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Business collection (New York, N.Y.) Business of innovation CEO Stories Entrepreneurs (New York, N.Y.) How to be more successful in business South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Taking care of business Ultimate media librarian collection Zingerman's guide to good leading Part 4Weinzweig, Ari
Summary: Part 3 continues to share the "secrets" that have helped take Zingerman's from a 25-seat, 4-person start up to a nationally known, $49,000,000-organization employing over 600 people. It includes Secrets #30-39 and explores our belief that some of the most important work we do to build great organizations and lead rewarding lives is the work we need to do within ourselves. The book includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2013
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 WEIWilkinson, Amy
Summary: "Based on in-depth interviews with more than 200 leading entrepreneurs, a business executive and senior fellow at Harvard's Center for Public Leadership identifies the six essential disciplines needed to transform your ideas into real-world successes, whether you're an innovative manager or an aspiring entrepreneur. How do some people turn ideas into enterprises that endure? Startup founders...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.6 WILDell, Michael
Summary: "More than an honest portrait of a leader at a crossroads, Play Nice But Win is a survival story proving that while anyone with technological insight and entrepreneurial zeal might build something great-it takes a leader to build something that lasts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 DELWeinzweig, Ari
Summary: The first in a series of books by Zingerman's co-founding partner Ari Weinzweig examines the basic building blocks of the culture and structure we know now as Zingerman's. These approaches are applicable whether you're running a law office, a library, a restaurant, a record label, a software firm, or an organic farm. They are the behind-the-scenes "secret" stuff that goes into making a very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.5 WEIWeinzweig, Ari
Summary: This second book in the Zingerman's a Lapsed Anarchist's Approach" series looks at the leadership style that has helped make Zingerman's such a special place to work and to eat. The book includes essays on the energy crisis in the American workplace, servant leadership, stewardship, why everyone's a leader, Zingerman's entrepreneurial approach to management, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2012
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3 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.5 WEISummary: Blake Mycoskie had four companies under his belt when he got his best idea yet: create a shoe company that gives away one pair for every pair sold. This CNBC program shows how Mycoskie used his business sense and budding celebrity status to grow TOMS Shoes into a global brand, while donating over 115,000 pairs of shoes to children in need. Also featured is Frontera Foods, brainchild of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Essentially, a manager's style is the way he or she makes decisions, relates to subordinates, and lays out a vision for an organization. This program examines five widely recognized management styles, commonly identified as autocratic, persuasive, consultative, participative, and laissez faire. Viewers learn about each style's characteristics, advantages, drawbacks, and practical applications....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It has produced captains of industry for more than a century, but what specific training does the Harvard Business School offer? What can an HBS graduate expect in today's economic environment? This CNBC Original documentary ventures into the school's hallowed halls, examining the culture in which top executives and corporate leaders are groomed. Interviews with first-year students highlight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In an age of corporate bailouts, the story of Columbia Sportswear's dramatic comeback offers a valuable case study in successful bootstrapping. After the death of her husband, Gert Boyle faced the monumental task of taking over the struggling business at the age of 46, with little guidance or experience. This program profiles Boyle nearly forty years later, still leading the company-which is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: A profitable business requires radical thinking, not only on a nuts-and-bolts level but in a way that connects with consumers. How does an organization make that happen? This program examines tools and methods that add value to businesses and enhance the customer experience. Expert guests include Xerox president Ursula Burns, Tata Consultancy Services Managing Director Subramaniam Ramadorai,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The "eureka moment," the ups and downs of starting a business, where to get advice-in this four-segment program, Freeserve founder Ajaz Ahmed, a shop owner, a software developer, an inventor of a better children's toothbrush, and others share their experiences and insights. Motives and Traits describes what makes an entrepreneur; Risks and Rewards tells how entrepreneurs find balance amidst the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: How can organizations avoid complacency and create catalysts for innovation? This program delves into survival strategies used by businesses that are constantly evolving and placing themselves at the frontline of the innovation battle. Expert guests include Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin, Kodak Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez, LG Electronics CEO Yong Nam, and Novartis CEO Daniel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Filmed at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, this program teams up Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of Broadcast.com, and Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, who made his team one of the most valuable franchises in sports history. Together they discuss being an entrepreneur in the world of professional sports, while MBA...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Management is the first and foremost element in business success, and inadequate or improper management the primary cause of business failure. In this program, Jim Sanders, administrator of the United States Small Business Administration, provides cogent insights into the many aspects of management which the small-business owner must address in order to survive and prosper: strategic planning;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Weinzweig, Ari
Summary: Ari’s new book is the culmination of a lifetime of learning and thirty four years in business, the last three of which have been spent intensively studying, reflecting on, and writing about the critical role of beliefs in the businesses and organizations of which we’re a part. The fruits of that labor are now available in this new 600-page book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 0000
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 WEIYoffie, David B.
Summary: "The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a Business Week top 10 book) analyze the strategies, principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business--Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs--offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy and execution.In less than a decade, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Andy Grove...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 YOFSummary: How can a company assemble all the ingredients of true innovation and achieve marketplace success? This program gathers together the key issues and themes explored throughout the series The Business of Innovation, outlining actionable strategies that will drive a business forward. Expert guests include Google VP Nikesh Arora, FedEx CIO Robert Carter, former Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: He loves to start companies, but not to run them. His easyGroup functions as a kind of laboratory for his "crazy" business ideas. But Stelios Haji-Ioannau has built a hugely profitable corporate empire that has helped transform a wide range of industries. In this compelling interview, Stelios talks about learning the shipping business in his father's successful company-and how he moved away...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Trump, Donald
Summary: Two entrepreneurial icons share experiences and insights into creating and building successful businesses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plata Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.42 TRUSummary: Boss is for young people who love a challenge, are doers, and have lots of energy. The BIZ WHIZ QUIZ will help them identify characteristics that are necessary if they want to be in charge. Boss talks about the various hats people who own a business must wear, such as a business planning hat and a marketing hat. Entrepreneurs of all ages offer insightful hints into a variety of businesses,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Irrepressible, irascible, and iconic, Steve Jobs reigned as the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades. From his parents' California garage he launched the personal computer revolution and built Apple into the most envied and valuable technology company in the world. From the Macintosh and the iPod to the iPhone and iPad, Jobs personally presided over the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Depicting his rise from beetroot vendor to electronics multimillionaire, this program profiles Sir Alan Sugar and his emergence as Britain's answer to Donald Trump. Viewers learn how "Suralan" parlayed his gift for salesmanship into the U.K.'s most profitable computer company, Amstrad-only to watch its profits disappear during the 1980s and '90s. The program also shows how the entrepreneur...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Today's corporate leaders increasingly recognize that doing good is good for business. But how does innovation fit into the 21st-century framework of social and global responsibility? This program looks at green business practices and management as springboards for achievement and profit. Expert guests include Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, IKEA North America president Pernille Spiers-Lopez,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the two richest men in America and very close friends. Though a generation apart in age and founders of two very different businesses, each has a deep admiration for the other, and they share a sense of responsibility to use their success in the service of social causes. This program documents a day both men spent in September of 2005 at the University of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006