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10 Rules for Strategic Innovators:From Idea to Execution
Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
60 Trends in 60 Minutes
Sam Hill
A Bias for Action:How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time
Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal
Banishing Burnout:Six Strategies for Improving Your Relationship with Work
Michael P. Leiter and Christina Maslach
Becoming an Effective Mentoring Leader:Proven Strategies for Building Excellence in Your Organization
William J. Rothwell, PhD and Dr. Peter Chee
Beyond Disruption:Changing the Rules in the Marketplace
Jean-Marie Dru
Blink:The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Blueprint to a Billion:7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth
David G. Thomson
Brand From the Inside:Eight Essentials to Emotionally Connect Your Employees to Your Business
Libby Sartain and Mark Schumann
Brand Relevance:Making Competitors Irrelevant
David A. Aaker
Built To Change:How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher Worley
Built to Last:Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
Business Expectations:Are You Using Your Technology to Its Fullest?
Bryan Bergeron and Jeffrey Blander
Business Model Generation:A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
Business Model You:A One-Page Method for Reinventing Your Career
Tim Clark, in collaboration with Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
Buyology:Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
Martin Lindstrom
CEO of Me:Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age
Ellen Ernst Kossek and Brenda A. Lautsch
Clausewitz on Strategy:Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
Tiha von Ghyczy, Christopher Bassford, Bolko von Oetinger
Coming to Concurrence:Addressable Attitudes and the New Model for Marketing Productivity
J. Walker Smith, Ann Clurman, and Craig Wood
Competition Demystified:A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn
Covert Persuasion:Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game
Kevin Hogan and James Speakman
Crucial Confrontations:Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Cultural Strategy:Using Innovative Ideologies to Build Breakthrough Brands
Douglas Holt and Douglas Cameron
Cycles:How We Will Live, Work, and Buy
Maddy Dychtwald
Deep Smarts:How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom
Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap
Drive:The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
Escape Velocity:Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past
Geoffrey A. Moore
Execution:The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Fascinate:Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation
Sally Hogshead
Fast Second:How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets
Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski
Flash Foresight:How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible
Daniel Burrus with John David Mann
Get Lucky:How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business
Thor Muller and Lane Becker
Get Productive!:Boosting Your Productivity and Getting Things Done
Magdalena Bak-Maier
Getting Ahead:Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level
Joel A. Garfinkle
GIMME!:The Human Nature of Successful Marketing
John Hallward
Head, Heart, and Guts:How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders
David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo, and Stephen H. Rhinesmith
How Companies Win:Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You're In
Rick Kash and David Calhoun
How to Be Exceptional:Drive Leadership Success By Magnifying Your Strengths
John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, Robert H. Sherwin, Jr., Barbara A. Steel
How to Make Money in Stocks:A Winning System in Good Times or Bad
William J. O'Neil
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon
Impending Crisis:Too Many Jobs, Too Few People
Roger Herman, Thomas Olivo, and Joyce Gioia
Influence:Science and Practice
Robert B. Cialdini
Influencer:The Power to Change Anything
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter F. Drucker
Innovation that Fits:Moving Beyond the Fads to Choose the RIGHT Innovation Strategy for Your Business
Michael D. Lord, J. Donald deBethizy, and Jeffrey D. Wager
It's Alive:The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business
Christopher Meyer, Stan Davis
Judgment:How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis
Jugaad Innovation:Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu, and Simone Ahuja
Juice:The Creative Fuel That Drives World-Class Inventors
Evan I. Schwartz
Lateral Marketing:New Techniques for Finding Breakthrough Ideas
Philip Kotler and Fernando Trias de Bes
Leadership and the Sexes:Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business
Michael Gurian With Barbara Annis
Leading Outside the Lines:How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results
Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan
Loyalty Myths:Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of Business and Proven Tactics That Really Work
Tim Keiningham, Terry Vavra, Lerzan Aksoy, and Henri Wallard
Made to Stick:Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Managing in the Next Society
Peter F. Drucker
Marketbusters:40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth
Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan
Marketing Genius
Peter Fisk
Measure of a Leader:The Legendary Leadership Formula for Producing Exceptional Performers and Outstanding Results
Aubrey C. Daniels and James E. Daniels
Momentum:How Companies Become Unstoppable Market Forces
Ron Ricci and John Volkmann
More Than You Know:Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Michael J. Mauboussin
Multipliers:How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman with Greg McKeown
Nanofuture:What's Next For Nanotechnology
J. Storrs Hall
Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules:The Lost Writings
Napoleon Hill
Optimal Thinking:How to Be Your Best Self
Rosalene Glickman
Practice Perfect:42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better
Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, and Katie Yezzi
Predictable Surprises:The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them
Max H. Bazerman, Michael D. Watkins
Priceless:Turning Ordinary Products into Extraordinary Experiences
Diana LaSalle and Terry A. Britton
Primal Leadership:Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis
Re-Engage:How America's Best Places to Work Inspire Extra Effort in Extraordinary Times
Leigh Branham, SPHR, and Mark Hirschfeld
Ready, Fire, Aim:Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat
Michael Masterson
Repositioning:Marketing in an Era of Competition, Change, and Crisis
Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin
Resonant Leadership:Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion
Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee
Results Rule!:Build a Culture That Blows the Competition Away
Randy Pennington
Rules To Break & Laws To Follow:How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism
Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, PhD
Seeing What's Next:Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Erik A. Roth, Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony
Service Innovation:How to Go From Customer Needs to Breakthrough Services
Lance A. Bettencourt
Simply Better:Winning and Keeping Customers by Delivering What Matters Most
Patrick Barwise and Sean Meehan
Stop Acting Rich:And Start Living Like a Real Millionaire
Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D.
