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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

. ☙ A lot of times people think creating companies is going to be fun. Particularly if you’re the CEO of the company, you actually have a distillation of all the worst problems in the company. ☙ Fundamentally, if you don’t have a compelling product at a compelling price, you don’t have a great company.

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JUNE 11, 2021

It’s hard to get the price you want when you want to get out. The idea that the price paid for companies is based on past performance is only partly true. By far, the most important data to a buyer is current performance and, based on the company’s processes and metrics, how predictive that is of future performance.”.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Leading Transformation : How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future by Nathan Furr, Kyle Nel and Thomas Zoega Ramsoy. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * "Reading literature, more than informing us, shapes us." — Karen Swallow Prior, On Reading Well.

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MARCH 13, 2023

An automobile company might have bought a supplier of its batteries, or created its own dealerships. In construction companies, for example, this would seem to be the capacity to secure contracts and choose the right subcontractors. Networking need not be based on any formal structural arrangement; sometimes it just happens.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Moules shares lessons learned from hundreds of companies that point to a rebellious entrepreneurial approach. He describes lessons like don’t rely on others to fund your idea, imitate creatively, keep value higher than price, pivot often, and why they typically don’t get loans from big banks. What is it that sets these companies apart?

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

First principles and the Idiot Index: As he stewed about the absurd price the Russians wanted to charge, he employed some first-principles thinking, drilling down to the basic physics of the situation and building up from there. If you’re unwilling to invest in a company, he felt, you shouldn’t qualify as a founder.

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MARCH 1, 2021

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APRIL 12, 2021

As opposed to: Until recently, the greatest competitive advantage went to companies that controlled distribution channels, had hard assets on the largest scale, or had established brands or patents. In other words, it’s more about what a company does than what it has. Most traditional companies don’t think big enough.

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JULY 1, 2020

Lessons from the Titans : What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success br Scott Davis, Carter Copeland, and Rob Wertheimer. Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Myth #1: Build a Billion Dollar Company. I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. So how do billion dollar companies get built? I used to think a valuation was kind of like the stock price of a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from Hastings’s own career, No Rules Rules is the fascinating and untold account of the philosophy behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Winning Now, Winning Later : How Companies Can Win in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term by David Cote. Short-termism is rampant among executives and managers today, causing many companies to underperform and even go out of business. Dave Cote is intimately familiar with this problem. The outcome was phenomenal.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Finish Big : How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top by Bo Burlingham. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * “I find television very educating. Seven Disciplines of A Leader by Jeff Wolf. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

The Wisdom of Failure : How to Learn the Tough Leadership Lessons Without Paying the Price by Jim McConoughey and Laurence G. Judgment on the Front Line : How Smart Companies Win by Trusting Their People by Noel M. Weinzimmer. Tichy and Christopher DeRose. Tichy and Christopher DeRose. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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JANUARY 1, 2017

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

He also emphasizes the importance of closing the "empathy gap" between management and staff in order to create a more connected team that operates to its fullest potential--and how developing each team member's unique dreams, goals, and abilities sets up the company for success. Great leaders embrace a higher purpose to win.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The Age of Agile : How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets Done by Stephen Denning. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * "I find television very educating. The Book of Mistakes : 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future by Skip Prichard.

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APRIL 1, 2017

Hacking Growth : How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." — Franz Kafka. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for inventing the future.

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OCTOBER 1, 2017

The Startup Way : How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth by Eric Ries. The Anticipatory Organization : Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage by Daniel Burrus. Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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APRIL 1, 2021

A handful of traditional companies, including Fidelity Investments, Walmart, and B2W, have adopted these new approaches to reinvigorate their businesses. It's the most expensive, least productive thing companies invest in without even knowing it. Most, however, are stalled—and the clock is running out. It's the sneakiest form of fear.

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MARCH 15, 2021

In many ways, this early prototype illustrates what IoT is all about — in principle, the Coke machine could automatically reorder supply when stock was running low or dynamically change prices, depending upon stock or demand. One action affects multiple value chains across multiple, high- and low-tech industries alike.

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JANUARY 1, 2022

Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era. Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson. Beyond Digital : How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future by Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani.

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JULY 1, 2021

The Power of Trust : How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It by Sandra J. This fascinating guide to workplace productivity and effectiveness draws upon extensive research and case studies to demonstrate how you can get better results in far less time while also increasing confidence and commitment. Sucher and Shalene Gupta.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Hot Seat : What I Learned Leading a Great American Company by Jeff Immelt with Amy Wallace. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * “Compare the difference between the life of a man who does no reading and that of a man who does. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The Decoded Company : Know Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers by Leerom Segal, Aaron Goldstein, Jay Goldman and Rahaf Harfoush. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * “Don''t use words too big for the subject. Sutton and Huggy Rao.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Shift Ahead : How the Best Companies Stay Relevant in a Fast-Changing World by Allen Adamson and Joel Steckel. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November. Blueprint to Business : An Entrepreneur's Guide to Taking Action, Committing to the Grind, And Doing the Things That Most People Won't by Michael Alden.

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MAY 1, 2020

Bezonomics : How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives, and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It by Brian Dumaine. In this clear-eyed, indispensable book, Bain & Company thought leader Darrell Rigby and his colleagues Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide a much-needed reality check. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H.

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MAY 1, 2013

The Three Rules : How Exceptional Companies Think by Michael E. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * “You cannot open a book without learning something.” — Confucius. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. The Power of Trust : How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It by Sandra J. Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Extreme Teams : Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail by Robert Bruce Shaw. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. * * * "It is what you read when you don't have to that determines who you will be when you can't help it." — Oscar Wilde.

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JUNE 1, 2012

How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things : Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers that Plague Even the Best Businesses by Neil Smith with Patricia O'Connell. All titles are at least 40% off the list price and are available only in limited quantities. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

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