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The Discomfort Zone Summary
The Discomfort Zone
How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs
by Marcia Reynolds 2014 176 pages
3.54
357 ratings
Leadership
Management
Business
One Little Spark! Summary
One Little Spark!
Mickey's Ten Commandments and The Road to Imagineering
by Marty Sklar 2015 257 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Business
Memoir
Biography Memoir
A Year with Peter Drucker Summary
A Year with Peter Drucker
52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness – Essential Management Wisdom for Business Professionals
by Joseph A. Maciariello 2014 496 pages
3.70
143 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Smart Growth Summary
Smart Growth
How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company
by Whitney Johnson 2022 240 pages
3.81
184 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Top of Mind (PB) Summary
Top of Mind (PB)
Use Content to Unleash Your Influence and Engage Those Who Matter to You
by John Hall 2017 209 pages
3.77
305 ratings
Business
Professional Development
Buisness
Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership Summary
Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership
Because Nonprofits Are Messy
by Joan Garry 2017 256 pages
4.28
331 ratings
Leadership
Professional Development
Business
The Art of Focused Conversation Summary
The Art of Focused Conversation
100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace
by R. Brian Stanfield 2000 240 pages
4.05
204 ratings
Business
Communication
Leadership
Do Good Well Summary
Do Good Well
Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation
by Nina Vasan 2013 576 pages
4.03
60 ratings
Business
Leadership
Professional Development
Well-Designed Summary
Well-Designed
How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love
by Jon Kolko 2014 234 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Leadership
Leading With Questions Summary
Leading With Questions
How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask
by Michael J. Marquardt 2005 216 pages
3.50
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Professional Development
What's in It for Them? Summary
What's in It for Them?
9 Genius Networking Principles to Get What You Want by Helping Others Get What They Want
by Joe Polish 2022 257 pages
3.87
249 ratings
Business
Personal Development
Self Help
Leadership Agility Summary
Leadership Agility
Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change
by William B. Joiner 2006 336 pages
3.98
192 ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Writing Without Bullshit Summary
Writing Without Bullshit
by Josh Bernoff 2016 304 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Writing
Business
Communication
Strategic Doing Summary
Strategic Doing
Ten Skills for Agile Leadership
by Edward Morrison 2019 224 pages
3.90
268 ratings
Leadership
Business
Entrepreneurship
Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Summary
Exercise for Mood and Anxiety
Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-Being
by Michael W. Otto 2011 248 pages
3.96
230 ratings
Self Help
Health
Psychology
The Extraordinary Leader Summary
The Extraordinary Leader
Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders
by John H. Zenger 2002 296 pages
3.87
363 ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Hello, Fears Summary
Hello, Fears
Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be
by Michelle Poler 2020 169 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Tools for Teaching Summary
Tools for Teaching
Discipline, Instruction, Motivation. Primary Prevention of Classroom Discipline Problems
by Fredric H. Jones 2000 569 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
The Time Chunking Method Summary
The Time Chunking Method
A 10-Step Action Plan For Increasing Your Productivity
by Damon Zahariades 2015 180 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Business
The Leader Habit Summary
The Leader Habit
Master the Skills You Need to Lead--in Just Minutes a Day
by Martin Lanik 2018 240 pages
3.83
253 ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Moments of Impact Summary
Moments of Impact
How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
by Chris Ertel 2014 272 pages
4.01
465 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
The Leader Assistant Summary
The Leader Assistant
Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant
by Jeremy Burrows 2020 252 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Business
Professional Development
Self Help
The Art & Science of Facilitation Summary
The Art & Science of Facilitation
How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams
by Marsha Acker 2021 190 pages
4.14
114 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
Learning the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Summary
Learning the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
by John C. Maxwell 1999 36 pages
4.30
270 ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Joy at Work Summary
Joy at Work
A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job
by Dennis W. Bakke 2005 314 pages
3.66
467 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Flip Your Classroom Summary
Flip Your Classroom
Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day
by Jonathan Bergmann 2012 122 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Technology
Teaching That Changes Lives Summary
Teaching That Changes Lives
12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning
by Marilee G. Adams 2013 240 pages
3.84
134 ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Overdeliver Summary
Overdeliver
Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing
by Brian Kurtz 2019 298 pages
4.16
223 ratings
Business
Startup
Entrepreneurship
Mindfulness for Teachers Summary
Mindfulness for Teachers
Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom
by Tish Jennings 2015 288 pages
3.99
414 ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life
by Naomi Shragai 2021 270 pages
3.56
375 ratings
Self Help
Business
Psychology
Leading the Unleadable Summary
Leading the Unleadable
How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People
by Alan Willett 2016 240 pages
3.50
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
How to Stop Procrastinating Summary
How to Stop Procrastinating
A Simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking Your Procrastination Habit
by Steve Scott 158 pages
3.25
195 ratings
Productivity
Self Help
Personal Development
Leadership from the Inside Out Summary
Leadership from the Inside Out
Becoming a Leader for Life
by Kevin Cashman 2008 224 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Professional Development
The End of College Summary
The End of College
Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere
by Kevin Carey 2015 288 pages
3.77
447 ratings
Education
History
Economics
ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide Summary
ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide
by Mike Chapple 2018 1826 pages
4.29
320 ratings
Textbooks
Professional Development
Introduction to Information Science Summary
Introduction to Information Science
by David Bawden 2012 384 pages
3.63
171 ratings
Information Science
School
Textbooks
The Designing for Growth Field Book Summary
The Designing for Growth Field Book
A Step-by-Step Project Guide
by Jeanne Liedtka 2013 133 pages
4.05
153 ratings
Design
Business
Leadership
Flat Army Summary
Flat Army
Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization
by Dan Pontefract 2013 328 pages
3.41
112 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today Summary
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today
Education - Our Children - Their Futures
by Richard Gerver 2010 176 pages
4.10
127 ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Fixing your Scrum Summary
Fixing your Scrum
by Ryan Ripley 2020 200 pages
4.32
125 ratings
Management
Business
Professional Development
Strategize to Win Summary
Strategize to Win
The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career
by Carla A. Harris 2014 256 pages
3.99
433 ratings
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Giving Done Right Summary
Giving Done Right
Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count
by Phil Buchanan 2019 256 pages
3.85
146 ratings
Business
Professional Development
Transformational Leadership Summary
Transformational Leadership
by Michael A. Roberto 2013 13 pages
4.02
300 ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary
Profiles in Mental Health Courage
by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024 336 pages
4.20
241 ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
Self Help
Carrots and Sticks Don't Work Summary
Carrots and Sticks Don't Work
Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT
by Paul L. Marciano 2010 256 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Professional Development
The Leap to Leader Summary
The Leap to Leader
How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership
by Adam Bryant 2023 240 pages
4.04
261 ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
The Definitive Executive Assistant and Managerial Handbook Summary
The Definitive Executive Assistant and Managerial Handbook
A Professional Guide to Leadership for All Pas, Senior Secretaries, Office Managers, and Executive Assistants
by Sue France 2012 308 pages
3.85
41 ratings
Professional Development
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners Summary
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners
Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips
by Ilan Goldstein 2013 208 pages
4.06
211 ratings
Management
Business
Programming
Succeeding When You're Supposed to Fail Summary
Succeeding When You're Supposed to Fail
The 6 Enduring Principles of High Achievement
by Rom Brafman 2011 208 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Inbound PR Summary
Inbound PR
The PR Agency's Manual to Transforming Your Business With Inbound
by Iliyana Stareva 2018 192 pages
3.87
46 ratings
Professional Development
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