. . is one of the most profound thinkers and mind expanding individuals I’ve ever had a chance to listen to.”— Les Brown“Jim Rohn is a master motivator—he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference . . . The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend Jim Rohn.”—Mark Victor HansenYou don’t have to choose between wealth and happiness—they spring from the same fountain of abundance. With this book, you’ll discover the seven essential strategies you need for success: ·Unleash the Power of Goals ·Seek Knowledge ·Learn the Miracle of Personal Development ·Control Your Finances ·Master Time ·Surround Yourself with Winners ·Learn the Art of Living Well Author Jim Rohn’s philosophy has helped millions change their lives for the better. Find out what it can do for you!

    Through the telling of his life story, Jaworski posits that a real leader sets the stage on which "predictable miracles, " seemingly synchronistic in nature, can - and do - occur. He shows that this capacity has more to do with our being - our total orientation of character and consciousness - than with what we do. Leadership, he explains, is about creating - day by day - a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. He describes three basic shifts of mind required if we are to create and discover an unfolding future - shifts in how we see the world, how we understand relationships, and how we make commitments - and offers a new definition of leadership that applies to all types of leaders.

    Updated forth edition of the 1996 title (see ISBN 0965571203 for further information)

    Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques.Two powerful new chapters on agenda design A full section devoted to reaching closure More than twice as many tools for handling difficult dynamics 70 brand-new pages and over 100 pages significantly improved

    If applied, the principles of financial wellness taught in this audiobook will produce lasting results. This entertaining and captivating audiobook shows that how much a person earns isn't really as important in achieving prosperity as most people think. Nearly anyone, on any income, can achieve prosperity by applying the 4 Laws.

    Great Book for the First time or Experiencd Investor

    It contains ideas that may lead to a profound self-awakening. An introspective journey for those in the trenches of today's modern organizations, Deep Change is a survival manual for finding our own internal leadership power. By helping us learn new ways of thinking and behaving, it shows how we can transform ourselves from victims to powerful agents of change. And for anyone who yearns to be an internally driven leader, to motivate the people around them, and return to a satisfying work life, Deep Change holds the key.

    In What Makes the Great Great, the author explores the strategies and thought processes of successful African-Americans. Through dozens of interviews and the inspirational stories of people like John H. Johnson, Publisher of Ebony magazine, Condoleeza Rice, Provost of Stanford University, and Ann Fudge, President of Maxwell House Coffee, Dr. Kimbro outlines the nine strategies that determine success.According to Dr. Kimbro, being great depends on a commitment to making dreams come true: "All high achievers make choices, not excuses." He believes we all have the seeds of greatness in us, and his book gives readers the tools to discover and nurture those seeds, showing hem how to motivate themselves to master every aspect of their lives.

    But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius.Originally self-published and already a business "cult classic", this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.

    Through history, management innovation has enabled companies to cross new performance thresholds and build enduring advantages.In The Future of Management, Gary Hamel argues that organizations need management innovation now more than ever. Why? The management paradigm of the last century—centered on control and efficiency—no longer suffices in a world where adaptability and creativity drive business success. To thrive in the future, companies must reinvent management.Hamel explains how to turn your company into a serial management innovator, revealing:The make-or-break challenges that will determine competitive success in an age of relentless, head-snapping change.The toxic effects of traditional management beliefs.The unconventional management practices generating breakthrough results in “modern management pioneers.”The radical principles that will need to become part of every company’s “management DNA.”The steps your company can take now to build your “management advantage.”Practical and profound, The Future of Management features examples from Google, W.L. Gore, Whole Foods, IBM, Samsung, Best Buy, and other blue-ribbon management innovators.

    Dan Kennedy has been called the "Professor of Harsh Reality" because he doesn't deal in glib, pabulum solutions and eye-rolling cliches you've heard incessantly on time management. He takes on the world of cell phones, PDAs, faxes, e-mails, and every other communication device that pervade our lives, suggesting when to tap it, and when to give it the heave-ho. This entrepreneur/consultant/author/speaker has a whirlwind business life, yet manages to fit everything in using a handful of home-brewed time management tools he swears by. He shows how to maximize your time with a fresh take on the mantra that "time is money." It's all about using disciplined productivity strategies Kennedy has devised over 30 years of managing highly-profitable businesses with only minimal help.

    It's the method being used by one-half of all Fortune 500 companies to train their sales forces, and here's the interactive, hands-on field book that provides the practical tools you need to put this revolutionary method into action--immediately. The SPIN Selling Fieldbook includes:Individual diagnostic exercisesIllustrative case studies from leading companiesPractical planning suggestionsProvocative questionnairesPractice sessions to prepare you for dealing with challenging selling situationsWritten by the pioneering author of the original bestseller, SPIN Selling, this book is aimed at making implementation easy for companies that have not yet established SPIN techniques. It will also enable companies that are already using the method to reinforce SPIN methods in the field and in coaching sessions.

