Jim: 5732 books

Ever wish you had your own personal career and life coach, giving you advice and cheering you on? Now you do! Jim Smith Jr.'s energy and enthusiasm are contagious. Catch them—and enjoy your own journey From Average to Awesome. Start reading at any point because, like success, getting...

Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with Mastering Swimming. Renowned coaches Jim Montgomery and Mo Chambers have teamed up to create the ultimate swimming guide for masters athletes. Swimmers aged 18 to 120 will benefit from a targeted...

In the 1920s Huddersfield Town were the premier club in England. During that decade they became the first club to win the League Championship three times in a row. TThe story of Huddersfields success is a footballing fairy tale, for just before they won their first championship they had been on the brink...

Legendary broadcaster Jack Brickhouse once said "any team can have a bad century." He was joking, of course, but the Chicago Cubs franchise, whose games he worked for decades, entered 2008 on the brink of making his words come painfully true. A number of expansion teams in the four major...

Strategy Number 1 Running More Effective Sales Contests. Strategy Number 2 Utilizing the power of Statistics. Strategy Number 3 Utilizing Both Customer and Non Customer Surveys. Strategy Number 4 Fostering a Cooperative Culture. Strategy Number 5 Using Praise and Criticism...

In his twenties Jim Gedney was king of the low-paying, character-building work experience, never holding a job for more than six months. The less than stellar resume he built was accompanied by cross country road trips and sojourns in Boston, New York, and finally San Francisco. Channeling his muse,...

Best practices for managing projects in agile environments—now updated with new techniques for larger projects Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM),...

Most executives have a big, hairy, audacious goal. But they install layers of stultifying bureaucracy that prevent them from realizing it. In this article, Jim Collins introduces the catalytic mechanism, a simple yet powerful managerial tool that helps turn lofty aspirations into reality. The crucial...

Highfield Road is no more. For 106 years it was the home of Coventry City Football Club, witnessing the clubs fortunes all the way from the Birmingham League to the Premiership. In all, the Sky Blues played some 2,000 matches at the famous old stadium, some good, some bad, some unforgettable. A stadium...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Finance Your Business. Every business requires financing when starting up, and the majority of businesses will require money before the first sale is made. For your start up business, you may need to purchase equipment and set up offices. You also need capital...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - This e-book consists of six “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides”, addressing all you need to know about starting a new business. It contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized businesses (SMEs). Designed to help your business achieve...

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide, Volume 1 - How to Set up Your Start up Business This e-book consists of twelve “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides”, addressing all you need to know about setting up and starting a new business. It contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and small...

In Turpin Times, Jim Turpin, the radio play-by-play voice of University of Illinois football and basketball for the past 40 years, takes readers behind the scenes for an intimate glimpse of players, coaches, and others associated with big-time intercollegiate athletics. Turpin follows the Illini through...

Innovation disrupts things. Can it disrupt unemployment? Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf and David Nordfors, co-founders of i4j Innovation for Jobs, say IT and artificial intelligence should be seen as tools for tailoring meaningful new jobs for workers. In this groundbreaking book they present ideas,...