Strategic IQ:Creating Smarter Corporations
John R. Wells
Strategy Maps:Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Success Built to Last:Creating a Life that Matters
Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson
Ten Deadly Marketing Sins:Signs and Solutions
Philip Kotler
The 7 Triggers to Yes:The New Science Behind Influencing People's Decisions
Russell H. Granger
The Art of Woo:Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas
G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa
The Blame Game:How the Hidden Rules of Credit and Blame Determine Our Success or Failure
Ben Dattner with Darren Dahl
The Breakthrough Imperative:How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results
Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert
The Company of the Future
Frances Cairncross
The Emotionally Intelligent Team:Understanding and Developing the Behaviors of Success
Marcia Hughes and James Bradford Terrell
The Engagement Equation:Leadership Strategies for an Inspired Workforce
Christopher Rice, Fraser Marlow, and Mary Ann Masarech
The Global Brain:Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World
Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney
The Idea Hunter:How to Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen
Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer
The Innovator's Dilemma:When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
The Innovator's Prescription:A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. and Jason Hwang, M.D.
The Innovator's Solution:Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor
The Innovator's Toolkit:50+ Techniques for Predictable and Sustainable Organic Growth
David Silverstein, Philip Samuel, and Neil DeCarlo
The Innovator's Way:Essential Practices for Successful Innovation
Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham
The Inside Advantage:The Strategy that Unlocks the Hidden Growth in Your Business
Robert H. Bloom with Dave Conti
The Leadership Challenge:The Most Trusted Source on Becoming a Better Leader
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
The Managerial Moment of Truth:The Essential Step in Helping People Improve Performance
Bruce Bodaken and Robert Fritz
The Must-Have Customer:7 Steps to Winning the Customer You Haven't Got
Robert Gordman, with Armin Brott
The Next Big Thing Is Really Small:How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business
Jack Uldrich with Deb Newberry
The No Asshole Rule:Building a Civilized Workplace And Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton, PhD
The Origin of Brands:Discover the Natural Laws of Product Innovation and Business Survival
Al Ries and Laura Ries
The Phoenix Effect:9 Revitalizing Strategies No Business Can Do Without
Carter Pate and Harlan Platt
The Rational Optimist:How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley
The Rule of Three:Surviving and Thriving in Competitive Markets
Jagdish Sheth, Rajendra Sisodia
The Stress Effect:Why Smart Leaders Make Dumb Decisions -- And What to Do About It
Henry L. Thompson, Ph.D.
The Three Laws of Performance:Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan
The Three Tensions:Winning the Struggle to Perform Without Compromise
Dominic Dodd and Ken Favaro
The Tipping Point:How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
The Underdog Advantage:Using the Power of Insurgent Strategy to Put Your Business on Top
David Morey, Scott Miller
The Wizard and the Warrior:Leading with Passion and Power
Lee G. Bolman and Terence E. Deal
Transparency:How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole With Patricia Ward Biederman
Trout on Strategy
Jack Trout
True North:Discover Your Authentic Leadership
Bill George with Peter Sims
Trust Agents:Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust
Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
Tuned In:Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs
Craig Stull, Phil Myers, and David Meerman Scott
UnMarketing:Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
Scott Stratten
Upside-Down Marketing:Turning Your Ex-Customers into Your Best Customers
George R. Walther
Venture Deals:Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
What Got You Here Won't Get You There:How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
What Really Works:The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success
Nitin Nohria, William A. Joyce, Bruce Roberson
What's the Big Idea? Creating and Capitalizing on the Best New Management Thinking
Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak, H. James Wilson
Why Johnny Can't Brand:Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Big Idea
Bill Schley and Carl Nichols, Jr.
Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small
Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres
Win With Advanced Business Analytics:Creating Business Value from Your Data
Jean Paul Isson and Jesse S. Harriott
Win:The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary
Dr. Frank I. Luntz
Work Wanted:Protect Your Retirement Plans in Uncertain Times
James W. Walker and Linda H. Lewis
YES!:50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, and Robert B. Cialdini
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