    A combination of Richard Bach’s Illusions and Tom Peters' In Search of Excellence, Visionary Business describes the quest for entrepreneurial success as being far more than the ability to be financially savvy. It tells the story of entrepreneur Marc Allen’s unlikely rise to success. Told as an anecdotal tale of wisdom, Allen makes clear from the start that he learned as he went and that his secret to success lies not so much in management élan but in practical grace and humble persistence. In this story, Allen's steward/mentor, an older investment specialist named Bernie, teaches him the ways of ethical and socially responsible business. Together, they direct Allen's fledgling attempts into a thriving corporate success, founded on principles as diverse as Eastern and Western spirituality, simple kindness, mysticism, and market savvy. Allen summarizes his experience in the “Twenty-five Principles and Practices of Visionary Business.” He discusses the value of benefits and profit-sharing programs; the importance of hiring passionate people; management by goals rather than by crisis; why money, while essential, is secondary; how opportunities lurk within every adversity; why an employee handbook is a powerful tool for success; and how some understanding of a higher power can provide guidance and inspiration.

    Also published as part of "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy"

    

    His commonsense approach to business management is founded on the premise that long-lasting success depends on focusing on core products and eschewing the temptation to diversify into unrelated enterprises.Using real-world examples, Ries shows that in industry after industry, it is the companies that resist diversification, and focus instead on owning a category in consumers' minds, that dominate their markets. He offers solid guidance on how to get focused and how to stay focused, laying out a workable blueprint for any company's evolution that will increase market share and shareholder value while ensuring future success.

    Overcoming the silence and denial by which abuse thrives. By Tim Field with a foreword by Diana Lamplugh OBE.

    The most successful entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new capabilities to create greater wealth and autonomy for themselves, while providing new income and employment opportunities for millions of others.

    Exploring the latest developments in the Toyota Production System (TPS) framework at Toyota, this new edition updates the classic with new material on e-kanban, mini-profit centers, computer-based information systems, and innovative solutions to common obstacles in TPS implementation.Yasuhiro Monden, instrumental in introducing the JIT production system to the United States, explains the logic and methodologies of the TPS. Extending the humanized aspect of production introduced in the third edition, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time, Fourth Edition explains how to cultivate the culture and way of thinking needed to establish the TPS holistically across your organization. Exploring the link between kaizen methods and calculation methods in TPS, this edition includes new chapters on:The goal of TPS One-piece production in practice Kaizen costing Material handling in an assembly plant Smoothing kanban collection Determination of the number of kanban New developments in e-kanban Cultivating the spontaneous kaizen mindFollowing in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessors, the fourth edition provides easy-to-follow guidance for implementing the TPS in your organization. It explains how Toyota has adapted and reacted to recent fluctuations in demand, quality problems, and recalls. It also includes an appendix that considers the recent tsunami in Japan and investigates how to reinforce the JIT system to ensure supply chain flow during sudden stoppages at individual locations within the chain.

    With over 40,000 copies sold and now in its 9th printing, Co-opetition is a business strategy that goes beyond the old rules of competition and cooperation to combine the advantages of both. Co-opetition is a pioneering, high profit means of leveraging business relationships.Intel, Nintendo, American Express, NutraSweet, American Airlines, and dozens of other companies have been using the strategies of co-opetition to change the game of business to their benefit. Formulating strategies based on game theory, authors Brandenburger and Nalebuff created a book that's insightful and instructive for managers eager to move their companies into a new mind set.

    is based on the premise that each of us is founder, CEO, and 100% stockholder in our own company — You, Inc. The 10 principles in this book will empower you to think and act like a well-run, highly profitable corporation.By learning and applying the 10 simple principles in this book, you will become more valuable in virtually every phase of your life. And as your value increases, you will become more secure in your job… more productive in your business… more vital to your friends and family… and more fulfilled in your personal and professional life.The 10 Principles of You, Inc. will show you how to:~ Take Responsibility- Take control of your life~ Dare to Dream - Dreams are the blueprints of success~ Power of Belief - Re-program yourself with I CAN thinking~ Courage to Take Action - Small actions yield big results~ Attitude is Everything - Confirm that you are what you think~ Develop Productive Habits - Encourage you to replace bad habits with good ones~ Manage Your Emotions - Run your emotions, so your emotions don’t run you~ Prepare for Success - Read books, Attend Seminars & Associate with winners~ Balance Your Life - ”Five F’s”: Faith, Family, Friends, Fitness & Finances~ Change…or Be Changed - Make change work FOR you, instead of against you

    But what's your colour? Tom Maddron has put together a quick and easy guide that will tell you what your colour says about you and your relationships.

    Brooklyn Boy Books,1996

    A step-by-step guide for helping businesses reach this pinnacle of corporate life.

    This was an extraordinary achievement for an airline that began life in 1984 with one plane. Virgin Atlantic became one of the world's top airlines only after surviving an incredible dirty tricks campaign by British Airways. Award Winning investigative jounalist Martyn Gregory exposed BA's secret war, and he reveals the full story in Dirty Tricks.

