March 30, 2009 at 9:42 am by: Celeste Blackburn
Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, March 30, in the “Management and Leadership” section of the “Business and Investing” category.
1. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. Blink is about the first two seconds of [...]
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March 25, 2009 at 11:10 am by: Celeste Blackburn
Resources for Humans managing editor Celeste Blackburn reviews Geoff Smart and Randy Street’s book Who: The A Method for Hiring.
According to a study by Recruiting Roundtable, a division of the Corporate Executive Board, employers or their new hires regret their decisions half the time. The bad hiring decisions cost the average organization millions in lower performance, [...]
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March 23, 2009 at 11:27 am by: Celeste Blackburn
The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on March 23.
1. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman. Managing your money in hard times.
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and [...]
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March 16, 2009 at 10:40 am by: Celeste Blackburn
Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, March 16, in the “Business Life” section of the “Business and Investing”category.
1. How I Made My First Million on the Internet and How You Can Too!: The Complete Insider’s Guide to Making [...]
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March 11, 2009 at 12:25 pm by: Celeste Blackburn
Resources for Humans editor Celeste Blackburn reviews the book “Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman” by Jamie Reidy and finds it an interesting read, but one more likely to give HR professionals nightmares about slacking employees than offering real solutions to problems.
In his “behind-the-scenes look at pharmaceutical sales and the most talked-about prescription [...]
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March 9, 2009 at 10:25 am by: Celeste Blackburn
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on March 9.
1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. hy some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of Blink: The Power of [...]
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March 2, 2009 at 10:49 am by: Celeste Blackburn
BusinessWeek magazine ranks the 15 best selling hardcover and paperback business books in March 2009 and gives a short summary.
1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. As you’d expect with Gladwell, there are lots of surprises in his explanation of why some people succeed fantastically. Pluck and smarts get less play here than [...]
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