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Becoming the Obvious Choice: A Guide to Your Next Opportunity
by Bryan Dodge and David Cottrell
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (56 pages)
ISBN: 9780965878869

By following the suggestions detailed in this practical book, you’ll learn how to maintain motivation, develop hidden talents, and become the obvious choice for any position.

The Business Analyst as Strategist: Translating Business Strategies into Valuable Solutions
by Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (192 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262094

Providing a five-step process to set well-formed strategies, this book shows you how to set the stage for change, and how to translate your strategy into operational terms through a portfolio of programs and supporting projects.

The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know About the Law
by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
Jossey-Bass © 2006 (384 pages)
ISBN: 9780787982553

Bridging the gap between law and business, this real-life guide illustrates a step-by-step process for avoiding lawsuits and transforming potential business legal problems that threaten growth and profitability.

Business Writing
by Baden Eunson
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (184 pages)
ISBN: 9780731406494

Taking a hands-on approach to help you excel in writing a range of hard-copy and electronic documents, this book shows you how to design documents, employ persuasive techniques and recognize (and foil) the mind games some people play.

Corporate Culture And Environmental Practice: Making Change At A High-Technology Manufacturer
by Jennifer A. Howard-Grenville
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2007 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9781847201003

Based on close observation at a major semiconductor manufacturer, this book details how the company’s culture - revealed through its internal practices, decisions, and norms - guided action on environmental issues.

Corporate Fraud: A Manager’s Journey
by K.H. Spencer Pickett
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (318 pages)
ISBN: 9780470114797

Filled with practical examples and workable solutions, this definitive book will take you from zero understanding of organizational fraud to integration of corporate fraud risk management and sound internal controls into everyday work.

Corporate Intelligence Awareness: Securing the Competitive Edge
by Rodger Nevill Harding
Multi-Media Publications Inc. © 2006 (300 pages)
ISBN: 9781895186420

Illustrated with real-world anecdotes and personal experiences, this compelling book reveals the secrets to developing an intelligence strategy by effective information gathering and analyzing, and delivering credible intelligence to senior management.

The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization
by Kevin Wheeler and Eileen Clegg
Pfeiffer © 2005 (152 pages)
ISBN: 9780787973391 (CD Content Available)

Offering practical methodology, best practices, and step-by-step guidance, this book is filled with the tools, templates, and activities you need to implement a corporate university and develop human talent in an effective and measurable manner.

Do It Right!: The New Book of Business Etiquette
by Valerie Sokolosky
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (96 pages)
ISBN: 9780978813789

Describing ‘today’ as a time of etiquette ambiguity when what was once the behavioral norm has disappeared, this book provides tips on how to behave in various situations that you can apply immediately and watch your career take giant steps forward.

Facilitating to Lead!: Leadership Strategies for a Networked World
by Ingrid Bens
Jossey-Bass © 2006 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9780787977313

Including useful checklists to help leaders determine the situations when facilitative leadership is most appropriate to apply, this book presents a four-level model that reframes empowerment from a vague concept to a concrete structuring tool.

Field Guide to Project Management, Second Edition
by David I. Cleland
John Wiley & Sons © 2004 (648 pages)
ISBN: 9780471462125

Addressing every aspect of project management with practical explanations and advice, this guide offers a wealth of reliable information for professionals who need a dependable resource to answer questions and solve problems as they arise.

Financialization and the World Economy
by Gerald A. Epstein (ed)
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2005 (454 pages)
ISBN: 9781845429652

Exploring the puzzling promotion of financial liberalization by governments despite its enormous costs, this book describes what can be done to alter the destructive path toward excessive financialization that most countries are taking.

Job Sharing: Two Heads are Better Than One
by Angela Morella and Mary O’Hanlon
Allen & Unwin © 2003 (128 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089645

Whether you’re at the top of the corporate ladder, just starting out or thinking of returning to the workforce after a break, this practical and concise book will show you the personal and professional benefits of job sharing.

Just Rewards: Reward Your Staff and Reap the Benefits
by Jamelle Wells
Allen & Unwin © 2004 (194 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089836

As the race to attract and retain the best personnel heats up, this innovative idea guide will help you appropriately recognize the work of your employees, and choose the most effective ways to say ‘thank you.’

Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis
by Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass © 2008 (184 pages)
ISBN: 9780787985592

For CEOs, directors, and anyone involved in leadership development, this eye-opening guide reveals exactly what’s wrong with corporate leadership development and shows how to make it right.

