"Managing Your Aspirations: Developing Personal Enterprise inthe Global Workplace" is written for anyone who meets with thequestion: 'Tell me more about yourself and where you want to go inthe future' and realizes that the answer is not simple. It is forthose who are ready to take a step back from their regular routinesto think seriously about another question: 'Does what I'm doingtoday relate to my dreams and my identity?'. The questions abovepertain to personal development, a theme that has recently become aresponsibility for individuals in corporate organizations andhigher-educational institutions. To meet this relatively new need, Bob Aubrey, founder and CEO ofMetizo, shares the Personal Enterprise Plan, comprising a set ofpersonal development strategy tools that were previously createdfor leading multinational companies and top business schools. In sodoing, he guides the reader through questions that give meaning andvalue to decisions about work, lifestyle and development, such as:Who will I

The international bestseller The Toyota Way explained the company's success by introducing a revolutionary 4P model for organizational excellence-Philosophy, People, Process, and Problem Solving. Now, in Toyota Culture, preeminent Toyota authorities Jeffrey Liker and Michael Hoseus reveal how Toyota selects, develops, and motivates its people to become committed to building high-quality products-and how you can do the same for your company. Toyota Culture examines the “human systems” that Toyota has put in place to instill its founding principles of trust, mutual prosperity, and excellence in its plants, dealerships, and offices around the world. Beginning with a look at the evolution of the Toyota culture and why its people are the heart and soul of the Toyota Way, the authors explain the company's four-stage process for building and keeping quality people: Attract, Develop, Engage, and Inspire.

Motorola relied heavily on teams to surpass its competition in building thelightest, smallest, and highest-quality cell phones. At 3M, teams are critical to meeting the company's goal of producing half of each year's revenues from the previous five years' innovations. Kodak's Zebra Team proved the worth of black-and-white film manufacturing in a world where color is king. But many companies overlook the potential of teams in turning around lagging profits, entering new markets, and making exciting innovations happen--because they don't know how to utilize teams successfully. Authors Jan R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith talked with hundreds of people in more than thirty companies to find out whereand how teams work best and how to enhance their effectiveness.

Based on the best-seller Phonics Pathways, a complete approachto teaching phonics and early reading Dolores Hiskes has developed a wealth of helpful teachingaides based on her best-selling book Phonics Pathways. This boosterpack includes 46 double-sided flash cards that illustrate thesounds and spelling patterns of the English language; SpeakingPathways, a lively 35-minute audio CD that demonstrates the soundsof spoken English; and three fun phonics games: WordWorks, whichreviews and reinforces phonics reading skills, Blendlt, whichreinforces knowledge of beginning spelling patterns, and The TrainGame, which features individual "train car" cards that kids puttogether to make longer words. Companion CD demonstrates the sounds of spoken English Contains games that have been classroom-tested and proveneffective Offers aides that are at once challenging and a fun way to learnreading skills These powerful phonics teaching tools can be used with beginningreaders, English language learners, d

The art of accounting-by the numbers. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Accounting, Third Edition takesthe guess work out of this basic business activity. This updatededition has all the current information any business person willneed to understand the "books," along with a useful workbook styleappendix to re-enforce the lessons learned throughout thebook. ? Fully updated including all new forms ? New workbook appendix with dozens of useful exercises ? Up-to-date information on the changes in payroll taxes,including the new Medicare tax

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Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise,STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty culturalobservation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movementchanged our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods andworkplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulouslyreported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fairtrade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through acast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, businesssharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKEDexplores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmetsin only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and socialhabits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things wethink we know about the coffee commodity chain are false. Starbucked is ...smart cultural criticism minus any academicgobbledygook. Mr. Clark is quite funny as he dryly sends up theexcess of the corporate

Supercharge your job performance and get where your want to beby becoming an ACTIVE LEARNER In today's highly competitive workenvironment, continuous learning is an absolute necessity--arequirement to keep up with the latest innovations in the field andincrease productivity. Learn Your Way to Success helps you spototherwise overlooked opportunities to learn and teaches you how totake advantage of them. It provides tools for setting a personallearning agenda, keeping track of what is learned, and determininghow to use that learning to improve performance in their currentjob, prepare for their next job, and plan their careers. Daniel R.Tobin has more than 30 years of experience in the learning anddevelopment field. He has founded two corporate universities(Digital Equipment Corporation's Network University and WangGlobal/Getronics Virtual University) and served as vice presidentof design and development at the American Management Association(AMA).

Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, theirunexpected desires... Dr. Paige Taylor: She swore it waseuthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from apatient, the D.A. called it murder. Dr. Kat Hunter: She vowed neverto let another man too close again-until she accepted the challengeof a deadly bet. Dr. Honey Taft: To make it in medicine, she knewshe'd need something more than the brains God gave her. Racing fromthe life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to thetension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Foreverlays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, loversand betrayers. And proves once again that no reader can outguessSidney Sheldon, the master of the unexpected.

In this innovative book, one of the most respected analysts in the world articulates a new way of understanding how we live. Mark Penn, the man who identified "Soccer Moms" as a crucial constituency in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, is known for his ability to detect relatively small patterns of behavior in our culture-- microtrends that can wield influence on a global scale. Relying on some of the best data available, Penn identifies more than 70 microtrends in religion, leisure, politics, and family life that are changing our lives. Among them are: People are retiring but continuing to work. Teens are turning to knitting. Geeks are becoming the most sociable people around. Women are driving technology. Dads are older than ever and spending more time with their kids than in the past.

Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV impresario Donald J. Trump reveals the secrets of his success in this candid and unprecedented book of business wisdom and advice. Over the years, everyone has urged Trump to write on this subject, but it wasn’t until NBC and executive producer Mark Burnett asked him to star in The Apprentice that he realized just how hungry people are to learn how great personal wealth is created and first-class businesses are run. Thousands applied to be Trump’s apprentice, and millions have been watching the program, making it the highest rated debut of the season. In Trump: How To Get Rich, Trump tells all–about the lessons learned from The Apprentice, his real estate empire, his position as head of the 20,000-member Trump Organization, and his most important role, as a father who has successfully taught his children the value of money and hard work.

Are good manners relevant in this day and age? More so than ever, with cell phones, body piercings, e-mails, and other 21st-century accessories. Now the authors of Things You Need to Be Told offer more advice-pertinent to today's issues, and filled with both hilarious wit and practical common sense.

An in-depth examination of today's most important wealthmanagement issues Managing the assets of high-net-worth individualshas become a core business specialty for investment and financialadvisors worldwide. Keeping abreast of the latest research in thisfield is paramount. That's why Private Wealth, the inauguraloffering in the CFA Institute Investment Perspectives series hasbeen created. As a sister series to the globally successful CFAInstitute Investment Series, CFA Institute and John Wiley are proudto offer this new collection. Private Wealth presents the latestinformation on lifecycle modeling, asset allocation, investmentmanagement for taxable private investors, and much more. Researchedand written by leading academics and practitioners, including RogerIbbotson of Yale University and Zvi Bodie of Boston University,this volume covers human capital and mortality risk in life cyclestages and proposes a life-cycle model for life transitions. Italso addresses complex tax matters and provides details o

"If more business books were as useful, concise, and just plain fun to read as THE MCKINSEY WAY, the business world would be a better place." --Julie Bick, best-selling author of ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT. "Enlivened by witty anecdotes, THE MCKINSEY WAY contains valuable lessons on widely diverse topics such as marketing, interviewing, team-building, and brainstorming." --Paul H. Zipkin, Vice-Dean, The Fuqua School of Business It's been called "a breeding ground for gurus." McKinsey & Company is the gold-standard consulting firm whose alumni include titans such as "In Search of Excellence" author Tom Peters, Harvey Golub of American Express, and Japan's Kenichi Ohmae. When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. In THE MCKINSEY WAY, former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem so

One of your most sensitive duties as a manager is conducting performance appraisals. How do you objectively evaluate another person's performance? What guidelines are there for talking to your direct reports about both their strengths and their weaknesses? How can you address a weakness to help an employee develop into a stronger member of your team? This book teaches you how to prepare for, conduct, and follow up on performance evaluations in ways that link employee performance to your company's and group's goals. You'll learn how to: Document employee development right from the start Set the appropriate tone in a performance review Address a performance problem Follow up on next steps with your employee

