Author Forsgren, PhD, Nicole Description Winner of the Shingo Publication AwardAccelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we’ve been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn’t matter-that it can’t provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research […]
Category: Business & Economics
The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need (5th ed.)
Author Ellen Karsh Description From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writingWritten by two expert authors who have won secured millions of dollars in government and foundation grants, The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need is the classic book on grant seeking, providing a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for government, nonprofit, and individual […]
Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition (12th ed.)
Author Henry M. Robert III Description The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure–now in a new updated editionRobert’s Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the […]
The Culture Map | Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Author Erin Meyer Description An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; […]
The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition | A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Go-Giver, Book 1
Author Bob Burg Description “Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. . . . Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.” The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a […]
Common Sense Economics | What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity
Author James D. Gwartney Description With the global economy recovering from a steep recession, and with that recovery challenging our long-held ideas about what careers and the market can be, learning the basics of economics has never been more essential. Principles such as gains from trade, the role of profit and loss, and the secondary […]
Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition | Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
Author Kim Scott Description * New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running* Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide* A Hudson and Indigo Best Book of the Year* Recommended by Shona Brown, Rachel Hollis, Jeff Kinney, Daniel Pink, Sheryl Sandberg, and Gretchen RubinRadical Candor has […]
Principles of Sustainable Finance
Author Dirk Schoenmaker Description Finance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world.Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals, we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is […]
Business Model Generation | A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
Author Alexander Osterwalder Description Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don’t yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need […]
Made to Stick | Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Author Chip Heath Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your ideas stick.“Anyone interested in influencing others—to buy, to vote, to learn, to diet, to give to charity or to start a revolution—can learn from this book.”—The Washington Post Mark Twain […]