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A Listmania! list by Dr. J. A. Rae "Dr Alan Rae" (Sussex England)

1. The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age by John Heider

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	"One of the best books on leadership that I have read. Elegant and simple - a must for cat herders"

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2. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

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	"Know yourself, know your enemy, know the terrain and you're more likely to win if you don't. The original bottom-up strategist"

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3. Inside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies from Silicon Valley's Cutting Edge by Geoffrey A. Moore

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	"All industries which rely on technology must learn to thrive Inside the Tornado. Tornadoes mean that the winner takes all-so you need to work out how to become the Gorilla in your market niche."

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4. Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini

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	"Well researched scientific study of how individuals respond to about half a dozen emotional triggers. Important for anyone engaged in leadership and selling - or who needs to be able to resist!"

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5. Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World by Dudley Lynch

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	"Classic Business book of the 80s. Covers Brain Function, value systems and conflict resolution strategies in 1 easy to read book."

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6. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition (Century business) by Peter M Senge

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	"The original definition of the ideas behind the concept of the learning organisation and what you have to do to make it happen"

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7. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations by Thomas A. Stewart

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	"Good introduction to the issues of measuring intellectual capital"

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8. E-myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

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	"Another old workhorse. Work on the business not in the business and think of it as a franchise from day 1 - even if you're not going to go that route. START WITH THE EXIT STRATEGY"

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9. Unleashing the Ideavirus: Stop Marketing at People! Turn Your Ideas Into Epidemics by Helping Your Customers Do the Marketing for You. by Seth Godin

The list author says:
	"Excellent review of how viral marketing works. How ideas spread and how to have your customers on your side instead of irritating them with conventional interruption marketing."

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10. The SPIN Selling Fieldbook: Practical Tools, Methods, Exercises and Resources by Neil Rackham

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	"The SPIN Selling Fieldbook is a practical guide to Spin selling - a method widely used in corporate selling and included in every business-to-business sales manual"

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11. Bigger Profits for the Smaller Firm by Edward Geoffrey Wood

The list author says:
	"Excellent simple introduction to the basics of finance. The overview of key financial ratios is clear, concise and to the point - I always refer to it if in doubt"

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12. Rich Dad's Advisors: Your No.1 Asset by Michael A. Lechter

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	"No wimpy intellectual stuff here. This is Rich Dad's lawyer! A bit North American for us Brits but covers the basics well enough"

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13. Businesswise: Words of Wisdom for Small Businesses with Big Ambitions by Andy Coote

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	"Distilled Wisdom of 19 Small Business owners. I wrote the Marketing Chapter."

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14. FastTrack e-Commerce Workbook: Making Your Business Successful with e-Commerce by Alan Rae

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	"My first book - workbook from 3 day course on how to make your business successful with e-commerce"

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15. The 48 Laws of Power by Joost Elffers

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	"Come to the Dark Side. Management for Sharks. Important if you want to know what they're up to"

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16. Small World: Uncovering Nature's Hidden Networks by Mark Buchanan

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	"The best review we've read of the small world effect - how everyone in the world is connected in 6 jumps. Shows that the same laws of networking that exist in the real world are parallel in cyberspace"

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17. Brain Sell: Harnessing the Selling Power of Your Whole Brain by Buzan

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	"The creator of Mind-Mapping joins forces with a pioneer of modern sales training to show sales professionals how to unleash the full power of brain"

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18. Power Base Selling: Secrets of an Ivy League Street Fighter by Jim Holden

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	"This practical guide focuses on selling in a competitive world. Tells you how to win at the politics of the sale by finding the fox."

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19. The Mind Of The Strategist: The Art of Japanese Business by Kenichi Ohmae

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	"Unlike much of the UK public and corporate sectors who believe that any knowledge of tactics disbars you from being "strategic", this man believes that strategy is bottom up."

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20. Influencing With Integrity: Management Skills for Communication and Negotiation by Genie Z. Laborde PhD

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	"Excellent account of the use of NLP techniques in selling"

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21. Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos by Shona L. Brown

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	"About finding that edge between structure and chaos that allows you to be innovative and creative, while maintaining just enough discipline to focus on executing a plan"

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22. The Power Laws: The Science of Success by Richard Koch

The list author says:
	"Covers how scientific laws can be applied in business. Thought provoking - covers chaos, complexity and how zipf's law applies to the internet"

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23. The Beermat Entrepreneur: Turn Your Good Idea into a Great Business by Mike Southon

The list author says:
	"Quick easy read about a common scenario for setting up a growth business which will grow to about 50/60 people and cash out in 5 years. Mike's a mate - buy this book!"

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24. Wally Olins. On B�and. by Wally Olins

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	"If you read just one book on branding this would be it. Excellent on internal branding for service businesses. "The banks are a byword for greedy incompetence" Wow!"

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25. Marketing the e-Business (Routledge Introductions to E-business) by Charles Dennis

The list author says:
	"Marketing the e-Business looks at how to improve marketing efficiency and effectiveness electronically. Written by Lisa my current partner in crime it works through the issues logically."

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Influence: Science and Practice

Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World

The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization: First edition (Century business)

Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations

Unleashing the Ideavirus: Stop Marketing at People! Turn Your Ideas Into Epidemics by Helping Your Customers Do the Marketing for You.

Bigger Profits for the Smaller Firm

Rich Dad's Advisors: Your No.1 Asset

The 48 Laws of Power

Small World: Uncovering Nature's Hidden Networks

Brain Sell: Harnessing the Selling Power of Your Whole Brain

Power Base Selling: Secrets of an Ivy League Street Fighter

The Power Laws: The Science of Success

The Beermat Entrepreneur: Turn Your Good Idea into a Great Business

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