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		<title>Wall Street by Charlie R. Geisst</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This book was written in 1997 by Charlie Geisst, and does not cover any events after 1996. It is very difficult to summarize a history book, and in many cases it is probably useless, but I have attempted to focus on the beginnings of Wall Street for those who are interested in getting a very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=24&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended: Lead Well and Prosper</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick McCormick&#8217;s Lead Well and Prosper: 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager ($14.95) gets it. This is a great addition to the library if you want people to want to work with/for you. From those individuals who run households to the CEOs of the largest companies, this is a book to be kept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=21&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EPIC Change by Timothy R. Clark</title>
		<link>http://bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/epic-change-by-timothy-r-clark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vduggal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EPIC Change outlines patterns of and steps required for large-scale organizational change through the EPIC methodology: Evaluate Prepare Implement Consolidate Part I: The EPIC Methodology The four spheres of leadership literacy: Personal: Leaders must have self-awareness and personal understanding. They must seek their own truth and accept feedback. Key Point: Leaders must first become intentional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=19&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The platform for delivering content from anywhere to anywhere is what The World is Flat is all about. This book provides an understanding of how the world has become so small, in essence flat, and what the implications of this are for countries, companies, and individuals. Part I: Waking up to Globalization 3.0 Globalization 1.0 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=17&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The One Thing You Need to Know by Marcus Buckingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this book, Marcus discusses the theme of leveraging your strengths and gives business students, entrepreneurs, and business professionals a fundamental course in outstanding achievement that captures the essence of great managing, great leading, and career success. The exploration of the &#8220;One Thing&#8221; exposes counterintuitive, but pivotal, differences, between great managing and great leadership and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=16&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Execution by Larry Bossidy &amp; Ram Charan</title>
		<link>http://bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/execution-by-larry-bossidy-ram-charan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the year 2000, 40 CEOs of the Top 200 Fortune 500 companies were let go. This is because sometimes even smart, highly regarded people fail to produce critical results. Results they promised to deliver. Bossidy and Charan believe this is fast becoming an epidemic due not to the volatility or unpredictability of the business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=13&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzen and Barry Z. Posner</title>
		<link>http://bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/the-leadership-challenge-by-james-m-kouzen-and-barry-z-posner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Leadership Challenge is your &#8220;personal coach in a book&#8221;. Part I: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership People who guide others follow common patterns of actions. These patterns are not about actions, but about standard practices that the authors have forged into a dynamic model, the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=12&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing the Customer-Centric Organization by Jay R. Galbraith</title>
		<link>http://bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/designing-the-customer-centric-organization-by-jay-r-galbraith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vduggal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Studies show that sales to existing customers are more profitable than sales to new customers.&#8221; With three years of research with McKinsey Organization Design Practice under his belt, Galbraith is the authority on organizational design. The book is a comprehensive customer-centric model for any organization designed to show business leaders an effective means of creating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=9&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey</title>
		<link>http://bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-speed-of-trust-by-stephen-mr-covey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From inspiring trust by beginning with yourself, to utilizing consistent behavior, to creating alignment (a tough one for any organization) this book gives you a 380-page roadmap on building and infusing trust in you and around you (personal relationships, colleagues, teams, families, society). Just like Social Styles allows you to evaluate the particular style of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bookreviewsummaries.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3104558&amp;post=8&amp;subd=bookreviewsummaries&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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