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The must-read summary of Jeff Olson's book: "The Agile Manager's Guide to Getting Organized: How Highly Successful Managers Cut through the Clutter and Get Things Done".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jeff Olson's book "The Agile Manager's Guide to Getting Organized" shows that most good managers know what they need to do in order to achieve more, and they try to be aware of how to focus on critical issues. However, the implementation stage...
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The must-read summary of Mike Nelson's book: "Clutter-Proof Your Business: How to De-Clutter Your Business and Why You Should Do It".
The complete summary of the ideas from Mike Nelson's book "Clutter-Proof Your Business" shows that in order to overcome a cluttering habit, you can logically expect to take one of two approaches: try and restrict the inflow of "stuff" into your life, or try and better understand why it is you feel the need to hold...
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The must-read summary of Chris Ducker's book: "Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive and Build Your Dream Business".
This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Ducker's book "Virtual Freedom" details how many new entrepreneurs believe they have to do everything themselves. This method is impossible for a long period of time. According to Ducker, entrepreneurs should hire virtual staff to manage...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Pete Mazany's book "Teamthink: Team New Zealand" presents a "vision-driven" model for managing extraordinary teams, projects and organisations. This model for successful project management was exemplified by the success of Team New Zealand in winning the 1995 America's Cup. In his book, the author explains that there are four components to this project model and when each of those components is in place, high-quality...
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The must-read summary of Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's book "First, Break All the Rules".
This complete summary of the ideas from Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman's book "First, Break All the Rules" shows how you can overcome the difficulties involved in productively managing employees and balancing competing interests. The authors highlight the four key elements used by the world's best managers, which you can study and implement to produce...
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The must-read summary of Karen Berman and Joe Knight's book: "Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean".
This complete summary of the ideas from Karen Berman and Joe Knight's book "Financial Intelligence" shows how everyone in business should acquire a set of skills and attitudes about finance. In their book, the authors have included stories of real life businesses and provided the financial knowledge that...
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The must-read summary of Peter Drucker's "The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years Writings on Management".
This complete summary of the ideas from "The Essential Drucker" exposes the book's most important ideas, explaining the basic principles of management and its challenges. This useful summary also discusses the changes that are likely to happen in the business world of tomorrow, and the skills that will be needed to face it, thus providing...
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The must-read summary of Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff's book: "Co-Opetition: A Revolutionary Mindset That Combines Competition and Co-operation".
This complete summary of the ideas from Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff's book "Co-Opetition" shows how to combine the advantages of competition and co-operation to create a new dynamic that can be used to generate profits and change your business environment for the better. The authors explain...
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The must-read summary of Richard Koch's book: "The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More With Less".
This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Principle" shows that 80% of the results in any system will flow from just 20% of the efforts. Further demonstrating that the key to success is to expand on this 20%, this summary will offer you 10 techniques to do so.
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The must-read summary of Alan Lakein's book "How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life: How to Achieve More Than You Ever Thought Possible"
This complete summary of the ideas from Alan Lakein's book "How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life" highlights that to waste your time is to waste your life, but conversely to master your time is to master your life. Providing you with the keys to manage your time more efficiently in both your personal...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Koch's book "Living the 80/20 Way" shows how you can use the 80/20 principle in every area of your life. The author explains that you should focus on the 20% of tasks that lead to 80% of your success. By minimising your workload and focusing on what really matters, you will be able to discover the most efficient way to achieve success.
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This complete summary of the ideas from Bill Jensen's book "The Simplicity Survival Handbook" shows that to accomplish more, you should find tangible ways to do less of the stuff that doesn't matter and more of the stuff that does. In his book, the author explains that, in practical terms, this means simplifying things and getting back to the basic, productive activities which will generate the bulk of the value that you personally add. This summary...
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The must-read summary of Larry Bossidy and Ram Chaean's book: "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done"
This complete summary of the ideas from Larry Bossidy and Ram Chaean's book "Execution" shows that the gap between what a company promises and the results it actually achieves is the biggest issue facing businesses. This summary names and explains the key building blocks needed by a company for efficient and consistent execution, thus...
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The must-read summary of David Allen's book: "Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life".
This complete summary of the ideas from David Allen's book "Ready for Anything" explains that maximum productivity means making something good happen with the minimum effort possible. Also, since things don't always go according to plan, improving productivity means being more flexible and able to deal effectively with any barriers which...
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The must-read summary of Rhonda Abrams' book: "Business Plan in a Day: Get it Done Right, Get it Done Fast!".
This complete summary of the ideas from Rhonda Abrams' book "Business Plan in a Day" defines the nine key components of a great business plan. In her book, the author guides the reader through each of these steps and explains that it should only take you about 24 hours of work to put together a great business plan. This summary demonstrates...
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The must-read summary of Lewis Schiff's book: "Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Icons".
This complete summary of the ideas from Lewis Schiff's book "Business Brilliant" shows that in order to change your own personal financial destiny for the better, you first have to change the way you think and then change the way you act day-by-day. This summary highlights the seven mental habits that will help you become business...
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The must-read summary of Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney's book: "The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future".
This complete summary of the ideas from Vivek Ranadive and Kevin Maney's book "The Two-Second Advantage" shows that the challenge of the future is to become better at predictive analysis. This summary highlights that if you can combine the right information at the right time and in the right context just far enough...
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The must-read summary of Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger & Rebecca Merrill's book:"First Things First: to Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy".
This complete summary of the ideas from Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger & Rebecca Merrill's book "First Things First" presents a new organising process which focuses on doing what is important rather than what is urgent, on the premise that the deepest motivations felt by every person are to live, to love, to...
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The must-read summary of Douglas C. Merrill and James A. Martin's book: "Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Get Stuff Out of Your Head, Find It When You Need It, and Get It Done Right".
This complete summary of the ideas from Douglas C. Merrill's book "Getting Organized in the Google Era" shows that today's world is fast-paced and information-saturated. To keep your head above water, you need an organisational system which will handle...
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The must-read summary of Dave Lakhani's book: "The Power of an Hour: Business and Life Mastery in One Hour a Week".
This complete summary of the ideas from Dave Lakhani's book "The Power of an Hour" shows how you can dedicate one hour each week to improving your professional and personal effectiveness. In this hour, the smart thing to do is to work on forming new and better habits. In his book, the author presents nine areas for both personal and...
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