    Drucker says: "These three books should enable executives â�� whether high up in the organization or just beginning their career â�� to know the right things to do; â�� to know how to do them; and â�� to do them effectively.Together, these three books provide The Toolkit for Executive Action." Drucker identifies and explains the practices, decisions and priorities for achieving business performance and executive effectiveness. These books cover "the three dimensions of the successful practice of management." Managing for Results was the first book to explain business strategy. Drucker shows how the existing business has to focus on opportunities rather than problems to be effective, for it is the opportunities that will bring growth and performance. Innovation and Entrepreneurship analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepreneurial economy. It is a superbly practical book that explains what established businesses, public service institutions and new ventures have to know, learn and do to prepare and create the successful businesses of tomorrow. In The Effective Executive, Drucker discusses the five practices and habits that must be learned for executive effectiveness. Ranging widely through business and government, he demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious situations. Together, these three books have sold more than a million copies; they have been published throughout the world and continue to sell actively. These are essential works for the executive and manager by "the dean of this country's business and management philosophers." â��Wall Street Journal

    There are penetrating insights into how different business cultures accord status, structure their organisations and view the role of leader, alongside invaluable advice on global negotiation, sales and marketing. The book ranges from differences in etiquette and body language to new thinking in the areas of international management and team-building in Europe and the USA, as well as covering challenging new geographical ground in Russia, China and the Far East.

    He describes a heretic as a visionary who creates change in large-scale companies, balancing the contrary truths they can't deny against their loyalty to their organizations. The Age of Heretics reveals how managers can get stuck in counterproductive ways of doing things and shows why it takes a heretical point of view to get past the deadlock and move forward.

    It could be used as an introduction to naval architecture for technical personnel of all types already employed in shipyards, for licensed officers as a general reference, and preparation for license upgrading examinations. It describes in detail what naval architects do, and how they do it, to all students and practitioners involved in the business of merchant ships and shipping, except for professional naval architects themselves. Students preparing for a degree in naval architecture would find the book useful as an introduction to their profession.

    This work is aimed at the business person who wants to understand the revolution taking place in electronic commerce. It explains the emerging technology and network infra-structure, and emphasizes the business applications and mercantile strategies, challenges and opportunities of conducting business on the information superhighway. The study also describes pertinent standards and protocols.

    It's about how to do equipment or product changeovers in record time--often in less than 10 minutes. The method you'll learn here is called SMED, short for "Single-Minute Exchange of Die" (the "single" here means a single-digit number of minutes). Developed from a longer book, A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System (cat no. PP9903), written for managers, this book is written for frontline production and assembly associates. It presents an overview of the reasons why SMED is important for companies and employees, sets out the three basic stages of SMED, and then devotes a separate chapter to each of these stages. The first chapter of the book is like an "owner's manual" that tells you how to get the most out of your reading time by using the margin assists, summaries, and other features of the book to help pull out exactly what you need.One of the most effective ways to use this book is to read and discuss it with other employees. The authors planned the book so that it can be used this way, organizing the book into chunks of information that can be covered in a series of short sessions. Each chapter includes reflection questions to stimulate group discussion. A Learning Package is also available (catalog no.PP7126), which includes a leader's guide, overhead transparencies to summarize major points, and color slides showing examples of SMED applications in different kinds of companies.

    His new book serves as a sequel and companion guide to Wave 3: The New Era in Network Marketing, which has 200,000 copies in print. For MLM distributors, or those just considering multi-level marketing, the techniques in Wave 3 Way to Building Your Downline empower readers by sharing: ·Success secrets of top MLM achievers who run their businesses the Wave Three Way ·Practical tips for recruiting and selling ·Methods of automating the daunting task of downline management ·A proven way of attaining massive results through minimal action (The Butterfly Effect) ·Exciting personal stories of the success and triumphs of network marketing pioneers

    Here's a simple, low-cost way to get everyone on board quickly. This small book presents the basic methodology of TPM and focuses on hands-on activities for shopfloor teams to maximize equipment effectiveness. Feedback from our customers indicates that this book has been used primarily by shopfloor supervisors to lead operator teams in implementing TPM programs. For the most cost effective on-site education, every supervisor and team leader in your operation should read this book.TPM for Supervisors offers an overview of the basic features of TPM as well as the implementation process in an easy-to-follow presentation. It focuses on the important role of supervisors in maximizing equipment effectiveness. For the most cost-effective on-site education, every supervisor in your operation should read this book. It presents the basic methodology of TPM in clear, accessible language and will help supervisors implement TPM improvement activities on the shop floor. It's the best way to ensure a companywide understanding of TPM.

    Robin Williams picks up where the best-selling typographic primer left off, using her lively style to define the principles governing type and explain the logic behind them, so you can understand what looks best and why. Each chapter covers a different type secret, including use of evocative typography, tailoring typeface to project, spacing, puncuation marks, special characters, fonts, justification, and much more.

    It progresses at a comfortable pace for those with less mathematical expertise yet reaches a high level of analysis for the more experienced.

