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Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader Summary
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
by Herminia Ibarra 2015 200 pages
3.87
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
The New Art and Science of Teaching Summary
The New Art and Science of Teaching
More Than Fifty New Instructional Strategies for Academic Success
by Robert J. Marzano 2017 283 pages
3.92
466 ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
No Ego Summary
No Ego
How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results
by Cy Wakeman 2017 224 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Professional Development
Sell with a Story Summary
Sell with a Story
How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale
by Paul Smith 2016 304 pages
3.97
461 ratings
Business
Communication
Entrepreneurship
Trust and Inspire Summary
Trust and Inspire
How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others
by Stephen M.R. Covey 2022 368 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Professional Development
Talk Less, Say More Summary
Talk Less, Say More
3 Habits to Influence Others and Make Things Happen
by Connie Dieken 2009 176 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Business
Communication
Self Help
The Heart of Change Summary
The Heart of Change
Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations
by John P. Kotter 2002 224 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Power of a Positive Team Summary
The Power of a Positive Team
Proven Principles and Practices that Make Great Teams Great
by Jon Gordon 2018 176 pages
3.77
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Self Help
The Energy Bus Summary
The Energy Bus
by Jon Gordon 2007 192 pages
3.84
33k+ ratings
Self Help
Business
Leadership
The Courage to Teach Summary
The Courage to Teach
Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, 10th Anniversary Edition
by Parker J. Palmer 1997 248 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
The New Strategic Selling Summary
The New Strategic Selling
The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies
by Robert B. Miller 1985 448 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Professional Development
The Consulting Bible Summary
The Consulting Bible
How to Launch and Grow a Seven-Figure Consulting Business
by Alan Weiss 2011 260 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Entrepreneurship
Managing Transitions Summary
Managing Transitions
Making the Most of Change
by William Bridges 2003 150 pages
3.97
3k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Transforming School Culture Summary
Transforming School Culture
How to Overcome Staff Division
by Anthony Muhammad 2009 235 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Education
Leadership
Professional Development
Multipliers Summary
Multipliers
How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman 2010 3 pages
3.99
16k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
Cracking the PM Interview Summary
Cracking the PM Interview
How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology
by Gayle Laakmann McDowell 2013 364 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Summary
HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done
by Harvard Business Review 2010 208 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey Summary
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
by Kenneth H. Blanchard 1989 137 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Knowledge Gap Summary
The Knowledge Gap
The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
by Natalie Wexler 2019 336 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Better Than Carrots or Sticks Summary
Better Than Carrots or Sticks
Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
by Dominique Smith 2015 208 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Leveling Up Summary
Leveling Up
12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development
by Ryan Leak 2022 222 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Leadership
Self Help
Business
Multipliers Summary
Multipliers
How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman 2010 288 pages
3.99
16k+ ratings
Leadership
Business
Management
An Everyone Culture Summary
An Everyone Culture
Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
by Robert Kegan 2016 336 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
by Harvard Business Review 2013 224 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Sales Management. Simplified. Summary
Sales Management. Simplified.
The Straight Truth About Getting Exceptional Results from Your Sales Team
by Mike Weinberg 2015 224 pages
4.37
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Professional Development
The No Complaining Rule Summary
The No Complaining Rule
Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
by Jon Gordon 2008 176 pages
3.84
5k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Grading for Equity Summary
Grading for Equity
What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
by Joe Feldman 2018 296 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
The Art of Coaching Teams Summary
The Art of Coaching Teams
Facilitation for School Transformation
by Elena Aguilar 2016 280 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
Education
Leadership
Teaching
Your Students, My Students, Our Students Summary
Your Students, My Students, Our Students
Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms
by Lee Ann Jung 2019 240 pages
3.84
303 ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Why Don't Students Like School? Summary
Why Don't Students Like School?
by Daniel T. Willingham 2009 240 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
The First 90 Days Summary
The First 90 Days
Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
by Michael D. Watkins 2003 304 pages
3.85
38k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Coffee Bean Summary
The Coffee Bean
A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change
by Jon Gordon 2019 112 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
How Learning Works Summary
How Learning Works
Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
by Susan A. Ambrose 2010 301 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
The Knowing-Doing Gap Summary
The Knowing-Doing Gap
How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action
by Jeffrey Pfeffer 1993 314 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
I Wish My Teacher Knew Summary
I Wish My Teacher Knew
How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids
by Kyle Schwartz 2016 269 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
ADKAR Summary
ADKAR
A Model for Change in Business, Government and our Community
by Jeffrey M. Hiatt 2006 146 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
The Challenger Customer Summary
The Challenger Customer
Selling to the Hidden Influencer Who Can Multiply Your Results
by Brent Adamson 2015 264 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
Business
Professional Development
Buisness
Theories of Childhood Summary
Theories of Childhood
An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky
by Carol Garhart Mooney 2000 128 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
Overcoming Dyslexia Summary
Overcoming Dyslexia
A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
by Sally E. Shaywitz 2003 432 pages
4.30
3k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Teaching
Teach Like a Champion 2.0 Summary
Teach Like a Champion 2.0
62 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College
by Doug Lemov 2014 512 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Professional Development
Million Dollar Consulting Summary
Million Dollar Consulting
The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice
by Alan Weiss 1992 304 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
The Effortless Experience Summary
The Effortless Experience
Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty
by Matthew Dixon 2013 327 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Business
Professional Development
Leadership
Design for How People Learn Summary
Design for How People Learn
by Julie Dirksen 2011 259 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
Design
Education
Teaching
HBR Guide to Project Management Summary
HBR Guide to Project Management
by Harvard Business Publishing 2011 192 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
HR from the Outside In Summary
HR from the Outside In
Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources
by Dave Ulrich 2012 336 pages
3.94
385 ratings
Historical Romance
Business
Human Resources
The Writing Revolution Summary
The Writing Revolution
A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades
by Judith C. Hochman 2017 294 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Writing
Everyday Business Storytelling Summary
Everyday Business Storytelling
Create, Simplify, and Adapt a Visual Narrative for Any Audience
by Janine Kurnoff 2021 288 pages
4.31
268 ratings
Business
Communication
Productivity
Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher Summary
Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
by Stephen D. Brookfield 1995 296 pages
4.05
273 ratings
Teaching
Education
Leadership
Influence Without Authority Summary
Influence Without Authority
by Allan R. Cohen 1989 320 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Emotional Intelligence Power Point Summary
Emotional Intelligence Power Point
by Travis Bradberry 2003
3.85
84k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
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