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The Intelligent Investor CD: The Classic Text on Value Investing
Benjamin Graham Manufacturer: HarperAudio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: 006079383X Release Date: 2005-05-03 |
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The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, perhaps the greatest investment advisor of the Twentieth Century, The Intelligent Investor has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of "value investing," which helps protect investors against areas of (possible) substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies which they will be comfortable with down the road.
Among this audio's special features are the use of numerous comparisons of pairs of common stocks to bring out their elements of strength and weakness and the construction of investment portfolios designed to meet specific requirements of quality and price attractiveness.
Read by Bill McGowan
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Outdated. Buy a newer edition........2007-04-18
Excellent book for beginners.......2007-01-11
Intelligent Investor CD.......2006-08-30
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The Clarity Factor: The Four Secrets to Being Clearly Understood
Ray DiZazzo Manufacturer: SOURCEBOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1570715319 |
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Most of us go through life grappling with day-to-day, seemingly unrelated problems. What we fail to realize is that almost all of these problems can be traced back to ineffective communication. The Clarity Factor suggests that we refocus all the energy we put into solving everyday problems on changing the methods of communication that create the difficulties in the first place.This charming, easy-to-read parable follows Gloria Donovan, a frustrated working mom, as she meets a stranger who teaches her four simple guidelines for improving her communication skills. As she implements these steps into her daily life, Gloria is surprised to find that people begin to not only listen to her, but understand her, and many of her troubles are resolved. Through her example, this story illustrates how anyone can improve relationships and eliminate hardships in both the personal and professional spheres through effective communication.
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Clear, concise, complete, correct and concrete........2002-05-17
The story is a parable refreshingly set in the here and now. Its central character is Gloria, an executive, wife and mother, whose relationships with an employee, her husband and her son are becoming more and more chaotic and strained. Enter Joel, who meets Gloria in her dreams and shares four basic Focal Points of communication with her. Over the next few weeks, in her waking life and her dream life, Gloria uses these Focal Points and does not just get her message across, but transforms her relationships.
I particularly like Joel's Clarity Monitoring System and its holographic Sender and Receiver plates. It showed me, rather than told me, how Senders and Receivers can be on such different wavelengths that a message doesn't get through alive. Showing is always better than telling, which is why this book works so well.
DiZazzo could have easily written the one millionth non-fiction book on effective communication . . . and bored us all to death. The short story format really does get his point across much more effectively. The situations in Gloria's life are excellent, even amusing, illustrations for his message. As they represent common problem areas in communication that many people face today (on the job _and_ at home), they speak directly to readers.
This is not the kind of thing I usually read, but I enjoyed it immensely. "The Clarity Factor" is magical, even sentimental, at surprising moments.
A Good Read!.......2001-04-11
Calculate Your Clarity Factor?.......2001-03-08
Here's the 5th secret...........2001-02-06
1. Focus your message 2. Magnify (get) the listeners attention 3. Penetrate personal barriers 4. Listen with clarity
Whew! Let's all communicate! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Next: "How to build an atom bomb in 2 easy steps".
Communication is serious business, and done correctly, really can improve the quality of your life.
I suggest finding a resource that treats the subject matter with more research, guidance and respect.
A Great Book for Stallbusting Spoken Communications.......2000-06-27
As the introduction points out, top executives in major companies have pointed to their skills in communications as a major source of their career success. On the other hand, few people feel that they have or take the time to focus on improving skills in this critical area.
The book is written as a fable about Gloria, a manager in an accounting firm who must deal with a busy life, a recalcitrant subordinate, an uncommunicative husband, and a rebellious son.
The author proposes four key principles, along with some subprinciples for applying them. Each one makes a lot of sense. In fact, I can remember times when I did not get good results when I violated these principles either at work or at home. I found the book to be a good reminder to spend time thinking about what I am going to say before I say it. You are also provided with some simple guidelines and thought processes to give you some direction.
I particularly liked the way the author showed Gloria with poor communications, and then how she could rethink those and turn them into good communications. I think the examples will be helpful to you, too.
The great benefit of this book is that it can help your work and personal lives, as well as cut down your work so you can enjoy life more! This book is a real stallbuster!
