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From a career expert: connecting spiritual beliefs with work
Drawn from her long career as a recruiter, counselor and coach, author Kourtney Whitehead offers a practical guide for professionals to be inspired and joyful in their life and work callings. She advises that when we commit to living our beliefs in eight core areas, we can work authentically and live fulfilled. Her tips and tools for handling the expectations, choices, conflicts, challenges and opportunities we face in our work life will lead you through a transformative experience to become more creative, energized, observant, accepting of change and open-hearted. Read more
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The Creative Thinking Handbook
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business
by Chris Griffiths, Melina Costi
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Some people say that creativity is about thinking outside the box, while others believe it is about being creative inside the box; but what if there is no box? More than 82 per cent of companies believe creativity directly impacts results, yet few of us understand how it comes about or how to put it into practice. If we could identify and remove the 'box'...
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The Creative Thinking Handbook
Chris Griffiths, Melina Costi
The Creative Thinking Handbook
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business
by Chris Griffiths, Melina Costi
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Some people say that creativity is about thinking outside the box, while others believe it is about being creative inside the box; but what if there is no box? More than 82 per cent of companies believe creativity directly impacts results, yet few of us understand how it comes about or how to put it into practice. If we could identify and remove the 'box'...
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Reinventing the Product
How to Transform your Business and Create Value in the Digital Age
by Eric Schaeffer, David Sovie
Pub Date 03 Mar 2019
Reinventing the Product looks at how the disruptive waves of digital technologies will affect product companies. Eric Schaeffer and David Sovie assess how digital technologies such as the Internet of Things, data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing and particularly AI are transforming traditional products into smart connected products. The book will...
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Reinventing the Product
Eric Schaeffer, David Sovie
Reinventing the Product
How to Transform your Business and Create Value in the Digital Age
by Eric Schaeffer, David Sovie
Pub Date 03 Mar 2019
Reinventing the Product looks at how the disruptive waves of digital technologies will affect product companies. Eric Schaeffer and David Sovie assess how digital technologies such as the Internet of Things, data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing and particularly AI are transforming traditional products into smart connected products. The book will...
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Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
According to many reports, the physical retail experience is in crisis as more and more consumers shift to internet shopping. Despite this, the majority of global purchases still happen offline, from 90% of sales in the US through to 92% of sales in the UK and 94% in China. The big change is that today's shopper seeks content and advice online before buying...
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Omnichannel Retail
Tim Mason
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
According to many reports, the physical retail experience is in crisis as more and more consumers shift to internet shopping. Despite this, the majority of global purchases still happen offline, from 90% of sales in the US through to 92% of sales in the UK and 94% in China. The big change is that today's shopper seeks content and advice online before buying...
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Disruptive Branding
How to Win in Times of Change
by Jacob Benbunan, Gabor Schreier, Benjamin Knapp
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Disruptive forces have rewritten the rules of business. In an age of continuous change the strength and authenticity of brands has become more important than ever. The organizations that can master their brand experience are able to survive disruption by disrupting themselves; companies that can't do this will leave themselves ripe for disruption. ...
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Disruptive Branding
Jacob Benbunan, Gabor Schreier, Benjamin Knapp
Disruptive Branding
How to Win in Times of Change
by Jacob Benbunan, Gabor Schreier, Benjamin Knapp
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Disruptive forces have rewritten the rules of business. In an age of continuous change the strength and authenticity of brands has become more important than ever. The organizations that can master their brand experience are able to survive disruption by disrupting themselves; companies that can't do this will leave themselves ripe for disruption. ...
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Digital Marketing Strategy
An Integrated Approach to Online Marketing
by Simon Kingsnorth
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Effectively select, align and manage digital channels and operations using this second edition of the bestselling guide, Digital Marketing Strategy. This accessible, step-by-step framework enables the planning, integration and measurement of each digital platform and technique, all tailored to achieve overarching business objectives.
Ranging from social...
