New Business Book Summary Available for One Perfect Pitch
One Perfect Pitch by Marie Perruchet offers step-by-step guidance to entrepreneurs who are seeking funding for their ventures, or those who need to sell themselves or their products or services. By...
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Companies that spend their entire time focused on their core products or on introducing new products to new markets seem to be the norm. However, a less risky, less volatile way to increase revenues...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Six Secrets of Raising Capital
Gaining the interest of investors means gaining both their emotional involvement and financial confidence. The traditional methods such as idea-pitching and writing exhaustive business plans are weak...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Mentor Myth
The Mentor Myth by Debby Carreau pokes a hole in the theory that having a mentor is essential for growing professionally and reaching the top rungs of the corporate ladder. The word “mentor” is an...
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Despite the fact that agile has become a popular approach to project management in recent years, there still is a great deal of confusion surrounding its implementation. In The Project Manager’s Guide...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for Hiring Greatness
In Hiring Greatness, David E. Perry and Mark J. Haluska draw upon 45 years of collective experience to provide an inside view of the executive recruiting process. They show how organizations can...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for Simple Is the New Smart
In Simple Is the New Smart, Rob Fazio emphasizes the importance of simplifying the pursuit of success. He offers working professionals and managers smart cuts for making inroads in their careers and...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Negotiation Book
Negotiations are the most difficult, dynamic, and even uncomfortable aspects of doing business. Reaching a deal that adds to the bottom line and builds lasting trust demands a thorough understanding of...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for 4D Leadership
Business leaders often become “human doings” rather than “human beings,” ignoring the inner landscapes that inform their decisions. In 4D Leadership, Dr. Alan Watkins presents the Enlightened...
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Henry M. Paulson Jr. has spent much of his career working with leaders in China to reform China’s unique economic system. As CEO of Goldman Sachs, he helped corporatize elements of the state-run...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook
A business can generate revenue while producing a product or service that helps cure a social problem. The best way to plan such a business is by taking small steps and preparing for the unexpected. In...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook
In What Great Trainers Do, Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton target the underlying need for trainers to energize and motivate individuals to enact relevant change in their workplaces. They...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for Make Your Own Waves
In Make Your Own Waves, Louis Patler explains that those starting their own businesses can learn a great deal from the rules followed by Big Wave surfers. Like surfers, successful entrepreneurs must...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for 20 Minute Manager: Running Virtual...
For managers and leaders, running effective virtual meetings–from conference calls to WebEx meetings–can come with an array of obstacles. Silences, interruptions, technical issues, and cultural...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for Your Creative Mind
Many people mistakenly believe that creativity and innovative potential are static, inherent qualities. In Your Creative Mind, Scott Cochrane offers insight into how individuals can master their minds...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for Even the Odds
Even the Odds by Karen Firestone offers readers a persuasive assessment of risk and how to evaluate it, analyze it, and make sensible choices in business and in life. Firestone’s approach and...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for The Social Project Manager
In The Social Project Manager, project management consultant Peter Taylor examines the shift from traditional, top-down project management toward a new socially oriented paradigm that encourages the...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for 7 Secrets of Persuasion
Most people make decisions so quickly that they may not even know they are making them; therefore, logic seldom has anything to do with the process. Psychological and scientific studies have proven...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for For the Win
Games have always been a part of society, and smart companies are tapping into this inherent desire to have fun. Video games generate billions of dollars each year, but gamification, or adapting the...
View ArticleNew Business Book Summary Available for High-Profit Prospecting
In High-Profit Prospecting, Mark Hunter provides strategies for generating high-profit prospects and turning them into valuable customers. The book discusses the role of prospecting in today’s...
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