    Greenleaf's servant-leadership theme. It offers thought-provoking ideas on how religious institutions and individuals can serve in a more caring way by applying the ideas and ideals of Greenleaf's servant-leadership vision.

    Learn how to establish references that will enable you to develop a new feeling of certainty, achieve your goals and bring greater positivism and success into your life. Tape # 2: An interview with Bernie SiegelTony talks with the renowned physician and teacher, the bestselling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles and Peace, Love and Healing. They explore the nature of health and disease, the process of healing, the critical interrelationship of mind and body, and the ways in which the legacies of our past can damage or nurture our present and future. Special BonusA booklet summary of highlights from Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins. Here are the technologies, strategies, skills and philosophies that made a difference in Mr. Robbins' life - the same one that will help you achieve your greatest dreams.

    In this breakthrough approach, mistake-proofing devices called poka-yoke are used to check and give feedback about each product or operation in the process, not just a sample. This package helps you begin the education process by establishing the foundation to reach this goal: placing powerful and proven improvement tools such as ZQC and mistake-proofing in the hands of your company's entire workforce. A strong complement to your training on mistake-proofing. The Learning Package does the following:Provides the foundation for launching a full-scale implementation process Encourages workers to get actively involved in their own learning process Provides immediate practical skills for participants Offers a flexible curriculum that adapts to unique audience requirements Furnishes the tools to develop your own in-house education program for operators. SHIPPING NOTICE: Learning Packages carry a $15 shipping charge.This Learning Package includes: Leader's guide5 copies of Mistake-Proofing for OperatorsA CD filled with additional presentation materials.1 copy of the classic book: ZQC: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke System

    The definitive history of American automotive design, complete with designers' biographies, coachbuilder histories, descriptions of car company styling departments, discussions of trends, etc.

    This long-awaited culmination of Herrmann's highly respected research and testing presents his four-quadrant model of the brain and the corresponding thinking styles. 100 illustrations.

    Securing property coups requires diligent research, skilled negotiation, and solid commitment--but if one follows the 30 techniques described in this book such work can yield amazing success. 10 charts.

    Charles Stanley's new series of Bible study guides feature insights and wisdom of this beloved pastor and author. Small groups and individuals who want a Bible study that's spiritually sound and practical will find a wealth of ideas to help them understand and apply the Scriptures to the real world. Each title takes a unique fourfold approach to get the most out of Bible study time - emphasizing personal identification with the Scripture passage, recognition of your emotional response, reflection of the passage's meaning and application, and taking steps to apply what's been learned. This is a sound way to explore the Word of God.

    No matter who you are; no matter what your circumstances; no matter what you think of yourself; no matter whether you want to make a good life better or change a terrible one, read this book. Called "a new breed of motivator, " the author, Ray Pelletier, is America's attitude coach. He will introduce you to the invincible champion you never knew you were.

    Leaders, he says, come in five versions?Destructor, Procrastinator, Caretaker, Preparer, and Accomplisher. And by examining each of those character types in relation to his four Absolutes of Leadership, the author establishes a framework would-be leaders can use to build quality leadership skills of their own.Crosby also discusses the leader's role in organizational finance and quality, and in dealing with customers, suppliers, employees, and bosses.You know a leader when you meet one, he asserts and he maintains that those people who already have leadership potential will blossom once they understand and epitomize the precepts set forth in this groundbreaking work.

    The Vanderbilts, the Astors, Howard Hughes, John D. Rockefeller, Warren Buffett--their fascainting stories are all here, great reading for anyone, regardless of financial stature. Photos.

    What's required is a systematic review of the critical factors in organizational learning and growth. These are determinants that require the monitoring, measurement, and management of resources to ensure that your company competes successfully. This executive workbook provides a step-by-step methodology for diagnosing an organization's strategic health and measuring its overall competitiveness against world class standards.The Corporate Diagnosis handbook is used to verify policy or measure the results of corporate strategy and vision (the "business renewal" stage ). Detailed diagnostic questions in each key areas act as guidelines for developing your own self-assessment survey.To support the diagnostic process, three primary aids are provided: a check sheet to record observations and score each area under diagnosis; a radar chart to plot and track your company's position visually; and extensive progress tables that allow you to see your standing in each diagnostic area. Over 50 specific categories of company health are meticulously graded and charted to help you see where your company stands in its quest for world class status. Corporate Diagnosis is an excellent companion and aid for meeting the Deming, Shingo, or Baldrige Award criteria.

    THE MAX STRATEGY resonates well beyond its final page to change our lives as it enlivens our minds.

    Yet cultural misunderstandings in the workplace can complicate even the simplest tasks. Something that sounds like a 'Yes' to a foreigner may actually be a polite way of saying 'No'. Fully updated and expanded for this second edition, Management Worldwide is essential for managers, students ofmanagement and organizations who want to know how managers operate and business is conducted in different societies. It is essential reading in a global economy where cultural differences can still mean make or break.