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Digital Marketing Strategy
Simon Kingsnorth
Digital Marketing Strategy
An Integrated Approach to Online Marketing
by Simon Kingsnorth
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Effectively select, align and manage digital channels and operations using this second edition of the bestselling guide, Digital Marketing Strategy. This accessible, step-by-step framework enables the planning, integration and measurement of each digital platform and technique, all tailored to achieve overarching business objectives.
Ranging from social...
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Creating Customer Loyalty
Build Lasting Loyalty Using Customer Experience Management
by Chris Daffy
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Consumer-facing and business-to-business organizations know that if they get their approach to customers right, they will be rewarded with unprecedented customer loyalty. This will lead to increased market share, improved sales, an enhanced reputation and higher profitability. Despite this, many of today's companies fail to recognize that the notable...
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Creating Customer Loyalty
Chris Daffy
Creating Customer Loyalty
Build Lasting Loyalty Using Customer Experience Management
by Chris Daffy
Pub Date 03 Apr 2019
Consumer-facing and business-to-business organizations know that if they get their approach to customers right, they will be rewarded with unprecedented customer loyalty. This will lead to increased market share, improved sales, an enhanced reputation and higher profitability. Despite this, many of today's companies fail to recognize that the notable...
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Pub Date 26 Feb 2019
Making an informed decision before casting a vote has never been harder. Complicated issues are oversimplified and delivered as tweets and sound bites. News is more fragmented and more partisan, sources of information are more opaque (sometimes even turning out to be our foreign adversaries), and networks increasingly rely on outrage over thoughtful...
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Where the Money Lies
Max Anderson
Pub Date 26 Feb 2019
Making an informed decision before casting a vote has never been harder. Complicated issues are oversimplified and delivered as tweets and sound bites. News is more fragmented and more partisan, sources of information are more opaque (sometimes even turning out to be our foreign adversaries), and networks increasingly rely on outrage over thoughtful...
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Rockonomics
A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life
by Alan B. Krueger
Pub Date 04 Jun 2019
The music industry is a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first...
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Rockonomics
Alan B. Krueger
Rockonomics
A Backstage Tour of What the Music Industry Can Teach Us about Economics and Life
by Alan B. Krueger
Pub Date 04 Jun 2019
The music industry is a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first...
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Financially Forward
How to Use Today's Digital Tools to Earn More, Save Better, and Spend Smarter
by Alexa von Tobel
Pub Date 14 May 2019
We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully digital. From mobile pay to on-demand everything to...
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Financially Forward
Alexa von Tobel
Financially Forward
How to Use Today's Digital Tools to Earn More, Save Better, and Spend Smarter
by Alexa von Tobel
Pub Date 14 May 2019
We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully digital. From mobile pay to on-demand everything to...
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Pub Date 28 May 2019
It's about authenticity and is derived exclusively from your mind, your heart, your values, your passions, and what you believe to be true at the core of your personal and professional...
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Being You
Maggie Eyre
Pub Date 28 May 2019
It's about authenticity and is derived exclusively from your mind, your heart, your values, your passions, and what you believe to be true at the core of your personal and professional...
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Women with Money
The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and, Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve
by Jean Chatzky
Pub Date 26 Mar 2019
Ask successful women what they want from their money and they'll tell you: independence...
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Women with Money
Jean Chatzky
Women with Money
The Judgment-Free Guide to Creating the Joyful, Less Stressed, Purposeful (and, Yes, Rich) Life You Deserve
by Jean Chatzky
Pub Date 26 Mar 2019
Ask successful women what they want from their money and they'll tell you: independence...
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Jump-Starting America
How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
by Jonathan Gruber; Simon Johnson
Pub Date 09 Apr 2019
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately...
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Jump-Starting America
Jonathan Gruber; Simon Johnson
Jump-Starting America
How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
by Jonathan Gruber; Simon Johnson
Pub Date 09 Apr 2019
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately...
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Unplugged How Organizations Lose Their Energy and How to Get It Back
by Steve Bucholz, Tom Roth, Wilson Learning Worldwide Inc.
