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Book of the Week: “Smart or Lucky?: How Technology Leaders Turn Chance Into Success”

jossey by June 13, 2011

This week’s Book of the Week, “Smart or Lucky?: How Technology Leaders Turn Chance Into Success” is extremely relevant and informative as it provides the key to becoming successful in today’s technology era. Judith Hurwitz, President and CEO of…

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Book of the Week: “TouchPoints” by Doug Conant and Mette Norgaard

jossey by May 17, 2011

We are extremely excited about today’s Book of the Week feature. In stores now, TouchPoints is by authors Doug Conant (CEO of Campbell Soup Company) and Mette…

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Book of the Week: “Million-Dollar Hire” from David P. Jones

jossey by April 12, 2011

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Our second featured book is one we’re sure you’ve heard of by now…. Million-Dollar Hire by David P. Jones. You might remember his previous JB guest blogs (…

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Book of the Week: “Management Reset” by Ed Lawler and Christopher Worley

jossey by April 12, 2011

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We’ve got lots of books releasing this month so we’ll be doubling up on “Book of the Week” posts for a while! Today’s first featured book is from JBbiz…

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Book of the Week: “Disciplined Dreaming” by Josh Linkner

jossey by February 22, 2011

We are celebrating today’s release of the current #1 book on Amazon.com, “Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity by Josh Linkner.” Congratulations, Josh! Read about the book and watch the video below; purchase…

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Book of the Week: “Built on Values” by Ann Rhoades

jossey by February 8, 2011

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We are so excited to feature Ann Rhoades’ “Built on Values” this week. Check out the Q&A with the author and video below and buy your copy of the book today!

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Douglas Conant on HBR: How to Stop Being a Victim of Your Own Life

jossey by January 19, 2011

We wanted to share this article from Douglas Conant, President and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company, and coauthor of the forthcoming Jossey-Bass business book, TouchPoints. TouchPoints is a powerful book in which authors Conant and…

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Identifying and Avoiding Mistakes That Will Stymie Your Career Progress

jossey by January 13, 2011

Today’s guest post comes to you from John Beeson, author of the just-released “The Unwritten Rules: The 6 Skills You Need to Get Promoted to The Executive Level”. To learn more about the book, be sure to…

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“Best Leadership Books of 2010″ Winners – via LeadershipNow.com

jossey by January 4, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the Jossey-Bass and Wiley titles that made the LeadershipNow “Best Leadership Books of 2010″ List!

Paul R. Lawrence – Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership

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Jon R. Katzenbach…

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#3 – How Will You Lead in 2011?

jossey by December 29, 2010

Welcome to a very exciting New Year’s series we have planned for the next couple of weeks called “How Will You Lead in 2011?” We’ve asked several of our authors to give us their own response, including Stephen Denning, Sylvia…

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