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Business Book Library

Topics

Leadership	Ideas & Trends
Career Development	Marketing
Self Improvement	Corporate Finance
Personal Finance	Logistics
Human Resources	Economics & Politics
Strategy	Technology

 

Leadership

The Apple Way	12 Management Lessons from the World’s Most Innovative Company
The 3 Keys to Empowerment	Release the Power Within People for Astonishing Results
The 360° Leader	Developing Your Infl uence from Anywhere in the Organization
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership	Follow Them and People Will Follow You
Becoming a Person of Influence	How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others
Charisma	Seven Keys to Developing the Magnetism that Leads to Success
The CEO Within	Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning
Change Management Excellence	Using the Four Intelligences for Successful Organizational Change
Developing the Leader Within You
The Extraordinary Leader	Turning Good Managers Into Great Leaders
The Emotionally Intelligent Manager	How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership
The Essential Wooden	A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership
Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute
The End of Management	And the Rise of Organizational Democracy
Fast Forward	Organizational Change in 100 Days
The First 90 Days	Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
The Hands-Off Manager	How to Mentor People and Allow Them to Be Successful
How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization	From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning
How to Grow Leaders	The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development
Leading Change	An Action Plan from the World’s Foremost Expert on Business Leadership
The Leader of the Future 2	Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era
Micromessaging	Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words
The Marine Corps Way	Using Maneuver Warfare to Lead a Winning Organization
Primal Leadership	Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
Profitable Growth Is Everyone’s Business	10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning
The Speed of Trust	The One Thing That Changes Everything
Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer	Managing for Conflict and Consensus
Why CEOs Fail	The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top –  and How to Manage Them
The One Thing You Need to Know	…About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success
You’re in Charge – Now What?	The 8-Point Plan
The Art of the Start	The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

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Career Development

101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview
The 21 Success Secrets Of Self-Made Millionaires	How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster And Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day	Revitalize Your Spirit and Empower Your Leadership
The Art of Connecting	How to Overcome Differences, Build Rapport, and Communicate Effectively with Anyone
Beyond Bullet Points	Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire
Eat That Frog	21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
The Fine Art of Small Talk	How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills – and Leave a Positive Impression!
How to Get Your Point Across In 30 Seconds or Less
In the Line of Fire	How To Handle Tough Questions…When It Counts
How to Talk to Anyone	92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Life Is a Series of Presentations	8 Ways to Punch Up Your People Skills At Work, at Home, Anytime, Anywhere
Knock ‘Em Dead 2002
Never Eat Alone	And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Powerful Presentations	Great Ideas for Making a Real Impact
Presenting to Win	The Art of Telling Your Story
Super Networking	Reach the Right People, Build Your Career Network, and Land Your Dream Job — Now
How to Win Friends And Influence People
Words That Work	It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There	How Successful People Become Even More Successful!
Working with Emotional Intelligence

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Self Improvement

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The 8th Habit	From Effectiveness to Greatness
Power Up Your Mind	Learn Faster, Smarter
The Power of an Hour	Business and Life Mastery in One Hour a Week
How to Simplify Your Life	Seven Practical Steps to Letting Go of Your Burdens and Living a Happier Life
Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a Life	A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life
Ready for Anything	52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life
The Time Trap	The Classic Book on Time Management

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Personal Finance

Automatic Wealth	The 6 Steps to Financial Independence
Family Wealth	Keeping It in the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual and Financial Assets for Generations
Wealth	Grow It, Protect It, Spend It, and Share It

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Human Resources

High-Impact Interview Questions	701 Behavior-Based Questions to Find the Right Person for Every Job
How Would You Move Mount Fuji?	Microsoft’s Cult of the Puzzle: How the World’s Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers
Rewarding Teams	Lessons from the Trenches

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Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy	How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
The Balanced Scorecard	Translating Strategy into Action
The Essential Art of War
Execution	The Discipline of Getting Things Done

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Ideas & Trends

Alchemies of the Mind	Rationality and the Emotions
Brain Rules	12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
Brain-Wise	Studies in Neurophilosophy
The Power of Impossible Thinking	Transform the Business of your Life and the Life of your Business
Social Intelligence	The New Science of Human Relationships
Wikinomics	How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Tomorrow Now	Envisioning the Next 50 Years
The Wisdom of Crowds	Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

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Marketing

Full Frontal PR	Building Buzz About Your Business, Your Product, or You
Guerrilla Publicity	Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for Minimum Dollars
How to Persuade People Who Don’t Want to Be Persuaded	Get What You Want – Every Time!
Kotler on Marketing	How to Create, Win and Dominate Markets
Naked Conversations	How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
Steal These Ideas!	Marketing Secrets that Will Make You a Star

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Corporate Finance

Essential Principles for Fundraising Success

An Answer Manual for the Everyday Challenges of Raising Money

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Logistics

The Business of Event Planning	Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Successful Special Events
Streetwise Meeting and Event Planning	From Trade Shows and Conventions to Fundraisers and Galas – Everything You Need for a Successful Business Event

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Economics & Politics

The Future of Capitalism

How Today’s Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow’s World

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Technology

The Perfect Thing

How the iPod Shuffl es Commerce, Culture, and Coolness

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Take 12 Questionnaire

1. What would you and others say are five of your personality pluses?
2. What are the ten most interesting things you have done or that have happened to you?
3. What do you do for a living and how did you end up doing it?
4. What do you like/love about your current job/career?
5. How does your job/career use your skills and talents, and what projects are you working on right now that best showcase them?
6. What career successes are you most proud of having accomplished (from current position and past jobs)?
7. What new skills have you learned in the last year?
8. What obstacles have you overcome to get where you are today, both professionally and personally, and what essential lessons have you learned from some of your mistakes?
9. What training/education have you completed and what did you gain from those experiences?
10. What professional organizations are you associated with and in what ways_member, board, treasurer, or the like?
11. How do you spend your time outside of work, including hobbies, interests, sports, family, and volunteer activities?
12. In what ways are you making a difference in people's lives?

Other Resources

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