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TheManager on 05 Feb 2009
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – February 2009
Unlike January’s NY Times list, the February 2009 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list begins to reveal America’s concern over the economy. While the February list is still void of credible financial survival guides, there are two “the end is near” tomes using [...]
Tags: Best Sellers, Business Books, Rankings
Filed in Management Resource Lists, Rankings, Recommended Products
TheManager on 04 Jan 2009
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – January 2009
A quick review of the January 2009 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list and you wouldn’t know we were in a recession. Where are all the financial survival guides? Where are all the “end is near” and Nostradamus tomes?
Instead of the expected [...]
Tags: Best Sellers, Business Books, Rankings
Filed in Leadership Development, Management Resource Lists, Rankings
TheManager on 01 Jan 2009
The Best of AskTheManager.com – 2008
One of our regular readers sent us a nice email last night wishing us, among other things, a Happy New Year. We know it wasn’t just a mass email sent to everyone in his address book because he requested we write this post today.
Specifically, he asked us to list [...]
Tags: leadership development, Links to Leadership Resources, Management Advice, Management Blogs, Rankings
Filed in Leadership, Management, Rankings
TheManager on 26 Nov 2008
“Business Executives” Rank Low in Annual Honesty and Ethics Poll
While nurses topped the list for the seventh consecutive year, business executives earned relatively poor grades in the latest installment of the annual integrity poll from Gallup.
The poll, which surveyed just over 1,000 US adults earlier this month, asked respondents how they would rate the [...]
Tags: Integrity, leadership news and views, leadership rankings
Filed in Leadership News and Views, Rankings
TheManager on 24 Nov 2008
Vendors Give The Darnedest Things…
Loyal reader Tye Mills sent us a question in response to our Leader’s Gift-Giving Guide article.
What are the top 10 wacky gifts you have received from vendors? – Tye Mills
Great question, Tye…
Hmm, let’s see, the unfortunate result of most truly wacky or bad gifts from vendors is that they are [...]
Tags: Leadership Resources, management resource lists, Rankings, Recommended Products
Filed in Management Resource Lists, Rankings, Recommended Products
TheManager on 18 Nov 2008
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 [...]
Tags: leadership gifts, management resource lists, Rankings, Recommended Products
Filed in Leadership, Management Resource Lists, Rankings, Recommended Products
TheManager on 09 Nov 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 [...]
Tags: Best Sellers, Business Books
Filed in Leadership Development, Management Resource Lists, Rankings
TheManager on 08 Nov 2008
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 [...]
Tags: leadership observations, management 101, Management Advice, management mistakes, typical manager
Filed in Digression, Management Training, Rankings
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