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The Leader’s Gift-Giving Guide - Holiday Gifts Everyone Can Use

 
Holiday Gifts for the Office Crowd
‘tis the season to think about all the people who helped you get where you are today. Whether you are a senior leader or an up-and-coming manager, it’s important for you to thank those who make an impact in your work life. And by “thank,” I mean give them something [...]

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NY Times Business Hardcover Best Sellers - November 2008

 
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – November 2008
 
An historical election behind us and a bleak short-term future ahead, we find ourselves at a very interesting time. When will the market hit bottom? How high will unemployment ultimately reach? Will Chrysler and GM survive to see 2010? Can Barack Obama and a Democratic [...]

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The 25 Most Annoying Business Phrases

 
The 25 Most Annoying Business Phrases Managers Use
From the overused to the clichéd, we are inundated on a daily basis with annoying and ridiculous business phrases from the lips of well-meaning managers.
Why so many of us, present company included, rely on the latest catch phrases or tired business jargon to relay a particular message [...]

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The Best Rolling Briefcases Money Can Buy - Laptop Cases for the New Millenium

The Rolling Briefcase – A Leader’s Most Important Tool?
Not since Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) and his coworkers marveled at the color, font and texture of one another’s business cards in 2000’s American Psycho has a business tool garnered as much admiration and created as much jealousy as the rolling briefcases being dragged through America today.
Whether [...]

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The Ten Best Warren Buffett Books of All Time

The Best of Warren Buffett
With the recession looming, the stock market in the tank, and worldwide economic uncertainty, it’s nice to know America has a man like billionaire Warren Buffett to turn to for investment advice. Buffett is to the stock market what Tiger Woods is to golf. He’s the best and second place really [...]

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NY Times Business Best Sellers - Hardcover October 2008

 
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – October 2008
 
With the economic meltdown seemingly getting worse by the day, we’re not sure how many of our readers can scrape together enough cash to purchase a Business Best Seller. For those of you with an extra $10 to $30 in your wallet, you may want [...]

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NY Times Business Best Sellers - Hardcover September 2008

 
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – September 2008
 
Here are the Top 5 on the NY Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list for September 2008. To see the complete list (and to see a great choice at Number 8 this month) follow this link.
 
At eight on the September list (seventh last month) is a [...]

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Obama, McCain, Biden or Palin - Who’s the Best Leader?

 
Which Presidential or Vice Presidential Hopeful Would Make the Best Leader?
 
Over the past several days, the editors of AskTheManager.com released their leadership ratings and rankings of all forty-two US Presidents from Washington to Bush. We examined how these men would perform as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company by using what we believe are [...]

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