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Beyond Generation X 4 reviews
Claire Raines
Crisp Learning, 1997
Loved it! Great as a tool at work
Beyond Generation X is an insightful look at how Baby Boomers and Gen Xers can peacefully coexist in the workplace. I recommend it especially for Boomers who have trouble understanding their Gen X workers (and vice-versa). Claire Raines (a Boomer herself) has some great ideas and presents them in an easy-to-follow manner. One thing to remember about this book is that it's not attempting to ...
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Crisp: Building Trust: A Manager's Guide for Business Success (A Fifty-Minute Series Book)4 reviews
Mary Galbraith-Shurtleff
Crisp Learning, 1998
A must for managers who want to develop a strong team.
Refreshingly easy to read packed with valuable tips
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Creative Decision Making Using Positive Uncertainty: Second Edition (A Fifty-Minute Series)3 reviews
H.B. Gelatt
Crisp Learning, 2003
Positive Uncertainty Opens Doors to New Opportunities
Several years ago, I was laid off from my job and very perplexed about what direction to take. Someone suggested I read Creative Decision Making Using Positive Uncertainty, an extremely thought provoking book which proved to be a guiding framework that helped me make some critical career decisions. While I initially felt handicapped by the uncertainty in my life, the realistic anecdotes and ...
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Crisp: Facilitation Skills for Team Leaders: Leading Organized Teams to Greater Productivity (Crisp ...6 reviews
Donald Wayne Hackett
Crisp Learning, 1993
Essential reading for all involved in helping groups work
This excellent book provides a simple overview of the skills and tools needed when getting a group to work on a problem. Nothing is covered in depth, however I did not think that was the purpose. This books starts a learning process which people can take further if needed. The sytle is light and it has been written to maintain the readers interest. It adequately covers concepts, communication ...
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Scoring a Whole in One: People in Enterprise Playing in Concert (Best Management Practices)6 reviews
Edward Martin Baker
Crisp Learning, 1999
Systems & The Enterprise
Like much of the writing of the author's mentor, Dr. W. E. Deming, this book is deceptively simple and straightforward, but contains some basic principles of leadership that have profound implications for the management of any enterprise. Before proceeding, I have to reveal my bias. I have to good fortune to be friend of the author. Dr. Ed Baler. He and I co-facilitated several Deming 4 day ...
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Crisp: Vitality (Crisp Trade Books)5 reviews
Chuck Lofy, Mary Mead Lofy, ...
Crisp Learning, 2003
A Book for Anyone in an Organization
OK, I have worked with Chuck and Mary for a long time, and I read the book last weekend expecting the best. I found it, and I am giving it to everyone I know who is involved in organizational change--most eveyone I know. For example, one of my clients is leading a huge organization through fundamental change and says he looks ahead and sees only a thick fog; this is the book for him. It will ...
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Crisp: The Administrative Assistant: Starring in a Supporting Role (Fifty-Minute Series Book)3 reviews
Brenda Bailey-Hughes
Crisp Learning, 1997
A guide to know the administrative assistant work
This book is very helpful to understand the administrative assistant work, her multiple functions and how to become a very successful professional.
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Crisp: Universal Traveler4 reviews
Don Koberg, Jim Bagnall
Crisp Learning, 2003
Worth Its Weight in Gold . . . .
I stumbled across this book in a bookstore in 1971, shortly after it was initially published. It has been, and continues to be, one of the most important books I have ever read.
It is true that the UT is a tremendous aid in unlocking a creative spirit necessary to various design problem situations. But the real power of the book is to be found when it is applied to all aspects of one's ...
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Crisp: Social Security, Third Edition: The Inside Story4 reviews
Andrew Landis
Crisp Learning, 2001
Best explanation of Soc Sec I've ever seen in print.
I'm a retired Soc. Sec. claims rep and I rate this book as the best explanation of Social Security benefits I've ever seen. The writer's style is great and he has a nice, friendly approach. It's not an easy subject, but he explains things in a simple, understandable fashion.
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Direct Marketing Techniques: Building Your Business Using Direct Mail and Direct Response Advertising (Crisp ...4 reviews
Lois Geller
Crisp Learning, 1998
THE book for direct marketing.
Of all the direct marketing books out there, Lois Geller's books reign supreme. An award winning professor at New York University, she has once again tapped her expertise for a fabulous how to get started in direct marketing book. This book, her latest since Response!, is an easy to read "cookbook" of everything you need to market your product(s) from A to Z. If ever you thought ...
