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Screw business as usual (Your coach in a box)
Par Richard Branson. 2013
Branson argues it's time organizations end their rabid devotion to profit and start doing good. Instead of wrecking the planet…
with pollution while creating an ever-poorer lower class, businesses have an opportunity to create a more prosperous world for everyone. Using step-by-step examples and instructions, Branson shows how this new world is possible. 2013.Toister breaks new ground, not by offering another set of tired tactics, but by getting at the root of why…
employees aren't delivering the service they should. With this knowledge - and Toister's corrective actions - businesses can reap immediate rewards. 2013.Sell yourself first: the most critical element in every sales effort (Your coach in a box)
Par Thomas A Freese. 2010
Shoptimism: why the American consumer will keep on buying no matter what
Par Lee Eisenberg. 2009
Shine: using brain science to get the best from your people (Your coach in a box)
Par Edward M Hallowell. 2011
Hallowell outlines a five-step process any manager can use to get the best out of his or her employees. By…
utilizing principles discovered through intense brain research, managers will be able to assign jobs to the right people, strengthen team bonds, cultivate imaginations, relieve and overcome stress, and stimulate loyalty and a desire to excel through rewards. This is an indispensable volume for leaders in any professional field. 2011.Shifting time: social policy and the future of work
Par Armine Yalnizyan, Ran Ide, Arthur J Cordell. 1994
This text presents two essays: "Securing society: creating Canadian social policy;" and, "The new tools: implications for the future of…
work." The essays discuss the decline of work and its meaning, while considering the new realities of work. The job search is obstructed by "technological progress", a situation which results in loss of tax revenue, fewer people in standard employment, and sociological and moral consequences. The proposed solutions for these problems include suggestions ranging from an equitable distribution of wealth to a national strategy for child care. c1994.Self-serve: how Petrocan pumped Canadians dry
Par Peter Foster. 1992
Petro-Canada was meant to increase Canada's energy securities, but this Crown corporation turned into a financial disaster with a reputation…
for extravagance. Foster fingers chairman Bill Hopper as the man responsible for the company's debt of $14 billion although it is only worth $2 billion. 1992.Secret ingredients: the brave new world of industrial farming
Par Stuart Laidlaw. 2003
A vivid portrait of what modern industrial farming is, what it is doing to the environment, to farmers, to the…
plants and livestock we eat, and to us as consumers and as citizens. The author takes us from the dairy farms of Pennsylvania to Canada's prairie wheatfields, from the tomato greenhouses of southern Ontario to the potato fields of P.E.I. All along the way, he shows us food's secret ingredient - its hidden costs. 2003.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
Par David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.Searching for certainty: inside the new Canadian mindset
Par Edward Greenspon, Darrell Jay Bricker. 2001
A comprehensive report on the new economic, social and cultural Canada, resulting from changes wrought by globalization and technological innovation…
over the last two decades. Canada has emerged from the late twentieth century a stronger and more dynamic society, with a mindset steeped in Canadian traditions of tolerance and community. A fact-filled account of how these changes affect us now and will determine how we feel and what we want tomorrow. 2001.Search for the Maya: the story of Stephens and Catherwood
Par Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen. 1973
Saving capitalism: for the many, not the few
Par Robert B Reich. 2015
Reich outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals…
how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity. Bestseller. 2015.Sale of the century: Russia's wild ride from communism to capitalism
Par Chrystia Freeland. 2000
Chrystia Freeland details the Russian transition from communism to capitalism and the ongoing repercussions. She takes us behind the scenes…
and shows us how a handful of powerful men who came to be known as the oligarchs and the young reformers squandered a historic opportunity to build a new Russia. She argues that while their achievements were considerable, their mistakes will deform Russian society for generations to come. 2000.Réussir: programmer son succès
Par Charles Albert Poissant. 2007
Réinventer le Québec: [douze chantiers à entreprendre]
Par Marcel Boyer, Nathalie Elgrably. 2014
" Un plaidoyer pour la liberté économique qui remet en question les vaches sacrées du modèle québécois, déboulonne plusieurs mythes…
et propose des réformes pour bâtir un Québec social-démocrate efficace et prospère. " -- 4e de couv.Roughneck: the life and times of Big Bill Haywood
Par Peter Carlson. 1983
Biography of the former cowboy, prospector, and silver miner who became the radical leader of the Industrial Workers of the…
World - the celebrated "Wobblies." He led miners in the bloody "labour wars" in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and textile workers in the famous "bread and roses" strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prosecuted in two criminal cases, a "guilty" Haywood jumped bail and escaped to exile in Russia. Some strong language. 1983.River queen: the amazing story of tugboat titan Lucille Johnstone
Par Paul Levy. 2006
Lucille Johnstone was a living legend in the BC business world. In 1948, Lucille was working as a "girl Friday"…
for River Towing; forty years later Rivtow was a $250 million corporation, Lucille its president and CEO. This is the story of a brilliant leader known as much for her kindness and social conscience as for her talents in the boardroom. 2006.Risky business: inside Canada's $86-billion insurance industry
Par Rod McQueen. 1985
Rich dad, poor dad: what the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not
Par Robert T Kiyosaki, Sharon L Lechter. 1998
A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.