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Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Who: The A Method for Hiring
978-0-345-50419-7 | $24.00 |
Ballantine | HC
In this landmark book, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. Whether you’re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, you’ll learn how to put the right people in place for optimal success.
The Smart Cookies and Jennifer Barrett
The Smart Cookies Guide to Making More Dough
978-0-385-34244-5 | $24.00 |
Delacorte Press | HC
They were five dynamic young women: smart, successful—and secretly drowning in debt. Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, Andrea, Angela, Katie, Robyn, and Sandra formed a money club, together developing strategies for turning their finances around. Just one year later they had dramatically improved their financial situations—and had made major developments in their careers, relationships, and life goals to boot.
Michael Carroll
The Mindful Leader: Awakening Your Natural
Management Skills Through Mindfulness Meditation
978-1-59030-620-8 | $14.95 |
Trumpeter | TR
“While most business books focus on how readers can do more, better and faster, this welcome addition to the category is about taking a moment to pause and reflect. By the end, stressed-out executives may be willing to read about how to give meditation a try as a way to reconnect with themselves and become more open to their colleagues.”
—Publishers Weekly
Jeff Howe
Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd
Is Driving the Future of Business
978-0-307-39620-4 | $26.95 |
Crown Business | HC
First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than wise—it’s talented, creative, and stunningly productive. Crowdsourcing activates the transformative power of today’s technology, liberating the latent potential within us all.
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John Zogby
The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on
the Transformation of the American Dream
978-1-4000-6450-2 | $26.00 |
Random House | HC
According to super pollster John Zogby, whom The Washington Post calls “the maverick predictor,” the conventional wisdom about the United States–that we’re isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure–isn’t just flawed; it may be 180 degrees from the truth. In this far-reaching and illuminating look at contemporary American life, Zogby reveals nothing less than a reorientation of the American Dream.
978-1-934287-23-1 | $19.95 |
Vertical | HC | November
Six decades ago, Toyota was an embarrassment. Today, they are the auto-industry leader. The Toyota Leaders tells how they did it, and in such a way that allows readers to apply the lessons. Discover how Toyota is more than just a series of good business moves, but a culture first put into place by its founders and built on through the years. Sato uses Toyota's past to contextualize his discussion as he focuses on the company's unique business strategies.
Earvin Johnson
32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business
978-0-609-60828-9 | $25.95 |
Crown Business | HC
Magic Johnson shows business people how to raise the level of their game by offering the life lessons he's learned both in sports and as a successful entrepreneur running a billion-dollar company. This book is an engaging, down-to-earth guide to success in life and business from a master of the game both on and off the court.
Oh, and there's this one...
Alice Schroeder
The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business
of Life
978-0-553-80509-3 | $35.00 |
Bantam | HC
Here at last: The book recounting the life and times of Warren Buffett that the legendary Omaha investor has refused to write himself. This will be the only book ever published with Mr. Buffett's cooperation. |