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Host of Opportunities, A: An Introduction to Hospitality Management
Hubert B. Van Hoof , Gary K. Vallen , Marilyn E. McDonald , and Paul J. Wiener Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0130145912 |
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Appropriate for Introduction to Hospitality courses within Hospitality Management & some Culinary Arts departments.
A brief and inexpensive introductory text organized around typical hospitality management curricula. A Host of Opportunities provides an introduction to future Hospitality Management courses. Every chapter integrates of cross-departmental viewpoints and functions, along with ethics to prepare a learner with management training.
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Co-Leaders: The Power of Great Partnerships
David A. Heenan , and Warren Bennis Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471316350 |
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Behind each good CEO, head coach, and general, there's a number-two person who is supremely capable and yet either shuns the spotlight or is willing to wait patiently for his or her turn. Heenan and Bennis take a thorough look at the contributions of these number twos, finding brilliance and dogged determination--qualities the financial press traditionally finds only in bosses--but also the humility and loyalty necessary to remain second banana.Although the authors refer to almost every professional marriage you can think of--from Abbott and Costello to the short-lived duo of Ovitz and Eisner--the heart of the book focuses on 11 genuine successes in the annals of number-twodom.
The chapter on Al Gore contains an interesting dissection of the role of the VP in American politics. A chapter called "Cyberstars" talks about how Intel's Craig Barrett and Microsoft's Steve Ballmer have contributed to the spectacular success of those companies. (Interesting tidbit: Ballmer once beat Bill Gates in a math competition when both were undergraduates at Harvard.) Bill Guthridge, an assistant basketball coach at the University of North Carolina who served under Dean Smith for 30 years before succeeding him, gets his due in a chapter that ably explains what an assistant coach actually does: it's a tough gig.
The point of the book is that all these fascinating lieutenants represent an argument for a newish type of power-sharing management. It's a strong argument, but it seems dependent on brilliant adjutants, and one senses there may not really be enough of those to go around. --Lou Schuler
Book Description
"Co-leadership...is a tough-minded strategy that will unleash the hidden talent in any enterprise. Above all, co-leadership is inclusive, not exclusive. It celebrates those who do the real work, not just a few charismatic often isolated leaders who are regally compensated for articulating the organization's vision." -David A. Heenan and Warren BennisToday's heads of big companies are as recognizable to us as the most popular entertainers or sports stars, but the heart and soul of every organization are those leaders below the CEO. Today's celebrity CEO has become either a figure head or an egomaniac, and often too public a personality to get the real work done. That work is done instead by teams of leaders-exceptional deputies who forge great partnerships to maximize both organizational and personal success.
Heenan and Bennis believe we must look beyond the Bill Gateses of the world to understand what makes an organization excel. Written for CEOs, managers, and anyone else interested in modern organizations, this is the first comprehensive study of co-leaders and their often quiet power. Exhaustively researched and illustrated with memorable anecdotes and lively stories, Co-Leaders examines a dozen great partners such as Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Bob Lutz of Chrysler, Bill Guthridge, coach of the University of North Carolina basketball team, and Anne Sullivan Macy, Helen Keller's teacher.
The changing nature of corporate leadership has seen the emergence of a new Silicon Valley model of success, where boss and subordinate seem more like peers with the spotlight on great partnerships. Talent, not title, is the source of power at a growing number of hot high-tech companies. In these collegial, non-hierarchical organizations, today's deputy can become tomorrow's CEO simply by taking his or her breakthrough idea and walking out the door. Good ideas belong, initially at least, to the people who have them, not to the company and not to the boss which is why this new egalitarianism isn't just a matter of style-it's a question of survival. Co-leaders know both the executive and subordinate experience, making them better adapted to the needs of the new millennium where men and women who can command and follow will prove to be the greatest assets of any organization.
Co-Leaders is intended for everyone who aspires to make his or her organization great. By showing the enterprise through the eyes of inspired deputies, this book reveals how both organizations and individuals can benefit from a more inclusive, less celebrity-oriented definition of leadership. This groundbreaking book argues for a new paradigm: gifted leaders and their talented co-leaders working together to make their organizations stronger, more nimble, more equitable...and ultimately more successful.
