Maxwell has done exactly that in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. He has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.

    Presented here for the first time as a collective whole are a dozen articles -- two entirely new pieces together with ten of Porter's articles from the Harvard Business Review, as well as an introduction from Porter, his first statement on how the parts of his work fit together.To read through this collection is to experience Porter at work: we see firsthand as his important theories take shape, deepen, and evolve over time. Porter addresses the important issues of competition, from company strategy to the relationship between competition and environmental regulation to the counterintuitive role of geography in the global economy.At once eloquent and convincing, these essays help us to examine and understand the essence of competition. "On Competition offers the intellectual foundations for company and country strategies for the years ahead.

    Author Patrick Lencioni--noted screenplay writer and sought-after executive coach -- deftly tells the tale of a young CEO who, facing his first annual board review, knows he is failing, but doesn't know why. "This book provides extraordinary insight into the pitfalls that leaders face when they lose sight of the true measure of success: results. This model is required reading for my staff." --Eric Schmidt, chairman of the board and CEO, NovellAny executive can learn how to:recognize the mistakes that leaders can make avoid errors before they occur and much more! Refreshingly original and utterly compelling, the story of this executive (written to be read in one sitting) will be enjoyed, remembered, and reread for years to come. It serves a timeless and potent reminder that success as a leader can come down to practicing a few simple behaviors--behaviors that are painfully difficult for each of us to master."Lencioni delivers a provocative message: CEOs mainly have themselves to blame when things go wrong. If you're a CEO (or any manager for that matter), do you have the courage to face the blame? Doing so could change your future-for the better." --Dr. Jerry Porras, coauthor, Built to Last; professor, Stanford School of BusinessYou won't find any dry management rhetoric in this razor-sharp novelette. Apply these riveting lessons in leadership with the self-assessment at the end of the book. It will change your career!

    In his breakthrough book Managing Corporate Lifecycles, Dr. Adizes traced the typical corporate path from inception to decline. Now, in this long-awaited follow-up, he guides companies on the optimal path -- and reveals how to sustain peak vitality.Courtship, Infancy, the heady Go-Go years, and turbulent Adolescence, these are the stages every company goes through to reach what Dr. Adizes calls Prime -- the ideal stage of balanced creativity and discipline. At every stage, he shows how to anticipate and handle "normal" problems -- whether with goal setting or managing employees -- then quickly move on and up. Once in the Prime stage, the author presents proactive measures for maintaining focus and vision, nurturing cohesion, and achieving "predictable excellence." He also offers strategies for avoiding the typical downhill path -- starting with the Signs of Aging, such as risk avoidance; moving on to Aristocracy, where power and protocol dominate; and culminating in the final stages of decay: Recrimination, Bureaucracy, and Death.Easing the pains of growing, Managing Corporate Lifecycles opens the way for every organization to thrive -- indefinitely.

    It distils its wisdom for both professional and personal leadership into eight practical lessons.

    Today the public can't get enough of this once-forgotten explorer, and his actions have made him a model for great leadership and masterful crisis management. Now, through anecdotes, the diaries of the men in his crew, and Shackleton's own writing, Shackleton's leadership style and time-honored principles are translated for the modern business world. Written by two veteran business observers and illustrated with ship photographer Frank Hurley's masterpieces and other rarely seen photos, this practical book helps today's leaders follow Shackleton's triumphant example.

    Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management have changed and will continue to change our basic assumptions about the practices and principles of management. Forward-looking and forward-thinking, Management Challenges for the 21st Century combines the broad knowledge, wide practical experience, profound insight, sharp analysis, and enlightened common sense that are the essence of Drucker's writings and "landmarks of the managerial profession." --Harvard Business Review

    They argue that if managers seriously want to develop effective strategies for competing in the new economy, they must understand the fundamental economics of information technology. Whether information takes the form of software code or recorded music, is published in a book or magazine, or even posted on a website, managers must know how to evaluate the consequences of pricing, protecting, and planning new versions of information products, services, and systems. The first book to distill the economics of information and networks into practical business strategies, Information Rules is a guide to the winning moves that can help business leaders navigate successfully through the tough decisions of the information economy.

    In addition to lessons on postures and breathing, this guide provides a look at the history of yoga, including its roots and modern relevance.as.

