Kelley

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

Consulting: The Complete Guide to a Profitable Career 

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Steve Ford

Leanne Ford

How did a couple of quirky siblings from suburban Pittsburgh end up as the king and queen of eclectic-design chic with their own HGTV show? They never let fear get in the way of a great idea. Leanne and Steve Ford share their secrets for how to turn dreams into reality.

Leanne and Steve were middle-class kids growing up in Pittsburgh in the 80s and 90s. There was nothing particularly glamorous or unusual about their lives as kids. Leanne was a shy, stubborn child who lived a rich life in her own imagination. Steve was outdoorsy and offbeat and was bullied mercilessly at school for being different. Their parents, grounded in faith and always encouraging of both creativity and hard work, gave them the confidence and the encouragement they needed to pursue the often difficult creative life. Leanne’s slogan as a child was, “My name is Leanne. If I want to, I can.”

Leanne studied clothing design and pulled gigs at fashion houses in New York and as a stylist to country music stars in Nashville before she found her true passion: interior design. Steve threw himself into kayaking and snowboarding and opening his own men’s clothing store in Pittsburgh. And then their individual passions converged when Leanne asked Steve to help renovate her bathroom. There was magic in their collaboration, and they began renovating for clients in Pittsburgh—creating unique, authentic spaces that manage to feel both chic and completely obtainable—before catching the eye of producers at HGTV.

Leanne and Steve share the details of their journey, including the beliefs that have inspired them and the experiences that have challenged them along the way.



Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

Unconventional Thoughts on Designing an Extraordinary Life

Quirky, fun, encouraging, conversational, memoir-meets-inspirational-storytelling from the brother and sister stars of HGTV's hit show Restored by the Fords.

Work in Progress

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Denise Chavez

The experiences of Soveida Dosamantes, a waitress at the El Farol Mexican Restaurant, parallel the book she is writing, "The Book of Service," a reflection upon women's roles in a male-dominated culture and the connection between work and family life

Looking back on her career, Soveida comes to understand the meaning of service in her own life and the role of women in a machismo culture and in the interconnected lives of work and family.

Face of an Angel

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California

The Work Trap

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

A Survival Guide to the New Workplace 





"Nobody pricks corporate balloons better than Stanley Bing." - New York Post

The ultimate satirist of corporate America, bestselling author Stanley Bing (Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, Crazy Bosses) now offers an outrageous survival guide to the new workplace with How to Relax Without Getting the Axe--an eminently useful handbook that shows you how to retire on the job while still taking up (window) office space and drawing a huge salary. Succeeding in business without really trying is easy when you listen to Bing.

How to Relax Without Getting the Axe

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Secrets to Success for Employees on Distributed Teams

The world is now your office! You can work from home, from a coffee shop, or even from the gym--but how do you keep on task and stay motivated when you're alone.

In Working Remotely, authors Mike, Holly, and Teresa discuss how to ward off toxic levels of loneliness, how to get what you need from colleagues spread across the world, and how to network and grow in your career when you are sitting in an office of one, plus many other topics that will help you survive and thrive as a remote worker.

Mike, Holly, and Teresa use their different paths through Kaplan to help the remote worker figure out how to set up the right headspace for them.

"Working Remotely paints a very real picture of what it's like to be a remote worker in an organisation... In contrast to most books on remote work which have been written with managers, business owners or freelancers in mind, Secrets of the Remote Workforce speaks directly to employees, guiding them through their day to day." -Pilar Orti Director of Virtual not Distant

"Working Remotely is a terrific map for helping employees who work remotely take charge of their own career. The authors have all survived and thrived as remote employees... While other resources focus on how to manage remote employees, this book highlights the power that employees have to drive success for themselves." -Susan Cates, Strategic Advisor

Working Remotely

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Cathy Feldman

Delaware

Working Women Talk about Working with Men

The Men at the Office

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Cover is slightly warped (see photo), wear on dust jacket, but good condition otherwise. 

The Managerial Grid

Geoff Colvin

New York

What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Links success to the practice and perseverance of specific efforts, and draws on scientific principles and real-world examples to demonstrate this systematic process at work.

Talent Is Overrated

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Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career

A collection of failure tactics that can bring you down from various heights. It helps learn to: marginalise yourself at work, whether you are in an entry-level position or a swanky corner office; promote mediocrity while squelching outstanding performance; and, use technology to your disadvantage.

How to Self-Destruct

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Maryland

Empowering Strategies from Women Who Recharged, Reignited, and Reinvented Their Careers

Professional career reinvention is possible and this resource shows women how to play to their strengths, discover their passions, and own confidence as they plan their next career move. Told through the lens of amazing women who have re-ignited and reinvented their careers, the journey begins with the author's own emotional career transition.