This analysis of what makes great companies great has been hailed everywhere as an instant classic and one of the best business titles since In Search of Excellence。The authors，James C。Collins and Jerry I。 Porras，spent six years in research， and they freely admit that their own preconceptions about business success were devastated by their actual findings--along with the preconceptions of virtually everyone else。 Built to Last identifies 18 “visionary” companies and sets out to determine what's special about them。 To get on the list，a company had to be world famous，have a stellar brand image，and be at least 50 years old。 We're talking about companies that even a layperson knows to be，well，different：the Disneys，the Wal-Marts，the Mercks。 Whatever the key to the success of these companies，the key to the success of this book is that the authors don't waste time comparing them to business failures。Instead，they use a control group of “successful-but-secon

"Evaluating the success of an individual or company is a lotlike judging a trapper by his pelts. Charles Koch has a lot ofpelts. He has built Koch Industries into the world's largestprivately held company, and this book is an insider's guide to howhe did it. Koch has studied how markets work for decades, and hiscommitment to pass that knowledge on will inspire entrepreneurs forgenerations to come." "A must-read for entrepreneurs and corporate executives that isalso applicable to the wider world. MBM is an invaluable tool forengendering excellence for all groups, from families to nonprofitentities. Government leaders could avoid policy failures by heedingthe science of human behavior." "My father, Sam Walton, stressed the importance of fundamentalprinciples—such as humility, integrity, respect, and creatingvalue—that are the foundation for success. No one makes a bettercase for these principles than Charles Koch." "What accounts for Koch Industries' spectacular success? CharlesKoch

best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in

Cooperation is the king! Teamwork achieves maximum results by infusing each member's talent, creativity, and energy into the given task. In today's fast-moving work environment, a team is far stronger than an individual in execution and creativity. This book provides 24 rules and guidelines for molding individual team membcrs into a solid and functioning group. Look at this value-packed book to learn how to: Forge a team that can make a difference and achieve great performances; Eliminate rivalries and focus on solving problems or challenges at hand: Handle the conflict well and drive for better results: Inspire creativity. This book shows you how to build a great team. working with individual members as well as the collective team to produce creative, consistent. and decisive results.

A game plan for team players in every arena of life--business,family, sports--uses examples from the life of the great basketballcoach to show how any group can combine strengths and talents andbe successful. Reprint. No one knows the dynamics of a winning team better than Pat Riley,one of pro basketball's most successful coaches. The Winner Withinis his game plan for team players in every aspect of life:business, family, or sports. Riley uses his own examples ofsuccess--in and out of sports--to show how any group can blend itstalents to create lasting success. The pro basketball coach and popular motivational speaker presentshis recipe for leadership, personal growth, and control of shiftingdynamics, showing how to forge strong groups that can work togetherto create success

Today – six years after it was created in a Harvard dorm room– over 500 million people use Facebook regularly, in just aboutevery country on earth. That a company this powerful andinfluential was started as a lark by a couple of 19-year-olds makesit a fascinating and surprising tale. That one of them, thevisionary Mark Zuckerberg, had the maturity, strategic smarts andluck to keep his company ahead of its rivals anchors thetale. With exclusive inside access to all the company’s leaders DavidKirkpatrick tells of the vision, the tenacity, the refusal tocompromise, and the vision Zuckerberg has to remake the internet. Abrilliant and fascinating cast of characters created Facebook andKirkpatrick has interviewed all of them. Never before haveZuckerberg and his closest colleagues told what really happened asthey built their dynamo while eating fast food, staying up allnight, and thumbing their noses at how things are usually done.

Even if you've created marketing plans before it doesn'tmatter. The rules have changed. With the advent of Web 2.0 businessstrategies like Search Engine Optimization, Social Networking,Pay-Per-Click, and dozens more, it may seem like you need to startfrom scratch. But with the brand new and completely updated fourthedition of Bill Luther's classic "The Marketing Plan", you'll learnhow to navigate this perilous new landscape while actuallygenerating a working marketing plan for your business. By answeringquestions in each chapter, readers will identify their marketingobjectives and deploy specific strategies for every stage of themarketing cycle, from competitive and market analysis to planning,budgeting, brand development, and management. Featuring casestudies and examples from major brand successes of the last tenyears, the newest edition of "The Marketing Plan" is undoubtedlythe most practical and the most up-to-the-minute - marketingstrategy resource available. Complete with access to onlinesoftware