OED Kindle Lending Program
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The Office of Employee Development (OED) has acquired multiple resources to supplement learning. One such resource is the Kindle Lending Program. Each Kindle contains access to hundreds of titles on topics pertaining to leadership development, supervisory development, mentoring and coaching, and team building. Kindles are available to any USGS employee for 30 days at a time.
To checkout a Kindle and access our full library of reading content, please send your request and any questions to sdclarke@usgs.gov. Please be sure to include the following:
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- You are responsible for any damage that occurs to the Kindle while in your possession.
- You are not permitted to purchase any new books for the Kindle. Any books purchased for the Kindle while in your possession will be charged to your Cost Center.
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- In an effort to share the books/Kindles with others, we request that you return the Kindle within 30 days of the checkout date, or email sdclarke@usgs.gov requesting an extension. Extensions are available for an additional 30 days, assuming there is no one waiting to borrow a Kindle.
If you have your own Kindle, you may request access to one of our titles for up to 14 days each. No extensions can be provided for this content. Details and rules for this process here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200549320.
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| Title | Author(s) |
| A Coach's Guide to Emotional Intelligence: Strategies for Developing Successful Leaders | Terrell, James Bradford, Hughes, Marcia |
| A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best From Your Employees | Loehr, Anne, Emerson, Brian |
| A Sense of Urgency | Kotter, John P. |
| Active Listening: Improve Your Ability to Listen and Lead (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) Book 113) | Michael H. Hoppe |
| Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies | Kaplan, Robert S., Norton, David P. |
| Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value | George, Bill |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People | Shell, G. Richard |
| Becoming a Coaching Leader: The Proven Strategy for Building Your Own Team of Champions | Daniel S. Harkavy |
| Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness | Boyatzis, Richard E., Johnston, Fran, McKee, Annie |
| Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers | Watkins, Michael |
| Building a House for Diversity: How a Fable About a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today's Workforce | Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt, Woodruff, Marjorie I. |
| Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, and Our Society | Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt |
| Built to Serve : How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices | Sanders, Covey, Stephen |
| Business Stories 101 | Joseph Lee |
| Business Without Boundaries: An Action Framework for Collaborating Across Time, Distance, Organization, and Culture | Mankin, Don, Cohen, Susan G. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools | Wagner, Tony, Kegan, Robert, Lahey, Lisa Laskow, Lemons, Richard W., Garnier, Jude, Helsing, Deborah, Howell, Annie, Rasmussen, Harriette Thurber |
| Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees | Wall, Bob |
| Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Revised Edition | Fournies, Ferdinand |
| Coaching for Leadership: The Practice of Leadership Coaching from the World's Greatest Coaches | Pfeiffer |
| Coaching, Second Edition: Evoking Excellence in Others | Flaherty, James |
| Constructive Thinking: The Key to Emotional Intelligence | Epstein, Seymour |
| Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates ... and Other Difficult People: Using Emotional Intelligence to Survive and Prosper | Lubit, Roy H. |
| Courage: The Backbone of Leadership | Lee, Gus, Elliott-Lee, Diane |
| Creating a Culture of Collaboration: The International Association of Facilitators Handbook | Jossey-Bass |
| Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge | Snyder, William M., Wenger, Etienne, McDermott, Richard |
| Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (The Global Leader Series) | Zweifel, Thomas D. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within (US Business & Management Series) | Quinn, Robert E. |
| Developing High Performance Teams CMIOLP | Williams, Kate |
| Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework | Cameron, Kim S., Quinn, Robert E. |
| Discovering the Leader in You: How to realize Your Leadership Potential (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) Book 139) | Sara N. King, David Altman, Robert J. Lee |
| Diversity in Advertising: Broadening the Scope of Research Directions | Haugtvedt, Curtis P. |
| Diversity: Leaders Not Labels | Graham, Stedman |
| Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies | Rutgers University Press |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time | Brian Tracy |
| Effective Executive | Drucker, Peter F. |
| Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results | Mersino, Anthony C. |
