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The must-read summary of Brooke Broadbent's book: "ABCs of e-Learning: Reaping the Benefits and Avoiding the Pitfalls".
This complete summary of the ideas from Brooke Broadbent's book "ABCs of e-Learning" shows that with computers and the Internet being so widely accessible, the digital space is a perfect vehicle for cost-effective learning. Electronic learning, or e-Learning as it is known, has not been half as successful as it could be. Apart...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Jack Welch and Suzy Welch's book "The Real-Life MBA" shows that in business nowadays it isn't enough to have a purely theoretical or conventional MBA; you need a Real-Life MBA. You need to have real-life experience to understand how best to manage and grow your career. The authors focus on the three competencies that you should master; you have to know the game so that you can win it, form a great team through...
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The must-read summary of Josh Kaufman's book: "The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume".
This complete summary of the ideas from Josh Kaufman's book reveals the author's belief that an MBA is not worth your time and money, and you would be far better off educating yourself in business by taking advantage of the thousands of business books that are published worldwide every year. Josh Kaufman believes that in order to...
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The must-read summary of Leonard Sax's book: "Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men".
This complete summary of "Boys Adrift" by Leonard Sax, a prominent American psychologist, presents his examination of the five factors that are critical to the development of underachieving boys. The author has conducted extensive research and drawn from his experience to explain this epidemic,...
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The must-read summary of Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz's book: "Lean Analytics: Using Data to Build a Startup Faster".
This complete summary of the ideas from Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz's book "Lean Analytics" shows how you can definitively determine what to sell and find out what customers really want to buy. The authors explain how you can turn questions about the business into statistical measures and discover the truthful answers....
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The must-read summary of Dr. Frank Luntz's book: "Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dr. Frank Luntz's book "Win" shows the nine principles that make the difference between the people that excel and those that do fine. This summary explains that winners are never satisfied with their status quo but are always trying to move everything they're involved with from the...
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The must-read summary of Robert Pino's book: "Corporate Aikido: Unleash the Potential Within Your Company to Neutralize Competition and Seize Growth".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Pino's book "Corporate Aikido" applies the martial art of aikido to business by using resources to build your own corporation's strengths rather than to respond to the actions of competitors. In his book, the author explains that corporate aikido makes...
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The must-read summary of Deborah Meier's book; "Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools".
This complete summary of "Many Children Left Behind" presents the argument that the No Child Left Behind legislation in 2002 undermines the public school system and limits the education of under-privileged children even more so than previously.
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The must-read summary of Gary Hamel and Bill Breen's book: "The Future of Management".
This complete summary of the ideas from Gary Hamel and Bill Breen's book "The Future of Management" demonstrates how the real fuel for long-term business success is never operational excellence, technology breakthroughs or even new business methods. Sooner or later, competitors will arrive who have superior operations, next-generation technology or even better...
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The must-read summary of Arthur Levitt's book: "Take On the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know What You Can Do to Fight Back".
This summary of the ideas from Arthur Levitt's book "Take On the Street" answers some of the questions that often befuddle the new investor: How should you deal with brokers? What are mutual funds? How should you read investor reports and financial results? In his book, the author takes...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Pat Williams' book "Go for the Magic" explains how a foundation of faith, imagination and personal excellence can result in positive changes in your life. In his book, the author shares the secrets to his success. According to Pat Williams, you can transform your dreams into tomorrow's success stories and create your own personal brand by applying his five secrets. This summary will help you discover the magic...
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The must-read summary of David Goldsmith and Lorrie Goldsmith's book: "Paid to Think: A Leader's Toolkit for Redefining Your Future".
This complete summary of the ideas from David Goldsmith and Lorrie Goldsmith's book "Paid to Think" shows how managers are paid to think about the twelve core activities where they add value as a leader. In their book, the authors highlight and explain these twelve activities in detail, and why you should be focusing...
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The must-read summary of Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo's book: "Great Work Great Career: How to Create Your Ultimate Job and Make an Extraordinary Contribution".
This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo's book "Great Work Great Career" shows that now is the perfect time to be creating a great career for yourself — even if you're currently unemployed. As the economy moves from the Industrial Era into...
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The must-read summary of Marcus Buckingham's book: "The One Thing You Need to Know:...About Great Managing, Great Leading and Sustained Individual Success".
This complete summary of the ideas from Marcus Buckingham's book "The One Thing You Need to Know" provides the key to being a great manager: never forget that everyone who reports to you is a unique individual. In his book, the author explains that your job is to capitalise on employees' individualities...
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The must-read summary of Diane Ravitch's book: "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How testing and Choice are Undermining Education".
This complete summary of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System" by Diane Ravitch, one of America's best-known education experts and former assistant secretary of education, presents her explanation of why ideas for restructuring schools have had no positive impact on the quality...
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This complete summary of "The Global Achievement Gap" by Tony Wagner outlines the author's argument that there is a disconnect between what schools are providing students - passive learning experience and what employers are looking for - critical thinkers and problem solvers. He also recommends ways to motivate the future generation to succeed in today's world.
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The must-read summary of Noel Tichy and Nancy Cardwell's book: "The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win".
This complete summary of the ideas from Noel Tichy and Nancy Cardwell's book "The Cycle of Leadership" shows how the central commercial challenge today is to not only satisfy customers, but delight them. In their book, the authors explain that the best way to do this is by creating an efficient teaching-and-learning...
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The must-read summary of Peter Sims' book: "Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries".
This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Sims' book "Little Bets" shows that the best way to discover promising ideas is by placing lots of idea seeds and then building on those that work. In his book, the author explains how to use the "little bets" approach in six easy steps: experiment, play, immerse, define, reorient and iterate....
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The must-read summary of Julie Morgenstern's book: "When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life".
This complete summary of the ideas from Julie Morgenstern's book "When Organizing Isn't Enough" shows that organizing works just fine when you know where you want to go but you aren't really sure how you can actually get there. There are, however, times when organizing alone isn't enough. In her book, the author explains that, in...
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The must-read summary of Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine's book: "Fire Your Boss: Why You Should Hire Yourself".
This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine's book "Fire Your Boss" shows that landing the job of your dreams has little to do with your company, your boss, your profession, or your location. It has nothing to do with your resume, your expanding menu of job skills, or your impressive business Rolodex. Sure, the...
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