 Business
Bestsellers
As of December 1, 2006
1. Cool Time: A Hands-on Plan for Managing Work and Balancing
Time by Steve Prentice John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., $26.99
2. Your Clients Story by Mitch Anthony
Dearborn Trade, $38.00
3. Sacred Cows Make The Best Burgers :
Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations by Robert J Kriegel, David
Brandt Warner Books, $18.99
4. Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A
Monograph to Accompany Good to Great by Jim Collins HarperCollins Canada
Ltd., $14.95
5. Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and
Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen Hyperion,
$26.95
6. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the
Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins Collins, $34.75
7. The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and
Your Success by Steven J. Stein, Howard Book Wiley, $26.99
8. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power
of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer HarperCollins, $32.95
9. The 24 Sales Traps and How to Avoid Them:
Recognizing the Pitfalls That Mislead Even the Best Performers by Dick
Canada AMACOM, $26.95
10. Beyond Transfer of Training: Engaging
Systems to Improve Performance by Mary L. Broad Pfeiffer, $64.99
Figuratively Speaking
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Rank of Google, Apple, Skype, Starbucks and Ikea
as the five brand names that had the most impact on people in 2005,
according to a global survey by Brandchannel.com: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Percentage of golfers who are aware of the areas
of their golf game that need improvement, according to a survey by
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. and The Golf Digest Companies: 94
Percentage of golfers that know which areas of
their savings and investment strategy need similar treatment: 45
Percentage of golfers that know the score of
their latest round of golf: 85
Percentage of golfers that know the current
value of their portfolio: 52
Number of Canadians who list their occupation as
dancers, according to the latest census data: 6,895
Number that list their occupation as actor:
10,760
Number that list it as writer: 21,145
Number that list it as musician and/or singer:
31,000
Percentage of remote and mobile workers
worldwide who believe that working remotely is an aid to productivity,
according to a survey conducted by Insight Express and SonicWALL Inc., a
leading provider of integrated network security and product-ivity solutions:
76
Percentage who are also convinced that their
managers agree with them: 61
Percentage of all women with children under the
age of three who are employed, according to data from Statistics Canada: 65
Percentage of women whose youngest child is aged
three to five who works for pay: 70
Percentage of female lone parents who are
employed: 68
Percentage of Canadian employees who say they
understand their organizations business goals, according to a survey by
Watson Wyatt Worldwide: 76
Percentage who say they dont understand the
steps they must take to achieve these goals: 39
Rank of family and career as Canadians top
life priorities in 2006, according to a survey by Workopolis.com: 1, 2
Rank of career and family as Canadians top
life priorities in 2001: 1, 2
Percentage of all patents issued in the U.S.
that went to foreign-resident inventors: 47.6
Rank of Japan, Germany and Taiwan as the
countries granted the most patents: 1, 2, 3
Rank of Canada: 5
Percentage of corporate managers in China who
say creativity and innovation are the most respected leadership qualities,
according to a survey by Development Dimensions Inc.: 16
Percentage of corporate managers in the U.S. and
Canada who say creativity and innovation are the most respected leadership
qualities: 4
Percentage of corporate managers in China who
say integrity and ethics are the most respected leadership qualities: 15
Percentage of corporate managers in the U.S. and
Canada who say integrity and ethics are the most respected leadership
qualities: 7
Rate at which the number of blogs has doubled in
size over the last three years, according to Technorati: every 6 months
Number of new weblogs created every day: 75,000
Percentage of bloggers who still maintain their
blogs with new posts after three months of blogging: 55
Idle Thought: A discovery is said to be an accident
meeting a prepared mind. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi.
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