Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl)
Summary: In 1967, Charles Koch took the reins of his father's company and began the process of growing it from a $21 million company into a global corporation with revenues of about $115 billion, according to Forbes. So how did this MIT engineer manage to grow Koch Industries into one of the largest private companies in the world today, with growth exceeding that of the S&P 500 by almost 30-fold over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 KOCGuidara, Will
Summary: "Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Optimism Press 2022
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Summary: "When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley. McCord advocates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silicon Guild 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 MCCLyons, Daniel
Summary: Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its "new oligarchs" have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies, and even health risks, and discusses how to restore the social contract between employers and employees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.3 LYORobison, Peter
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 ROBMcAfee, Andrew
Summary: "We're living in a time of amazing technological innovation, but we're not paying enough attention to one of the most important innovations of all--one that's going to be a wellspring of progress for a long time to come. This innovation lies with the company itself--the collection of people and assets brought together to create goods and services and bring them to market. And, as Andrew McAfee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: "On November 5, 2008, the nation awoke to a New York Times headline that read triumphantly: "OBAMA. Racial Barrier Falls in Heavy Turnout." But new events quickly muted the exuberant declarations of a postracial era in America: from claims that Obama was born in Kenya and that he is not a true American, to depictions of Obama as a "Lyin African" and conservative cartoons that showed the new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.24 HUGMichelli, Joseph A.
Summary: A primer on leadership examines the five key principles behind the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company's unparalleled success and customer service innovations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4092 MICBock, Laszlo.
Summary: ""We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge. This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto with the potential to change how we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 BOCClark, Taylor
Summary: Traces the meteoric rise of the Starbucks chain while evaluating the myriad ways in which the coffeehouse movement has impacted everyday life, in an investigative account that credits specific societal groups with the corporation's success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.17373 CLARFisman, Raymond.
Summary: Describes how the everyday dysfunction inherent in all organizations is actually a necessary part of the organization and uses case studies from McDonald's, Google, and even al Qaeda to prove that red tape, meetings, and management all serve a purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 FISGostick, Adrian Robert
Summary: "In Leading with Gratitude, New York Times bestselling authors, the "apostles of appreciation" Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick introduce readers to easy ways to add more gratitude to their work environment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Describes the management principles of Lean production that are employed by Toyota.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 LIKBryar, Colin
Summary: "Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives. Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 BRYDalio, Ray
Summary: In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history. Dalio himself has appeared on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2017
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 DALRamaswamy, Vivek
Summary: "A young entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 RAMDeGraff, Jeffrey Thomas.
Summary: "Leading Innovation presents a holistic approach to creating innovation at all levels of your organization. Jeff DeGraff and Shawn E. Quinn have created a real-world, how-to playbook of integrated creativity tools and techniques for understanding where innovation comes from and harnessing its power to create a culture where real growth happens on a constant basis."--BOOK JACKET.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 DEGNayar, Vineet.
Summary: One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire. One such idea, putting employees first and customers second, sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant. In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar, HCLT's celebrated CEO, recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Press 2010
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Contents: Introduction -- Element one: Inspiration -- Element two: Agreements -- Element three: Accountability -- Element four: Acknowledgment -- Element five: Renewal -- Element six: Mastery -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Assessment questions -- Appendix B: Domains for mastery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Group Alchemy Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 PRUStengel, Jim.
Summary: Demonstrate how the fifty top-performing businesses in a range of fields have succeeded through superior customer engagement and outlines an action framework that draws on the examples of leading businesses and management guides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 STEAuger-Domainguez, Daisy
Summary: "We are in the midst of a global reckoning on racism, and corporations are on high alert. Public statements of anti-racism are no longer enough. But managers, especially those sandwiched between the C-Suite and their entry-level colleagues, feel that theydon't have the power and influence to affect the level of change we need to see in the world. In Inclusion Revolution, award-winning diversity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 AUGBakan, Joel
Summary: "From the author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power comes this deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and democracy sits in a precarious situation. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL. Over the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BAKSinek, Simon.
Summary: "Sinek is back to reveal the next step in creating happier and healthier organizations. He helps us understand, in simple terms, the biology of trust and cooperation and why they're essential to our success and fulfillment. Organizations that create environments in which trust and cooperation thrive vastly out perform their competition. And, not coincidentally, their employees love working...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SINFitzgerald, Tom (Thomas)
Summary: "A definitive deep-dive into queer history and culture with hit reality show RuPaul's Drag Race as a touchstone, by the creators of the popular pop culture blog Tom and Lorenzo"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020