Leadership Made Simple: Practical Solutions to Your Greatest Management Challenges
by Ed Oakley and Doug Krug
CornerStone Leadership Institute © 2007 (120 pages)
ISBN: 9780978813758

Outlining principles that will help create a communicative, collaborative environment where solutions will evolve from the people closest to the issue, this book offers an easy-to-use process that will help you produce immediate and tangible results.

Logos and No Gos: How to Understand and Get the Most from Your Brand IP
by Geoff Steward
John Wiley & Sons © 2006 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780470060377

Covering all aspects of rights protection in business—including copyright, designs trade marks, database right and domain names—this plain-English guide shows how to design and implement a strategy to fully protect your brand rights.

Make Your Workplace Great: The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization
by Steven J. Stein
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780470838303

Based on the author’s proprietary and cutting-edge research, this book shows you how to implement the necessary changes to make your workplace a happier and more productive one.

Managing Value-Based Organizations: It’s Not What You Think
by Bruce Hoag and Cary L. Cooper
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2006 (316 pages)
ISBN: 9781840649819

Revealing both the practicalities and theories behind surviving upheaval in the workplace, this fascinating book takes a historical look at how the organization and management of work has changed since before the Industrial Revolution.

Naked Finance: Business Finance Pure and Simple
by David Meckin
Nicholas Brealey Publishing © 2007 (286 pages)
ISBN: 9781857883947

By stripping business finance down to its pure and simple basics, this accessible and straightforward guide explains financial principles in easy-to-understand terms and demonstrates how they can be practically applied in your day-to-day job.

Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Sixth Edition
by Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.
John Wiley & Sons © 2006 (688 pages)
ISBN: 9780471715375

Written from a managerial perspective, this book will equip you with the quantitative skills, knowledge of organizational issues, and insights into human behavior that you need to do project management effectively.

A Specially Commissioned Report: The Freedom of Information Act
by Susan Singleton
Thorogood © 2005 (156 pages)
ISBN: 9781854183248

Showing how businesses can ensure that they don’t disclose information inadvertently, this report explains how to protect company information by drafting new contracts in the right way.

Stand Out from the Crowd: Secrets to Crafting a Winning Company Identity
by Jay Lipe
Kaplan Professional © 2006 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9781419523007

With clear-cut action steps, case studies, and visual examples, this illuminating book offers entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and marketers the necessary tools to implement a comprehensive company identity strategy.

Ten Thousand Horses: How Leaders Harness Raw Potential For Extraordinary Results
by John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings
Berrett-Koehler Publishers © 2007 (144 pages)
ISBN: 9781576754504

Drawing on the authors’ experience and findings from an authoritative Gallup study of 4 million workers from 360,000 workgroups, this book lays out an innovative leadership model that will turn employees from dutiful drones to committed contributors.

Ultimate Performance:  Measuring Human Resources at Work
by Nicholas C. Burkholder, Scott Golas and Jeremy Shapiro
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780471741213

Presenting the ways, means, and metrics department directors can use to transform the perception of HR, this no-nonsense guide will enable HR managers to create value and help businesses differentiate themselves from the competition.

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151 Quick Ideas for Advertising on a Shoestring
by Jean Joachim
Career Press © 2008 (192 pages)

ISBN: 9781564149824Featuring secrets and short-cuts from sharp production directors, great sales reps, and savvy marketers who used advertising to build successful businesses, this invaluable book will give your advertising the lift it needs, at a lower cost.

The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings
by Alice Zavala and Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262124

Arming business analysts with principles, practices, and tools for effective facilitation and meeting management, this book provides powerful tools to negotiate meetings, informal work sessions, and formal workshops.

Business Power: Creating New Wealth from IP Assets
by Robert Shearer (ed) and The Members of the National Knowledge & Intellectual Property Management Taskforce
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780470120750

Guiding readers to use their ideas and intellectual property as competitive intelligence tools, this seminal book explores how organizations are changing, what management can do about those changes, and how you can create new wealth for your shareholders.

Corporate Entrepreneurship: Top Managers and New Business Creation
by Vijay Sathe
Cambridge University Press © 2003 (405 pages)
ISBN: 9780521824996

By exploring the real world of top managers in a systematic and comprehensive way, this valuable book offers both a theory of corporate entrepreneurship and practical advice on how to manage it better.

Developing and Implementing a Corporate University
by Jeffrey W. Grenzer
HRD Press © 2006 (156 pages)
ISBN: 9780874259261

Packed with valuable strategies and tactical insights, plus more than 50 charts, figures, quizzes and graphs, this strategic guide will help you successfully capture and share your organization’s knowledge and experiences.