Pub Date 26 Mar 2019
This book began with a question: What takes the human energy out of an organization and how to get it back? Unplugged is about understanding what happens to employees when they lose their way amidst change, when they become disconnected from purpose, direction, meaning, and value. When they, in a word, unplug. More importantly, Unplugged is also about how...
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Unplugged How Organizations Lose Their Energy and How to Get It Back
Steve Bucholz, Tom Roth, Wilson Learning Worldwide Inc.
Unplugged How Organizations Lose Their Energy and How to Get It Back
by Steve Bucholz, Tom Roth, Wilson Learning Worldwide Inc.
Pub Date 26 Mar 2019
This book began with a question: What takes the human energy out of an organization and how to get it back? Unplugged is about understanding what happens to employees when they lose their way amidst change, when they become disconnected from purpose, direction, meaning, and value. When they, in a word, unplug. More importantly, Unplugged is also about how...
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Your New Money Story
The Beliefs, Behaviors, and Brain Science to Rewire for Wealth
by David Krueger MD
Pub Date 08 May 2019
Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems—beliefs, behaviors, patterns—are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day? Once we systematically understand our relationship with money, can we...
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Your New Money Story
David Krueger MD
Your New Money Story
The Beliefs, Behaviors, and Brain Science to Rewire for Wealth
by David Krueger MD
Pub Date 08 May 2019
Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems—beliefs, behaviors, patterns—are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day? Once we systematically understand our relationship with money, can we...
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The Billionaire Boondoggle
How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs
by Pat Garofalo
Pub Date 12 Mar 2019
"An alarming, fact-driven jeremiad urging change and action." –Kirkus
The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.
From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to convention centers and hotels, cities and...
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The Billionaire Boondoggle
Pat Garofalo
The Billionaire Boondoggle
How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs
by Pat Garofalo
Pub Date 12 Mar 2019
"An alarming, fact-driven jeremiad urging change and action." –Kirkus
The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.
From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to convention centers and hotels, cities and...
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The Magnetic Advantage
How Great Companies Attract, Retain, & Engage the Best People
by Pascha Kelley
Pub Date 15 Jan 2019
The Magnetic Advantage is a leadership book that breaks down the principles of hiring, motivating and keeping the best people. This book will help you:
* Improve profits by creating an engaged workforce
* Reduce the high-cost of employee turnover
* Enhance your people management skills
* Effectively manage difficult employees
* Create a great business...
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The Magnetic Advantage
Pascha Kelley
The Magnetic Advantage
How Great Companies Attract, Retain, & Engage the Best People
by Pascha Kelley
Pub Date 15 Jan 2019
The Magnetic Advantage is a leadership book that breaks down the principles of hiring, motivating and keeping the best people. This book will help you:
* Improve profits by creating an engaged workforce
* Reduce the high-cost of employee turnover
* Enhance your people management skills
* Effectively manage difficult employees
* Create a great business...
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VIVA M·A·C
AIDS, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of M·A·C Cosmetics
by Andrea Benoit
Pub Date 11 Jun 2019
The first cultural history of the iconic brand M·A·C Cosmetics, VIVA M·A·C charts the evolution of M·A·C’s revolutionary corporate philanthropy around HIV/AIDS awareness. Drawing upon exclusive interviews with M·A·C co-founder Frank Toskan, key journalists, and fashion insiders, Andrea Benoit tells the fascinating inside story of how M·A·C’s unique style of...
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VIVA M·A·C
Andrea Benoit
VIVA M·A·C
AIDS, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of M·A·C Cosmetics
by Andrea Benoit
Pub Date 11 Jun 2019
The first cultural history of the iconic brand M·A·C Cosmetics, VIVA M·A·C charts the evolution of M·A·C’s revolutionary corporate philanthropy around HIV/AIDS awareness. Drawing upon exclusive interviews with M·A·C co-founder Frank Toskan, key journalists, and fashion insiders, Andrea Benoit tells the fascinating inside story of how M·A·C’s unique style of...