    Thoroughly informative for hobbyists and businesspeople alike, this guide explains the steps to setting up a successful sewing business, from creating an appropriate business plan to effectively managing time.

    

    Some families hand down large fortunes without paying a gift or estate tax. And some know how to turn their easy-to-seize investments into wealth that would be repellent to someone thinking of suing them. Keep What You Earn tells the secrets of these canny investors--and shows how any other investor can use them, too.

    The two-volume slipcased edition is illustrated with reproductions of more than 900 attributed paintings. The book is a dramatic showcase for C

    2001: by Bill Bachrach- This book provides a step-by-step strategy for taking you to the next level.

    It has nearly 600 color photos with descriptions, measurements, dates, and current values. There's also information on manufacturing, marks, and reproductions. 1998 values.

    This undergraduate text provides a description of contemporary logistical practice as it currently exists within the private and public sectors, and presents a conceptual approach to integration that illustrates how the discipline is likely to change in the future.

    The ten steps come in two sections: planning the project and excuting the plan. This edition explains that the method should be seen as the Silver Bullet, making the path to success clearer. Drawing on actual experience from dealing with ETP clients, this book aims to make the application of the ten steps as easy as possible.

    The marketing strategyalone is worth the price of admission. --Paul B. Brown Special Correspondent for the Business News Network(BNN) and coauthor of Customers for LifeThis is the first time the person behind a fad lays out the wholemarketing strategy he used. Even I learned a lot. --Bob Rice Pet Rock PromoterWithin a matter of months, Peter Bieler created a $100,000,000industry out of nothing. This fascinating book chroniclesstep-by-step how he did it. --Steve Dworman Publisher, Infomercial Marketing ReportAs a jack, in an emergency, if you have a very small car ... As arack to dry homemade pasta ... Prop it on its side and presto! Twinpicture frames ... Have it bronzed and claim it's a very earlyHenry Moore ... --Diane White columnist for The Boston Globe on alternate uses forthe ThighMaster See Inside for Exciting Contest Details!

    This book is about the decision-making process all of us experience along the attitudinal pathways of life. It helps us recognize the critical decision points in our lives, careers, projects and relationships. It also helps us recognize the habitual decision rule we are using at those critical points. When we can "See" those turning points, the paths they offer, and the habitual choices we are making, we can consistently follow the path that would be best for us.

    This book offers the first complete, unauthorized portrait of one of the richest, most formidable, yet least known of the media moguls, whose clients include Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, David Letterman, and Barbra Streisand. of photos.

    Terrified of being the "hunted" -- in peril of being destroyed or devoured by your competitors you want to know how to once again become a "hunter." But the myriad improvement strategies that sound great in theory don't always work in practice, and they don't take into account the realities of your workplace.Through an unusual and provocative blend of fact and fiction, Jim Swartz puts you inside the transformation process itself - inside the heads of those who, finding themselves among the hunted, realize they must change the fundamental way they do business. He makes it clear why reorganization, decentralization, de-layering, continuous improvement, benchmarking, and participative management are helpful tools but fall short of tackling the real enemy.In this engaging business novel, you'll travel with Marcus, the "Master Guardian" who has been helping businesses in trouble for 1400 years, as he trains two guardian recruits: Lou, a tough steel company manager long on experience with the old ways, and Laura, a Harvard MBA with a global view and no industrial experience. Come along as they visit great business hunters past and present and become aware of the fatal corporate mindsets, mental models, and measures that doom many companies to a life of retreat and restructuring. By visiting turnaround companies, you'll learn new business process models that dramatically reduced costs, improved performance and product quality, and made these companies the fastest responding suppliers in the world.

    A clinical hypnotist and business consultant unlocks the door to creativity, innovation, and peak performance.

    The current wave of entrepreneurship is the result of unprecedented downsizing, mergers, and people who are just fed up with the constraints of the traditional corporate structure. Now two successful entrepreneurs with considerable experience in the corporate world offer a road map to the rewarding and exciting life of being your own boss.

    All of the volumes provide informative definitions and explanation of the key concepts in their area. For students, researchers, academics and practitioners, the books are designed as a reference, bringing together specially-commissioned and edited entries from an international team of scholars and teachers.

    The strategic priority has shifted away from growth and size alone towards a greater emphasis on profitability, performance and ?value creation? within the banking firm. Bank professionals now require a thorough grounding in the micro foundations of banking if they are to make important managerial decisions, or implement banking policies. Containing up-to-date case studies, this book is concerned with the theory and practice of banking now, and the prospects for the future. Unlike many other books in this area, this text is devoted to the micro issues of banking, including competition, structure, performance, risks and regulation. "?rigorous, topical and it provides a good insight into some of the major empirical and policy research fields of modern banking ? an important and stimulating contribution to the micro banking literature. It should be required reading for banking students, researchers, banking professionals, and all who are interested in modern banks and banking." Edward Gardener, Institute of European Finance, University of Wales, Bangor, UK "? it takes an international approach to the subject of banking and combines that perspective with the more conventional aspects of the subject treated in a modern textbook. ? the writing is clear and concise ? I think you have a winner in this book." Ingo Walter, New York University Salomon Center, USA

