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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Then IQ
Daniel Goleman
There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success, but this book makes the case that "emotional intelligence" is the strongest indicator of human success. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships.
Intrinsic Motivation at Work : Building Energy and Commitment Kenneth W. Thomas
A major step forward in our understanding of intrinsic motivation. This book is readable, logical, and especially relevant to those concerned with the attraction, retention, and motivation of knowledge workers and the effective management of Generation X employees."
The Dance of Change
Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, George Roth, Rick Ross
Since its release in 1990, Peter M. Senge's bestselling The Fifth Principle has converted readers to its innovative business principles of the "learning organization," personal mastery, and systems thinking. Published nearly a decade later, Dance of Change provides a formidable response to businesspeople wondering how to make his programs stick.
Real Change Leaders : How You Can Create Growth and High Performance at Your Company
Jon R Katzenbach
This updated paperback edition offers a real blueprint for how to deal with the dramatic change in today's marketplace.
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
An analysis of what makes great companies great has been hailed everywhere as an instant classic and one of the best business titles since In Search of Excellence. The authors, spent six years in research, and they freely admit that their own preconceptions about business success were devastated by their actual findings.
The Corporate Mystic
Gay Hendricks, Kate Ludeman
This book gathers the wisdom of one hundred top business people, explaining the twelve
qualities of leaders. It is a fast, yet thoughtful read with great real-
Global Smarts: The Art Of Communicating and Deal Making Anywhere in the World
Sheida Hodge
Break down cultural barriers and build prosperous relationships with these effective strategies for successful global dealings.
The Wisdom of Teams
Jon Katzenbach, Douglas K Smith
This book offers valuable advice in the fine art of building teams for high performance results...The authors provide real and disguised examples...along with specific recommendations...and offer useful ideas for balancing work responsibilities, executive egos, communications, and skills
Team Talk: The Power of Languages in Teams
Anne Donnellon
Team Talk explains why cross-
The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams
Ken Blanchard.
Bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his two collaborators explain how all groups
move through four stages of development on their way to becoming a high performing
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Virtual Teams : People Working Across Boundaries With Technology
Jessica Lipnack & Jeffrey Stamps
This book emphasizes the importance of focusing first on people rather than technology when trying to make a virtual workplace happen. Successful virtual companies observe the "The 90/10 Rule". It's 90% people and 10% technology.
Masterful Coaching
Robert Hargrove
This book provides a good introduction to coaching.
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Laura Whitworth, Henry House, Phil Sandahl
Written by coaches that founded the Coaches Training Institute this book explain
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Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career For You Through Secrets of Personality Type
Paul D Tieger, Barbara Barron-
For over 10 years, Do What You Are has helped hundreds of thousands of people find the job that suits their personality type best. Using workbook exercises, the book provides specific job search strategies, including information on how to harness the power of the Internet to conduct the most efficient and effective job search.
What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job Seekers and Career Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles
The original career classic has been revised and rewritten and is designed to work in conjunction with the book's Web site. At the heart of Bolles's formula for finding the right job are two questions: What do you want to do? Where do you want to do it? Answer those and you're well on your way to finding the job you really want.
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
Barbara Sher, Barbara Smith
A life without direction is a life without passion," says motivational specialist, therapist, and career counselor Barbara Sher. In I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was, a sort of broader, less dense, and less intimidating version of What Color Is Your Parachute?, she reveals how to "recapture long lost goals, overcome the blocks that inhibit your success, decide what you want to be, and live your dreams."