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Poor Economics : Rethinking Poverty & the Ways to End It

Poor Economics : Rethinking Poverty & the Ways to End It Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo Random House, 2013 Imagine you have a few billion dollars and want to…

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career

Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career By Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Press Books, 2013 Who’s pulling for you? Who’s got your back?…

The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. Harvard Business Press Books, 2013 Leadership is struggle. The question of how to lead successfully and…

What Happened to Goldman Sachs

What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences By Steven G. Mandis Harvard Business Press Books, 2013 This is the story of the…

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence By Daniel Goleman Harper, 2013 Bestselling author Daniel Goleman returns with a groundbreaking look at today’s scarcest resource and the secret to high performance…

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

By Jonah Berger New York Times bestseller Simon & Schuster, 2013 Contagious combines groundbreaking research with powerful stories. Learn how a luxury steakhouse found popularity through the lowly cheese-steak, why…

Thinking in New Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business Creativity

By Luc de Brabandere Random House, 2013 When BIC, manufacturer of disposable ballpoint pens, wanted to grow, it looked for an idea beyond introducing new sizes and ink colors. Someone…

Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

By Sendhil Mullainatha, Eldar Shafir Times Books, 2013 Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why…