    Then succeed with the know-how of Jack Nadel, international entrepreneur and storyteller. In these pages, he shares with you his wisdom for the real world-wisdom that embodies both the dream and the reality. Gutsy, compelling, touching and ultimately empowering, these stories lend hope and help to all who ever thought there must be a better way. From Los Angeles to Tokyo to Paris to Rome, Nadel reveals particulars of the deals that worked and the deals that didn't. Here are life lessons in survival, tenacity, risk-taking and wealth building. Here are struggles that ultimately led to the wise mentor-companion that this book represents for the aspiring entrepreneur. Here you will learn: oThe first and most basic rule of business. oInside secrets of starting, operating and succeeding at your own business. oHow to set up, market, finance and promote your business. oHow to resolve the major roadblocks to your business success. This is a uniquely ideal time for the aware individual to capitalize on the present technological revolution, a revolution that is even more beneficial to the individual than it is to the corporation.

    Rick Crandall debunks these myths in Marketing Your Services, a grassroots guide to marketing and building relationships with customers to achieve success. Directed primarily to entrepreneurs, small business owners and solo service providers, the book offers more than 1000 practical tips that can help make a marketer out of anyone who wants to serve customers better. Crandall intentioned this book as a marketing crash course specifically for service providers - from lawyers to freelance writers, from carpenters to landscapers. All of the basics of marketing are explained in easy-to-understand terms. Helpful hints, tips and suggestions are illustrated through examples with which non-professional marketers can easily identify. The overall tone is conversational and reassuring. The expanded & updated edition reflects a thorough revisior including a change in organization, so the book begins with chapters on marketing basics -- like advertising, sales, and publicity -- then moves into more focused chapters addressing professional and relationship building methods. A new chapter on online marketing is included and examples of effective online marketing techniques and strategies are woven in throughout. Self-motivation is given more extensive coverage, international examples have been added as have more specific examples from service business start-ups. The lengthy appendices have been updated to include new templates and examples.

    More and more organisations are tending to grow into knowledge-based organisations in which the proper management of knowledge plays an increasingly important role

    The book offers workable solutions to critical problems and demonstrates ways to meet organizational challenges such as market downturns, technological change, and alliances with other organizations.

    By bringing the most consistent and dependable academic studies to light, and translating their conclusions into specific, behavioural steps, it gives readers an effective practical guide to success

    Human Dynamics presents a powerful framework for understanding the distinct ways in which we process information, learn, communicate, relate with one another, manifest stress, maintain well-being, and develop as human beings. At the heart of Human Dynamics are the three universal principles we all share in different capacities--mental, emotional, and physical--fundamental threads that cross culture, age, race, and gender to unify us all. As we learn to appreciate our commonalities and differences, we can use our unique gifts and apply new understanding to enrich our relationships, heighten "collective intelligence", communicate more effectively, work together more productively, enhance creativity, optimize team learning, and strengthen organizational performance. Actual accounts from major companies including Intel Corporation, Intermountain Healthcare System, and London Life Insurance Company document how Human Dynamics can optimize business relationships, organizational learning, teamwork, and communication.

    Against the backdrop of increasing ambivalence in the federal government commitment to race-based employment policies, this book reveals how African-Americans first broke into professional and managerial jobs in corporations during the sixties and offers in-depth profiles of their subsequent career experiences.

    Implementing a Lean Management System lays out a comprehensive management system for aligning the firm's vision of the future with market realities.Based on hoshin management, the Japanese strategic planning method used by top managers for driving TQM throughout an organization, Lean Management is about deploying vision, strategy, and policy at all levels of daily activity. It is an eminently practical methodology emerging out of the implementation of continuous improvement methods and employee involvement. The key tools in the text build on the knowledge of the worker, multi-tasking, and an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the new lean manufacturer.

    Presents the inside story of how Macy's executives launched the largest leveraged buyout in retail history, a move that nearly destroyed Macy's and led to its acquisition by its rival, Federated Department Stores.

    

    Pitch Doctor combines the Rogen Organisation's unique communication and presentation methods with the experience gained from coaching, watching and winning major pitches in more than 20 countries. As CEO of Rogen International, Neil Flett offers hundreds of proven pitching and presentation tips, plus practical advice for each part of the pitch process, from taking the brief to signing the contracts. Experience gained in pitches ranging from $100,000 advertising accounts to the Pitch of the Century - the $10-billion-dollar Sydney 2000 Olympic win for Sydney, Australia - is offered in an easy-to-follow, common sense style. This book is essential reading for anybody involved in selling and pitching for large accounts. The hundreds of ideas and handy tips can be applied to pitch after pitch.

    Leaders also need to be enabling--to tap into and bring out the capabilities of others. The problem is that many executives see forceful leadership and enabling leadership as mutually exclusive, or strongly prefer one or the other, and therefore lack the versatility to be truly effective. This publication explains how executives can overcome the emotional barriers to expanding their skill sets in one direction or the other.

