Profiles women CEOs & presidents of companies with annual revenues of $10 million or more. Gives recognition to women s achievements in business & life. Through personal interviews & photos, these business leaders reveal how they broke through the gender barrier to achieve top executive positions. Their experiences cover a wide range of issues, including: career planning, customer service, employee communications, child day care, growing a business, & managing work & family life, & more. Their businesses are varied -- from railroads to television. Will inspire other women in their own quests for challenging & balanced lives.

On Our Own Terms: Portraits of Women Business Leaders

Karen Olsen

Liane Enkelis

Marion Lewenstein

Business & Money

Berrett-Koehler Pub.

Open Space Technology (OST) is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 1,000 participants. First developed in 1984, it has now been used around the world with all types of organizations including corporations, community groups, government agencies, schools, and churches. OST produces better meetings and helps groups achieve such organizational goals as self-managed work groups, distributed leadership, and utilizing diversity quickly and without training. In Expanding Our Now, OST creator Harrison Owen offers numerous examples to illustrate the evolution of OST and explores what it is, how it developed as a process for meeting management, and how and why it works all over the world, for groups of all sizes dealing with a vast range of issues. Owen shows how OST can move organizations to higher levels of performance, without elaborate training or professional facilitators.

Expanding Our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology

Owen, Harrison

Management & Leadership

This 1985 best-selling book introduced the concept of intrapreneur, defined as a person in a large corporation empowered to create new products without being constrained by standard procedures.Large corporate structures dominate in business, and the ability to compete in a global marketplace is crucial to success. Intrapreneuring shows business leaders how large organizations can develop innovative talent from within their tanks with the speed and productivity that the coming years will demand.

Intrapreneuring: Why You Don't Have to Leave the Corporation to Become an Entrepreneur

Pinchot, Gifford

Today's organizations put extraordinary pressure on their employees to work harder and longer. This book shows readers how to resist this pressure and actually spend less time in the office. John Drake, who successfully downshifted his own work life, examines the frantic pace of today's business environment, helps readers overcome the fear of working less, and shows them how to make the change. He uses real-life examples to provide practical strategies for freeing up personal time and for using that time to create a happier, more satisfying life.

Downshifting: How to Work Less and Enjoy Life More

JOHN D. DRAKE

Business Culture

Love 'Em or Lose 'Em

Jordan-Evans, Sharon

Kaye, Beverly L.

This spiritual how-to book helps readers discern what they are called to do, find the courage to respond to that call, and stay on course to make that vision a reality.
Author John P. Schuster first explains what it means to be called to something larger than ourselves -- to find the life that best fits us because it uses our talents to the fullest and adds the most lasting value to the world. He then shows how we can respond to that call in any area of life from career to family to community. Answering Your Call includes exercises, models, and guidelines for creating a life of meaning, illustrated with concrete and practical real-world examples.

Answering Your Call: A Guide for Living Your Deepest Purpose

Schuster, John P.

Religion & Spirituality

John Izzo's concept of ""second innocence"" means recovering those feelings of enthusiasm, faith, presence, and curiosity associated with childhood and blending them with the knowledge and experience of adulthood. Through a series of compelling stories, he offers a collection of uncommon thoughts on common themes. the author's experience as a minister, teacher, author, corporate advisor, and leader of spiritual retreats provides a wealth of wisdom for this journey. In the spirit of Robert Fulghum and Garrison Keillor, Izzo shows that while love may disappoint, work may not satisfy, and suffering will occur, we can still transform ourselves by applying intentional focus to finding the wonder in the world and staying focused on what really matters.

Second Innocence: Rediscovering Joy and Wonder: A Guide to Renewal in Work, Relationships, and Daily Life

John B. Izzo

From the cofounder of Working Assets comes a visionary plan to upgrade capitalism.

Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons

Barnes, Peter

Economics

Helen H. Wang, VP of the China-Silicon Valley Wireless Technology Association, provides an account of the economic, political, and cultural implications of China's rising middle class. She makes the case that the ascendance of this powerful demographic will be a complementary and balancing force in the global community.

The Chinese Dream: The Rise of the World's Largest Middle Class

Wang, Helen

All of us feel trapped, stuck, or unable to move forward in life at some point. What is it that's holding us back? According to Seth Adam Smith, it's who, not what. Ultimately, the greatest obstacle to achieving your full potential is you. But you are also the solution to your greatest problem. This book combats a destructive mind-set that we all sometimes fall into: I can't change. I am the victim of my circumstances, and I am confined by my personal limitations. This philosophy, though intangible, destroys more dreams and limits more lives than any actual, physical obstacle. To show us how to overcome this philosophy of fear, Smith draws on literature, history, and his personal experiences with chronic depression, as well as on encounters with remarkable “ordinary” people who've embraced a different philosophy: the belief that we possess the power to lift ourselves out of the abyss and into the light. Smith inspires us to see that no matter how dire our circumstances may be, there is always a positive step you can take, however small it might be. He doesn't sugarcoat the difficulties or offer promises of overnight success. But he does promise that if you continue to see yourself as a victim you'll remain frozen and fearful. We may not be able to control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react.

You, Unstuck: You are the Solution to Your Greatest Problem

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Smith, Seth Adam

Mental Health

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