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.

Corporate Creativity consistently connects creative outcomes to the actions that really made a difference to them. Through detailed real-life examples from organizations around the world - including British Airways, Du Pont, Fujitsu, General Motors, Hallmark, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Japan Railways East, Kodak, Universal Studios, the United States Forest Service, and enterprises in the USSR - the authors show how improvements and breakthroughs actually happen in organizations.

Corporate Creativity: How Innovation and Improvement Actually Happen

Robinson, Alan G.

Stern, Sam

Biography & History

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

Management & Leadership

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.

Change is happening all the time, both planned and unplanned. It's how people respond to change that determines their personal success and, ultimately, the success of their entire organization. Change Is Everybody's Business provides insights and action ideas for people in all workplace roles so they can be conscious and influential participants in change.
The author points out that executives can formulate strategy but it's the everyday actions of lower-level employees that make change happen. She demonstrates how everyone in an organization has the ability to make positive changes, beginning by acknowledging the power they already have. Written in a conversational and supportive style, the book outlines the beliefs, skills, and actions that will enable anyone to welcome and take advantage of change rather than fear and resist it.

Change Is Everybody's Business: Claim Your Change Power

McLagan, Patricia

Wealth inequity, corporate welfare, and industrial pollution are the symptoms of our sickened economy, Marjorie Kelly suggests. The underlying illness is shareholder primacy. In The Divine Right of Capital, she shows that the corporate drive to maximize shareholder profits at any cost is not only out of step with democratic and free-market principles, but is detrimental to the long-term health of individual companies and the economy as a whole. Kelly offers a far-reaching solution to rebuild corporations in a way that serves all.

The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy

Marjorie Kelly

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

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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