| Emotional Intelligence in Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders, Managers, and Teams | Marcia Hughes, James Bradford Terrell |
| Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life, 2nd Edition | Joseph Ciarrochi |
| Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know | Maxwell, John C. |
| Every Word | Amazon Digital Services |
| Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently | John C. Maxwell |
| Evidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best Practices to Work for Your Clients | Wiley |
| Executive Coaching for Results: The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders | Underhill, Brian O., McAnally, Kimcee, Koriath, John J. |
| Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges | O'Neill, Mary Beth |
| Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation | Sawyer, R. Keith |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Feedback That Works: How to Build and Deliver Your Message (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) Book 166) | Sloan R. Weitzel |
| Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management | Kotter, John P. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | Allen, David |
| Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In; Second Edition | Ury, William, Fisher, Roger |
| Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't | Jim Collins |
| Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration | Sawyer, Keith |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| HABITUALLY GREAT: Master Your Habits, Own Your Destiny | Weinstein, Mark F. |
| Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence: Best Practices, Case Studies, and Strategies | Terrell, James Bradford |
| Harvard Business Review on Advances in Strategy | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Becoming a High Performance Manager | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Leadership | Goleman, Daniel, Peace, William, Pagonis, William, Peters, Tom, Gareth, Jones |
| Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on CEO Succession | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Change | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Crisis Management | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Decision Making | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Effective Communication | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Innovation | Harvard Business Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Leadership | Harvard Business School Press |
| Harvard Business Review on Strategies for Growth | Harvard Business Press |
| HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker) | Harvard Business Review |
| High Performance Teams: How to Make Them Work | Hanlan, Marc |
| Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance | Kohlrieser, George |
| How to Win Any Negotiation: Without Raising Your Voice, Losing Your Cool, or Coming to Blows | Mayer, Robert |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good) | Kegan, Robert |
| Improving Your Storytelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work and Play (American Storytelling) | Lipman, Doug |
| Improvisational Negotiation: A Mediator's Stories of Conflict About Love, Money, Angerand the Strategies That Resolved Them | Krivis, Jeffrey |
| Inside Drucker's Brain | Krames, Jeffrey A. |
| Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction | Knight, Dr. Michael James (Jim) |
| Instructional Consultation Teams: Collaborating for Change | Rosenfield PhD, Sylvia A., Gravois, Todd A. |
| Integrity: The Courage to Face the Demands of Reali | Cloud, Henry |
| Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice | Northouse, Dr. Peter |
| It's Our Ship: The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership | Abrashoff, Captain D. Michael |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do | Kotter, John P. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Knowledge and Information Visualization: Searching for Synergies | Springer |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know (101 Series) | John C. Maxwell |
| Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change | Joiner, William B., Josephs, Stephen A. |
| Leadership and Self-Deception | The Arbinger Institute |
| Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By | Ulrich, Dave, Smallwood, Norm, Sweetman, Kate |
| Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life | Cashman, Kevin |
| Leadership is Simple, Stupid | Ben H. Hugh |
| Leadership Moments: Turning Points That Changed Lives and Organizations | Jue, Arthur L., Amato, Peter, Bodam, Gary, Boyle, Martin J., Coleman, Harold, Corey, Jon, Lesniak, Ronald, Lohre, John, Ressler, Peter, Ressler, Monika, Salerno, Carolyn |
| Leadership: Theory and Practice | Sage Publications, Inc |
| Leading Change | Kotter, John P. |
| Leading in a Time of Change, Viewer's Workbook: What It Will Take to Lead Tomorrow (Video) | Drucker, Peter F., Senge, Peter M. |
| Leading Organizational Learning: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge | Howard Morgan, Marc J. Rosenberg, Marcia Conner |
| Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation | Palmer, Parker J. |
