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This complete summary of the ideas from Sarah McGinty's book "Power Talk" shows that in business, you are what you say, as spoken language is the most influential type of business communication. Thus, being a good communicator means understanding how a situation dictates what style of speech will be most effective and how the style of speech used, in turn, influences the business situation that arises. Knowing the two basic business language styles...
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The must-read summary of Doug Stevenson's book: "Never Be Boring Again: Make Your Business Presentations Capture Attention, Inspire Action and Produce Results".
This complete summary of the ideas from Doug Stevenson's book "Never Be Boring Again" shows that the key to giving dynamic business presentations is to tell compelling and well-crafted stories that bring the principles to life for your audience. In his book, the author shares all that he...
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The must-read summary of Ram Charan's book: "Know-How: The 8 Skills that Separate People who Perform from Those Who Don't".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ram Charan's book "Know-How" shows how the concept of "know-how" is defined as what separates leaders who deliver results from those who don't. This is especially important in today's market, where the current magnitude, speed, and depth are unlike what most people have experienced in...
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The must-read summary of Doug Sundheim's book: "Taking Smart Risks: How Smart Leaders Win When Stakes Are High".
This complete summary of the ideas from Doug Sundheim's book "Taking Smart Risks" shows that when you stay in your comfort zone indefinitely, you really don't feel alive. Thus to keep growing, you have to work towards achieving challenging goals which force you to stretch and grow. This summary highlights five things you need to do in...
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The must-read summary of Judith Humphrey's book: "Speaking as a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak".
This complete summary of the ideas from Judith Humphrey's book "Speaking as a Leader" shows how you can think, act and speak like a leader in everything that you do. In her book, the author reveals four steps that you can follow to evaluate and improve your leadership skills: think like a leader, follow the leader's script, use leadership...
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The must-read summary of Arthur Levitt's book: "Take On the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know What You Can Do to Fight Back".
This summary of the ideas from Arthur Levitt's book "Take On the Street" answers some of the questions that often befuddle the new investor: How should you deal with brokers? What are mutual funds? How should you read investor reports and financial results? In his book, the author takes...
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The must-read summary of Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book: "Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger and Norm Smallwood's book "Results-Based Leadership" highlights that a leader's effectiveness can be measured by a simple equation - effective leadership is based on 4 Key Leadership Attributes and 4 Key Stakeholder Groups....
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The must-read summary of Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book: "Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change".
This complete summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book "Seeing What's Next" shows that successful businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs all share one trait: they have the ability to predict industry change and either exploit the resulting opportunities...
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The must-read summary of Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton's book: "Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton's book "Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense" shows how managing a business profitably is hard work, with intense pressures, incomplete information and new ideas that come along every day. Under...
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This complete summary of the ideas from "The McKinsey Mind" explores the reasons behind the tremendous success of the eponymous strategic consulting firm, and presents the structured problem-solving process each McKinsey consultant uses in order to develop (and often help implement) solutions to their client's strategic problems. In this useful summary, you will learn how to use the McKinsey problem-solving methodology, so as to improve your decision-making...
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The must-read summary of Joseph McCormack's book: "Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less".
This complete summary of the ideas from Joseph McCormack's book "Brief" teaches you how to get straight to the point by being concise, clear and brief. According to McCormack, being brief has become a crucial quality in society today. If being brief can and must be applied whenever possible, it is important to master the concept.
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This complete summary of the ideas from George S. Clason's book "The Richest Man in Babylon" explains how to be financially successful in order to achieve future dreams and ambitions. This useful summary provides you with timeless financial principles, as well as the basics of effective money management, thus giving you the tools to make your business thrive.
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The must-read summary of J. Edward Russo and Paul Schoemaker's book: "Winning Decisions: Getting It Right the First Time".
This complete summary of the ideas from J. Edward Russo and Paul Schoemaker's book "Winning Decisions" shows that in order to make effective business decisions, you need a decision-making process that is structured, sound and consistent. In their book, the authors present a four-stage process for making decisions that will help...
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The must-read summary of David Goldsmith and Lorrie Goldsmith's book: "Paid to Think: A Leader's Toolkit for Redefining Your Future".
This complete summary of the ideas from David Goldsmith and Lorrie Goldsmith's book "Paid to Think" shows how managers are paid to think about the twelve core activities where they add value as a leader. In their book, the authors highlight and explain these twelve activities in detail, and why you should be focusing...
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The must-read summary of Marcus Buckingham's book: "The One Thing You Need to Know:...About Great Managing, Great Leading and Sustained Individual Success".
This complete summary of the ideas from Marcus Buckingham's book "The One Thing You Need to Know" provides the key to being a great manager: never forget that everyone who reports to you is a unique individual. In his book, the author explains that your job is to capitalise on employees' individualities...
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The must-read summary of Frank Felberbaum and Rachel Kranz's book: "The Business of Memory: Fast-Track Your Career with Supercharged Brainpower".
This complete summary of the ideas from Frank Felberbaum and Rachel Kranz's book "The Business of Memory" shows that everyone has a photographic memory. The problem is that this perfect recall of new information usually only lasts about one-tenth of a second - not long enough to be useful. In their book,...
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The must-read summary of Peter Kash's book: "Make Your Own Luck: Success Tactics You Won't Learn in Business School".
This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Kash's book "Make Your Own Luck" shows that lucky people are not actually lucky; they are simply better at reading the signs of opportunity. The key to long-term success is to recognize coincidences and strands of information that might seem random, but taken together are significant....
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The must-read summary of Gary Klein's book: "Intuition at Work: Why Developing Your Gut Instincts Will Make You Better at What You Do".
This complete summary of the ideas from Gary Klein's book "Intuition at Work" shows that about 90% of the critical decisions a person actually makes will generally be based more on their "gut feelings" about the right thing to do than hard data. Yet intuition is an undervalued facet of business decisions. This summary...
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The must-read summary of Robert Miller and Gary Williams' book: "The 5 Paths to Persuasion: The Art of Selling Your Message".
This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Miller and Gary Williams' book "The 5 Paths to Persuasion" shows that there are five types of decision makers: followers, charismatics, skeptics, thinkers and controllers. In their book, the authors explain how knowing this can help revolutionize your business life: knowing how...
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The must-read summary of Karen Berman and Joe Knight's book: "Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean".
This complete summary of the ideas from Karen Berman and Joe Knight's book "Financial Intelligence" shows how everyone in business should acquire a set of skills and attitudes about finance. In their book, the authors have included stories of real life businesses and provided the financial knowledge that...
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