Kegan, Robert.
Summary: "In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey show how our individual beliefs - along with the collective mindsets in our organizations - combine to create a natural but powerful immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 KEGSinek, Simon
Summary: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty? In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way-and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. People like Martin Luther King Jr.,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 SINSummary: This program spotlights two very different small-business owners-a physical therapist and a performance artist-who have something very important in common: a business plan. Over the course of the video, Peter Dolan and Neda Rahmani talk about the key components of a business plan: the executive summary and overview, the operations plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan. Expert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Made from waste, packaged in waste: that's the mantra of TerraCycle, an entrepreneurial startup that uses worms to turn premium organic garbage into fertilizer that is then packaged and shipped in repurposed plastic containers and cardboard cartons. This fast-paced program will have viewers sweating right along with TerraCycle's 22-year-old founder Tom Szaky as it tracks his company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In Malaysia, the lucrative palm oil business is stirring global controversy. Vietnam has a burgeoning tourism industry-and is under pressure not to develop it in the manner of neighboring Thailand. This program examines those issues as it traverses both countries, illuminating the balancing act between development, environmental stewardship, and the rights of indigenous peoples. Nguyen Quy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Wassef, Nadia
Summary: "The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASSEF, NADIA WASSummary: As a young business school graduate, Patricia Barbizet made waves when she joined the finance department of French automaker Renault. Three decades later, she is now CEO of the colossal holding company Artemis, and in this interview she reflects on her distinguished career. Barbizet describes her experiences with both companies, her vision for Artemis, its significance within the corporate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Tanabe, Gen
Summary: "Each entry contains all the necessary information for students and parents to complete the application process, including eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school, college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes tips on how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SuperCollege 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378.34 TANSummary: This video divides its time between California, with an eco-friendly hotel (Hospitality and Tourism Cluster) and a sustainable information and communications technology consultancy (Information Technology Cluster), and the East Coast, with a firm that invests in green business development (Finance Cluster) and a manufacturer of chemical-free eco-friendly cleaning products (Business Management...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Pakroo, Peri
Summary: Provides detailed information related to business start-up and management, while giving attention to the concerns commonly reported by women entrepreneurs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ingram Pub Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.1 PAKSummary: Today's corporate leaders increasingly recognize that doing good is good for business. But how does innovation fit into the 21st-century framework of social and global responsibility? This program looks at green business practices and management as springboards for achievement and profit. Expert guests include Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, IKEA North America president Pernille Spiers-Lopez,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Kivirist, Lisa
Summary: Homemade for Sale is the first authoritative guide to conceiving and launching your own home-based food start-up. Packed with profiles of successful cottage food entrepreneurs, this comprehensive and accessible resource covers everything you need to get cooking for your customers, creating items that by their very nature are specialized and unique.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 KIVKoeberle-Schmid, Alexander
Contents: List of figures -- Preface -- Structures for family and business : family business governance -- Maximizing success through professional family business governance -- Challenges to the governance of the family enterprise -- Responsible ownership -- Structures for the business : business governance -- CEO & CEO succession -- The benefits of control instruments & control systems -- Structures for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 KOESummary: An innovative and accessible guide to business, management and commerce Learning about business can be daunting, but The Business Book makes it easier than ever by giving you all the big ideas simply explained. Simple explanations and stylish infographics open up the business world to even the complete novice. The Business Book is the perfect primer to key theories of business and management,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Stim, Richard
Summary: "Music Law" provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need. This edition is thoroughly updated with the latest changes in copyright and trademark law, including guidance on filling out "Form CO." Plus, find expanded information on musical collaborations between DJs and other musicians. You'll also get the most up-to-date legal forms available. Interactive forms are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Although more than 12,000 organic farms operate in the United States, increasing demand for organically grown food requires substantial imports from abroad. This program delves into the world of sustainable, eco-friendly agriculture; it also highlights advances that should eventually enable all Americans to "act locally" when they shop for organic food. George Siemon, founder and CEO of Organic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007