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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in October
By 800-CEO-READ
These are 25 of the best books in a flood of great books being released in October.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Consistency Selling: Powerful Sales Results. Every Lead. Every Time.
By Porchlight
Weldon Long's third book is dedicated to the sales process with which he turned his life around and built a successful company consulting to some of America's top companies.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Nathan Schneider explores the history and future of the cooperative business model, and how it has—and continues—to contribute to the economy in mostly unseen ways.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for September 2018
By 800-CEO-READ
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for September 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Shortlist for the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
By 800-CEO-READ
Six finalists for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year have been announced.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback
By Porchlight
Nigel Travis finally found a role at Dunkin' Brands in which he could create the kind of healthy challenge culture he believes best serves pluralistic organizations—one that could have helped the two companies he worked for previously, which have encountered existential issues since.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Steven Johnson's new book about decision-making is, true to its title, farsighted—providing a set of tools and techniques that can help lead to better choices for our individual lives, and the future of life on Earth.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
Lessons From The Road: Bringing Musicianship and Performing Into The Office
By Todd Pasternack
"We often look towards established business leaders when seeking out new ideas to inspire us. Their advice and stories re-energize us, bringing the hope of discovering a greater awareness of where our careers can evolve to, or how our businesses can operate with fresh approaches to drive growth. We dig to uncover nuggets of wisdom from these well-known leaders to embrace and adopt into our everyday lives. But perhaps there's an unexpected type of leader to draw inspiration from. Have you ever looked at the way bands and music artists operate—at various levels of success—and found parallels to the ways that businesses need to constantly innovate, grow and empower their teams to get the best out of them. Or how the power of listening can open up new and unexpected opportunities. As a former professional musician turned technology executive, I've seen and lived these parallels between the stage and office and put them into practice. There are more connections than you may think.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Using Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed
By Kelly Palmer, David Blake
"The world of work is going through a large-scale transition—much like the transition we went through from the agricultural economy to the Industrial Revolution. We are now in the age of digitization, automation, and acceleration—an age where critical skills and expertise will be an imperative for us to succeed in the economy. [...] If you aren't ready and willing to learn every day and keep up with a rapidly changing world, you can't and won't stay competitive. Gone are the days when you could graduate with a four-year degree and feel secure that you had learned everything you needed to know to stay relevant for your entire career."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
What Makes a Change Maker a Change Maker?
By Amy Radin
"Innovation has moved from a distant abstraction in the business world to a front-and-center deliverable that is expected to show evidence of impact. But there is no guaranteed formula for finding ideas and executing on them for sustained impact. Users and buyers set moving expectations, investors are demanding and unforgiving, and society expects companies to contribute beyond the bottom line. Change makers operate within the polarities of innovation—innovation is cool yet threatening, inevitable yet unpredictable, attractive yet avoided—and remain undeterred. They want to solve real problems by getting stuff done, even with the uncertainty, unpredictability, and ambiguity that defines their journey. They are guided by purpose, and are driven to create value benefiting investors and employees, users, buyers, partners, and the broader community in which they exist. They don't accept the status quo. They operate with urgency, and speed their progress by rolling up their sleeves and learning on the fly.
Categories: changethis
