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Angela Crocker and Vicki Mcleod team up to give readers ideas and tips on how to handle their digital legacies. Vicki focuses on the personal aspects of legacy, while Angela brings it down to earth with the practical, how-to aspects. One hundred years from now, there will be one billion dead people on Facebook. And while it can be uncomfortable to talk about death, it's important to prepare the personal and practical elements of your digital life...
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Drawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team's survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change.
Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about...
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The Road to WEXcellence: Leadership with Integrity is the remarkable story of a company that demonstrates vision, persistence, grit, and the ability to create longstanding partnerships with small and large companies. The author not only had a front row seat in this remarkable story, but he also played a central role in navigating its success.
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The story of a woman's journey to becoming an event planner. Alicia R. Riley was all set to begin studying for a career in medicine when something intervened and her world was turned around. Instead, she created an entire curriculum for her new college major and went on to successfully build and brand her event planning business.
Learn about: Education for Event Planning Beginning an Event Planning Business Protecting Your Business
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This complete summary of the ideas from Vance Trimble's book "Overnight Success" tells how, in 1970, Frederick Smith envisioned a streamlined fleet of aeroplanes that could deliver packages anywhere overnight, and how he transformed that idea into a billion-dollar industry. In his book, the author reveals the obstacles that the company had to overcome, including how to finance the first official flight. This summary gives readers an insight into the...
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The must-read summary of Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan's book: "Everybody Wins: The Story and Lessons Behind RE/MAX".
This complete summary of the ideas from Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan's book "Everybody Wins" tells the story of Dave Liniger and the creation of the real estate company RE/MAX. In their book, the authors analyse how the company has since gone on to achieve incredible success, presenting an outstanding case study that represents...
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Alternately humorous and poignant, this inspiring memoir chronicles the author's misadventures as she and her husband cook in quirky kitchens, struggle to speak French and shop like locals in outdoor markets. With candor and optimism, Deborah Jacobs transports readers from the grape harvest in the Loire Valley to an exuberant chile pepper festival in Basque Country and, ultimately, to Paris, where she witnesses history in the making. En route, she...
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"By the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago's City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the city during the post-World War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley led a period of economic restructuring after that difficult...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Julie Bick's book "All I Really Need To Know In Business I Learned At Microsoft" shows that Microsoft is one of the most successful companies in the world, and is often considered to be a shining example of a business that is able to change quickly and effectively to accommodate shifts in the market. The intense, dynamic working environment is filled with highly motivated and hard-working individuals, making...
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The 2008 financial crisis was a reminder to people both inside and outside the Actuarial Profession of just how complex the Financial Services industry has become, and just how, tied the World economy presently is to its fortunes.
This wide-ranging, non-technical book examines our present economic model, the industry's present function and the appropriateness of the Actuarial Profession's present strategy and direction in the aftermath of that crisis,...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Albert J. Dunlap's book "Mean Business" shows that the essence of business is competitiveness. Success in business is not built on a foundation of being good enough to survive. Instead, long-term success is based on dedication to and an intense focus on doing whatever is required to be great. In his book, the author explains that the key to success is consistently doing the right things. This summary offers...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Lutz's book "Guts" shows how in business, as in most of life's endeavours, you can't really separate the rational from the emotional, or the left-brain logical approach from the right-brain creative approach. In his book, the author explains that the main aim of business is to serve people's needs - although those people do not always act rationally. In fact, they are like a mass of contradictions, paradoxes...
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The must-read summary of Robert Spector's book: "Amazon.com. Get Big Fast: Inside the Revolutionary Business Model That Changed the World".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Spector's book "Amazon.com. Get Big Fast" points to the fact that not many of us would have thought, twenty years ago, that we would be buying books from a computer, let alone reading them from a digital tablet. Interestingly, the idea for Amazon was conceived when...
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The must-read summary of Charles Decker's book: "P&G 99: 99 Principles and Practices of Procter & Gamble's Success".
This complete summary of the ideas from Charles Decker's book "P&G 99" shows that P&G's success doesn't happen by accident. Every year, the company spends more than $3 billion advertising and promoting its brands — more than any other company on earth. In his book, the author reveals the fundamental beliefs that lie at the heart...
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In twenty-first-century America, some cities are flourishing and others are struggling, but they all must contend with deteriorating infrastructure, economic inequality, and unaffordable housing. Cities have limited tools to address these problems, and many must rely on the private market to support the public good.
It wasn't always this way. For almost three decades after World War II, even as national policies promoted suburban sprawl, the federal...
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The must-read summary of Michael Eisner and Tony Schwartz's book: "Michael Eisner: Work in Progress".
This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Eisner and Tony Schwartz's book "Michael Eisner" tells the success story of the prominent CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner. Blending the personal and the professional, Eisner describes his setbacks and triumphs on the ever-changing marketplace and tells how he lived and worked at the center...
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The must-read summary of Karen Southwick's book: "High Noon: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems".
This complete summary of the ideas from Karen Southwick's book "High Noon" tells the story behind the success of Sun Microsystems from its creation in 1982 to 1999, when over half of companies worldwide were using Java technology and Sun became a $9 billion company. In her book, Karen Southwick describes how, despite...
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Clarence S. Stein (1882–1975) was an architect, housing visionary, regionalist, policymaker, and colleague of some of the most influential public figures of the early to mid-twentieth century, including Lewis Mumford and Benton MacKaye. Kristin E. Larsen's biography of Stein comprehensively examines his built and unbuilt projects and his intellectual legacy as a proponent of the "garden city" for a modern age. This examination of Stein's life and...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Louis Gerstner's book "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" shares Gerstner's experiences in taking charge of IBM and turning the company around to regain its position as an industry leader. This book contains all of the challenges and obstacles faced by the company and how Gerstner overcame them. By learning about his systematic tactics, you can apply his solutions and take your business to the next level.
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