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Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
314 p.
Language
English
Description
"Boundaries. The key to how corporate lawyer Alexandra Knight manages her busy life. However, lately all her precisely drawn lines are getting blurred. Blame it on her out-of-control biological clock that is ignoring her single status ... and on Ethan Stone. Because her sexy, no-strings colleague has posed an outrageous solution to her dilemma--he'll be her baby daddy. This from the guy who avoids all commitment? Okay, so they're attracted to each...
Author
Publisher
A Perigee Book
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 333 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author employs the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management to reveal what really makes us successful at work.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Language
English
Description
"A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a linchpin in the awesome routine of air travel today....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. After years of stagnant wages, volatile job markets, and an unwillingness to deal with profound threats such as climate change, there is a mounting sense that the system is fixed, serving only those select few with enough money to secure a controlling stake. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice, Robert B. Reich shows how...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
" The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Start With Why Simon Sinek's mission is to help people wake up every day inspired to go to work and return home every night fulfilled by their work. His first book, Start With Why, offered the essential starting point, explaining the power of focusing on WHY we do what we do, before getting into the details of WHAT and HOW. Start With Why became an instant classic, with a loyal following...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
c1961, c1918
Physical Desc
xxiv, 517 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many great artists have had at least intermittent doubts about their own abilities. But The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue directly from a raging inferiority complex. The author, to be sure, had bigger shoes to fill than most of us. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather were U.S. presidents. His father, a relative underachiever, scraped by as a member of Congress and ambassador to the Court of St. James....
Author
Publisher
Columbia Global Reports
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
154 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms -- big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the "curse of bigness" can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself. History suggests that tolerance of inequality...
Author
Publisher
BoardSource
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 83 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
What is governance? What is the role of the board? What is expected of board members? And how does an effective board operate? Board Fundamentals answers these questions and more. The book is for new board members in need of an introduction to the principles of nonprofit governance experienced board members in need of a refresher and new ideas chief executives -- as well as senior staff who interact with the board -- who want to better understand...