    A networking guide for African American professionals offers tips, tactics, and anecdotes that explain how to get a job, create networking events, and take advantage of the twenty-five best places to network.

    Until recently it has been unthinkable for a shareholder resolution to be sponsored by an institutional investor, or for a resolution sponsored by an individual investor to get more than 3 per cent of the vote. Suddenly institutional investors are submitting dozens of shareholder resolutions, all with substantial support. Astonishingly, shareholders have been reponsible for the departures of CEOs from the giants of Corporate America - General Motors, weestinghouse, IBM and Kodak.

    Also included are tips to help overcome "thinker's block" and avoid perfectionist traps that discourage writing.

    The authors include a wealth of forms, worksheets, samples and examples throughout, making this workbook a systematic approach and ideal resource for people serious about taking the action needed to get a business up and running.

    It offers suggestions for finding a niche in the trade, for setting up your own shop, and for approaches to prices.

    In recounting his efforts assisting National Semiconductor's chairman and CEO stage the era's most stunning transformation, Miles articulates a winning framework that has evolved since his early career in developing transformational leaders at the Harvard Business School some 20 years ago. The powerful lessons of success he shares can help leaders avoid the costly results of trial and error, and face today's challenges armed with crucial insight and experience.

    Authors of the successful Think Out of the Box, which has already sold 32,000 copies since its publication late last fall, Diane Deacon and Mike Vance present a new leadership paradigm that explores qualities and practices necessary to really make it big in an age of exploding technology and information.

    It spells out the stages of SPM, and identifies informal methods that project managers use to delineate between people and concurrent task priorities.

    This handbook is written to educate anyone engaged in the operation or technical support of an industrial complex in the principles and skills of systematic industrial operation.

    This book illustrates both when and why accounting information is key to communicating important information within an organization, so that management can make informed choices.

    Within minutes you can identify an area for team enhancement and have an array of proven intervention options to choose from. Throughout the fieldbook you'll find examples, hints, and comments that make the interventions accessible, approachable, and, most importantly, effective. These team interventions have been field-tested and reviewed by leading practitioners in the HRD field to ensure that they are understandable and clear. Each one is described in a practical, user-friendly format covering when to use it, its purpose and overview, time required to complete it, and a detailed guide which includes scripts, flowcharts, and reproducible masters.

    In this book Gregory Marchildon looks at the entrepreneurial history of Max Aitken and his core enterprise, the Royal Securities Corporation. A penetrating study of investment banking and financial capitalism during the Laurier boom years, the book also deals more generally with the relationship between Canadian politics and imperial ideology before the Great War.Marchildon walks us through the machinations, uncertainties, and bravado that went into Aitken's world of promoting, financing, and stockbroking. He describes in riveting detail the playing out of the great mergers in Canadian politics and business life - most notably that of Stelco and Canada Cement. We see the inner workings of finance capitalism, coloured by many remarkable personalities of the day, and we learn how Aitken's innovative tactics made him a very rich man while still in his twenties. This is a deeply textured account of the dynamics of the securities market in the formative years at the beginning of the twentieth century.The first study of the whole of Aitken's Canadian career, Profits and Politics adds significantly to our understanding of finance capitalism during the Laurier era, and especially during Canada's first great merger era, from 1909 to 1913.

    

    In the developed world, specialty chemicals have gained increasing significance. Although the fundamentals of organic chemical and polymer production have remained largely constant, one needs to be aware of the economic, structural, and political changes in the industry in order to understand its current state. This much-expanded Second Edition of Industrial Organic Chemicals presents the various technologies and processes involved in the organic chemicals industry as an organized body of knowledge. It describes the chemistry of the seven basic building block chemicals and their derivatives, how they are manufactured, their economic importance, uses, and associated environmental issues. Also covered are two topics essential to an understanding of modern industrial chemistry-catalysis and polymer synthesis. Key additions to this Second Edition include discussion of: * Sustainability and "green" chemistry * Dendrimers * Metallocenes * Chemicals in biotechnology * Specialty chemicals for pharmaceuticals, electronics, fire retardation, fuel additives, foods, and other uses * Economic, political, and social concepts for understanding future directions of the industry Industrial Organic Chemicals, Second Edition presents the chemistry of both large-scale and specialty products while taking into account important political, environmental, and economic considerations. It provides both a narrative account of the evolution of today's industry from the viewpoint of authors intimately involved with the changes, and an essential reference for chemists, chemical engineers, plastics engineers, petroleum engineers, managers, executives, and policy makers working in and with the organic chemical industry.

    Based on a novel situational theory of bargaining, Professor Aggarwal's study provides a method to deduce actors' payoffs in different bargaining situations to develop debt games, which are then used to predict negotiating outcomes. This integrated political-economic approach to analyze bargaining episodes goes beyond simple economic models or purely descriptive studies. In doing so, it contributes to international political and economic theory, game theory, and historical research on debt negotiations.

