Expand your Knowledge Base with our BIZ Books Lending Library
Yes, it’s old school in a modern age, but there’s a lot of good stuff here — Business Biographies, Leadership, Marketing Strategies, and more that can help stimulate your business growth.
If you see a title here you’d like to borrow, please stop by the chamber office or call, and we’ll bring it to the next meeting for you. Special Thanks to Mike Lombardi with Lettering Express for donating many of these books.
Richard Bach (author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
The Ferret Chronicles: Air Ferrets Aloft 2002
The Ferret Chronicles: Rescue Ferrets at Sea 2002
David Bangs Jr.
Business Plans Made Easy 3rd Edition 2005
Sharon Begley
Train your Mind Change your Brain 2007
Ken Blanchard & Robert Lorber
Putting the One Minute Manager to Work 1982
Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service 1993
Gung Ho! 1998
High Five! The Magic of Working Together 2001
Ken Blanchard & Don Shula
Everyone’s a Coach 1995
The Little Book of Coaching: Motivating People to be winners 2001
Ken Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, Chuck Tompkins, Jim Ballard
Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships 2002
Peter Block
Flawless Consulting 1981
Nicholas Boothman
How to Make People Like You 2000
Cohen Bradford
Influence without Authority 1990
Paul Brown
Marketing Masters: Lessons in the Art of Marketing 1988
Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
First, Break All Rules 1999
Now, Discover Your Strengths 2001
David Burnham
A Law Unto Itself: Power, Politics, and the IRS 1989
Richard Carlson
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and it’s all small stuff 1997
Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends & Influence People 1936
Curt & Gabriel Coffma; Gonzalez-Molina
Follow this Path 2002
Herb Cohen
You Can’t Negotiate Anything 1980
Jim Collins
Good to Great 2001
James & Jerry Collins; Porras
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies 1994
Leonard Court
Model Policies and Forms for Oklahoma Employers 2010
Oklahoma Human Resource Manual 2010
Stephen Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change 1989
The Speed of Trust 2006
Philip Crosby
Quality is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain 1979
Quality Without Tears: The Art of Hassel-Free Management 1984
Running Things: The Art of Making Things Happen 1986
Let’s Talk Quality 1989
Leading: The Art of Becoming an Executive 1990
Aubrey Daniels
Bringing Out the Best in People 2000
William Davidow & Bro Uttal
Total Customer Service: The Ultimate Weapon 1989
Edward Deci
Why We Do What We Do: The Dynamics of personal autonomy 1995
Peter Drucker
Management 1973
Albert Dunlap & Bob Andelman
Mean Business: How I save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Great 1996
Dr. Robert Eliot & Dennis Breo
Is It Worth Dying For? 1980
Roger Enrico
The Other Guy Blinked: How Pepsi Won the Cola Wars 1986
Barry Farber
The 12 Cliches of Selling (and why they work) 2001
Roger Fisher & William Ury
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In 1981
Allen Friedman & Ted Schwarz
Power and Greed 1989
Thomson Gale
Small Business Sourcebook Volume 1 2008
Rudolph Giuliani
Leadership 2002
Eliyahu Goldratt & Jeff Cox
The Goal: A process of Ongoing Improvement 1984
Eliyahu Goldratt & Robert Fox
The Race 1986
Matthew & Pamela Granovetter
Tops and Bottoms 1992
Loren & Paul Gresham
From Many Came One, In Jesus’ Name 1998
John Guaspari
The Customer Connection: Quality for the Rest of Us 1988
Annabelle Gurwitch
Fired! Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed 2006
Theo Haimann & Raymond Hilgert
Supervision: Concepts and Practices of Mangement 4th Edition 1987
Edward Hamburger
A Business Dictonary 1967
Michael Hammer & James Champy
The Reengineering Corporation 1993
Michael Hammer
Beyond Reengingering 1996
Oren Harari
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell 2002
Rober Heller
The Naked Manager: Games Executives Play 1985
Voor Het Individu
Kwaliteits Opleiding Systeem 1988
Raymond Hilgert, Edwin Leonard, & Theo Haimann
Supervision 1995
Conrad Hilton
Be My Guest 1957
Joe Hollingsworth, Jr.
The Southern Advantage: Why you should Consider Doing Business In the World’s Forth-Largest Economy 2003
Masaaki Imai
Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success 1986
Spencer Johnson M.D.
The One Minute Father 1983
Chester Karrass
Give & Take: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics 1974
Steven M. Kemp Ph.D. Kemp
Business Statistics 2004
Victor Kiam
Going for It! How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur 1986
Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad, Poor Dad 1997
Michael Korda
Power! How to get it, How to use it 1975
Lee Lacocca
Iacocca: An Autobiography 1984
Talking Straight 1988
Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 2002
Harry & Jerry Lorayne; Lucas
The Memory Book 1974
John Love
McDonalds: Behind the Arches 1986
Stephen Lundin
Personal Accountability: 1997
Stephen Lundin, John Christensen, & Harry Paul
Fishy Stories 2002
Harvey Mackay
Swim with the Shark without Being Eaten Alive 1988
Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt 1990
Morris Massey
The People Puzzle: Understanding Yourself & Others 1979
James McCay
The Management of Time 1959
Mark McCormack
What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School 1984
What they still don’t teach you at Harvard Business School 1989
John Miller
QBQ! The Qustion Behind the Question 2001
Margot Morrell & Stephanie Capparell
Shackleton’s Way 2001
Robert O’Brien
Marriott 1977
Thomas Oliver
The Real Coke, The Real Story 1986
William Oncken Jr.
Managing Management Time 1984
Bill Parcells
Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation 1995
Tom Peters & Robert Waterman Jr.
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies 1982
Tom Peters
Thriving on Chaos 1987
Pat Riley
The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players 1993
Showtime: Inside the Laker’s Break-Through Season 1988
Rober Ringer
Looking out for #1 1977
Wess Roberts Ph.D
Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun 1987
Richard Schonberger
Japanese Manufacturing Techniques: Nine Hidden Lessons in Simplicity 1982
Peter Senge
The Fifth Discipline: The Arts & Practice of The Learning Organziation 1990
Ronald Spurga
Balance Sheet Basics: Financial Management for Nonfinancial Mangers 1986
Kiyoshi Suzaki
The New Manufacturing Challenge: Techniques for Continuous Improvement 1987
Fran Tarkenton
How to Motivate People 1986
Linda Thalter, Robin Koval, Delia Marshall
Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World 2003
Donald Trump
Trump: The Art of the Deal 1987
George Walther
Phone Power: How to Make the Telephone Your Most Profitable Business Tool 1986
Sam Walton
Made in America 1992
Mark Warda
The Weekend Small Business Start-Up Kit w/CD 2007
Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
The Renewal Factor 1987
Dr. George Weinberg & Dianne Rowe
The Projection Principle 1988
Hendrie Weisinger & Norman Lobsenz
Nobody’s Perfect ( How to Give Criticism and Get Results) 1981
Jack Welch
Jack: Straight from the Gut 2001
Lilyan Wilder
Professionally Speaking: Getting ahead in business and life through effective communication 1986
James Womack & Daniel Jones
Lean Thinking 1996
Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale 1982
IACC
Archieving True Success: How To Build Character as a Family 2000
The Entrepreneur Magazine: Small Business Advisor Second Edition 1999
