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August Book - Play like a man, win like a woman

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Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn By Gail Evans If you want to learn how to win like a woman, this is not the right book. It is about how to play like a man. "win like a woman" is a pink scarf to attract female readers. a Nice small book to read, a lot of useful tips. Enjoy. Elizabeth Xu

Hard Truth About Soft Skills

The Hard Truth About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They'd Learned Sooner (Paperback) Interesting book, a lot of tips and truth about corporate America culture. Easy reading. Elizabeth Xu

October Reading

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (Hardcover) by Marshall Goldsmith (Author), Mark Reiter (Author) This book helps you to identify gaps between managers and executives, a easy reading. Enjoy.

July Book: Leadership Passages

Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader by David Dotlich This book is for senior executives who went through life change events. It is a easy read and provides interesting suggestions for anyone who are going through any dramatic life events, such as promotions, layoffs, new job, lost loved ones, starting a company, moving to foreign country to start a new career... Publisher Comments: Predict and Survive the Make-or-Break Crises You Will Face in the Course of Your Career "Leadership Passages describes systematically that it is far more effective and compelling to build on both successes and failures, rather than trying to overlook or even ignore the valuable lessons that unavoidable adversity in both our personal and business lives can teach us." –Daniel Vasella, chairman and CEO, Novartis "If you want to succeed and have inner peace at the same time, then this book is for you." –Ram Charan, coauthor, Execution: T...

Recommended handbook: The Business Style Handbook

The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Writing on the Job with Tips from Communications Experts at the Fortune 500 (Paperback) by Helen Cunningham (Author), Brenda Greene (Author) This books is very helpful if English is your 2nd language.

April Recommended Reading - 100 Ways to Motivate Others

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100 Ways to Motivate Others: How Great Leaders Can Produce Insane Results Without Driving People Crazy   by Steve Chandler and Scott Richardson Many excellent tips about inspiring your team members . Very useful handbook for managers at current situation. 

100 ways to motivate yourself - change your life forever

100 Ways To Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever by Steve Chandler The hardest person to motivate is yourself, if you could keep yourself motivated all time, your life certainly would be changed forever.

February Recommended Reading - Attitude 101

Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know (101 Series) by John C. Maxwell (Hardcover - Jan 3, 2003) Excellent book for leaders to motivate themselves and their teams. It helps you to anchor yourself in the fast downward situation.

December 2008 Recommended Reading

The Articulate Executive: Learn to Look, Act, and Sound Like a Leader By TooGood

November 2008 Recommended Reading

StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath This book helps you to understand human strengths, also provides the test to identify your top five strengths.

September 2008 Recommended Readings

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey