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Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
Marcus Buckingham
Free Press, 2007
Great resource for your toolbox!
This is an excellent book by Marcus Buckingham! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and the case study he uses throughout the book really reinforces all of the key concepts. The journal pages in the back of the book (or you can download them off his site) are helpful in ...
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The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz
Free Press, 2004
Fantastic! Easy to read with practical application...
The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz is great book that offers good information and practical recommendations which are easy to implement. The authors share real examples throughout the book that almost anyone can relate to their own daily life. ...
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Atul Gawande
Picador, 2008
Another Great Look Inside the Medical Profession
I thought Atul Gawande's last book, Complications, was one of the best books written on the medical profession in a long while. In it, Gawande showed a deep respect and sympathy for patients while trying to be clear about what would help the medical establishment do a ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
Strength Finders
Strength Finder is a great concept. I think it can be useful for many people. Only complaint: it took much longer than I expected to get delivered.
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Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
Geoff Colvin
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
Deliberate practice "hurts but it works."
Colvin set out to answer this question: "What does great performance require?" In this volume, he shares several insights generated by hundreds of research studies whose major conclusions offer what seem to be several counterintuitive perspectives on what is frequently ...
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...
Crown Business, 2002
A "Must Read" for Executives
If a business leader were to select one book as a guide to success, this would be my choice. As a former AlliedSignal executive, I have seen these practices applied and reinforced; I have also seen the results that they deliver. The book defines Execution as "...a ...
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2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results
Paul Falcone
AMACOM, 2005
A Must For Anybody in Management
This is a great little book. It covers just about very situation. It gives, on the money, phrases. It also provide phrases to use for recommended improvements. I'm the newest member of management in my corporation. When my boss read first reviews, he was totally ...
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
W. Timothy Gallwey
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 1997
This book is a must read for every amateur and professional tennis player and tennis teacher
Does it matter how and what we think about while we are playing tennis ? Yes, it matters so much that it affects our tennis performance significantly and could even affect our mental well being. W. Timothy Gallwey obviously understands both tennis and psychology very ...
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The Zone: A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently : Reset Your Genetic Code : Prevent Disease : Achieve ...
Barry Sears
Collins Living, 1995
Enter the Zone
The 1st of many Dr. Barry Sears'excellent books on secret to health and optimal physical performance - a must read for everyone who is serious about getting well and to perform at the highest level thru what we eat!
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21 Nights
Prince
Atria Books, 2008
21 Bright Nights!!!!!!!!!
When I first unwrapped the package to open this book, I was eager to get to know what Prince's life is like. Once I started flipping thru the pages, I could not stop. In the past, I thought Prince was weird but now I see that he's just mysteriously creative. He is an ...
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Effective Phrases For Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations (Neal, Effective Phrases for ...
James E. Neal
Neal Publications, 2006
Performance Review time? Cut the time in half!
I have 13 performance evaluations to complete; and 10 are for the same position. It's challenging to make them unique; but this book helped me tremendously to find the right adjectives to describe each person uniquely; as well as cutting the time in half that it ...
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Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance
Daniel G. Md Amen
Three Rivers Press, 2006
Excellent book
This is an excellent book: informative, clear, and packed with practical suggestions. Current brain research coupled with a wealth of individual case studies makes this a valuable guide.
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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1998
Using IT for Competitive Advantage
In his 1985 book titled Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Free Press 1985 Management and IT (information Technology) author Michael Porter set fourth some very useful ideas about creating competitive advantage with IT (e.g. building a ...
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Performance: Richard Avedon
John Lahr, Andre Gregory, ...
Abrams, 2008
"We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintentionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be." --Richard Avedon, 1974 The preeminent stars and artists of the performing arts from the second half of the 20th century offered their greatest gifts?and, ...
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Men's Health Power Training: Build Bigger, Stronger Muscles with through Performance-based Conditioning
Robert dos Remedios
Rodale Books, 2007
Best I've found
I've been lifting since '96, and working out all my life. I've tried all kinds of programs: bodybuilding, strength training, powerlifting, powerbuilding, olympic lifitng, bodyweight, you name it. I have to stay in shape for work, and also because I love it. This ...
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