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50 One-Minute Tips to Better Communication: A Wealth of Business Communication Ideas1 review
Phillip E. Bozek
Crisp Learning, 1995
Great tool for getting back to communication basics!
Book includes 17 one-minute tips to improve meetings. Includes tips for before, during and at the end of the meeting. Also includes 16 one-minute tips to improve business writing. There's also a section with tips to improve your presentations. I was looking for some basic presentation items to include in a train-the-trainer session. But as I got to looking at some of the other tips, I realized ...
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Writing That Sells: Persuading Others to Buy Your Ideas (Fifty-Minute Series.)2 reviews
Kathleen Begley
Crisp Learning, 2002
This book got me a signed book contract
I purchased "Writing That Sells" by Dr. Kathleen A. Begley at a Chester county PA book signing and writing seminar. Dr. Begley not only signed my book, but she gave me the key idea that helped me get my own (and first) book contract signed. That idea, which is one of many important ideas in her book is to tell the publisher how your book will greatly benefit the publishing company, not how the ...
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Clear Writing: A Step-By-Step Guide (A Fifty-Minute Series Book)1 review
Diana Bonet
Crisp Learning, 1991
Start with the basics
A very practical manual that teaches you the basics of sentence structure, and beyond. Recommended for those who need to build a solid foundation on how sentences are structured.
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Effective Meeting Skills (50-Minute Series)3 reviews
Marion E. Haynes
Crisp Learning, 1997
Effective Meeting Skills
Nice, short, concise format for managers. Gets to the point with some meaningful tips beyond introductory level, going to addressing meeting problems and meeting follow-up and evaluation. Simple quizes to evaluate your understanding of the books content as you go. Example checklists help you get the meeting right.
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Course ILT: HIPAA Academy Certification: Administrator1 review
COURSE TECHNOLOGY
Crisp Learning, 2002
HIPAA Academy made life easy.
The HIPAA Academy Professional manual by Uday Ali Pabrai has been a lifesaver. If you are looking to know the complete in and outs on HIPAA trust in this book. It will take you through the process of becoming compliant. This book will sit on my desk for a long time!
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After College: The Business of Getting Jobs1 review
Jack Falvey
Crisp Learning, 1986
Excellent, real-world advice. Must read for grad job hunts
Jack Falvey isn't an academic -- he learned thru years of real,work-world experience (and it shows!) This excellent book is a must-read for anyone entering the job market for the first time, and much of its advice will stand the test of time throughout a lifelong career. I've been recommending it for years to all of my graduating students. Ed Wohlmuth, ...
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A New Vision for Human Resources: Defining the Human Resources Function by Its Results (Crisp Management ...2 reviews
Jac Fitz-Enz, Jack J. Phillips
Crisp Learning, 1998
The HR Star.
"In business we've stopped talking about personnel administration or even human resources management. Now we are dealing with the management of human capital...and human resources is right in the middle of it. It is no longer a cliche to say that people are the most important asset of an organization. People are the only dynamic asset. People are the causal force. Nothing happens without people. ...
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Crisp: Leadership Skills for Women, Revised Edition: Achieving Impact as a Manager (50-Minute)2 reviews
Haddock Patricia
Crisp Learning, 1995
Leadership Strategies for Women and Men
Comprehensive, yet short and easy to read. This book provides many useful worksheets to help you evaluate your leadership skills. Topics include: team building, managing conflict and difficult people, time and goal management, using stress positively, communicating with diverse personalities, and motivation tips. The book gives you a quick inventory of your skills. It then provides some ...
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Crisp: Direct Mail Magic: A Practical Guide to Effective Direct Mail Advertising (50-Minute Series)2 reviews
Charles Mallory
Crisp Learning, 1991
Golden nuggets of info
There are so many HUGE direct mail books out there. This one is great because it gives you the golden nuggets of info related to all aspects of direct mail--planning, writing, designing, getting mailing lists, calculating ROI, and more. Direct mail is not an easy science, but this made it easy. This book is ideal for small business owners, home-based businesses, and other start-up type businesses.
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Comfort Zones: Planning a Fulfilling Retirement, 5th Edition1 review
Marion E. Haynes
Crisp Learning, 2005
The Most Complete Book I've Read on Retirement
This is one of the better retirement books around, quite possibly even the best of the bunch but I really can't say that, I haven't read them all. This book gives not only the most rounded discussion, but includes worksheets to help you define your goals and desires.
There are a few specific comments worth making:
Chapter 1 talks about retirement from a general sense, but the underlying ...
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