This Is Not the Career I Ordered

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Stephen R. Graves

The old saying, "Plan the work, then work the plan" simply doesn't cut it for modern businesses. Why? Because every industry is driven by disruptions, competition is no longer evident and predictability is no longer linear. We need a different framework to consider strategy. Strategic planning has traditionally been a matter of casting a vision 3-5 years out and then working backwards to create action steps. In Strategy 3.0, business owner and executive coach Stephen Graves explores a new kind of strategy - one that is agile and adaptive yet fast and focused. In addition to outlining the differences between 2.0 and 3.0, Graves offers fifteen remarkable insights to fuel any strategy

A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Millennials, Frustrated 5-Year Planners and Anyone Else Searching for Fast, Focused, and Agile Strate

Strategy 3. 0

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Jon Acuff

Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work and Never Get Stuck

Colorado

Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck

It took me sixteen years to write this book. That breaks down to a brisk twelve words per day. But it wasn't the writing that took so long . . . It was the working. I had to work at big companies and small companies. I had to get hired and fired several times. I had to find my dream job, then walk away from it. But after all that, I can now say the following with absolute certainty- You already have everything you need for an amazing career. In fact, you've had it since day one. Starting on the first day you got paid to scoop ice cream or restock shelves, you've had the chance to develop the four elements all great careers have in common- relationships, skills, character, and hustle. You already have each of those, to one degree or another. Now it's time to amplify them and apply them in a new way, creating a Career Savings Account(tm). This unique approach will give you the power to call a Do Over - whether you're twenty-two, forty-two, or sixty-two. You'll have the resources to reinvent your work and get unstuck. You'll even rescue your Mondays as you discover how to work toward the job you've always wanted! Just as a bank account protects you during a financial crunch, a Career Savings Account(tm) protects you during a career crunch. You need a CSA because you'll eventually face at least one of these major transitions- You will hit a Career Ceilingand get stuck, requiring sharp skills to free yourself. You will experience a Career Bumpand unexpectedly lose your job, requiring strong relationships to survive. You will make a Career Jumpto a new role, requiring solid character to push through uncertainty and chaos. You will get a surprise Career Opportunity, requiring dedicated hustle to take advantage of it. It took me sixteen years to figure out how to call a Do Over on my career. Please don't wait sixteen more seconds before starting yours. 'You have the power to give yourself a fresh start. Jon Acuff shows you how.' Sophia Amoruso, author of #Girlboss'As Abraham Lincoln once said, being forced into work you don't love is like paying to upgrade your cell phone to the latest model- no one should have to do that! Fortunately, you don't need to do at least one of these things anymore. Take it from me and from Honest Abe- Jon's book can get you unstuck.' Chris Guillebeau, author of The Happiness of Pursuitand The $100 Startup'Do Overis an energetic, user-friendly guide to navigating the jumps, bumps, and ceilings that we all face in our careers.' Adam Grant, author of Give and Take'Do Overis funny, insightful, and well-written. Three reasons I resent Jon Acuff.' Jim Gaffigan, comedian and author of Food- A Love Story'Honest, funny, helpful, fresh- there's a long list of words to describe the wisdom you'll find in Do Over. I dare you to read the first few pages of this book. If you're like me, you won't be able to stop. I have ordered a copy for every member of my team.' Michael Hyatt, author of Platform'Big dreams often start with big books. Do Overis one of them. The impact this book is going to have on the careers and lives of people across the world is going to be really fun to watch!' Andy Andrews, author of The Noticerand The Traveler's Gift'Jon Acuff serves up heaping portions of sage advice with a healthy side of self-deprecating humor. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I found myself nodding, laughing, and getting my toes stepped all over in a good way throughout these pages.' Crystal Paine, founder of MoneySavingMom.com and author of Say Goodbye

Do Over

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Richard Day

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

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How to Build Patios and Decks

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Utah

Byron Katie on Work and Money

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Paul Edwards

Sarah Edwards

The complete guide to finding the right career is updated for the twenty-first century by the authors of Working From Home and Making Money with Your Computer at Home. 

After nearly 100,000 copies sold, this new edition of Finding Your Perfect Work features:

seventy-five new careers reflecting the advent of the Internet and changes in the economy
new information on careers that can be operated virtually anywhere
updated resource lists-including newly relevant, little-known Internet sources of grants and loans
more contemporary examples of the right career-making moves.

Massachusetts

The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life

Uses self-realization worksheets, questionnaires, and surveys to help locate a rewarding and prosperous career.

Finding Your Perfect Work

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Andrew J. DuBrin

How to Handle Setbacks in Work and Personal Life

Abstract: Guidelines for positive behavior adjustment following adverse personal hapinstances are described for the general public. Dozens of personal cases of people who have experienced misfortune at work and in their personal lives and have recovered through the application of effective solutions to an improved mental status are described. Advice is given for learning how to handle situations categorized as relationships, illness, injury, job reversals, financial problems, and everyday annoyances. Guidelines are presented for rapidly achieving success and happiness after a letdown. (wz).

Bouncing Back

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John Gray

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Inspiring and Heartfelt Stories of Relationships That Work

Readers of John Gray's previous bestsellers, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, What Your Mother Couldn't Tell You and What Your Father Didn't Know, and Mars and Venus in the Bedroom, will be inspired, informed and touched by this collection of first-person stories that illustrate how couples have successfully put his principles to work in their own lives to create fulfilling, long-lasting relationships.

Through his bestselling books, his national seminars and his infomercial, which reaches 90 million cable television homes across the United States, Gray has brought a powerful message to millions of people. He explains how better communication and recognition of men's and women's different emotional needs lead to greater intimacy. In Mars and Venus in Love, we see his principles in action through stories told by people who, using his advice and counsel, have created fulfilling, healthy and loving relationships. We will recognize ourselves and our partners in the funny and poignant scenes depicted in these stories, each accompanied by John Gray's commentary.

After the incredible response to his work, Gray thought the successes of some couples might inspire other like them. With that in mind, he asked readers who were willing to share their stories to write in with the answers to such questions as: What kind of problems have you had in your relationship and how have you overcome them? What kinds of special things do you and your partner do for each other? How do you best communicate with each other? How do you practice what you've learned? How does your love feel different now from how it felt before?

Now available in mass market, this collection of true-life tales will show you something about your own love story that may have eluded you for a long time. A few insights, techniques and changes in habits of mind and body nourish love and make it grow, and like little one-act plays these stories show you how. Mars and Venus in Love gives you the opportunity to see yourself in the stories of others and to recognize your own communication and behavior patterns in the circumstances they describe.

Mars and Venus in Love

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Scott Adams

Indiana

A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads and Other Workplace Afflictions

The creator of Dilbert, the fastest-growing comic strip in the nation (syndicated in nearly 1000 newspapers), takes a look at corporate America in all its glorious lunacy. Lavishly illustrated with Dilbert strips, these hilarious essays on incompetent bosses, management fads, bewildering technological changes and so much more, will make anyone who has ever worked in an office laugh out loud in recognition.

The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage -- management.

Since 1989, Scott Adams has been illustrating this principle each day, lampooning the corporate world through Dilbert, his enormously popular comic strip. In Dilbert, the potato-shaped, abuse-absorbing hero of the strip, Adams has given voice to the millions of Americans buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace.

Now he takes the next step, attacking corporate culture head-on in this lighthearted series of essays. Packed with more than 100 hilarious cartoons, these 25 chapters explore the zeitgeist of ever-changing management trends, overbearing egos, management incompetence, bottomless bureaucracies, petrifying performance reviews, three-hour meetings, the confusion of the information superhighway and more. With sharp eyes, and an even sharper wit, Adams exposes -- and skewers -- the bizarre absurdities of everyday corporate life. Readers will be convinced that he must be spying on their bosses, The Dilbert Principle rings so true!

The Dilbert Principle

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Laurence G. Boldt

This guide offers simple yet effective strategies to help find a rewarding career, by focusing on four key elements to be sought in any life's work: integrity, service, enjoyment, and excellence.

How to Find the Work You Love

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Jim Collins

The Challenge:
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study:
For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

The Standards:
Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

The Comparisons:
The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?

Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't.

The Findings:
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:

Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.

The Hedgehog Concept: (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.

A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.

The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.

“Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.”

Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?



Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. “Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

Good to Great - First Edition

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Ron Zemke

Dick Schaap

Tom Peters

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

101 Companies That Profit from Customer Care

This landmark business book points the way for business managers to build a service ethos into their corporate cultures. Presents 101 detailed and revealing examples from all aspects of business, industry, and even government.

The Service Edge (1st Printing, 1989)

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The Employee handbook of new work habits for the next millennium. 10 new ground rules for job success. 

Arkansas

Business & Economics

New Work Habits for the Next Millennium 

Daniel Hofstein

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Nevada

Real World 101

TL;DR:This book is for everyone who's asked, "Why do I know the Pythagorean theorem and not how to do my taxes?" It's not about telling you what to do, it's about gaining the knowledge in order to make your own informed choices. End of TL;DR. The information in this book is based on both scientific research and the experience of relevant experts. The book covers a myriad of subjects and shows how to:¿build wealth, and make sense of the stock market and other investment opportunities,¿understand taxation,¿prepare yourself for the realities of the working world,¿assert your lawful rights as a US citizen,¿make a plan for a successful future, ¿and much more. Choice is your greatest power, but we only have a choice when we have knowledge to go along with it.

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