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Career & Self-Development Summaries

Whether you’re a veteran top-level executive seeking new challenges or a recent college graduate looking for your first job, people take great interest in building their career path and achieving professional growth. Not surprisingly, Career & Self-Development is our most popular category. You’ll find more than 1,000 summaries on a wide range of topics from crafting a persuasive sales presentation to conquering procrastination to dealing with a difficult boss.

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No More Pointless Meetings

Martin Murphy

AMACOM, 2013

(7)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
 

Stephen R. Covey

Free Press, 2004

(10)

How to Be Exceptional
 

John H. Zenger et al.

McGraw-Hill, 2012

(8)

So Good They Can’t Ignore You
 

Cal Newport

Business Plus, 2012

(8)

Leading So People Will Follow

Erika Andersen

Jossey-Bass, 2012

(7)

Red Thread Thinking
 

Debra Kaye and Karen Kelly

McGraw-Hill, 2013

(8)

Thinking, Fast and Slow
 

Daniel Kahneman

FSG, 2011

(8)

Joe Girard’s 13 Essential Rules of Selling

Joe Girard and Tony Gibbs

McGraw-Hill, 2012

(6)

The Winning Manager's Playbook
 

John Cioffi and Ken Willig

Career Press, 2013

(7)

The Myths of Happiness
 

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Penguin Press, 2013

(7)

Do More, Spend Less
 

Brad Wilson

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013

(7)

Likeable Business
 

Dave Kerpen

McGraw-Hill, 2013

(7)

Idea Agent

Lina M. Echeverría

AMACOM, 2013

(7)

Give and Take
 

Adam Grant

Viking Press, 2013

(7)

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
 

John C. Maxwell

Center Street, 2012

(7)

Changeology
 

John C. Norcross

Simon & Schuster, 2012

(7)

The Laws of Subtraction
 

Matthew E. May

McGraw-Hill, 2013

(8)

The First 90 Days
 

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business Review Press, 2003

(9)

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Carmine Gallo

McGraw-Hill, 2009

(8)

The Instant Survivor
 

Jim Moorhead

Greenleaf Book Group, 2012

(8)

Being the Boss
 

Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback

Harvard Business Review Press, 2011

(9)

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