Contributor(s): Ferrante, Louis
EAN: 9781591843986
Publisher: Portfolio
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: June 02, 2011
Available to order – 2 weeks
R219
A veteran mobster who walked away from "The Life" with his head held high offers road-tested life lessons that served him well inside and outside La Cosa Nostra.
Some Mafia dons have their heads blown off. Others live long enough to expire peacefully in their own beds. In either event, Ferrante—who left prison behind eight years ago to become a well-respected author—insists that today's CEOs, middle managers and employees would do well to learn a thing or two from their counterparts in the underworld. Building his case in concise, economical prose, Ferrante draws on an extensive knowledge of world events, mob lore and personal experience to deliver an engrossing sophomore effort that reads like a rousing memoir, meditation on world history and Mafia exposé all in one. Who would have thought that George Washington had so much in common with Lucky Luciano, the "Founding Father" of the American mob, or that there was something good to be said for "Scarface" Al Capone? In eschewing mob violence, Ferrante has nonetheless retained an appreciation for the way the mob operates as a successful business enterprise. When it works, Ferrante writes, it's a blueprint for the way businesses in the "legit" world ought to operate. And when it doesn't, it's a sobering cautionary tale for every over-reaching CEO, power-hungry middle manager and clueless employee.
Punctuated with the dark humor you'd expect from a graduate of the streets, a thoughtful treatise with implications far outside the boardroom.
Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should, Too
Contributor(s): Lofton, Louann
EAN: 9780061567551
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: June 21, 2011
Available to order – 2 weeks
R196
Investing isn't a man's world anymore--and this book shows why that's a good thing for individual portfolios, Wall Street, and the world's financial system.
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
Contributor(s): Henry, Todd
EAN: 9781591844013
Publisher: Portfolio
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: July 07, 2011
Available to order – 2 weeks
R196
Have better ideas, faster, without the stress and burnout. Business creativity expert Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash one's creative potential.
Contributor(s): Bacon, Terry R
EAN: 9780814417324
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: July 15, 2011
Available to order – 2 weeks
R196
Virtually every human interaction involves some element of influence. We seek to influence others whenever we want someone to agree with us, take a particular action, share our point of view, accept our perspective, or behave differently. Our success in business, and in life, depends on our ability to get others to follow our lead, join our cause, feel our excitement, or buy our products and services. Is influence a natural ability with which some lucky people are born? Is it something available only to those invested with official authority over others? Or can it be mastered and exerted by anyone? "Elements of Influence" reveals how you can hone and develop your own ability to influence others, giving you the tools and information you need to do so ethically and in any situation.
