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1) The real-life MBA: your no-bs guide to winning the game, building a team, and growing your career
Author
Language
English
Description
The founders of the Jack Welch Management Institute, a fully accredited online MBA program, present a guide to overcoming modern business challenges, with recommendations for creating effective strategies, leading others, and building a thriving career.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate guide on leadership from the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Extreme Ownership. In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to cooking a good steak. But what if you are promoted into a new position leading...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated "instant MBA" degree presented in an engaging, sketch notes-style that that covers all the main concepts taught in a traditional business school program--at a fraction of the cost"--
"Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather than taking boring notes that he would never read (nor...
10) Rise and grind: outperform, outwork, and outhustle your way to a more successful and rewarding life
Author
Publisher
Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Daymond John has never been a stranger to hard work. And he also knows how spectacularly a killer work ethic can pay off. As a young man, he started a hip-hop inspired fashion brand on the streets of Queens, New York, with a $40 budget by hand-sewing hats between his shifts at Red Lobster. Today, his brand, FUBU, has over $6 billion in sales. While others might be searching for a shortcut to the top, says Daymond, the truth is that if you want to...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Do you consider yourself a hunter? If you have you ever dated, played sports, or held a job, then your answer should be yes. We are always hunting--trying to track down and take the things we want, the things that will make our life bigger, better, safer, more satisfying, exciting, and just plain fun. In The Hunt, serial entrepreneur, hunter, and OutdoorHub founder David Farbman offers a way of thinking about work, life, and our connection with the...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After years of coaching and consulting hundreds of startup rookies as well as seasoned entrepreneurs, executives, and CEOs, Bedros Keuilian realized that most people who want to start a business, grow an existing business, author a book, make more money, or make a bigger impact usually take the long, slow, painful way to get there ... and more than 80 percent of entrepreneurs never achieve their full potential in business. It's time to stop the bullshit...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Explores how investing in a racially and ethnically diverse workforce will help make contemporary businesses more dynamic, powerful, and profitable In our fast-changing demographic landscape, companies that proactively embrace diversity in all areas of their operations will be best poised to thrive. Renowned business leader and visionary Carol Fulp explores staffing trends in the US and provides a blueprint for what businesses must do to maintain...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
High performance has always required shrewd strategy and superb execution. These factors remain critical, especially given today{u2019}s unprecedented business climate. But Rich Karlgaard{u2014}Forbes publisher, entrepreneur, investor, and board director{u2014}takes a surprising turn and argues that there is now a third element that{u2019}s required for competitive advantage. It fosters innovation, it accelerates strategy and execution, and it cannot...
17) Etsy-preneurship: everything you need to know to turn your handmade hobby into a thriving business
Author
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Make the jump from enjoying your handmade/craft/art hobby to running a profitable business. Offers step-by-step advice on what it takes to bring in extra income or even one day run a full-time business on Etsy. Outlines the basic business skills and knowledge you need to run a business on Etsy and explains how Etsy makes entrepreneurship attainable for everyone.
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association, Inc
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
An ex-SEAL takes readers deep within the mind of a Navy SEAL, revealing how to attain the mental toughness, agility, flexibility, and determination to accomplish seemingly impossible feats in the business world.
Author
Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This book applies a model to business growth, examining the successful strategies that ordinary weeds use to spread and prosper in almost any situation. This is a system based on adapting the strategies, attributes, and tools used by weeds to take root, dominate, defend their space, and further expand their domain, providing a pathway to transform a team into a collective of weeds operating on behalf of the company, acting as an incubator for innovation...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Management guru Tom Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement, punctuated by incisive quotes from some of today's leading lights in business.
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