Monday, June 25, 2012

NEW BUSINESS BOOKS

Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys To Transforming the Way We Work and Live More Info Borrow
By Tony Schwartz. From Free Press.
(42 reviews) Amazon rank #27,351

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.

Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so we’re both more satisfied and more productive—on the job and off.

The Leader Phrase Book: 3000+ Powerful Phrases That Put You In Command More Info Borrow
By Patrick Alain. From Career Press.
Amazon rank #55,135

The Leader Phrase Book contains more than 3,000 dynamic phrases that will enable you to prevail in virtually all of life's important situations. You will be in command of your words and always stay ahead of the game. With this passport to success, you will begin a new game in which you are among the charismatic, the untouchable...the elite.

This easy-to-use reference book will give you a new image you can take pride in helping you to quickly reach your full leadership potential.


The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business More Info Borrow
By Patrick M. Lencioni. From Jossey-Bass.
(23 reviews) Amazon rank #653

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.


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