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THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEPerfect Phrases for Coaching Employee Performance gives you the language to empower, engage, and develop your employees. Filled with hundreds of wordsand phrases you can use in virtually every coaching situation, this go-to guide provides everything you need for:Onboarding and trainingConducting performance reviewsSetting employee goalsCoaching high and low performersCreating powerful teamsBuilding strong relationships ...

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Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk, Fifth Edition

Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk, Fifth Edition

By: Roger Gibson

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 30-APR-2013

Insert Date: 31-MAY-2013

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The Definitive Guide to Strategic Asset AllocationUniting theory and practice--the art and science of asset allocationInvestors long to beat the market, and money managers accept that as their mandate. The sad reality is that most money managers underperform the market, and individualinvestors do even worse. ...

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The Dividend Imperative: How Dividends Can Narrow the Gap between Main Street and Wall Street

The Dividend Imperative: How Dividends Can Narrow the Gap between Main Street and Wall Street

By: Daniel Peris

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 12-MAR-2013

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IF YOU’RE INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THE STOCK MARKET, THIS IS YOUR WAKE-UP CALL. DIVIDENDS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. THEY’RE PART OF THE SOLUTION.Forget the Great Recession. According to fund manager and author Daniel Peris, the real threat to investment returns from stocks is the Great Retreat--a 30-year drop in the dividend payout ratio of the leading corporationsin the United States that has rendered the U.S. stock market a grand casino rather than a business investment platform. ...

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Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of Visuals

Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of Visuals

By: Christine Chopyak

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 07-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 28-MAY-2013

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PICTURE THIS: A BOLD NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY DRAWN FROM TODAY’S HOTTEST VISUAL TRENDSScientific studies have shown that looking at pictures, drawings, and other graphics engage both sides of the brain--opening the “mind’s eye“ and business systems to new possibilities we might not otherwise see. ...

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Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Core Disciplines for Top Performance, Second Editon

Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Core Disciplines for Top Performance, Second Editon

By: Shoshanah Cohen; Joseph Roussel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 21-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 28-MAY-2013

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The classic guide to supply chain strategy--re-created to help business leaders gain an advantage in today’s volatile, globalized arenaThe definitive guide to supply chains that deliver valueThe global landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of Strategic Supply Chain Management established itself as the authority on creating value and achieving competitive advantage from the supply chain. ...

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Perfect Phrases for Sales Referrals: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Getting New Clients, Building Relationships, and Increasing Your Sales

Perfect Phrases for Sales Referrals: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Getting New Clients, Building Relationships, and Increasing Your Sales

By: Jeb Brooks; Marty Scirratt

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 26-MAR-2013

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The PERFECT quick-reference guide for selling more through quality referralsThis streamlined guide provides salespeople with the right words at the right time in every situation.Perfect Phrases for Sales Referrals presents hundreds of hundreds of time-saving tips and ready-to-use phrases in a quick-access format that’s ideal for salespeople on the go. ...

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Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make

Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make

By: Dave Ulrich; Norm Smallwood

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 12-MAR-2013

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MAKE YOUR LEADERSHIP EFFORTS STICKEvery day, thousands of people put great effort--and money--into becoming more effective leaders, through seminars, personal coaching, and employee development plans. These undertakings can do wonders to help leaders of all stripes improve their effectiveness. ...

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Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees

Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees

By: Doug Lipp

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 05-MAR-2013

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With a Foreword by Jim Cora, former Chairman of Disneyland International “A leadership blueprint, applicable in any organization.” -- Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, U.S. Navy (Ret.), and author of It’s Your Ship When I first arrived at The Walt Disney Company, I was surprised to find I had to go back to school--at Disney University! There, I learned the fundamentals of guest service that consistently gave Disney a tremendous advantage in the marketplace. ...

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A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS: Using Data Analysis Tools to Improve Your Organization’s Decision Making and Strategy

A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS: Using Data Analysis Tools to Improve Your Organization’s Decision Making and Strategy

By: Randy Bartlett

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 15-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 28-MAY-2013

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The Definitive Guide to Using Analytics for Better Business Decisions A must-read for anyone who is directly or indirectly leading or managing an analytics function--and anyone who wants to make better decisions based on analytics, not just intuition or an overemphasis on industry knowledge, which crowds out good analytics. ...

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Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Performance in Stocks in Any Market

Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Performance in Stocks in Any Market

By: Mark Minervini

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 21-MAR-2013

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Minervini has run circles around most PhDs tryingto design systems to beat the market. -- JACK SCHWAGER, bestselling author of Stock Market Wizards Mark’s book has to be on every investor’s bookshelf. It is about the most comprehensive work I have ever read on investing in growth stocks. ...

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The Product Manager’s Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as a Product Manager

The Product Manager’s Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as a Product Manager

By: Steven Haines

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 14-JUN-2013

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FORGE A POWERFUL STRATEGY TO BECOME A PRODUCT MANAGER WHO DELIVERS RESULTSThe world of business is moving at breakneck speed. More is being demanded of everyone--with fewer resources than ever. In no profession is this more apparent thanProduct Management.Written by one of today’s leading Product Managementthought-leaders, Steven Haines, The Product Manager’s Survival Guide provides best practices, practical on-the-job advice, and a step-by-step blueprint for succeedingin Product Management. ...

