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While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open for change and innovation, listening rather than leading and keeping virtuous business practices.

Teamwork is the one competitive advantage that corporations across the board have failed to leverage. To counter the five common pitfalls that undermine the ability of companies to team successfully, Lencioni outlines five simple remedies: build trust, master conflict, achieve commitment, embrace accountability, and focus on results. This practical, easily accessible field guide outlines clear measures for realizing success in the workplace through teamwork.

Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everything from supermarkets to insurance companies to airlines in this entertaining and informative book. To protect both our wallets and our bank accounts, we must better understand why companies do what they do.

Hallowell outlines a five-step process any manager can use to get the best out of his or her employees. By utilizing principles discovered through intense brain research, managers will be able to assign jobs to the right people, strengthen team bonds, cultivate imaginations, relieve and overcome stress, and stimulate loyalty and a desire to excel through rewards. This is an indispensable volume for leaders in any professional field.

This must-have resource will help the modern leader understand how to lead in the new open world-where blogging, twittering, facebooking, and digging are becoming the norm. Li lays out the steps that leaders must take to transform their organizations and themselves into being "open"--and exactly what that will mean.

Brogan offers 100 ways to tap into social media for a more profitable business.

Tough times present real opportunity for forward-thinking sales teams. Lakhani gives you the tools and understanding you need to gain new confidence, create powerful alliances, find great prospects, and drive your profits to unprecedented levels.

Filled with powerful questions that invite you to listen to your inner voice and tap into the strength you need to create your ideal life, this audiobook makes you the final authority in your own life not outside forces that you can't control.

Hamel provides forward-thinking companies with a disciplined process for radical management innovation, in other words, a formula for success.

Eisenberg investigates the forces that compel Americans to shop till they drop, taking a critical look at an often downplayed aspect of American economic prosperity.