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This complete summary of the ideas from Jack Welch and Suzy Welch's book "The Real-Life MBA" shows that in business nowadays it isn't enough to have a purely theoretical or conventional MBA; you need a Real-Life MBA. You need to have real-life experience to understand how best to manage and grow your career. The authors focus on the three competencies that you should master; you have to know the game so that you can win it, form a great team through...
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The must-read summary of Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin's book: "Lessons from the Top: The Search for America's Best Business Leaders".
This complete summary of the ideas from Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin's book "Lessons from the Top" shows that there is no one single characteristic or business practice that is common to all great leaders. Instead, the most successful leaders in business all develop and practice a highly personalised mix...
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The must-read summary of Jeffrey Pfeffer's book: "Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jeffrey Pfeffer's book "Power" shows that power is good as it gives you the ability to set the agenda and get the things you consider to be most important done. In addition to greater control, the more power you have, the greater your status, discretion and wealth creation opportunities will be. In his book,...
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The must-read summary of Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz's book: "Lean Analytics: Using Data to Build a Startup Faster".
This complete summary of the ideas from Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz's book "Lean Analytics" shows how you can definitively determine what to sell and find out what customers really want to buy. The authors explain how you can turn questions about the business into statistical measures and discover the truthful answers....
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The must-read summary of Peter Drucker's "The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years Writings on Management".
This complete summary of the ideas from "The Essential Drucker" exposes the book's most important ideas, explaining the basic principles of management and its challenges. This useful summary also discusses the changes that are likely to happen in the business world of tomorrow, and the skills that will be needed to face it, thus providing...
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The must-read summary of Josh Kaufman's book: "The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume".
This complete summary of the ideas from Josh Kaufman's book reveals the author's belief that an MBA is not worth your time and money, and you would be far better off educating yourself in business by taking advantage of the thousands of business books that are published worldwide every year. Josh Kaufman believes that in order to...
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The must-read summary of A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin's book: "Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works".
This complete summary of the ideas from A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin's book "Playing to Win" explains that strategy involves making simple choices. In their book, the authors highlight the questions that you need to answer in order to develop a winning strategy that is viable, actionable and sustainable.
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The must-read summary of Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book: "The Irresistible Growth Enterprise: Breakthrough Gains from Unstoppable Change".
This complete summary of the ideas from Donald Mitchell and Carol Coles' book "The Irresistible Growth Enterprise" shows that irresistible forces arise from time to time that permanently alter the general business climate. The usual corporate reaction to the arrival of these forces is to fight them and...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Michalowicz's book "Profit First" introduces the Profit First Approach. According to Michalowicz, this approach means prioritising profit, instead of leaving it as an afterthought. By following this approach, you can secure your profits and run your business on the remaining cash.
There are four steps to install the Profit First Approach:
1. Draw a line in the sand
2. Set up your Profit First system
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The must-read summary of Joseph T. Straub's book: "Understanding Financial Statements: How to Read Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash-Flow Statements and Calculate Financial Ratios".
This complete summary of the ideas from Joseph T. Straub's book "Understanding Financial Statements" shows how the ability to understand and analyze financial statements is an essential business skill. Financial statements reflect the financial health of a company,...
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The must-read summary of Jim Camp's book: "Start with No: The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jim Camp's book "Start with No" shows how we all make negotiations every day of our lives and it's important to develop strong negotiation skills. In his book, the author explains why a 'win-win' situation is the wrong approach to negotiations and why all good negotiations start with a "no"....
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The must-read summary of Les McKeown's book: "Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track - and Keeping It There".
This complete summary of the ideas from Les McKeown's book "Predictable Success" shows that every business goes through regular and periodic stages of growth and decline. This pattern of organisational development has traditionally been termed the "Lifecycle of a Business" and is a well-known phenomenon. In his...
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The must-read summary of Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman's book: "Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Tables and Beyond".
This complete summary of the ideas from Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman's book "Negotiation Genius" shows that people are not born genius negotiators. This is a skill that can be learned and perfected by absolutely anyone. The authors reveal the framework used by top...
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The must-read summary of Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema's book: "The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market".
This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema's book "The Discipline of Market Leaders" shows how it is important for companies to select a unique value to deliver to customers in order to be truly successful. The authors explains the three key value disciplines...
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The must-read summary of Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz's book: "Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom".
This complete summary of the ideas from Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz's book "Leading the Charge" shows that, at one time, leadership was mostly about character, but character alone won't be enough anymore. Today's world involves a challenging worldwide economy, the collapse of iconic companies which have been in...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Gerard Tellis and Peter Golder's book "Will and Vision" raises an interesting question: "Is it better to be first to market with a new product or to delay getting to market until you have a better product?". In their book, the authors explain how the answer to this question can be found by looking at current market and product category leaders - these tend to be the companies that best harness the five key drivers...
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The must-read summary of Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book: "The Neglected Firm: Every Manager Must Manage Two Firms: The Present One and the Future One".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jorge Vasconcellos E. Sa's book "The Neglected Firm" shows that one of the central challenges of management is the need to strike the optimum balance between what a business currently does and what it will need to do to succeed in the future. In his book, the...
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The must-read summary of Dave Lakhani's book: "Persuasion: The Art of Getting What You Want".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Lakhani's book "Persuasion" shows that persuasion is the art and science of getting exactly what you want. In its highest form, you can use persuasive techniques to position yourself as an expert and to help other people get what they want. In his book, the author explains how persuasion can and must be used to...
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The must-read summary of James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner's book: "The Truth About Leadership: The No-Fads Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know".
This complete summary of the ideas from James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner's book "The Truth About Leadership" shows that while the context of leadership changes constantly, the content of what makes a good leader hasn't changed and likely never will. In their book, the authors explain that the...
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The must-read summary Michael Hammer's book: "The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade".
This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Hammer's book "The Agenda" shows that consumers are now in the driving seat of the economy, and every successful business will assimilate this fact and act accordingly. In his book, the author explores nine critical items that should be on every manager's agenda: they cover specific actions...
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