Corporate Speak

It's Monday. Time to hit the pause button on your personality and get ready for the next meeting because, for the next five days, we'll be speaking the language of business. And, from bloated jargon and monotonous memos to syrupy slogans and deadly dull presentations, the official language of business is bull. The second we get to work, we join the masses who trade the wit and warmth of their voices for a corporate stamp of approval and the comfort of conformity.

From Wall Street to Downing Street, the fantasy of an eventual 'return to normal' is still alive and well, nurtured by dangerously outdated theories. But the economic world as we know it - and the rules that govern it - are over. And few are prepared. Lawrence McDonald got a real-world education in market risk when, as a Lehman Brothers VP, he watched the firm ignore flashing warning signs before its collapse. Now, he unveils the predictive model he developed in the aftermath, outlining actionable trading ideas for a radically reshaped economy.

In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior vice president of CIGNA explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they skew political debate with multibillion-dollar public relations campaigns designed to spread disinformation.

Do you often stay silent even when you have something important to say? If you’ve ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “I should’ve said something…”, this book is for you. At home, at your workplace, with your neighbor, or in a restaurant. You feel hurt, offended, and unheard, and yet you keep silent, fearing a backlash. Guess what? You’re not alone. There are thousands of smart, capable people who face this daily battle of asserting themselves—not because they lack ideas, but because fear of being judged, rejected, or not knowing how to say it right holds them back....

Wright gives you the tools necessary to feel confident and ready to standout amongst your peers. A must read for any one out in the job market. Ever feel like the job interview process can sometimes be a little too much? this book is more than just how to answer the tough questions in a job interview. When you read this book, you will learn not what to say, but how to say it. Most people don't see it, but 80% of someones opinion of you is formed within the first 5 minutes of meeting you. You don't even have to say anything for this to happen, it is all in how you look and how you act. With ...

We live in a period of sweeping corruption - and a golden age of whistle-blowing. Over the past few decades, principled insiders who expose wrongdoing have gained unprecedented legal and social stature, emerging as the government's best weapon against corporate misconduct - and the citizenry's best defense against government gone bad.

ABOUT THE LA SALETTE APPARITION: On September 19, 1846, a “beautiful lady" appeared to two young cowherds– Melanie Calvat, a girl of fourteen and Maximin Giraud, a boy of eleven– on a mountain slope in the hamlet of La Salette in southeastern France where they were pasturing their cattle.Subsequent questioning of the children by both civil and church authorities established their integrity and the accuracy of their report, which led to afirm and widespread conviction that they had witnessed an Apparition of the Blessed Virgin. The site of the Apparition, set atop a mountain in the ...