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Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill: Essential Lessons for Using the Power of Positive Thinking

Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill: Essential Lessons for Using the Power of Positive Thinking

By: Don Green

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 12-MAR-2013

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In 1937, Napoleon Hill changed the world with THINK AND GROW RICH. . . Now his legacy can be yours.In 1937, one man changed the face of entrepreneurshipforever with a single book.Napoleon Hill’s landmark Think and Grow Rich remains one of the biggest bestsellers of all time, with over 20 million copies in print and translated into more than 30 languages. ...

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Leading Your Business Forward: Aligning Goals, People, and Systems for Sustainable Success

Leading Your Business Forward: Aligning Goals, People, and Systems for Sustainable Success

By: John Pyecha; Shane Yount; Seth Davies; Anna Versteeg

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 05-MAR-2013

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Succeeding where TQM, Lean, and Six Sigma fail, this proven process-based management system includes leadership as a key element to deliver sustainable successLeading Your Business Forward shows executives and high-level managers how to determine the organization’s long-term goals, engage staff to work towards them, gauge and improve performance on an ongoing basis, and manage success so it sticks.Anna VerSteeg is Founder and Principal of Competitive Solutions, an international consulting firm specializing in process based leadership. ...

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Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition ( Paperback)

Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition ( Paperback)

By: Kerry Patterson; Joseph Grenny; Ron McMillan; Al Switzler; David Maxfield

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 04-APR-2013

Insert Date: 25-MAY-2013

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Hold anyone accountable. Master performance discussions. Get RESULTS.Broken promises, missed deadlines, poor behavior--they don’t just make others’ lives miserable; they can sap up to 50 percent of organizational performance and account for the vast majority of divorces. ...

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The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance

The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance

By: Eric Mosley

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 08-MAY-2013

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IS YOUR REVIEW PROCESS PERFORMING BELOW EXPECTATIONS?Fix the Performance Review with the Wisdom of Crowds!If you’re like most employees and managers, you dread the annual performance review. It’s outdated and frozen in time. It’s a relic of the way business used to work and doesn’t capitalize on the way business works today. ...

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The End of the Risk-Free Rate: Investing When Structural Forces Change Government Debt

The End of the Risk-Free Rate: Investing When Structural Forces Change Government Debt

By: Ben Emons

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 21-JUN-2013

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A NEW FINANCIAL STRATEGY FOR A NEW FINANCIAL WORLDAs an investor, you’ve probably taken advantage of the risk-free rates in the postcrash economy by putting your money into bonds, stocks, commodities, and currencies. With the rise of government debt across the globe, you can no longer rely on the notion of “safe” to perform asexpected. You need to adapt your investing strategy to a new financial reality. ...

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The Patron Way: From Fantasy to Fortune - Lessons on Taking Any Business From Idea to Iconic Brand

The Patron Way: From Fantasy to Fortune - Lessons on Taking Any Business From Idea to Iconic Brand

By: Ilana Edelstein

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 23-APR-2013

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The never-before-told story of Patrón Tequila—the brand that revolutionized an industryHow a billion-dollar business ascended from a forgotten dusty agave field in central MexicoThe Patrón Way details the unorthodox building of the brand, the extraordinary creativity and marketing ingenuity of Patrón’s cofounder, Martin Crowley, and his life partner, Ilana Edelstein, and the way Patrón single-handedly transformed the face of the liquor industry. ...

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Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results

Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results

By: John Stoker

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 23-APR-2013

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MAKE EVERY CONVERSATION A REAL CONVERSATION THAT GETS RESULTSIn Overcoming Fake Talk, business communication guru John R. Stoker offers proven advice for turning challenging confrontations into rewarding exchangesthat foster collaboration, improve performance, and achieve results. ...

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Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification

Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification

By: Rajat Paharia

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 18-JUN-2013

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The new secret to driving LOYALTY THAT PAYS!Once revolutionary, loyalty programs designed todifferentiate products quickly became commoditized. And yet, billions of dollars are still spent every year on programs that are doomed to fail. These programs, it turns out, don’t inspire long-term loyalty. Once a better deal comes along, customers will gladly defect. ...

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How to Make Money in Stocks Getting Started: A Guide to Putting CAN SLIM Concepts into Action

How to Make Money in Stocks Getting Started: A Guide to Putting CAN SLIM Concepts into Action

By: Matthew Galgani

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 14-JUN-2013

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The #1 GROWTH STRATEGY for stock investing“To be a successful investor, start with the basics and stick to the rules. Matt’s book shows you how to do that. It may be the missing link you’ve been looking for.”—William J. O’Neil, Investor’s Business Daily® Founder and Chairman Getting Started takes the guesswork out of investing. ...