personally negotiated more than a thousand contracts, for his companies and for his clients....
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (57728 pages)
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English
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The intensification of marketing activities in recent years has led the public to become much more aware of its role as consumers. Yet, the increased visibility of marketing materials and associated messages in everyday life is in contrast with the often little understood inner workings of the marketing profession itself, despite the widespread recognition of marketers as key agents in shaping the face of global capitalism. Inside Marketing offers...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (23476 pages)
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English
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The Secret to Taking Your Business from Mediocre to Meaningfully Different? Thinking like a marketer. It's also the secret to moving your organization from status quo to success story, and from busy to profitable. In an accessible, practical new guidebook, acclaimed marketing expert Kate Colbert offers fresh insights into the actions and attitudes that can accelerate your business success, sharpen your daily work, and balance your efforts to create...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (33047 pages)
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English
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On-going coaching and development that can be a "game changer" for all employees! All great coaches know how to ask good open-ended questions and how to give effective feedback. They keep a balanced and honest perspective that separates the person from the problem or issue; coaching to leverage their unique strengths and helping them improve weaknesses with a mindset focused on continuous improvement. This ongoing coaching and development can be a...
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (28525 pages)
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English
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In Follow the Feeling, strategy advisor Kai D. Wright answers a critical question plaguing entrepreneurs, brand strategists, marketers, and leaders: how do you grow your brand in a noisy world? Analyzing 1,500 fast-growing companies from Alibaba to Zara, the Columbia University lecturer and Ogilvy global consulting partner unpacks five branding secrets. Starting with behavioral economic principles and ending with a new systems-based approach to brand...
13) Forever Skills
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (22674 pages)
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English
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What skills will matter most for work, business and life in the future? Where should you focus your energy and effort when the world is changing at an extraordinary rate? How can you future proof yourself, your organization, and your kids? In this groundbreaking book Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory have interviewed hundreds of successful business people, educators, futurists, economists, and historians to uncover the key skills that will always be...
14) Decisions
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (26113 pages)
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English
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Your Future Depends on Your Decisions Sorting out our lives amidst chaos, confusion, and innumerable options is a process we all have in common. The decisions we ultimately make can affect our lives and the lives of others. It's not always easy. In this empowering guide, an expert in business strategies shares the choices of notable, visionary decision-makers-from Harry Truman and Henry Ford to Marie Curie and Malala Yousafzai-and explains how you...
15) Duty of Care
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (14662 pages)
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English
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An essential guide for board members and executives who need to understand the impact of digital on their thinking and decision making Duty of Care: An Executive's Guide for Corporate Boards in the Digital Era offers a much needed guide for board directors and leaders who need to get up-to-speed and close their digital knowledge gap in order to make the right decisions about digital technology investment and deployments. Written in easy-to-understand...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (32440 pages)
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English
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The organizations that harness the power of data to transform their businesses will be the market leaders. You can be sure that your competitors will be looking for insights in their data to drive them ahead and that the disruptors in your sector will be data driven. Data, if used correctly, has the power to transform your business and make you the market leader. Data Driven Business Transformation is the practical guide to harnessing your data to...
17) Heart and Sell
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (25397 pages)
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English
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Are you making it difficult for your potential customers to buy from you? Today's buyers are overloaded-overwhelmed by too much information and suffering from decision fatigue. Across industries, customers are delaying purchasing decisions or even choosing to stick with the status quo so they can avoid the dreaded "sales process." In response, many sales professionals are overcompensating with behaviors that are either too accommodating or that create...
18) Evergreen Talent
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (20611 pages)
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English
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Finding the right talent is hard. Finding the right talent that will prosper and stay is even harder. Business growth is being stifled and fields of office cubicles remain empty due to the fierce competition for talent today with job openings having recently surged to a record high: 6.55 million. Evergreen Talent will show you how to attract, find, and keep employees for the long-term. What many organization leaders fail to understand is that you...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (31388 pages)
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English
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As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization. You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, the success of your organization depends on your leadership. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the best ones to help...
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (23064 pages)
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English
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Faulty grammar can slow you down and diminish your credibility as a business writer. Essential Grammar has just one objective: to help you use correct English in the documents you write for work. Correct writing is an excellent way to boost your professional credibility. Here are some of the skills the book helps you master: - Writing grammatically correct sentences - Using the right forms of pronouns and verbs - Distinguishing between commonly confused...
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