Life is more like a marathon than a sprint. Here's how to stay well conditioned. Bill Butterworth will make you laugh-and learn while you're doing it! In the opening chapter of this powerful little book, Bill shares with you how, while running his rotund body in a nightmarish 440-yard dash, he learned ... more »

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 ... more »

From competition, employees, and discipline to leadership, strategy, and vision, The Quotable Executive is the perfect book for any manager who wants to know what the experts in business have to say on a variety of business topics. This compendium of approximately 1,000 selected quotes from Jack Welsh ... more »

The Ocean is profoundly influenced by a number of factors, including climate change, the subsequent sea-level rise and the associated impact on biogeochemical processes. The implementation of marine biomass, energy sources and mineral exploitation in the context of globalisation have also influenced ... more »

Using new research tools, Harry Dent, one of the world's most prescient economic prognosticators, focuses his visionary eye on the full spectrum of changes that will follow in the wake of the burgeoning new economy. The Roaring 2000s is your guidebook to taking advantage of the fabulous opportunities ... more »

From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist-an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple's future survival in today's roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography that ... more »

Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that winning companies possess a Leadership Engine -- a proven system for creating dynamic leaders at every level. more »

Nothing is more important to business success than innovation . . . And here's what you can do about it on Monday morning with the definitive how-to book from the world's leading authority on innovation When it comes to innovation, Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot of SRI International know what they are ... more »

In this revised edition of her best-seller, noted sales consultant Linda Richardson offers salespeople the tools they need to successfully use customer-focused, dialogue selling. Featuring real-world dialogue samples, helpful dos and don'ts, self-tests, checklists, and other useful tools, this guide ... more »

Using Leadership Q--a 38-item, self-scoring, gender-neutral test, developed by Shoya Zichy and based upon the work of Carl Jung -- women can identify which of the four profile groups best matches their leadership personalities and then goes on to explore which of the eight subsets, or specific leadership ... more »

Product Info Informal Learning in the Workplace critically examines definitions of informal learning, focusing on a variety of workplace contexts. more »

Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems, which confront it. A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes, which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the ... more »