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800-CEO-READ 2007 Best Sellers
By Porchlight
Below you'll find the list of our top 25 bestsellers for 2007. Congratulations and thanks to everyone on the list! The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything by Stephen M.
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Giving: Book Excerpt
By Porchlight
Just a little thought on a gloomy day, "How can I make a difference in the world? " Surely not an easy question to get answered, but Bill Clinton's new book Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World talks about his feelings on this and what we can all do to make a difference bit by bit. What if you want to give something useful that you don't presently own or you have things of value but they have no evident charitable use?
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Shipping 'Over There'
By Porchlight
I just got an inquiry concerning shipping to another country and they were kind of disappointed to find out how much and how long it will take. Here are just some of my own personal Rules of Thumb to keep in mind when shipping overseas. * Regular shipping time varies upon countries and customs may hold up boxes for an undertimed length of time, so if you need materials for a specific date, plan well in advance!
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New Excerpt - from Beat the Odds
By Porchlight
There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog. It's taken from Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise by Robert A. Rudzki.
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links for 2008-01-31
By Porchlight
The Illusions of Entrepreneurship>>The Wall Street Journal | The Real Start of Something New Each year in the United States more people start a business than get married or have children. And as much as 40 percent of the US population will be self-employed for some part of their work life. " What is the typical entrepreneur like?
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Sleeping On the Job
By Porchlight
I came across a book called The Eight Constants of Change by Stacy Aaron and Kate Nelson on my desk today and was reading a bit of it to myself during lunch and came across this little story: A Real Life Example A president of a mid-size company began work 18 months ago to define how his new, more complex organization needed to operate. Month after month, he stood in staff meetings and pronounced emphatically that the new, more complex organization would mean that everyone would have to play at a higher level. Leadership demanded excellence from every single employee.
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Excerpt from Beat the Odds
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is Chapter 9 of: Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise by Robert A. Rudzki. From the publisher: "Rudzki's crisp message on the nine principles for success, which are profiled with excellent current real-life case examples, provides clear direction for managers on how to ensure their companies win and remain healthy and successful long-term.
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Excerpt from The Open Brand
By Porchlight
The following is an excerpt from the book The Open Brand: When Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World by Kelly Mooney and Nita Rollins, Ph. D. The book comes out in March 2008, so keep it on your radar if you enjoy this excerpt.
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Quirkology, An Annual Omission
By Porchlight
We recently produced our first annual magazine, In The Books, reviewing the most notable business books of 2007, and we have been receiving great feedback on it. I thought some of you would be interested in some things that, for a variety of reasons, didn't make it in that piece. One of the very last things cut, and among the most painful to cut, were two reviews by Todd Lazarski.
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Charles Handy on Gurus
By Porchlight
So far this is my favorite book for the year. OK, I know it's only January, but that means a lot of books will have to live up to this one. It's an insightful look into the life of one of the best managerial writers and observers in the business book world.
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