David A. Heenan is a trustee of the Estate of James Campbell, one of the nation's largest landowners with assets valued at over $2 billion. A former senior executive with Citicorp and Jardine Matheson, Heenan has served on the faculties of the Wharton School and the Columbia Graduate School of Business. A Wharton Ph.D., he is the author of The New Corporate Frontier and The Re-United States of America, and his articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Warren Bennis is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and a consultant to multinational companies and governments throughout the world. Often referred to as "the guru of modern management," he is one of the preeminent authorities on leadership. Author of over a dozen books, including the best-sellers Leaders and On Becoming a Leader, Bennis's insights have fundamentally shaped the way we think about leaders today.
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Packed With Knowledge!.......2001-08-23
The Right CEO and COO Pairings Can Accomplish More.......2000-06-28
The book correctly points out that many leaders don't want (or cannot tolerate) having a powerful second-in-command. A COO is often a position created by the board to assist in a transition to picking a new CEO. If the old CEO can sabotage the COO, the old CEO may get to keep the job longer than planned. So what could be co-leadership often doesn't get off the ground. In fact, the COO job is often a dead-end for the inhabitant.
The advantage of the teams, when they work, is that much more can be accomplished by dividing tasks and by challenging each other's thinking so that better ideas are created and more mistakes avoided. The authors feel that every organization should have co-leaders. Frankly, that's unlikely to happen.
The book nicely summarizes 10 lessons for how co-leaders should operate and another 10 lessons for creating a co-leader environment. Most of these will seem like common sense to you, but they are worth considering.
My own research on CEOs shows that the number of roles they are expected to excel in continues to grow. On the other hand, those who are most successful year in and year out as CEOs usually have no co-leaders. They tend to operate with a top management team that more broadly shares the responsibilities and challenges. It would be interesting to put some quantitative measures on the co-leader concept to see how it performs compared to the alternatives.
The main benefit I got from the book was learning more about people who have toiled out of the limelight before becoming CEOs (and who made important contributions as COOs) like Craig Barrett at Intel and Steve Ballmer at Microsoft.
If you are thinking about having a COO or taking a COO job, this book is a must read!
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Co-Leaders: The Power of Great Partnerships (Unabridged)
Bennis, David A., Warren Heenan Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B00005QTGZ |
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Co-Leaders: The Power Of Great Partnerships; Library Edition
David A. Heenan , and Warren G. Bennis Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: 0786198230 |
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Co-Leaders: the Power of Great Partnerships
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000HFJIQU |
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Effective Employee Communications: A Strategic Guide to Implementation
Michael Bland Manufacturer: Kogan Page ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0749401400 |
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Job Hunting Skills Book 1: Job Self-Assessment
Elyse Barbell Rudolf , Delmar , and Elyse Barbell Rudolph Manufacturer: LearningExpress ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1576852539 |
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Think itÆs easy to find the right job? ItÆs not as easy as it sounds, but with Job Self-Assessment, students will learn about their job needs and about the job market. They will also learn about what skills they have, what skills employers look for, and how to match those skills together. Written for low-level learners, this classroom workbook includes plenty of real world examples.
