Chambers, John
Summary: Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan. When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees, a single product, and about $70 million in revenue. When he stepped down as CEO in 2015, he left a $47...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.4 CHAWeinzweig, 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 WEIWeinzweig, 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 WEIStosz, Sandra
Summary: "Today, our nation is like a ship being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong and steady-leaders capable of uniting people in support of a shared purpose by building the trust and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Köehlerbooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 STODivine, Mark.
Summary: Ex-Navy Commander Mark Divine reveals exercises, meditations, and focusing techniques to train the mind for mental toughness, emotional resilience, and uncanny intuition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 658.5 DIVBurg, Bob
Summary: "From the acclaimed, bestselling authors of The Go-Giver, a new parable about the power of giving leadership. The family-owned business of Allen & Augustine has manufactured high-quality chairs for decades. Its people take pride in their work and feel loyal to their owners and management team. But this long-revered company is now at a crossroads, hurt by a tough economy, foreign competition,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2016
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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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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4092 PITCovey, Stephen R.
Summary: How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.4 COVSummary: Have you ever tried to define "leadership"? How about identifying the skills of a good leader? In this video, one young executive must tackle this difficult task through an assignment from his CEO. By working around the clock, he gains valuable information on leadership skills from some very unexpected sources. Viewers learn how styles of leadership differ, skills that make a good leader, how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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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 WEIMerchant, Nilofer
Summary: In The Power of Onlyness, Nilofer Merchant, one of the world's top-ranked business thinkers, reveals that, in fact, we have now reached an unprecedented moment of opportunity for your ideas to "make a dent" on the world. Now that the Internet has liberated ideas to spread through networks instead of hierarchies, power is no longer determined by your status, but by "onlyness"--that spot in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 MERKelley, Robert Earl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Business 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.314 KELBryar, 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 BRYMurphy, James
Contents: The military response to a complex world : the new value of effective execution -- Basic training : indoctrinating your people with values and skills -- Team alignment : connecting the troops with the leader's intent -- Mission preparation : moving from strategy toward accountable actions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 MUREdinger, Scott K.
Summary: Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue. However you define business growth--total revenue, net income, margin expansion, number of products and services, or customer loyalty--sustained and strategic growth requires an organization to do more than sell by simply communicating the value of its products or services. It must create value in the way it sells by delivering a compelling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fast Company Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business EdingerHudson, Clifford
Summary: "Former Sonic CEO Cliff Hudson offers counterintuitive career advice, whether you're just starting out or in the middle of your career: Don't plan, explore;. Don't specialize, generalize. Don't keep your head down, turn it up toward opportunity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 HUDMichelli, 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 MICSantoro, Marisa
Summary: "peak up with clear communication and intention, thrive when taking consistent measured risk in your career-and become the influential and confident leader you know you can be. Too often, we become stuck in our own head, focus on our fears, and fail to breakthrough to our goals. To become an effective leader, you need to silence the self-sabotaging thought patterns and learn to trust yourself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SANCarrison, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 1999
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Summary: Leadership is not about titles, status, and power over people. A leader is anyone who holds herself or himself accountable for recognizing the potential in people and ideas and developing that potential. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they’re mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It’s the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after CEO who teaches others how to lead. Hadeed unintentionally launched Student Maid while attending college ten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HADEED, KRISTEN HADHsieh, Tony.
Summary: Tony Hsieh--the widely-admired CEO of on-line shoe retailer, Zappos--explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors and backers. Even better, he shows how creating happiness and record results go hand-in-hand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Business Plus 2010