Mike West

Great shape, tight binding, no tears/creases, also no highlighting or marking. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Maximize performance with better data Developing a successful workforce requires more than a gut check. Data can help guide your decisions on everything from where to seat a team to optimizing production processes to engaging with your employees in ways that ring true to them. People analytics is the study of your number one business asset—your people—and this book shows you how to collect data, analyze that data, and then apply your findings to create a happier and more engaged workforce. Start a people analytics project Work with qualitative data Collect data via communications Find the right tools and approach for analyzing data If your organization is ready to better understand why high performers leave, why one department has more personnel issues than another, and why employees violate, People Analytics For Dummies makes it easier.

People Analytics for Dummies

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Daniel Chait

Jon Stross

Great shape, tight binding, no tears/creases, some highlighting or notes in some places.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

How the Best Organizations Win Through Structured and Inclusive Hiring

Powerful ideas to transform hiring into a massive competitive advantage for your business Talent Makers: How the Best Organizations Win through Structured and Inclusive Hiring is essential reading for every leader who knows that hiring is crucial to their organization and wants to compete for top talent, diversify their organization, and build winning teams. Daniel Chait and Jon Stross, co-founders of Greenhouse Software, Inc, provide readers with a comprehensive and proven framework to improve hiring quickly, substantially, and measurably. Talent Makers will provide a step-by-step plan and actionable advice to help leaders assess their talent practice (or lack thereof) and transform hiring into a measurable competitive advantage. Readers will understand and employ: A proven system and principles for hiring used by the world's best companies Hiring practices that remove bias and result in more diverse teams An assessment of their hiring practice using the Hiring Maturity model Measurement of employee lifetime value in quantifiable terms, and how to increase that value through hiring The Talent Makers methodology is the result of the authors’ experience and the ideas and stories from their community of more than 4,000 organizations. This is the book that CEOs, hiring managers, talent practitioners, and human resources leaders must read to transform their hiring and propel their organization to new heights.

Talent Makers

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Harold D. Stolovitch

Erica J. Keeps

Great shape, tight binding, no tears/creases, also no highlighting. Some light marking in some places.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

This book is an entertaining and practical guide for every trainer and performance improvement professional as it tackles the three universal and persistent questions of the profession--how do learners learn, why do learners learn, and how do you ensure that learning sticks. This interactive book with it fun and breezy style illustrate the authors' point of view that learning should be active and enjoyable. Playful illustrations demonstrate the solid research that back up the authors' contentions and help readers separate learning myth from fact to dispel beliefs and practices that often harm the instructional process.

Telling Ain't Training

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William J. Rothwell

Great shape, tight binding, also no highlighting or marking. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Adult Learning Basics examines the principles of adult learning theory and how they relate to the training function addressing individual learning competencies, organizational learning climate, and technology-related issues as they affect the adult learning process. This new edition features the latest research on generational trends, microlearning, and other TD breakthroughs.

Adult Learning Basics, 2nd Edition

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Geri E. McArdle

Business & Economics

A Guide for Every Trainer, Training Manager, and Occasional Trainer

"Master trainer Geri McArdle's refresh of Training Design and Delivery makes accessible the proven principles and tools that countless trainers rely on, regardless of their experience. The updated third edition highlights new training delivery systems that have had an immediate and far-reaching impact on training. More important, it hones in on their technologies. McArdle has substantially added to the section on delivery and provides new chapters on using technology, project management, and international training. This simple, single-source guide to developing and implementing training belongs on the bookshelf of every trainer"--Back cover.

Training Design and Delivery, 3rd Edition

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Michael J. Kavanagh

Great shape, tight binding, no tears. also no highlighting or marking. Minor crease in middle of front cover.

Basics, Applications, and Future Directions

Human Resource Information Systems, edited by Michael J. Kavanagh and Richard D. Johnson, is a one-of-a-kind book that provides a thorough introduction to the field of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and shows how organizations today can leverage HRIS to make better people decisions and manage talent more effectively. Unlike other texts that overwhelm students with technical information and jargon, this revised Fourth Edition offers a balanced approach in dealing with HR issues and IT/IS issues by drawing from experts in both areas. Numerous examples, best practices, discussion questions, and case studies make this the most student-friendly and current text on the market. New to This Edition A new chapter on social media explores how organizations can use social networks to recruit and select the best candidates. A new HRIS Expert feature spotlights real-world practitioners who share best practices and insights into how chapter concepts affect HR professions. New and expanded coverage of key trends such as information security, privacy, cloud computing, talent management software, and HR analytics is included.

Human Resource Information Systems

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Bjarne Stroustrup

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Computer Science

The most widely read and trusted guide to the C++ language, standard library, and design techniques includes significant new updates and two new appendices on internationalization and Standard Library technicalities. It is the only book with authoritative, accessible coverage of every major element of ISO/ANSI Standard C++.

The C++ Programming Language

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David B. Peterson

Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others

Leader As Coach

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Maggie Cook

Tight binding, no tears or creases. No highlighting or markings. Light wear on corners on cover.

How to Use Your Mind to Transform Your Life

Mindful Success is a compelling story about one woman's rise from living in an orphanage and homeless on the streets of America to building a multimillion dollar company from scratch. In this book you will learn step by step exactly what Maggie Cook did to bring herself from such difficult situations and how no matter where you come from, or what situation you are currently in, you can accomplish your dreams using the principles she teaches you in Mindful Success. You will also learn: • How to use your mind to transform your life• Why “No” is never forever• The law of instant manifestation• How she managed living with 68 brothers and sisters• How to release your breaks and truly experience life• How to release your creative MAGIC• What she calls “The Power”• And so much more!This is truly a story of self discovery as Maggie travels through circumstances few could ever imagine. Her story is inspirational and her lessons are universal. If you are ready to release the breaks and start to live your passion and purpose with no limits TODAY. Then I invite you to begin your journey with Maggie Cook's Mindful Success!

Mindful Success

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Linda A. Hill

Herminia Ibarra

Robert B. Cialdini

Daniel Goleman

Great condition, no highlighting or creases pages. Would also make a great gift for a new manager!

Develop the mindset and presence to successfully manage others for the first time.

If you read nothing else on becoming a new manager, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you transition from being an outstanding individual contributor to becoming a great manager of others.

This book will inspire you to:

 * Develop your emotional intelligence
 * Influence your colleagues through the science of persuasion
 * Assess your team and enhance its performance
 * Network effectively to achieve business goals and for personal advancement
 * Navigate relationships with employees, bosses, and peers
 * Get support from above
 * View the big picture in your decision making
 * Balance your team's work and personal life in a high-intensity workplace

This collection of articles includes "Becoming the Boss," by Linda A. Hill; "Leading the Team You Inherit," by Michael D. Watkins; "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves," by Carol A. Walker; "Managing the High-Intensity Workplace," by Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan; "Harnessing the Science of Persuasion," Robert B. Cialdini; "What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman; "The Authenticity Paradox," by Herminia Ibarra; "Managing Your Boss," by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter; "How Leaders Create and Use Networks," by Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter; "Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?" by William Oncken, Jr., and Donald L. Wass; and BONUS ARTICLE: "How Managers Become Leaders," by Michael D. Watkins.

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People Analytics for Dummies

Daniel Chait; Jon Stross

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Geri E. McArdle

Training Design and Delivery, 3rd Edition

Michael J. Kavanagh

Human Resource Information Systems

Bjarne Stroustrup

The C++ Programming Language

David B. Peterson

Leader As Coach

Maggie Cook

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Linda A. Hill; Herminia Ibarra; Robert B. Cialdini; Daniel Goleman

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