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How Good Are You in Managing Office Politics?

Coaching Tip

In today''s hyper-competitive job market, you have to be hardworking, smart and educated, but you also have to be politically astute. says Jack Godwin author of " THE OFFICE POLITICS HANDBOOK." When you ask people how they achieve results within their organizations, they cite market analysis, strategic planning and brainstorming.

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SAC and the Strange Focus on Insider Trading

Harvard Business Review

Just in the past few months, the Columbia Business Law Review has come out with an entire issue devoted to the topic (based on a symposium held at Columbia last fall), and Edward Elgar has published a 512-page Research Handbook on Insider Trading (list price, $240) edited by UCLA Law Professor (and prolific blogger ) Stephen Bainbridge.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Here’s why: “Most organizations see leaders'' as drivers of results - exceeding sales quotas, deepening market share, boosting profits, etc. One book, I would have anyone who worked for me read is the Leader''s Handbook. This is an important facet of what leaders do but it''s not the only thing leaders need to do.