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The Art of Preventing Stupid
How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy through Better Risk Management
by Matthew Neill Davis
Pub Date 02 Apr 2019
In a world where most businesses fail, The Art of Preventing Stupid offers a system for leaders to solve common business problems before they happen. Author Matthew Neill Davis introduces the Preventing Stupid Method to running a business, a method that guides readers in identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing threats to and weaknesses in their...
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The Art of Preventing Stupid
Matthew Neill Davis
The Art of Preventing Stupid
How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy through Better Risk Management
by Matthew Neill Davis
Pub Date 02 Apr 2019
In a world where most businesses fail, The Art of Preventing Stupid offers a system for leaders to solve common business problems before they happen. Author Matthew Neill Davis introduces the Preventing Stupid Method to running a business, a method that guides readers in identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing threats to and weaknesses in their...
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Juliet's School of Possibilities
A Little Story About the Power of Priorities
by Laura Vanderkam
Pub Date 12 Mar 2019
Riley Jenkins is in trouble. An ambitious, hardworking consultant in her late twenties, she's used to a lifetime of nearly perfect evaluations - until she gets a terrible performance review from her boss. How is that possible when Riley does...
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Juliet's School of Possibilities
Laura Vanderkam
Juliet's School of Possibilities
A Little Story About the Power of Priorities
by Laura Vanderkam
Pub Date 12 Mar 2019
Riley Jenkins is in trouble. An ambitious, hardworking consultant in her late twenties, she's used to a lifetime of nearly perfect evaluations - until she gets a terrible performance review from her boss. How is that possible when Riley does...
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Get Ready!
A Step-by-Step Planner for Maintaining Your Financial First Aid Kit
by Tony Steuer
Pub Date 08 Jan 2019
PLEASE NOTE This is a print only book, so no ebook files are available. For review purposes, please access on your desktop/laptop via Adobe. You can also email cfoster@greenleafbookgroup.com to requested a printed copy for review. Thank you!
Your Financial First Responder
This is the kind of book you want to have before an emergency happens. Whether you...
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Get Ready!
Tony Steuer
Get Ready!
A Step-by-Step Planner for Maintaining Your Financial First Aid Kit
by Tony Steuer
Pub Date 08 Jan 2019
PLEASE NOTE This is a print only book, so no ebook files are available. For review purposes, please access on your desktop/laptop via Adobe. You can also email cfoster@greenleafbookgroup.com to requested a printed copy for review. Thank you!
Your Financial First Responder
This is the kind of book you want to have before an emergency happens. Whether you...
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Built to Suck
The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation...and How to Save It?
by Joseph Jaffe
Pub Date 19 Mar 2019
CORPORATIONS ARE DYING. CAN THEY BE SAVED?
In late 2018, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos addressed his entire staff in an all-hands meeting. “Amazon will fail and go bankrupt one day” he said. “Your job is to delay this for as long as possible!”
Advertising icon, Jay Chiat, once said: “Let’s see how big we get before we suck.” In Built to Suck, longtime corporate...
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Built to Suck
Joseph Jaffe
Built to Suck
The Inevitable Demise of the Corporation...and How to Save It?
by Joseph Jaffe
Pub Date 19 Mar 2019
CORPORATIONS ARE DYING. CAN THEY BE SAVED?
In late 2018, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos addressed his entire staff in an all-hands meeting. “Amazon will fail and go bankrupt one day” he said. “Your job is to delay this for as long as possible!”
Advertising icon, Jay Chiat, once said: “Let’s see how big we get before we suck.” In Built to Suck, longtime corporate...
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The Talent Revolution
Longevity and the Future of Work
by Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo
Pub Date 23 Apr 2019
The definitive guide to maximizing workforce value, The Talent Revolution exposes work-life longevity as the most influential driver transforming today’s workplace – a competitive edge for organizations smart enough to capitalize on it.
This is a first – a book that positions older workers as revolutionaries and reveals how organizations that engage...