| Leverage: How to Get It And How to Keep It in Any Negotiation | Volkema, Roger J. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Management Cases,ition | Drucker, Peter F. |
| Management: Leading & Collaborating in a Competitive World | Snell, Scott A. |
| Managing for Results | Drucker, Peter F. |
| Managing In Turbulent Times | Drucker, Peter F. |
| Maslow on Management | Maslow, Abraham H. |
| Masterful Coaching | Hargrove, Robert |
| Mastering Business Negotiation : A Working Guide to Making Deals and Resolving Conflict | Lewicki, Roy J., Hiam, Alexander |
| Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss | Baldwin, Juli |
| Myths, Stories, and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for Our Times | Oxford University Press, USA |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Negotiation | Harvard Business Press |
| Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond | Bazerman, Max, Malhotra, Deepak |
| Negotiation Skills Training | Lisa J. Downs |
| Neuroscience and leadership: the promise of insights.(Report): An article from: Ivey Business Journal Reprints | Richard E. Boyatzis |
| New Rules, The | Kotter, John P. |
| None of Us is As Good As All of Us: How McDonald's Prospers by Embracing Inclusion and Diversity | Harris, Patricia Sowell |
O
| Title | Author(s) |
| On Becoming a Leader | Bennis |
| On Becoming a Leader | Warren Bennis |
| Organizational Culture and Leadership | Schein, Edgar H. |
| Organizational Culture Change: Unleashing your Organization's Potential in Circles of 10 | Marcella Bremer, Marcel Lamers |
| Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: How to Become an Effective Leader by Confronting Potential Failures | McIntosh, Gary L., Rima, Samuel D. |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow | Conley, Chip |
| Persuading Aristotle: The timeless art of persuasion in business, negotiation and the media | Thompson, Peter |
| Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance | Cameron, Kim S. |
| Powerful Conversations | Harkins, Phil |
| Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart | Silsbee, Doug |
| Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence | Goleman, Daniel, Boyatzis, Richard E., McKee, Annie |
| Psychological Processes in International Negotiations: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives | Aquilar, Francesco, Galluccio, Mauro |
| Putting Emotional Intelligence To Work: Successful Leadership is More Than IQ | Ryback PhD, David |
| Putting Our Differences to Work: The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance | Kennedy, Debbe |
Q
| Title | Author(s) |
| Quick Emotional Intelligence Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Team Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes | Lynn, Adele B. |
| Quiet Leadership | Rock, David |
R
| Title | Author(s) |
| Rapid Transformation: A 90-day Plan for Fast and Effective Change | Tabrizi, Behnam N. |
| Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Getting Things Done | Allen, David |
| Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership | Bolman, Lee G., Deal, Terrence E. |
| Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and CompassionCompassion | Boyatzis, Richard E., McKee, Annie |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator | Dawson, Roger |
| Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager | Blanchard, Ken, Fowler, Susan, Hawkins, Lawrence |
| Self-Coaching: The Powerful Program to Beat Anxiety and Depression, 2nd Edition, Completely Revised and Updated | Luciani, Joseph J. |
| SPEED of Trust, The | Covey, Stephen M.R. |
| Spiritual Leadership: A Commitment to Excellence for Every Believer | Sanders, J. Oswald |
| Squirrel Inc.: A Fable of Leadership through Storytelling | Denning, Stephen |
| Storytelling in Organizations: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies | Gabriel, Yiannis |
| Storytelling in Organizations: Why Storytelling Is Transforming 21st Century Organizations and Management | Seely Brown, John, Denning, Stephen, Groh, Katalina, Prusak, Laurence |
| Storytelling Professionally: The Nuts and Bolts of a Working Performer | Geisler, Harlynne |
| Strategic Negotiation: A Breakthrough Four-Step Process for Effective Business Negotiation | Dietmeyer, Brian |
| Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow | Tom Rath |
| Succession: Are You Ready? (Memo to the Ceo) | Goldsmith, Marshall |
| Supporting Work Team Effectiveness: Best Management Practices for Fostering High Performance | Eric Sundstrom and Associates |
| Synergy: From Competition to Cooperation and Rivalry to Respect | Michael O. Ojewale |
T
| Title | Author(s) |
| Talking Leadership: Conversations with Powerful Women | Rutgers University Press |
| The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You | Maxwell, John C. |
| The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems | Stephen R. Covey |
| The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential | Maxwell, John C. |
| The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets | Morgan, Howard, Harkins, Phil, Goldsmith, Marshall |
| The Art and Science of Communication: Tools for Effective Communication in the Workplace | Perkins, P. S. |
| The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin |
| The Business of Changing the World | Benioff, Marc |
| The CCL Handbook of Coaching: A Guide for the Leader Coach | Ting, Sharon, Scisco, Peter |
| The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done | Drucker, Peter F. |
| The Definitive Drucker | Edersheim, Elizabeth Haas |
| The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies | Page, Scott E. |
| The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book: Everything You Need to Know to Put Your EQ to Work | Greaves, Dr. Jean |
| The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select For, Measure, and Improve Emotional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations | Jossey-Bass |
| The EQ Difference: A Powerful Plan for Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work | Lynn, Adele B. |
| The EQ Interview: Finding Employees with High Emotional Intelligence | Lynn, Adele B. |
| The Essential Drucker | Drucker, Peter F. |
| The Exceptional Presenter | Koegel, Timothy J. |
| The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels | Peter H. Daly, Michael Watkins, Cate Reavis |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable | Lencioni, Patrick M. |
| The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations | Kotter, John P., Cohen, Dan S. |
| The Human Side of Leadership: Navigating Emotions at Work | Davies, Timothy Gray, Ginsberg, Rick |
| The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity | Andrés T. Tapia |
| The Integrity Dividend: Leading by the Power of Your Word | Simons, Tony |
| The Language of Emotional Intelligence | Segal, Jeanne |
| The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative | Denning, Stephen |
| The Leadership Challenge | Kouzes, James M., Posner, Barry Z. |
| The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All | Useem, Michael |
| The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company | Charan, Ram, Drotter, Stephen, Noel, James |
| The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell | Harari, Oren |
| The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships | Lois J. Zachary |
| The New Rules of International Negotiation: Building Relationships, Earning Trust, and Creating Influence Around the World | Lee, Catherine |
| The Organization of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Insights on Managing in a New Era | Goldsmith, Marshall, Hesselbein, Frances |
| The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success | Deutschendorf, Harvey |
| The Power of Self-Coaching: The Five Essential Steps to Creating the Life You Want | Luciani, Joseph J. |
| The Power of the Tale: Using Narratives for Organisational Success | Allan, Julie, Fairtlough, Gerard, Heinzen, Barbara |
| The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World | Grashow, Alexander |
| The Psychology and Management of Workplace Diversity | Grashow, Alexander |
| The Secret Language of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire Action Through Narrative | Denning, Stephen |
| The Seeds of Innovation: Cultivating the Synergy That Fosters New Ideas | Dundon, Elaine |
| The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations | Denning, Stephen |
| The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) | Simmons, Annette |
| The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling | Annette Simmons, Doug Lipman |
| The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know | James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner |
| The Wisdom in Feeling: Psychological Processes in Emotional Intelligence | The Guilford Press |
| The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization | Katzenbach, Jon R., Smith, Douglas K. |
| Thinking about Leadership | Nannerl O. Keohane |
| Toyota Kata : Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results | Rother, Mike |
| Transforming Leadership | Charan, Ram, Drotter, Stephen, Noel, James |
| Tribal Leadership | Logan, Dave, King, John, Fischer-wright, Halee |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands | Ortberg, Nancy |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| Voices of Diversity: Real People Talk About Problems and Solutions in a Workplace Where Everyone Is Not Alike | Blank, Renee, Slipp, Sandra |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| What Got You Here, Won't Get You There: HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE BECOME EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL | Goldsmith, Marshall |
| Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact | Simmons, Annette |
| Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus | Michael A. Roberto |
| Win/Win - The Art of Synergistic Communication | Lute, B. E. |
| Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide | Babcock, Linda, Laschever, Sara |
| Wooden on Leadership | John Wooden |
| Working With Emotional Intelligence | Goleman, Daniel |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed | Ancona, Deborah, Bresman, Henrik |
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| Title | Author(s) |
| You didn't just say that!: Quotes, Quips, and Proverbs when dealing in the World of Conflict and Negotiation | Joshua N. Weiss |
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