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The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life (J-B Warren Bennis ...44 reviews
Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan

Jossey-Bass, 2009

Inspiring, practical application
This book is very inspiring and gets you to the heart of what success is by giving you real life examples that worked for people - putting into perspective of how it actually was successful, and how you can create that for yourself in your own life. This is a book to share with loved ones, friends and colleagues you would like to see grow in their professional (and personal) lives. 		  
  







  
  
How To Say It Performance Reviews: Phrases and Strategies for Painless and Productive Performance Reviews ...6 reviews
Meryl Runion, Janelle Brittain

Prentice Hall Press, 2006

A must for all managers!
This book could not have come at a better time. I was dreading the thought of writing my performance reviews until I read this book. It gave me insight into the importance of the process as well as some key phrases to use to make the writing of the review simple. I could not believe how smooth the review process was this year as a result. I wrote my reviews with confidence and it took me half ... 		  
  







  
  
The Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body & Your Life74 reviews
Mark Verstegen, Pete Williams

Rodale Books, 2005

Life changing book!!
I was refered to this book by a friend at my gym. I had hurt my lower back surfing and was in a lot of pain. Due to all the pain I was in, I couldn't surf or workout and didn't know what to do. I thought about going to a doctor, but found out how much a MRI costs. I talked with a personal train at my gym as well, but that cost a bunch of money too. My friend at the gym let me borrow this book ... 		  
  







  
  
High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers40 reviews
Steve Souders

O'Reilly Media, 2007

If you work on the web, and haven't read this, you're doing it wrong
Steve Souders is an absolute genius. He generously shares his knowledge, in digestible tidbits, and structures everything so that its easy to grasp a complex topic (front-end website optimization) in a very reasonable amount of time. Whenever I hire someone for web development, I make them read this book before doing a single line of code. Whether you're a CSS designer who never does back-end ... 		  
  







  
  
Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations64 reviews
J. Neal

San Val, 2003

outstanding!
I have used this book for years, however; i had the eighth edition so this was wonderful and updated! 		  
  







  
  
High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More21 reviews
Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, ...

O'Reilly Media, 2008

Very useful... just very useful.
How come I did not comment on this book before? Its been some time since I got it, read it, and used it! That's what this book is... useful, very useful. We had to optimize a DB, specially a huge table with millions of numbers and managed to go from tens of seconds to milisecs. I would say it was.. well, very useful;) 		  
  







  
  
Performance Appraisal Phrase Book: The Best Words, Phrases, and Techniques for Performance Reviews9 reviews
Corey Sandler, Janice Keefe

Adams Media, 2003

thumbs up
This book was and is very helpful documentig and delivering a successful review. I felt it was also helpful in reviewing what level of performance my fellow employees are delivering. 		  
  







  
  
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews : Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases That Describe Your Employees' ...15 reviews
Douglas Max, Robert Bacal

McGraw-Hill, 2002

very handy guidebook
The book is a time saving tool when you are doing multiple reviews at one time!! The phrases are what the employee wants to hear and what the management wants to say. Hits the point. 		  
  







  
  
2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results20 reviews
Paul Falcone

AMACOM, 2005

Effective Reviews
Very helpful. I used it right away for my self assessment at work. when I am a supervisor in the future I can totally see some helpful reference. 		  
  







  
  
Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance12 reviews
Matt Fitzgerald

VeloPress, 2009

Good Information on Ideal Weight
Enjoyed the book because it gave many ideas on becoming lean and staying lean. Also, informative in regards to proper fueling for races. 		  
  







  
  
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)12 reviews
Douglass C. North

Cambridge University Press, 1990

The Perfect Introduction to "New Institutional Econonomics"
Douglass North is an excellent writer, and this book is the amazing culmination of a lifetime's work in the area known as New Institutional Economics. This school or tradition is concerned with the role institutions play in the functioning of economies, and in particular, how they influence economic performance. Institutions are defined as rules or constraints, both informal (social ... 		  
  







  
  
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Performance Appraisal Phrases (Pocket Idiot's Guides)5 reviews
Peter Gray, John Carroll

Alpha, 2006

A very helpful guide
Sometimes it is really hard to come up with the right phrase, especially when giving negative feedback. This book offered some great advice and sample phrases which worked for me. While doing performance appraisals is never a pleasure, I got through mine this year much faster than I have in past years. 		  
  







  
  
Core Performance Essentials: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Exercise Plan Adapted for Everyday Use21 reviews
Mark Verstegen, Pete Williams

Rodale Books, 2006

A Positive Experience with the CP Books and Web Site
I recommend the Core Performance training program, their books and their website for enhancing your health as well as athletic performance. Here's my experience with the book and their web site: "Core Performance Essentials" is about building an exercise foundation for the average person/weekend athlete to improve health and well being. "Core Performance" is for the competitive athlete that ... 		  
  







  
  
Coaching for Performance, 4th Edition: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose (People Skills for Professionals)3 reviews
John Whitmore

Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2009

The "Grandfather" of Coaching Books - and Still One of the Best!
This book, now in its FOURTH edition, is the grandfather of coaching books and approaches. Much of what has come to be known as professional business coaching came from Timothy Gallway and Whitmore's sports training techniques. As such, the book provides a simple foundation for coaching based on the context of awareness and responsibility through asking questions and listening. He presents the G ... 		  
  







  
  
Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals : Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Goals for Any Performance Plan or ...9 reviews
Douglas Max, Robert Bacal

McGraw-Hill, 2004

BJH
This is a very helpful book when you need to write your own perfomance objectives. It is also useful if you are a manger writing objectives for your staff. 		  
  







  
  
Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Revised Edition24 reviews
Ferdinand F. Fournies

McGraw-Hill, 1999

A Must-Have Book for Any Manager / Leader / Mentor
The key focus for any person in a management, leadership, or mentoring position should always be to help their employees be as fulfilled as possible. In many ways that is the definition of management - that the manager's main task is to manage people. It is their duty, their job to help those they are managing. Many managers lose track of that - they yell at their employees, mistreat them, and ... 		  
  







  
  
Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (with Student Web)15 reviews
James R. Evans, William M. Lindsay

South-Western College Pub, 2010

Excellent
The cd came with the book, cover in great condition. Excellent source to buy from 		  
  







  
  
Motor Learning and Performance w/Web Study Guide - 4th Edition: A Situation-Based Learning Approach2 reviews
Richard A. Schmidt, Craig A. Wrisberg

Human Kinetics, 2007

User-friendly text on motor learning theory & applications
Having recently been assigned to teach a motor learning course this fall, I obtained, read, and have adopted this text for my course. The problem-based approach is helpful in making the connection between theory and application. The authors should try to put diagrams on the page which discusses them as it is sometimes confusing trying to examine them while reading the paragraphs related to the ... 		  
  







  
  
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance101 reviews
Atul Gawande

Picador, 2008

How we can all do better
Readers of the New Yorker magazine may be familiar with Atul Gawande's regular essays on the state of American healthcare. In this, his second book, he delves into the question of why some surgeons consistently achieve better results than others, and how the example of those positive deviants can be used to raise standards everywhere. This collection of essays encompasses subjects as diverse ... 		  
  







  
  
Core Performance Women: Burn Fat and Build Lean Muscle
Mark Verstegen, Pete Williams

Avery, 2009

World-renowned strength and performance coach Mark Verstegen has trained top athletes and countless workaday warriors into the best shape of their lives. He's spent years developing a proven system for a wide range of clients, and he knows the essential keys for building lean muscle, shedding excess fat, increasing strength and endurance, and breaking through plateaus. For the first time, Verstegen tailors the Core Performance System ... 		  
  







  




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