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The Talent Revolution
Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo
The Talent Revolution
Longevity and the Future of Work
by Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo
Pub Date 23 Apr 2019
The definitive guide to maximizing workforce value, The Talent Revolution exposes work-life longevity as the most influential driver transforming today’s workplace – a competitive edge for organizations smart enough to capitalize on it.
This is a first – a book that positions older workers as revolutionaries and reveals how organizations that engage...
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Pub Date 26 Feb 2019
Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business...
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Wise Guy
Guy Kawasaki
Pub Date 26 Feb 2019
Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business...
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Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
The quest for perfection is not only possible—it’s actually our natural state, says author and former Blue Angel pilot, John Foley. Imagine what the same preparation and mindset that allowed him to fly in formation mere inches apart...
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Fearless Success
John Foley
Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
The quest for perfection is not only possible—it’s actually our natural state, says author and former Blue Angel pilot, John Foley. Imagine what the same preparation and mindset that allowed him to fly in formation mere inches apart...
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Pub Date 15 Jan 2019
What do an astronaut, a Navy SEAL, the cofounder of Method, the former VP of communications at Apple, and the president of Domino’s all have in common? Ryan Berman spent three years shadowing the most courageous people and leaders on the planet to find out what they have done to accomplish liberating personal or business feats.
Fifty-two...
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Return on Courage
Ryan Berman
Pub Date 15 Jan 2019
What do an astronaut, a Navy SEAL, the cofounder of Method, the former VP of communications at Apple, and the president of Domino’s all have in common? Ryan Berman spent three years shadowing the most courageous people and leaders on the planet to find out what they have done to accomplish liberating personal or business feats.
Fifty-two...
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Better Allies
Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces
by Karen Catlin
Pub Date 14 Jan 2019
Are you looking to build a workplace culture with a certain buzz about it? Where employees are thriving and engagement survey scores are through the roof. Where people from different backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and abilities are hired and set up for success—and they all want their friends to work there too, because it’s so...
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Better Allies
Karen Catlin
Better Allies
Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces
by Karen Catlin
Pub Date 14 Jan 2019
Are you looking to build a workplace culture with a certain buzz about it? Where employees are thriving and engagement survey scores are through the roof. Where people from different backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and abilities are hired and set up for success—and they all want their friends to work there too, because it’s so...
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The Calling
A 12-Week Science-Based Program to Discover, Energize, and Engage Your Soul’s Work
by Julia Mossbridge
Pub Date 01 Apr 2019
The Calling offers a ground-breaking twelve-week program to help you discover more fulfilling work, more authentic relationships, and a deeper sense of connection. It's no secret that many working professionals are dissatisfied with their occupations-it's been estimated that more than 75 percent of employees in the US are disengaged or otherwise unhappy in...
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The Calling
Julia Mossbridge
The Calling
A 12-Week Science-Based Program to Discover, Energize, and Engage Your Soul’s Work
by Julia Mossbridge
Pub Date 01 Apr 2019
The Calling offers a ground-breaking twelve-week program to help you discover more fulfilling work, more authentic relationships, and a deeper sense of connection. It's no secret that many working professionals are dissatisfied with their occupations-it's been estimated that more than 75 percent of employees in the US are disengaged or otherwise unhappy in...
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Lunching with Lions
Strategies for the Networking-Averse
by Katherine McGraw Patterson
Pub Date 21 Mar 2019
What if you’d rather jump into a cage of hungry lions wearing a meat suit than wade into a room full of strangers?
We’re taught networking is important, but few of us are taught to do it well. For many people, networking causes real social anxiety, discomfort, and even distress.
In Lunching with Lions, KP shares the strategies she used to go from being...
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Lunching with Lions
Katherine McGraw Patterson
Lunching with Lions
Strategies for the Networking-Averse
by Katherine McGraw Patterson
Pub Date 21 Mar 2019
What if you’d rather jump into a cage of hungry lions wearing a meat suit than wade into a room full of strangers?
We’re taught networking is important, but few of us are taught to do it well. For many people, networking causes real social anxiety, discomfort, and even distress.
