Management & Leadership

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so... More

The best-selling Built to Last answered the question of what it takes to build an enduring, great company from the ground up. Good to Great answers an even more compelling question: can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? Can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? After a... More

The coauthor of the bestselling "Built to Last" now presents a blueprint for transforming good companies into great ones. Charts & graphs throughout.The Challenge "Built to Last," the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained ... More

Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained them. Some of the key concepts discerned in this study, comments Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some pe... More

>Rich Dad, Poor Dad will explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich. >Challenge the belief that your house is an asset >Show parents why they cannot rely on the school system to teach their kids about money >Define once and for all an asset and a liability >Teach you what to t... More

Black, the woman at the pinnacle of the Hearst magazine empire, draws on a lifetime of experience to reveal the essential elements of success for women anywhere on the corporate ladder.Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreams of having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at... More

Lafley, the CEO of Procter & Gamble, and Charan, the bestselling author of "Know-How," show how to change the game of business by making innovation the centerpiece, driving everything from strategy and budgeting to employee selection, promotion, and reward.How you can increase and sustain organic re... More

Why the most important trends in the world today are the smallest ones. In Microtrends, Mark Penn, an expert with over thirty years' experience in finding and motivating niche groups, reveals the true trends in our society today, uncovering what's really popular (which is not what we might think is ... More

Unfortunately, most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths, much less the ability to build our lives around them. Instead guided by our teachers, parents and managers we become experts in our weaknesses and spend our lives trying to repair these flaws, whilst our strengths lie dormant ... More

Develop your personal skills by understanding how to sell effectively, with strategies to ensure success. This book includes the basics of selling from preparation through to managing a team, with 5-minute fixes and high-impact techniques plus a simple self-assessment exercise to help monitor progre... More

The Book That Shows How to Get the Job Done and Deliver Results -whether you're running an entire company or in your first management job Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, with a track record for delivering results that has few peers. Ram Charan is a legendary advisor to senio... More

The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you're running an entire company or in your first management job Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results. Ram Charan is a legendary adviso... More

Summary: This book serves as a reference for individuals interested in knowledge management (KM) and educational issues surrounding KM. It looks at KM as an emerging profession and the need to educate a new generation of knowledge professionals to deal with managing knowledge on the one hand and man... More

The legendary auto executive and #1 bestselling author of "Iacocca: An Autobiography" sets America straight and trumpets a return to common sense. He writes with wit, warmth, and unflinching honesty about the issues foremost on every American's mind, from job security and global competition to the w... More

With over 2 million copies sold in over 20 different languages, Getting to Yes is the most successful book on Negotiation on the market! Negotiation is a way of life for the majority of us. Whether we're at work, at home or simply going out, we want to participate in the decisions that affect us. No... More