New Business Book Summary Available for Content Inc.

Traditionally, entrepreneurs have launched products or services in order to start businesses. Today's world is different--successful businesses can be based on creating and distributing information that audiences love. In Content Inc., Joe Pulizzi presents a new business model that is focused on building loyal audiences through valuable content.

New Business Book Summary Available for Chess Not Checkers

As Mark Miller explains in Chess Not Checkers, leading a company can be like a game of checkers--highly reactionary and fast-paced. However, in today's complicated business climate, the game is changing, and leadership is now more like a game of chess. In chess, strategy and focus are vital and individual pieces can make unique contributions. Chess Not Checkers follows the fictional story of CEO Blake Brown as he begins his journey to improve the performance of his company and increase employee morale by using key moves from the world of chess.

New Business Book Summary Available for Intelligent Disobedience

Businesses, the military, schools, and other enterprises generally operate best when people follow orders. However, there are times when following an order can lead to bad consequences for the organization, its employees, and other people. In those cases, lower-ranking individuals must have the skills and ability to analyze and question orders or even disobey them. In Intelligent Disobedience, Ira Chaleff looks at the dangers posed by blind obedience and outlines why it is in the best interest of business and society to develop people who appropriately resist questionable orders.

New Business Book Summary Available for How the Stock Market Works

In How the Stock Market Works, financial journalist Michael Becket provides an informative look at the key elements of the stock market, with a focus on Great Britain. From basic definitions of stocks, bonds, derivatives, and alternative investments to advice on how to analyze financial opportunities, Becket provides the tools necessary for novice investors to enter the stock market with confidence.

New Business Book Summary Available for Darn Easy

Darn Easy instills basic principles for success with intuition and faith to create a simple yet inspiring formula for positive growth. Peggy McColl and Brian Proctor write from the perspective of successful businesspeople, providing advice and examples from their own journeys toward achieving goals. They simplify the processes of generating emotional as well as financial income, building on natural talents, enjoying work, and ultimately achieving a lifestyle of ease, so that readers can believe in their dreams and take steps to achieve them.

New Business Book Summary Available for Fail Fast or Win Big

In Fail Fast or Win Big, Bernhard Schroeder provides readers with a detailed approach for succeeding in today's changing business world. Schroeder reviews the components of traditional business plans, outlines comprehensive reasons for why they are outdated, and presents his new LeanModel Framework for failing fast and winning big.

New Business Book Summary Available for Good for You, Great for Me

Many executives do not want to just reach win-win negotiations--they want to win at win-win negotiations. In Good for You, Great for Me, Lawrence Susskind taps into his years of experience as a negotiation and mediation expert to demonstrate how negotiators can land better deals with less resistance from their negotiating counterparts. To this end, Susskind provides six negotiation principles and ancillary strategies that negotiators can implement to gain an edge in mutually advantageous negotiations.