In Lunching with Lions, KP shares the strategies she used to go from being...
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Sticks and Stones
Building Entrepreneurial Success from Life’s Struggles
by Nick Powills
Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
In Sticks and Stones, author and CFE Nick Powills shares how his personal struggle with weight and being teased as a kid fueled his drive toward becoming a successful entrepreneur. By transforming his painful memories into motivation, Powills unlocked a life-changing process for entrepreneurs and anyone who is ready to make the choice to better their lives.
...
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Sticks and Stones
Nick Powills
Sticks and Stones
Building Entrepreneurial Success from Life’s Struggles
by Nick Powills
Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
In Sticks and Stones, author and CFE Nick Powills shares how his personal struggle with weight and being teased as a kid fueled his drive toward becoming a successful entrepreneur. By transforming his painful memories into motivation, Powills unlocked a life-changing process for entrepreneurs and anyone who is ready to make the choice to better their lives.
...
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The Culture Question
How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work
by Randy Grieser; Eric Stutzman; Wendy Loewen; Michael Luban
Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
Unfortunately, far too many people don’t like where they work. Some organizations are unhealthy and full of disrespectful behavior. Other workplaces are simply uninspiring. For various reasons, countless people feel trapped, indifferent, or bored at work.
The authors of this book believe that people should be able to like where they work. When employees...
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The Culture Question
Randy Grieser; Eric Stutzman; Wendy Loewen; Michael Luban
The Culture Question
How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work
by Randy Grieser; Eric Stutzman; Wendy Loewen; Michael Luban
Pub Date 05 Mar 2019
Unfortunately, far too many people don’t like where they work. Some organizations are unhealthy and full of disrespectful behavior. Other workplaces are simply uninspiring. For various reasons, countless people feel trapped, indifferent, or bored at work.
The authors of this book believe that people should be able to like where they work. When employees...
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Bossed Up
A Grown Woman's Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together
by Emilie Aries
Pub Date 21 May 2019
Young women today face an uncertain job market, the pressure to ascend at all costs, and a fear of burning out. But the landscape is changing, and women are...
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Bossed Up
Emilie Aries
Bossed Up
A Grown Woman's Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together
by Emilie Aries
Pub Date 21 May 2019
Young women today face an uncertain job market, the pressure to ascend at all costs, and a fear of burning out. But the landscape is changing, and women are...
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Pub Date 14 Sep 2009
"If you care about science-or a scientist- this will be the most important book you'll ever read," says Randy Olson of his Don't Be Such a Scientist. He's only half joking.
In the United States we have a clear communication gap between the world of science and the general public. For starters, the vast majority of scientists say evolution is a...
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Don't Be Such a Scientist
Randy Olson

Pub Date 14 Sep 2009
"If you care about science-or a scientist- this will be the most important book you'll ever read," says Randy Olson of his Don't Be Such a Scientist. He's only half joking.
In the United States we have a clear communication gap between the world of science and the general public. For starters, the vast majority of scientists say evolution is a...
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Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America
by David E. Naugle
Pub Date 03 Feb 2011
Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage. Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and...
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Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America
David E. Naugle

Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America
by David E. Naugle
Pub Date 03 Feb 2011
Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage. Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and...
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The Case for a Carbon Tax
Getting Past Our Hang-Ups to Effective Climate Policy
by Shi-Ling Hsu
Pub Date 03 Oct 2011
There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change policy. Shi-Ling Hsu weighs the merits of the four major approaches to curbing CO2: cap-and-trade; command and control...
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The Case for a Carbon Tax
Shi-Ling Hsu

The Case for a Carbon Tax
Getting Past Our Hang-Ups to Effective Climate Policy
by Shi-Ling Hsu
Pub Date 03 Oct 2011
There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change policy. Shi-Ling Hsu weighs the merits of the four major approaches to curbing CO2: cap-and-trade; command and control...
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Pub Date 27 Sep 2012
There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today’s market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Around $1...
