The fun and simple problem-solving guide that took Japan by stormKen Watanabe originally wrote Problem Solving 101 for Japanese schoolchildren. His goal was to help shift the focus in Japanese educat
The amazing story of what Inc. calls A"The coolest little startup in America.A" While a freshman at Princeton, Tom Szaky co-founded a company that recycles garbage into worm poop, liquefies it, then
Thousands of business books are published every yearA- Here are the best of the best After years of reading, evaluating, and selling business books, Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten are among the most
Who is Roy Spence and what makes him the A"Pied Piper of PurposeA"? Over the last thirty-five years, Roy Spence has helped organizations such as Southwest Airlines, BMW, the University of Texas, Walm
Free Lunch answers the great mystery of our time: How did our strong and growing economy give way to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and fear for millions of Americans? Acclaimed reporter David Ca
If starting a company is difficult, leading a company once the business has caught fire is infinitely more so. Thousands of startups each year approach the dangerous transition that Doug Tatum calls
More uncommon common sense from the bestselling author of The Art of the Start. In Silicon Valley slang, a A"bozo explosionA" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into
The new way to transform a sales culture with clarity, authenticity, and emotional intelligence. Too often, the sales process is all about fear. Customers are afraid that they will be talked into mak
Everyone knows that Toyota has had an amazing twenty-five- year run, rising from a humble Japanese start-up to a thriving global giant. But how did it pass Ford and GM to become the worldA's largest
Expanding on a landmark cover story in Fortune, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called A"What I
Everyone knows Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, as the king of workplace humor. His insights into the crazy world of business have long been on display in his hugely popular comic strip and bests
Don KeoughA-a former top executive at Coca-Cola and now chairman of the elite investment banking firm Allen & CompanyA-has witnessed plenty of failures in his sixty-year career (including New Coke).
Insightful summaries of fifteen outstanding management books Since 1978, Soundview Executive Book Summaries has offered its subscribers condensed versions of the most relevant and influential busines
A concise extension of the business classic Topgrading, targeted to sales managers Brad SmartA's Topgrading has sold more than 150,000 copies since 1999, making it the definitive book for executives
An outspoken entrepreneurial dynamo reveals the secrets behind his self-made fortuneStarting as a college dropout with no family money, Felix Dennis made himself the sixty-fifth richest individual in
For more than twenty-five years, in publications such as Texas Monthly, Esquire, Fortune, and now The New York Times, Joe Nocera has shed new light on the giants of the business world - Warren Buffet
Do you hate cramming all of your errands into the weekend? Do you resent having to beg permission to watch your kidA's weekday soccer game? Are you tired of seeing people who arenA't very good at t
A sophisticated guide to todayA's hottest investment vehicleA- exchange traded funds The ETF Strategist is aimed primarily at investment advisers and sophisticated retail investors who are interested
Chet Holmes helps his clients blow away both the competition and their own expectations. And his advice starts with one simple concept: focus! Instead of trying to master four thousand strategies to
The Darwinian struggle of business keeps getting more brutal as competitive advantage gaps get narrower and narrower. Anything you invent today will soon be copied by someone elseA-probably better an
A"ThereA's fake corporate marketing and then thereA's real marketing. This is the real stuff for real people.A"A-Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & JerryA's Ice Cream These days consumers are paying less
Trading up isnA't just for the wealthy anymore. These days no one is shocked when an administrative assistant buys silk pajamas at VictoriaA's Secret. Or a young professional buys only Kendall-Jackso
An updated edition of the national bestsellerA-now with a new introduction and a new chapter Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created
From the bestselling author of What the CEO Wants You to KnowA-how to rethink sales from the outside in A"We have to face the truth: the process of selling is broken. Customers have more choices and
The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposAc How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast num
A"At Starbucks, the coffee has to be excellent, from the sourcing and growing to the roasting and brewing. The vision has to be inspiring and meaningful. Our finances have to be in order. But without
Michael Moe was one of the first research analysts to identify Starbucks as a huge opportunity following its IPO in 1992. And for more than fifteen years, he has made great calls on many other stocks
How to develop an all-star staff, even if you donA't know the first thing about managing A"Your employees are, like you and me, flawed and hopeful human beings whose success is at least partly depen
The New York Times bestseller by the most talked about woman in American business. For five and a half years, Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through major internal changes, the worst technology s
A"I travel the country speaking about No ManA's Land to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Wherever I go, I get the same response. Listeners approach me with sadness in their eyes and say, A'Doug, i
Bruce Greenwald, one of the nationA's leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his h
The ultimate guide to customer satisfaction, from the people who understand it better than anyone For nearly forty years, J. D. Power and Associates has been synonymous with measuring customer satis
How to find the A"soft innovationA" that will make your product, service, school, church, or career worth talking about We live in an era of too much noise, too much clutter, too many choices, and t
Everyone gets stuck sooner or later. The big question is how do you get unstuck? People and organizations get stuck because the most ambitious and rewarding work brings with it the most challenges.
After five years of groundbreaking research, Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom share some gripping stories. The Starfish and the Spider argues that organizations fall into two categories: traditional
How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture A The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller A Finalist for the Goldman Sachs/FT Business Book of the Y
The fully updated classic guide to the mechanics of securities processingA-a must for professional investors This third edition of After the Trade Is Made reflects the changes that have taken place
Brings together summaries of seventeen essential marketing classics in a single volume and includes Purple Cow by Seth Godin, Relationship Marketing by Regis McKenna, and The Tipping Point by Malcolm
The new bible for creating more powerful advertising These days, the fundamentals of advertising that truly build great brands are often overlooked. But Steve Lance and Jeff Woll are leading a back-
At last, the ultimate guide to customer satisfaction by the worldA's leading authority on the subject For nearly four decades, J. D. Power and Associates has been measuring consumer satisfaction and
