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Jack Covert Selects: Flower Confidential

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Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 280 Pages, $23. 95 Hardcover, February 2007, 9781565124387 I have always liked flowers. I spend a lot of time in my gardens on my infrequent days off and my parents ran a small-town greenhouse/florist operation for a short time.

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March 15, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Growing Great Employees

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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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March 12, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Simple Solutions

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Simple Solutions: Harness the Power of Passion and Simplicity to Get Results By Tom Schmidt and Arnold Perl, John Wiley, 210 Pages, $22. 95 Hardcover, February 2007, ISBN 0470048182 Not every business book needs to change the world or even teach us something brand new. Here, the authors offer a new way of looking at leadership: “Most importantly…is the underlying philosophy of leadership as something (a) that can be learned; (b) that is a practical, powerful way to building relationships; and (c) that gets results.

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February 09, 2007

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Business Books for January: Intro

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January is a big month for business books. There are at least a dozen books that have come out in January (or late December) that are worthy of consideration. The list below is a starting point.

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January 15, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Run with the Bulls Without Getting Trampled

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Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled: The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm’s Way and Thrive at Work by Tim Irwin, Ph. D. , Nelson Business, January 2007, $24.

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January 11, 2007

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The Best Books of 2008 - Business Pundit Edition

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Business Pundit knows business books well, and has chosen the 10 from 2008 they think are the best. I think they have the right idea in describing the popular feelings of the year: 2008 came in two parts. Part I, which ran through Bear Stearns, carried the vestiges of prior years, when we thought we could get away with everything, never anticipating that in actuality, everything would get away from us.

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December 17, 2008

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Jack Covert Selects - The Watercooler Effect

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The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors by Nicholas DiFonzo, Avery Publishing Group, 291 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, September 2008, ISBN 9781583333259 We have an open-plan office; the majority of the staff is situated in one main room, without cubical walls or even much distance to separate employees. This concept has worked well for us.

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December 10, 2008

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strategy + business Best Books of 2008

By 800-CEO-READ

Always anticipated, strategy + business has published their Best Business Books 2008. What makes this list special is that they assign each category to an expert in that field for review, and each reviewer delivers a lengthy and in depth essay on the books chosen. I've linked each category to it's reviewer's essay at the top of each section.

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December 04, 2008

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Jack Covert Selects - Business Stripped Bare

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Business Stripped Bare: Adventure of a Global Entrepreneur by Richard Branson, Virgin Books, 352 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, September 2008, ISBN 9781905264421 Two autobiographies, 200 some companies, even a Simpsons parody, and there certainly seems enough Richard Branson to go around the world (hot-air balloon pun intended) these days. By any standards the Virgin CEO has little left to prove, and could rightly be focused on enjoying those looming golden years on his privately owned Caribbean island ($20,500 a night if you’re interested).

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November 12, 2008

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Jack Covert Selects - High Altitude Leadership

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High Altitude Leadership: What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success by Chris Warner and Don Schmincke, Jossey-Bass, 210 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, October 2008, ISBN 9780470345030 Don Schmincke, author of The Code of the Executive, has once again put his unique experiences on paper. For his new book, his co-author is world-renowned mountaineer, Chris Warner.

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November 11, 2008

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