    The man who transformed the Northwestern University Wildcats into a championship-winning team--the top story in college football in 1995--and who was named Coach of the Year discusses his leadership philosophies, his coaching techniques, and his winning year.

    It has been a legend for over forty years. Early in 1997 General Motors unveiled the fifth-generation Corvette. "All Corvettes Are Red" is the inside story of the people who made that Corvette from drawing board to assembly line. The gap between the fourth- and fifth-generation Corvettes (C4 and C5, in GM lingo) was the longest ever, and the Corvette program came close to dying. Just as serious design work was under way, GM suffered the worst losses in its corporate history, and the C5 program was put on hold. The Corvette was saved by a fiercely dedicated team of designers, engineers, and executives, who pulled together to keep their dream car alive. They overcame internal politics and company-wide budget cuts to produce a new Corvette that is better engineered, better built, and less expensive than its predecessors.Author James Schefter was granted unprecedented access to every part of GM, including areas that were off-limits to many company vice presidents. He spent eight years witnessing the C5's journey from drawing board to clay model to prototype to production vehicle. He accompanied test drivers across scorching deserts and into snow-packed mountains. As a result "All Corvettes Are Red" is not just the most authoritative book ever written about the Corvette, it is the most revealing account of the inner workings of the U.S. automobile industry.

    This book takes readers on a whirlwind tour of how companies build credibility and status. Fombrun shows how major organizations in such diverse settings as the fashion, investment banking, and packaged goods industries - and even U.S. business schools - compete for prestige and achieve celebrity.

    He was told more than once that he would never succeed. Yet this former corporate failure not only became a multimillionaire himself, more than forty others have become millionaires as a result of the efforts and advice of Steve and his partners. Ordinary people just like you, including a housewife, a makeup artist, a hair stylist, a salesman, a teacher, a convenience store clerk, a marriage counsellor, a carpenter, a doctor, a dog trainer, a former P.E. teacher, to name a few. Not Simply a Book about Making Millions A Book about Achieving Incredible Degrees of Success! This book is not a guide to making millions, although its insights and advice could certainly result in that. It's not a book about theories. Instead, it's a step-by-step guide to success -- success in any field, at any age. It tracks Steve Scott's life from mediocre high school student to a corporate failure to number-one marketing entrepreneur in the United States. It shows how a "nobody" who couldn't even afford to pay for his first child's birth could create more than a dozen record-breaking companies in completely different industries, selling over one billion dollars in products. Unlike Any Success or Business Book You've Ever Read! This book doesn't stop with general principles or psychological motivation, but instead gives specific tasks you can instantly apply to your personal or business life. Your Personal Notebook for Success Each chapter ends with a section that leads the reader through a step-by-step process that can result in greater success than he or she has ever experienced. The Notebook for Success provides a guide that can be used by anyone from a high school student to the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. You'll understand why Steve Scott firmly believes that ANYONE can significantly increase his or her "batting averages" in any area of life and break through the barriers that separate mediocrity from phenomenal success -- barriers imposed by others or even by ourselves. If you want to achieve a higher degree of success than you've ever thought possible, this book will become the most important book on success you, your employees, and your children will ever read.

    Other marketing themes include critical and current issues such as global marketing, customer relationship management, and entrepreneurship.

    It shows how to use aromatherapy to alleviate specific ailments. The book is organized in cookbook style, with recipes for scents, soaks and baths and is tailored for moods and needs.

    In today's knowledge economy, people are the 'intellectual assets' that make things happen. Success goes to companies whose leaders mobilise their people and unleash their competence, creativity and commitment.

    

    The companies described in this book are decades ahead of the reengineers -- and you don't need to be a Bill Gates or a Jack Welch to put their ideas into practice today." -- George Gendron, editor in chief, Inc. "Companies that practice open-book management seem to have captured some sort of lightning in a bottle." -- Chris Lee, Training"This book should be required reading in corporate America." -- Chicago Tribune"If you want to give your preconceived notions a good kick in the you-know-where, give Case the opportunity to articulate the merits of open-book management." -- Entrepreneur Open-book management is not so much a technique as a way of thinking, a process that actively involves employees in the financial life of the company. Numerous companies have already found that employees who are informed and aware of the company's financial situation are motivated to seek solutions to problems and assume a greater degree of responsibility for its performance. John Case begins by examining the current competitive climate and the history of established management techniques. He shows how the traditional treatment of workers as "hired hands" with little involvement or responsibility beyond their own area is no longer effective in today's ever more competitive global environment.Case clearly and carefully explains the principles of open-book management: timely sharing of crucial financial information with employees; educating the employees to understand and apply the information; empowering employees to apply the information to their own work; and offering employees a stake in the successful implementation of their ideas. Open-book management will take different forms at every company, Case notes, but he offers a wide range of suggestions and guidelines for implementing these principles. He concludes with a series of in-depth case studies, featuring companies of various sizes and financial situations that have successfully implemented open-book management. Open-Book Management is the indispensable guide to teaching employees how to think and act like owners.