Berrett Koehler Publishers: 672 books
Love It, Don't Leave It
26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Whether for fear of an uncertain economy or reluctance to deal with the inevitable stresses of looking for work, many people feel unwilling or unable to change jobs. So they simply "quit on the job." They disengage, produce less, and bide their time in quiet dissatisfaction, making themselves,...
Run Your Business, Don't Let It Run You
Learning and Living Professional Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
No More 16-Hour Days! Running your own business—the American dream—can be daunting: long days, none of the freedom you envisioned, no time for family and friends, and the unrelenting pressure to keep up the pace. Worse, all this hard work can only take you so far. To get to the next level, you...
The Self-Made Myth
And the Truth about How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
The Self-Made Myth exposes the false claim that business success is the result of heroic individual effort with little or no outside help. Brian Miller and Mike Lapham bust the myth and present profiles of business leaders who recognize the public investments and supports that made their success possible—including...
Small Change
Why Business Won't Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
A powerful critique of a seemingly beneficial trend that is actually undermining the effectiveness of philanthropy Written by an insider -- a former official with several high-profile nonprofits Co-published with the prominent New York think tank Demos A new movement is afoot that promises to save...
The Vanishing American Corporation
Navigating the Hazards of a New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
It may be hard to believe in an era of Walmart, Citizens United, and the Koch brothers, but corporations are on the decline. The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt...
Winning the Global Talent Showdown
How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
In the next few years the world will be facing a huge talent shortage. Demographic trends in America, Europe, Russia, and Japan are reducing the pool of new workers. As the need for talent grows, China’s and India’s educational systems won’t be able to produce enough qualified graduates for...
A Game As Old As Empire
The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
Builds on the shocking picture of worldwide economic corruption first presented in John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man • Features a dozen chapters detailing contemporary examples of how the economic hit man game is played around the globe John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling...
Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver
Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a household name that customers and investors alike hold in high regard. Who hasn't been delighted by a right-on-time delivery, one of the 18 million UPS makes every day? Founded over a hundred years ago, UPS has moved steadily up the Fortune 500 while so many other...
The Great American Jobs Scam
Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2005
For the past 20 years, corporations have been receiving huge tax breaks and subsidies in the name of "jobs, jobs, jobs." But, as Greg LeRoy demonstrates in this important new book, it's become a costly scam. Playing states and communities off against each other in a bidding war for jobs,...
Quiet Influence
The Introvert's Guide to Making a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Introverts Do It Quietly Introverts may feel powerless in a world where extroverts seem to rule, but there’s more than one way to have some sway. Jennifer Kahnweiler proves introverts can be highly effective influencers when, instead of trying to act like extroverts, they use their natural strengths...
Managing for People Who Hate Managing
Be a Success by Being Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
One Size Does Not Fit All! Professional success, more often than not, means becoming a manager. Yet nobody prepared you for having to deal with messy tidbits like emotions, conflicts, and personalities—all while achieving ever-greater goals and meeting ever-looming deadlines. Not exactly what you...
Full Steam Ahead!
Unleash the Power of Vision in Your Company and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
The lessons of Full Steam Ahead! are revealed through the inspirational story of two people who were able to create a vision for the place they worked and for their own lives. Jim Carpenter, president of a mid-sized insurance agency, didn't get the "vision thing." The agency was doing well,...
by Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos, Alan Randolph
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute tells the story of a young manager whose attempts to turn his troubled company around through traditional top-down, command-and-control management are failing. Reluctantly, he contacts an expert in empowerment, even though he feels like he's already tried that...
No More Regrets!
30 Ways to Greater Happiness and Meaning in Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
Why do we have regrets—and what can we do about it? We all want to live a life without regrets. Whenever we do something we wish we hadn’t—or don’t do something we wish we had—we vow it won’t happen again. But why do we have regrets in the first place? Because we become prisoners of habit...