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Jack Covert Selects - The Why Axis
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The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life by Uri Gneezy & John List, PublicAffairs, 288 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, October 2013, ISBN 9781610393119 Advantages are welcome in any economy, regardless of size or complexity, but the stakes are higher in today’s increasingly unstable and turbulent global economy. How can you take yesterday’s and today’s success and extend it over the next five or ten years?
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Jack Covert Selects - The Good Struggle
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The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership In an Unforgiving World by Joseph L. Badaracco, Harvard Business School Press, 203 pages, $25. 00, Hardcover, October 2013, ISBN 9781422191644 Joseph Badaracco takes a particularly unnerving stance to open his new book, The Good Struggle.
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Join KnowledgeBOX and get FOCUS!
By Sally Haldorson
The October 2013 shipments of our KnowledgeBOX will be leaving the warehouse in one week! Don't wait to subscribe and receive a signed copy of Daniel Goleman's new FOCUS: THE HIDDEN DRIVER OF EXCELLENCE and an Advanced Reader's Copy of THE HARD THING ABOUT HARD THINGS by Ben Horowitz. Sign up today and you'll receive 5 hardcover books and 4 advanced reader copies over the year for only $80.
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A KnowledgeBlocks Giveaway! The Passion Conversation
By Sally Haldorson
Enter to win a copy of The Passion Conversation by the folks at Brains on Fire over on KnowledgeBlocks! The contest is open until October 15th. Why do you need this book?
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Blog / Staff Picks
Minding Your Manners
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Sometimes it seems like business has two faces. One is ruthless; ambitious people are encouraged to be relentless, take-no-prisoners assertive. The "soft stuff" is considered just that: soft.
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Zentrepreneur: Create a Culture of Innovation and Fearlessness by John J. Murphy
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Rather antithetically, Murphy isn't suggesting we get out in front of the pack to lead it, but instead step aside by creating a system that allows for change.
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The FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Shortlist
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The Financial Times has announced the shortlist for their annual business book award, co-sponsored with Goldman Sachs. The have narrowed the field to six: The Alchemists: Thee Central Bankers and a World On Fire by Neil Irwin, The Penguin Press Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy by Iain Martin, Simon and Schuster (not yet released in the U. S.
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Jack Covert Selects - Die Empty
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Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry, Portfolio, 240 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, ISBN 9781591845898, September 2013 Todd Henry’s first book, The Accidental Creative, is one of the better nuts-and-bolts books for anyone that has to be creative at work, from designers to salespeople to CEOs. His new book, Die Empty, is even broader in scope.
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Jack Covert Selects - Thinking in New Boxes
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Thinking in New Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business Creativity by Luc De Brabandere & Alan Iny, Random House, 330 pages, $28. 00, Hardcover, September 2013, ISBN 9780812992953 As business professionals, we can set ourselves apart from our colleagues by training ourselves to generate unique and exceptional thought. But that’s far easier said than done, because our brains really like to keep our thoughts under control to stave off the chaos.
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Jack Covert Selects - Before Happiness
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Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change by Shawn Achor, Crown Business, 252 pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, September 2013, ISBN 9780770436735 We all want success, and assume that more success equals more happiness. Shawn Achor proposed in his previous book, The Happiness Advantage, that happiness is actually a precursor to success in the workplace—and his extensive research seemed to prove it.
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