The character of today's business leaders is under attack. The economy is soft and reform of corporate governance is on the national agenda. It might be said that we are in need of direction and inspiration--and the world may find both in Sidney Harman. As Executive Chairman and founder of Harman International ... more »

Forget what you've heard. Nice girls can get the corner office. As women, we haven't always had the best role models at work. We've either worked for men or we've had female bosses who are, well, big bitches. Woman still don't have much of a road map right now when it comes to taking charge at the office ... more »

Your marketing sucks... What in the world does Mark Stevens mean? For starters, let's take spending camouflaged as marketing. Everyone sees all those expensive, slick, pointless campaigns day after day. Just turn on your TV set and there are all the look-alike ads from Ford, GM, and Chrysler with look ... more »

For the Part-Time Student with a Full-Time Life Kaplans M.B.A. Part-Time: An Insiders Guide is written exclusively for the professional balancing the demands of home and work with the challenges of getting an M.B.A. This straightforward guide outlines the entire processfrom selecting the program that ... more »

The Manager's Book of Questions is the first of its kind tool for recruitment managers and executives a powerhouse of terrific interview questions for hiring top-notch talent for any job. Is the applicant a team player? How does the applicant handle stress? Can the applicant think on his or her feet ... more »

Every company has a personality. Does yours help or hinder your results? Does it make you fit for growth? Find out by taking the quiz that's helped 50,000 people better understand their organizations at OrgDNA.com and to learn more about Organizational DNA. Just as you can understand an individual's ... more »

... , regardless of the industry or the size of your company. In this e-book, Downes introduces important new tools every manager can use, including: * The Information Supply Chain: An emerging, parallel supply chain of data that describes transactions in the physical world, with independent value in the ... more »

Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success? The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships ... more »

E-book extra: The E-Myth Revolution The bestselling author of The E-Myth -- a book that changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of business owners -- reinvents management as we know it in The E-Myth Manager. Now handily available in e-book format as a basic every-day reference on your PDA. more »

Should CEOs act as moral compasses for their companies? Leo Hindery thinks they should. If every CEO did so, then Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, and Tyco would not have become poster children for greed. They would not have become corporate embarrassments -- living illustrations of all that can go wrong in ... more »

Today's successful managers are negotiators who are judged on their ability to foster, coach, and support collaborative relationships -- and manage conflict -- with peers, workers, bosses, suppliers, customers, regulators, competitors, and stakeholders. Here is essential reading for every manager who ... more »

If you're wondering what happened after a company without assets acquired a company without a clue, as Kara Swisher wryly writes, it's time to crack open this trenchant book about the doomed merger of America Online and Time Warner. On a quest to discover how the deal of the century became the messiest ... more »