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Welcome to Your Financial Life: A Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20's and 30's
Virginia B. Morris , and Kenneth Morris Manufacturer: Lightbulb Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0974038601 |
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For young people just beginning to plan for their financial future, this straightforward guide clearly explains the keys to success and how to avoid common pitfalls, like racking up debt, incurring unnecessary fees and penalties, and putting off investing. You will learn about every area of financial planning, including:
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Transitions: A Woman's Guide to Successful Retirement
Diana Cort-Van Arsdale , and Phyllis Newman Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0060162783 |
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Transitions: A Woman's Guide to Successful Retirement
Diana; Newman, Phyllis Cort-Van Arsdale Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KP3JWG |
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Guerrilla Marketing Online Weapons: 100 Low-Cost, High-Impact Weapons for Online Profits and Prosperity (Guerrilla Marketing)
Jay Conrad Levinson Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 039577019X |
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This is an absolutely great book on online marketing, arguably even better than the many previous Guerilla Marketing books. If you follow the advice in this book, you stand a good chance of becoming one of the leaders of online commerce. I will even admit that while reviewing this book, I realized that there was something very simple that Amazon.com Books could do that we hadn't been doing, and in five minutes, I was able to help leverage an existing feature of our company in an entirely new way that may further strengthen our online identity. And, for a marketing book, there can hardly be any stronger recommendation.Book Description
As the Internet expands at a phenomenal rate, it has established itself as the great new international marketing frontier. Jay Conrad Levinson, the guru of guerrilla marketing, and Charles Rubin, computer whiz, introduced small businesses to the Net with Guerrilla Marketing Online . Now, when beginners and experts alike add Guerrilla Marketing Online Weapons to their libraries, they will have at their fingertips the one hundred simplest, most efficient strategies for online marketing. Guerrilla Marketing Online Weapons explains how small and medium-size businesses can launch their marketing campaigns electronically. And this hands-on guidebook helps businesses already online to develop and refine their marketing tactics with easy-to-follow techniques. Based on Jay Levinson's best-selling strategies and proven marketing savvy, these weapons are specifically developed and tailored for the online world, making this book an extremely valuable tool for the twenty-first-century guerrilla market.Customer Reviews:
Written in 1995 -- world has changed -- good historical look.......2006-07-30
Ch 12 made sense.......2003-10-29
Finally, in chapter 12, Mr Allens says, "Referrals are the easiest and least expensive way to market your business. Its much simpler and cheaper to develop repeat sales to a group of satisified customers you've developed over the years than to find new customers." I think Mr Allen should have changed his book to a 100 ideas to retent a customer. Amazingly, Mr Allen states, "The best guerrila marketers spend 60 percent of their time and energy selling to existing customers." I'll bet that percent is higher today. Customer expect top notch performance. One is left to wonder why did Mr Allen did not change his first ten chapters focus to "Building Happy Customers using Online tools". There I've given him a great idea.
I found a number of websites links in the book broken or of no value. Disappointly, Mr Allen hit all the buzz words: email, bulletin board, storefront, service, feedback, classified ads, media campaigns, and free advice or articles.
The bottom line building a presence in cyberspace is expensive and positioning is king. The current of media attention getter does not trade with the consumer using pennies, instead hugh promotional campaigns dump billions to compete for the minds of the consumers. So, Mr Allen correctly accesses the situation intelligently in the last portion of his book when he tells the reader to focus on build the business by word of mouth from satisfied customers. Now that makes sense!
Outdated.......2003-02-17
the way of the dinasour.......2002-09-05
Sorry to disagree with Paul Allen, but...........2001-07-19
Perhaps when the book was written, in the Mid-90s, it offered help in the new frontier of ecommerce. Now, it will just confuse anybody who doesn't know better.
Why?
Simply put, it doesn't speak of many new methods of marketing online. Banner Advertising, Search Engines, Site Design, and Opt In Email are no where to be found in this book. The book definitely has a very outdated feel to it, and I do not see how this book could be useful to anyone interested in online promotion.
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Inside International Trade Policy Formulation: A History of the 1982 US-EC Steel Arrangements
Michael K. Levine Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 027590136X |
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This book describes in detail the negotiation of the 1982 U.S.-E.C. Steel Trade Arrangements, providing all the necessary background information including the first authoritative post-mortem of the Steel Trigger Price Mechanism. Levine shows how the 1982 Arrangements evolved from an interplay of U.S. laws defining and enforcing "fair" trade, economic and industrial developments, U.S. and European domestic politics, international relations, and simple economic self-interest. The author contends that the U.S. steel industry was able to use leverage created by a judicialized system of trade dispute settlement to force the U.S. Government to accept a political system of import protection that it would otherwise have refused.Customer Reviews:
This insider really knows the inside ( of U.S. steel trade).......2004-01-27
Strongly recommended.......2002-11-07
Three thumbs up!
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Doing Business in Vietnam Revised
James W. Robinson , Robinson , Pope , and Prima Development Manufacturer: Premier Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0761506705 |
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This step-by-step guide has become an essential tool for anyone considering a move into this booming market.
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Mano River Union Mru Investment and Business Guide (Nibs Business and Industrial Library)
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739775235 |
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