Two women--Gyneth, the pampered white child of privilege, and Carolyn, the illegitimate black child of poverty--forge an extraordinary bond of friendship that transcends their backgrounds, South African politics, and the pursuit of their individual dreams. Original.

Belonging

Literature & Fiction

Segil, Larraine

Contemporary

BERKLEY

Features an author who is a regular commentator on CNN and has built a reputation as a top expert on innovative strategies. 
<ul>
<li>Explains how to use Network Leadership to create a networked organization structure of internal and external alliances and flexible decision processes.</li> <li>Shows readers how to self-diagnose the personal and organizational characteristics of their company; how to effectively communicate and to forge relationships internally within the company and externally; and ways to use an assessment to implement Network Self-Leadership through an eight-step plan.</li> <li>Present case illustrations of a diverse range of corporations, including Shell Oil Co.</li> <li>Esquire magazine, Southwest Airlines, Amazon.com, and Xerox.</li> </ul>

Dynamic Leader, Adaptive Organization: Ten Essential Traits for Network Managers

Business & Money

Business Culture

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Crucial techniques for business and finance managers making e-business alliances Alliances and mergers are coming fast and furious for dot.com and Internet-enabled companies-and in fact are a key strategy for any savvy digital business. In this book, Larraine Segil reveals her proven approach to business development in the Internet world-what Segil has trademarked "fastalliances.com." This is the first book to dissect the unique aspects of e-alliances, from identifying deliverables to providing tools proven to cement swift and decisive relationships in Internet time. Key points are illustrated with both positive and negative examples from companies that include Compaq, Sun, Disney, Go, Kodak, MP3, and Stamps.com. Alliances are a crucial part of any Internet business-both dot.com and brick-and-mortar-and an important topic for business and finance managers whose companies are making use of the Web. The approach, author credentials, and unique message of FastAlliances create a package that has bestseller potential.

Fastalliances: Power Your E-Business.

Economics

wiley

This moving novel sweeps from South Africa to London to Los Angeles from one woman's struggle to become a surgeon to the other's rise in the fast track of big business .....through all the challenges that life presents. It is the story of a friendship that spans 30 years, of two unlikely friends, one black and a child of poverty, the other white and a child of privilege and how politics, ambition, success and failure teach each about the other's perception of reality.

iUniverse

The future of business growth is in the partnerships that companies and their executives form. Partnering explains how critical it is for business leaders to "partner" effectively, and features original contributions from more than 30 thought leaders, including such luminaries as Ken Blanchard, Jim Kouzes and Brian Tracy. Topics cover: 
* Ken Blanchard on situational leadership * Beverly Kaye on building, living, and leaving a legacy for the organization * Kevin Cashman's Five Touchstones of Authentic Partnering Leadership * Robert Kaplan on the Balanced Scorecard for leadership * R. Roosevelt Thomas on fostering trust and resonance through diversity * Jim Kouzes on building cultures of collaboration * Brian Tracy on the importance and power of focus * Jon Katzenbach on where team performance fits in the balanced leadership approach

Partnering: The New Face of Leadership

Goldsmith, Marshall

Belasco, James Eds

Management & Leadership

Amacom Books

How does one accurately measure an alliance? With all the factors involved -- productivity, decision making, team performance, the number of new customers, and damage control -- getting a precise measurement can be a complex and daunting task. Knowing which measurement to use, and at what stage of the alliance life cycle, is critical. 
Measuring the Value of Partnering gives readers a system for measuring a relationship's contribution at every stage of the alliance, from creation to implementation to termination. This essential book features case studies drawn from interviews with key players at companies like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Staples, and Hyundai. Weaving these and other real-life examples together, Author Larraine Segil helps readers develop the appropriate metrics and then shows how and when to use them accurately and intelligently to achieve the greatest impact. 
Timely and practical, Measuring the Value of Partnering provides the tools for making any alliance is work to maximum organizational advantage.

Measuring the Value of Partnering: How to Use Metrics to Plan, Develop, and Implement Successful Alliances

Larraine Segil provided valuable, insightful, and solid ideas by presenting useful diagnostic methods, ideas, tools, and key points for successful alliance development, an essential tool in business survival. Ron Khormaei, Ph.D., Section Manager Personal Printing, Hewlett Packard Company With the factors of accurately measuring an alliance productivity, decision making, team performance, new customers, and damage control obtaining a precise measurement can be a complex and overwhelming task. Knowing the specific measurement to use at what point in the life cycle of the alliance is critical. Measuring the Value of Partnering offers a system for measuring relationship contributions throughout the alliance, from creation to implementation to termination. Featuring case studies from interviews with key players at IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Staples, Hyundai, and other organizations, author Larraine Segil helps readers develop appropriate metrics and shows how and when to use these tools accurately, intelligently, and for maximum impact. Timeless and practical, this republication of Measuring the Value of Partnering provides a multitude of tools to help any alliance perform to maximum organizational advantage.

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Belonging

Dynamic Leader, Adaptive Organization: Ten Essential Traits for Network Managers

Fastalliances: Power Your E-Business.

Belonging

Partnering: The New Face of Leadership

Measuring the Value of Partnering: How to Use Metrics to Plan, Develop, and Implement Successful Alliances

Measuring the Value of Partnering: How to Use Metrics to Plan, Develop, and Implement Successful Alliances