Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich [ABRIDGED]
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Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich [ABRIDGED]
[AUDIOBOOK]
Author: Cramer, James J. (Narrator) Mason, Cliff
ISBN: 0-7435-6174-0
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Category: Books on CD : Business : General
Audio CD Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Description JIM CRAMER TELLS YOU HOW TO TAKE THE ADVICE ON HIS TV
PROGRAM AND PUT IT INTO ACTION In Jim Cramer's Mad Money, TV's champion of the
middle-class investor walks you through the key decisions investors have to
make: understanding your tolerance for risk and defining your goals, doing the
essential homework on a stock, and knowing how to buy and sell stocks the right
way -- the Cramer way. From the first "Booyah" to the last roar of the bull, Mad
Money offers TV viewers valuable information that can be the basis for a winning
portfolio. Cramer now tells listeners how to turn the "Lightning Round" into
stock market strength training. He reveals how he can assess a stock in only
seconds, a valuable skill that every investor can acquire and put to good use.
He reviews some of his best -- and worst -- calls to extract ten lessons from
each that can profit every investor. And for the Mad Money junkies who just
can't get enough, Cramer goes behind the scenes to explain everything from the
reason behind his deliberate mispronunciations to his notorious chair abuse to
the zany props and buttons that keep things humming. Jim Cramer's Mad Money can
turn every investor's favorite TV program into a top-notch stock portfolio.
The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their
People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance
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The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to
Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance
[UNABRIDGED]
Author: Gostick, Adrian Elton, Chester
ISBN: 0-7435-6361-1
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Category: Books on CD : Business : General
Audio CD Simon & Schuster Audio
Amazon.com Book Description Got carrotphobia? Do you think that recognizing
your employees will distract you and your team from more serious business,
create jealousy, or make you look soft? Think again.The Carrot Principle reveals
the groundbreaking results of one of the most in-depth management studies ever
undertaken, showing definitively that the central characteristic of the most
successful managers is that they provide their employees with frequent and
effective recognition. With independent research from The Jackson Organization
and analysis by bestselling leadership experts Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton,
this breakthrough study of 200,000 people over ten years found dramatically
greater business results when managers offered constructive praise and
meaningful rewards in ways that powerfully motivated employees to excel. Drawing
on case studies from leading companies including Disney, DHL, KPMG, and Pepsi
Bottling Group, bestselling authors Gostick and Elton show how the
transformative power of purpose-based recognition produces astonishing increases
in operating results--whether measured by return on equity, return on assets, or
operating margin. And they show how great managers lead with carrots, not
sticks, and in doing so achieve higher * Productivity * Engagement * Retention *
Customer satisfaction The Carrot Principle illustrates that the relationship
between recognition and improved business results is highly predictable--it's
proven to work. But it's not the employee recognition some of us have been using
for years. It is recognition done right, recognition combined with four other
core traits of effective leadership. Gostick and Elton explain the remarkably
simple but powerful methods great managers use to provide their employees with
effective recognition, which all managers can easily learn and begin practicing
for immediate results. Great recognition doesn't take time--it can be done in a
matter of moments--and it doesn't take budget-busting amounts of money. This
exceptional book presents the simple steps to becoming a Carrot Principle
manager and to building a recognition culture in your organization; it offers a
wealth of specific examples, culled from real-life cases, of the ways to do
recognition right. Following these simple steps will make you a high-performance
leader and take your team to a new level of achievement.
"The Carrot Principle: How Great Managers Use Employee Recognition"
An Essay by Adam Gostick and Chester Elton
For organizations that do it right, it's a bit like
discovering gold in your backyard. Employee recognition, long considered a
benefit that costs money, can actually be a management tool that makes money. At
first blush, the idea is counter-intuitive. As leaders, we've become accustomed
to viewing recognition programs as a cost of doing business. But employee
recognition is evolving. A groundbreaking research study of 200,000 employees,
unveiled in our new book The Carrot Principle, presents a new paradigm: Applying
employee recognition techniques within a context of goal-setting, open
communication, trust and accountability, (what we have come to call the Basic
Four) accelerates the impact of all of these critical management skills.
Continue reading "The Carrot Principle: How Great Managers Use Employee
Recognition"
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The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed in Your
Small Business [AUDIOBOOK]
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The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed in
Your Small Business [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED]
Author:
Strauss, Steven D.
ISBN:
1-59659-074-2
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Category:
Books on CD : Business : General
Audio CD Coach Series
Download Description Whether you¿re a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro,
The Small Business Bible is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, A-to-Z library of
everything you might need to know. Not only does it teach new entrepreneurs what
works and what doesn¿t¿giving them scores of tips, hints, insider information,
and secrets of success¿it¿s also a reliable, valuable, and insightful resource
for established business owners who want to help their businesses continue to
grow and succeed. The book covers all aspects of small business operations and
strategies, and includes straightforward information on almost every topic.
Plus, you¿ll find secrets of great entrepreneurs, a wealth of online resources,
real-life success stories, and cutting-edge strategies that work.
12: The Elements of Great Managing [ABRIDGED]
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12: The Elements of Great Managing [ABRIDGED]
[AUDIOBOOK]
Author: Wagner, Rodd (Narrator) Harter, James K.
Wagner, Rodd
ISBN: 0-7435-6861-3
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Category: Books on CD : Business : General
Audio CD Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Description The Sequel to the Million-Copy Classic that Revolutionized
Employee Engagement How do great managers inspire top performance in employees?
How do they generate enthusiasm, unite disparate personalities to focus on a
common mission, and drive teams to achieve ever-higher goals? More than a decade
ago, The Gallup Organization combed through its database of more than 1 million
employee and manager interviews to identify the elements most important in
sustaining workplace excellence. These elements were revealed in the 1999
bestseller First, Break All the Rules. 12: The Elements of Great Managing is
that management classic's long-awaited sequel. It follows great managers as they
implement the 12 elements to turn around a failing call center, save a
struggling hotel, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production
through power outages, and successfully face a host of other challenges in
settings around the world. Gallup's study now includes 10 million employee and
manager interviews spanning 114 countries and conducted in 41 languages. In 12,
authors Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter weave the latest Gallup insights with
recent discoveries in the fields of neuroscience, game theory, psychology,
sociology, and economics. Written for managers and employees of companies large
and small, 12 explains what every company needs to know about creating and
sustaining employee engagement.