October 2018 list by Ileana Oprea
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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh
What entrepreneur or founder doesn’t aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the startups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants?Whether your business has ten employees or ten thousand, Blitzscaling is the essential playbook for winning in a world where speed is the only competitive advantage that matters.
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Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts
by Brené Brown
Based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, a #1 New York Times best-selling author shows readers how dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness so that they can step up and lead.
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
by Jason Fried
The best-selling authors of Rework present a timely manifesto that rejects popular values about high stress and burnout as tenets of success, outlining an alternative path to building a calm, focused organization that eliminates waste.
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The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth
by Thomas J. Stanley and Sarah Stanley Fallaw
The authors decided to take another look at millionaires in the United States to examine what changes could be seen 20 years after the original publication of The Millionaire Next Door. In this book the authors highlight how specific decisions, behaviors, and characteristics align with the discipline of wealth building, covering areas such as consumption, budgeting, careers, investing, and financial management in general.
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WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work
by Aron Ain
This inspiring guide reveals the best practices that have earned Kronos distinctions on coveted lists, such as Glassdoor’s 100 Best Places to Work, Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, Forbes’s America’s Best Employers, and the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work. These best practices include: overcommunicating and truth-telling, trusting your people (again and again) and keeping them safe, holding managers accountable for being great at what they do, and allowing employees flexible schedules and open vacation time.
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