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Corporation 2020
Pavan Sukhdev

Pub Date 27 Sep 2012
There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today’s market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Around $1...
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Pub Date 17 Jul 2013
In our increasingly polarized society, there are constant calls for compromise, for coming together. For many, these are empty talking points—for Lucy Moore, they are a life's work. As an environmental mediator, she has spent the past quarter century resolving conflicts that appeared utterly intractable. Here, she shares the most compelling stories of her...
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Common Ground on Hostile Turf
Lucy Moore

Pub Date 17 Jul 2013
In our increasingly polarized society, there are constant calls for compromise, for coming together. For many, these are empty talking points—for Lucy Moore, they are a life's work. As an environmental mediator, she has spent the past quarter century resolving conflicts that appeared utterly intractable. Here, she shares the most compelling stories of her...
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Foreclosing the Future
The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction
by Bruce Rich
Pub Date 30 Sep 2013
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has vowed that his institution will fight poverty and climate change, a claim that World Bank presidents have made for two decades. But if worldwide protests and reams of damning internal reports are any indication, it is doing just the opposite. By funding development projects and programs that warm the planet and destroy...
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Foreclosing the Future
Bruce Rich

Foreclosing the Future
The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction
by Bruce Rich
Pub Date 30 Sep 2013
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has vowed that his institution will fight poverty and climate change, a claim that World Bank presidents have made for two decades. But if worldwide protests and reams of damning internal reports are any indication, it is doing just the opposite. By funding development projects and programs that warm the planet and destroy...
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Connecting to Change the World
Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
by Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor, John Cleveland
Pub Date 29 Sep 2014
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Connecting to Change the World
Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor, John Cleveland

Connecting to Change the World
Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
by Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor, John Cleveland
Pub Date 29 Sep 2014
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Nature's Fortune
How Business and Society Thrive By Investing in Nature
by Mark R. Tercek, Jonathan S. Adams
Pub Date 06 Aug 2015
What is nature worth? The answer to this question—which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms—is revolutionizing the way we do business.
In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the...
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Nature's Fortune
Mark R. Tercek, Jonathan S. Adams

Nature's Fortune
How Business and Society Thrive By Investing in Nature
by Mark R. Tercek, Jonathan S. Adams
Pub Date 06 Aug 2015
What is nature worth? The answer to this question—which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms—is revolutionizing the way we do business.
In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the...
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Pub Date 08 Sep 2015
Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective idealists. Joe Whitworth argues it doesn’t have to be this way. In...
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Quantified
Joe S. Whitworth

Pub Date 08 Sep 2015
Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective idealists. Joe Whitworth argues it doesn’t have to be this way. In...
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Resilient by Design
Creating Businesses That Adapt and Flourish in a Changing World
by Joseph Fiksel
Pub Date 13 Oct 2015
As managers grapple with the challenges of the effects of climate change in a hyper-connected, global economy, they are paying increasing attention to their organization's resilience—its capacity to survive, adapt, and flourish in the face of turbulent change. Sudden natural disruptions and increasingly vulnerable supply chains are increasingly the new...
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Resilient by Design
Joseph Fiksel

Resilient by Design
Creating Businesses That Adapt and Flourish in a Changing World
by Joseph Fiksel
Pub Date 13 Oct 2015
As managers grapple with the challenges of the effects of climate change in a hyper-connected, global economy, they are paying increasing attention to their organization's resilience—its capacity to survive, adapt, and flourish in the face of turbulent change. Sudden natural disruptions and increasingly vulnerable supply chains are increasingly the new...
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24 Hour Business Plan Template
How to Validate Your Startup Ideas and Plan Your Business Venture
by Steven Fies
Pub Date 29 Jun 2016
Writing a business plan should be simple, dynamic, and straightforward.
More importantly, it must be a FUNCTIONAL tool that advances you forward towards your goals -- rather than holding you back due to endless tinkering and perfecting of your plan without taking action.
Enter the 24 Hour Business Plan Template, your functional tool to get you there as...