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New Feature: Book Reviews on Del.icio.us
Book Review by Porchlight
We pay attention to what many people are writing about business books. Sometimes those articles and blog posts become the basis for a blog post here. Often, those reviews pass into the night—a missed opportunity to inform you of what we are seeing.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Flower Confidential
By Porchlight
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers This excerpt is taken from Flower Confidential: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart. Flower Confidential takes us inside the flower trade and reveals what has been gained (and lost) by the new varieties and unusual breeds created in labs, and, of course, the worldwide market for flowers. Introduction “What's the first thing a person does when you hand them flowers?
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Blog / News & Opinion
Last year's tallies brought to you by Feltron
By Porchlight
Have you heard of Nicholas Feltron? He lives in NYC. He's 29 years old.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Excerpt from Flower Confidential
Book Review by Porchlight
There's a new entry up on our Excerpts blog. It's a chapter taken from Flower Confidential: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart. Flower Confidential takes us inside the flower trade and reveals what has been gained (and lost) by the new varieties and unusual breeds created in labs, and, of course, the worldwide market for flowers.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects: Firms of Endearment
By Porchlight
Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose by Raj Sisodia, Jag Sheth, and David B. Wolfe, Wharton School Publishing, 272 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, January 2007, ISBN 0131873725 (ISBN 13: 9780131873728) I’m not one to jump on the latest fad (though it is true that I did like Hootie and the Blowfish in their heyday—they are actually good!
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Blog / News & Opinion
Other Strengths Books From Gallup
By Porchlight
I talked last week about Strengths Finder 2. 0. I posted a short podcast I did with Tom Rath.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Strengths Finder 2.0 Interview with Tom Rath
By Porchlight
Strengths Finder 2. 0 is a short book, so Tom Rath and I did a short interview. We talk about things like: What changes have been made in the Strengths Finder 2.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects: True North
By Porchlight
True North: Discover your Authentic Leadership by Bill George with Peter Sims, Jossey Bass Publisher, 240 Pages, $27. 95 Hardcover, March 2007, ISBN 0787987514 Bill George is one of the people I would love to sit down with and drink a beer. His previous book, Authentic Leadership, was a strong seller and a strong book on the whole.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects: Growing Great Employees
By Porchlight
Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers by Erika Andersen, Portfolio, 288 Pages, $24. 95 Hardcover, December 2006, ISBN 9781591841517 Management is a well-traveled path on the road of business books. Good to Great and Now, Discover Your Strengths have captured the attention of executives for the last five years (and two permanent positions on last year's Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller List).
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Cabin Fever
By Porchlight
Here at 800-CEO-READ, we see things a little differently. . .
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