The Four Kinds of Sales People: How and Why They Excel- And How You Can Too
by Chuck Mache
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780470127551

For salespeople, sales managers, and executives, this entertaining and practical book is a business fable that exposes the traits and characteristics of four distinct types of salespeople and outlines how and why they excel - or don’t.

From Analyst to Leader: Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst
by Kathleen B. Hass, Lori Lindbergh, Richard Vander Horst and Kimi Ziemski
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262131

Uncovering the unique challenges for the business analyst to transition from a support role to a central leader, this strategic guide presents the principles, knowledge, practices, and tools needed to assume a leadership role in an organization.

Getting It Right: Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques
by Kathleen B. Hass, Don J. Wessels and Kevin Brennan
Management Concepts © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262117

Designed to help the business analyst decide which requirement artifacts should be produced to adequately analyze requirements, this critical book examines the complete spectrum of business requirement analysis from preparation through documentation.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs
by David Parmenter
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (254 pages)
ISBN: 9780470095881

Breathtaking in its simplicity and profound in its impact, this book distills the balanced scorecard process into 12 logical steps, equipping users with an implementation resource kit that includes questionnaires, worksheets, workshop outlines, and more.

Malcolm McDonald on Marketing Planning: Understanding Marketing Plans and Strategy
by Malcolm McDonald
Kogan Page © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9780749451493

Snappy and succinct, with an emphasis on practicality, this book will help you appreciate the benefits of rigorous marketing planning and will guide you through the production of a marketing plan made to work in the real world.

Marketing the Professional Services Firm: Applying the Principles and the Science of Marketing to the Professions
by Laurie Young
John Wiley & Sons © 2005 (432 pages)
ISBN: 9780470011737

With case studies from a range of companies such as J. Walter Thompson, Headhunters, Interbrand and others, this book applies core principles of strategic marketing to professional services for the first time.

Negotiating Globally: How to Negotiate Deals, Resolve Disputes, and Make Decisions Across Cultural Boundaries, Second Edition
by Jeanne M. Brett Jossey-Bass © 2007 (384 pages)
ISBN: 9780787988364

Providing a framework to help negotiators anticipate and manage cultural differences, this book challenges negotiators to expand their repertoire of strategies so that they will be able to close deals, resolve disputes, and get teams to make decisions.

The Options Doctor: Option Strategies for Every Kind of Market
by Jeanette Schwarz Young
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (238 pages)
ISBN: 9780471777724

Filled with entertaining, first-hand stories from the author’s career spent on the front lines of trading, this practical guidebook will improve your skill and comfort with options trading–no matter what your trading experience is.

Principle-Centered Leadership
by Stephen R. Covey
Franklin Covey © 1991 (336 pages)
ISBN: 9780671792800

Sharing the powerful principles taught to many of the world’s top executives and most influential leaders, this book will help you align your organization’s resources and structures to increase long-term performance and create a high-trust culture.

Professionalizing Business Analysis: Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects
by Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (136 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262087

Describing both the strategic and tactical roles of the business analyst, this book focuses on this emerging profession and how its role is becoming more critical within the continually changing business environment.

Supply Chain Management on Demand: Strategies, Technologies, Applications
by Chae An and Hansjörg Fromm (eds)
Springer © 2005 (341 pages)
ISBN: 9783540244233

Authored by those who have developed as well as deployed the practices, this book explores new techniques and practices for supply chain management that have been made possible by the progress in information and communication technologies.

Team Building: Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, Fourth Edition
by William G. Dyer, W. Gibb Dyer Jr. and Jeffrey H. Dyer
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (260 pages)
ISBN: 9780787988937

Written for any manager who is a member or creator of a committee, team, task-force, or other activity involving collaboration among people, this book contains the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions necessary for effective team performance.

Unearthing Business Requirements: Elicitation Tools and Techniques
by Rosemary Hossenlopp and Kathleen B. Hass
Management Concepts © 2008 (232 pages)
ISBN: 9781567262100

Presenting techniques used by successful business analysts, this thorough text explains the steps necessary to create customized elicitation activities for the unique needs of each project.

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 Be Understood or Be Overlooked: Mastering Communication in the Workplace
by Graham Andrewartha
Allen & Unwin © 2002 (257 pages)
ISBN: 9781865089447 

 Using a combination of the organizational theory and tested communication methodology, this book outlines the home truths of workplace psychology so you can communicate effectively and  offers advice to help both the individual and organization thrive.

