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Keep scaling the career ladder, but be careful: The higher you climb the further you fall. Equip yourself with relevant knowledge and skills before you advance to the next step.

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Masters of Disaster
 

Christopher Lehane et al.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Joe Girard’s 13 Essential Rules of Selling

Joe Girard and Tony Gibbs

McGraw-Hill, 2012

(6)

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So Good They Can’t Ignore You
 

Cal Newport

Business Plus, 2012

(8)

2 weeks ago

No More Pointless Meetings

Martin Murphy

AMACOM, 2013

(7)

3 weeks ago

Leading So People Will Follow

Erika Andersen

Jossey-Bass, 2012

(7)

4 weeks ago

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
 

John C. Maxwell

Center Street, 2012

(7)

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How to Be Exceptional
 

John H. Zenger et al.

McGraw-Hill, 2012

(8)

1 month ago

Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
 

Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni

Berrett-Koehler, 2012

(7)

2 months ago

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Carmine Gallo

McGraw-Hill, 2009

(8)

2 months ago

The Wisdom of Failure

Laurence G. Weinzimmer and Jim McConoughey

Jossey-Bass, 2012

(7)

2 months ago

Resonate

Nancy Duarte

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(6)

2 months ago

When Talent Isn’t Enough

Kristen Fischer

Career Press, 2013

(7)

2 months ago

The Winning Manager's Playbook
 

John Cioffi and Ken Willig

Career Press, 2013

(7)

2 months ago

Leadership Transitions

Richard Elsner and Bridget Farrands

Kogan Page, 2012

(6)

3 months ago

How to Make Partner and Still Have a Life
 

Jo Larbie and Heather Townsend

Kogan Page, 2013

(7)

3 months ago

The Only Way to Win
 

Jim Loehr

Hyperion, 2012

(8)

3 months ago

The Definitive Executive Assistant and Managerial Handbook

Sue France

Kogan Page, 2012

(7)

3 months ago

Advocacy

John A. Daly

Yale UP, 2012

(8)

3 months ago

Soul Trader

Rasheed Ogunlaru

Kogan Page, 2012

(6)

3 months ago

Your Killer Emotions
 

Ken Lindner

Greenleaf Book Group, 2013

(7)

3 months ago

More Turbulent Change
 

Peter R. Garber

ASTD Publications, 2012

(8)

3 months ago

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