Discover what it takes to become a global business leader and the success secrets you can use on your own road to the top Look behind every breakthrough business success and you’ll find personal stories of individuals persevering against monumental odds. Profiles in Business Success provides a revealing examination of 55 such stories and shows what it really takes to succeed in business. …
Why do some failures inspire breakthroughs and others breakdowns? Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. Drawing on cutting-edge research in science, psychology and economics, The Up Side of Down argues that failure is how people and businesses learn. But you have to learn…
In this clearly written study, O'Brien (The Fast Forward MBA in Business), a former communications consultant, puts a positive spin on the progress women have made in corporate America during the last three decades. According to the author, current research that focuses on "glass ceilings" or the small number of female CEOs obscures what women have actually achieved in the workplace. Drawing on…
As Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in their groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. Their Full Engagement Training System is grounded in twenty-five years of working with great athletes -- tennis champ Monica Seles and speed-skating gold medalist Dan Jansen, …