Buying Trances: A New Psychology Of Sales And Marketing
by Joe Vitale
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (209 pages)
ISBN: 9780470095195

Combining the basics of marketing with cutting-edge concepts in mind control, this book explains how salespeople can help customers enter a special mental state in which they are suggestible and pliant leading to more sales every time.

Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand
by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780470128183

Demonstrating how to express who you are and the value you bring to your organization, this guide provides case studies of successful professionals that will help you not only survive, but thrive, in today’s dynamic and ultracompetitive workplace.

The Control Freak Revolution: Make Your Most Maddening Behaviors Work for Your Company and to Your Advantage
by Cheryl Cran
Career Press © 2008 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9781564149848

With insights and anecdotes from real CEOs and famous leaders such as Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, and Rudy Guiliani, who have used control to their advantage, this no-nonsense guide you how to be a successful “control freak” leader in seven easy steps.

Dealing with Difficult People, Third Edition
by Roy Lilley
Kogan Page © 2006 (160 pages)
ISBN: 9780749447519

Looking at individual behavior, what drives it and how to cope with it, this practical and accessible book explains how to recognize and understand difficult people and their actions as a means to resolve problematic situations and awkward issues.

Email Marketing by the Numbers: How to Use the World’s Greatest Marketing Tool to Take Any Organization to the Next Level
by Chris Baggott and Ali Sales
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (294 pages)
ISBN: 9780470122457

Designed to educate marketers from all types of organizations, this paint by numbers book contains the step-by-step instructions you need to accomplish your goals, create better relationships, and move your organization to a higher level.

Five Principles of Corporate Performance Management
by Bob Paladino
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (400 pages)
ISBN: 9780470009918

Providing proven, real-world implementation insights from globally recognized and award-winning organizations, this book shows how to implement Fortune 100 companies’ enterprise techniques and strategies within your organization.

Great People Decisions: Why They Matter So Much, Why They are So Hard, and How You Can Master Them
by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (252 pages)
ISBN: 9780470037263

Offering simple but sophisticated guidelines for the hiring, promotion, and delegation of significant responsibilities to high achievers, this ultimate reference will help any manager concerned with personal development and organizational achievement.

Leading for Growth: How Umpqua Bank Got Cool and Created a Culture of Greatness
by Ray Davis and Alan Shrader
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780787986070

Offering useful advice based on Umpqua’s actual experience, this book provides straightforward strategies for all businesses on understanding the competitive landscape they face and on building and leading a great culture that generates relentless growth.

Mastering Leadership, Second Edition
by Michael Williams
Thorogood © 2006 (292 pages)
ISBN: 9781854183088

Revealing the key skills needed by any leader in any type of business, this book focuses on techniques for improving individual and organizational performance and enabling mid- to senior-level managers to understand their own leadership style.

No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs by Andrew Ross
Basic Books © 2003 (304 pages)
ISBN: 9780465071449

Offering a dramatic report on how the self-directed “no-collar” life stacks up against earlier work utopias, this unprecedented book records a unique moment in American history and reveals what the landscape of work will look like for decades to come.

Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business
by Jon Steel
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9780471789765

Identifying the “presentation crimes” committed every day across the business world, this insider’s guide covers every aspect of the pitch process, from assembling a presentation team to rehearsals and the preparation of compelling leave-behind documents.

Smart Is Not Enough!: The South Pole Strategy and Other Powerful Talent Management Secrets
by Alan C. Guarino
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (218 pages)
ISBN: 9780470100103

Explaining everything HR managers and business leaders need to know to manage their talent for success, this revolutionary guide shares new, effective techniques to find determined, dedicated go-getters who would otherwise fall through the cracks.

Stop Acting Like a Seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer: Improve Sales Effectiveness by Helping Customers Buy
by Jerry Acuff and Wally Wood
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9780470068342

If you were trained in traditional sales methods and you’re struggling to stay ahead of the competition, this one-of-a-kind guide will help you rebuild your selling methods from the ground up, leading to higher achievements and happier customers.

Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: How to Zoom Toward Your Goal in 14 Days or Less
by Lisa Haneberg
Jossey-Bass © 2007 (144 pages)
ISBN: 9780787984823

Through a combination of step-by-step instructions, examples, exercises, and illustrations, this breakthrough book will help you discover how to transform your career and personal life into exactly what you’ve always wanted.

The Wiley Guide to Project, Program and Portfolio Management
by Peter W. G. Morris and Jeffrey K. Pinto (eds)
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (360 pages)
ISBN: 9780470226858

Featuring contributions from experts all around the world, this invaluable resource explores the strategic management of projects, portfolios, and program management and their linkage with context and strategy in other concepts and processes.