    Since the initial publication of Strategy Safari, managers, consultants, and academics all over the world have found this book an indispensable and delightful tool—it has been translated into more than ten languages, including Chinese, Russian, and French, and has been used in top MBA programs worldwide. Strategy Safari makes sense of a field that often seems to make no sense. Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel pair their sweeping vision of strategy making with an authoritative catalog in which they identify ten schools of strategy that have emerged over the past four decades. Why struggle through the vast, confusing terrain of strategy formation? With clarity and depth, Strategy Safari maps the strategic landscape and facilitates intelligent, informed strategy formation.

    

    In HIRING SMART, now available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Mornell delineates 45 simple strategies for "people reading"-observing a candidate'�'s behavior and predicting what they'�?ll be like in the workplace-that virtually guarantee hiring the best possible candidate for any job. An authoritative guide to hiring job candidates from one of the world'�'s leading experts in human resource development.The hardcover edition has been translated into eight languages and has sold more than 40,000 copies. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

    It's a radical and refreshing source of ideas, inspiration, and common sense, all based on the unparalleled experience and access of Ram Charan and Noel Tichy.  Charan and Tichy have worked with some of the world's leading executives--people such as Jack Welch of GE, Eckhard Pfeiffer of Compaq, Larry Bossidy of Allied Signal, John Reed of Citigroup, Dick Brown of Cable & Wireless, Alex Trotman and Jacques Nasser of Ford, and the senior management of Coca-Cola--who have transformed their companies into profitable growth machines. Every Business Is a Growth Business is a distillation of what the authors and these unique leaders have learned about profitable growth:If your business isn't growing sustainably and profitably, it's dying.Any business can grow profitably. There is no such thing as a mature business.A company grows because growth is in the corporate mindset, created by the company's leaders.The mindset of growth starts at the top, but it must reach all the way to the bottom.Sustainable growth is profitable and capital-efficient."Broadening your pond," changing your company's genetic code, developing a growth strategy from the outside in, and other unique ideas.Every Business Is a Growth Business includes inside accounts of how GE Medical, Allied Signal, Compaq, Citibank, Reynolds and Reynolds, Praxair, and GE Capital developed profitable growth strategies. It includes "The Handbook for Growth," a highly practical guide that will be an immense help as you and your team develop your company's profitable growth strategy.

    "The Power of Servant Leadership" is a collection of Robert Greenleaf's finest and most mature works and an unexpected sequel to his "Servant Leadership." These pieces were designed to stimulate and inspire people in the practice of a more caring leadership and reflect Greenleaf's continual refinement of his servant-as-leader concept, focusing on issues such as spirit, commitment to vision, and seeing things whole.

    The Theory of Constraints, a management philosophy derived from physics, assumes that constraints prevent organizations from achieving better performance. The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is based on a scientific method that has been developed and refined for nearly three decades by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt. As a tool for business management, TOC is now accepted as a mainstream alternative to cost accounting. Throughput Accounting Reveals a new management tool for managerial accounting and shows an alternative path for other management practices. Enables managers to quickly see if their decisions increase profitability. Demonstrates some of cost accounting's flaws, and shows how these errors will lead to bad decision making. Compares the paradigm of TOC-based throughput accounting with more conventional cost accounting methodologies and in the process, demonstrates a new way to solve the complex problems of modern management.

    Porter's Landmark Triolgy in a special boxed set edition.Competitve Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and CompetitorsIn this pathbreaking book that transformed the practice and teaching of business strategy, Michael E. Porter unravels the rules that govern competition and turns them into powerful analytical tools to help management interpret market signals, forecast the direction of industry development, and position any company to compete more successfully.Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior PerformanceThe winner of the Academy of Management's 1996 George R. Terry Book Award, Compettive Advantage extends Michael E. Porter's proven analytical techniques to the discrete activities of the individual firm. Porter shows them howto ealuate and improve their company's competitive position.The Competitive Advantage of NationsWith Competitive Strategy and Competitive Advantage, Michale E. Porter established himself as the leading authority on competitve advantage. Now, at a time when economic performance rather than military might provides the index of national strength, Porter builds on the ideas of his earlier works to explore what makes a nation's firms and industries competitive in global markets and what propels national economic development.All books contian new introductions.

    It also includes comments from volunteers about what they need from those who supervise them, as well as excerpts from classic articles and books by experts in the field and a self-assessment survey covering the attitudes and actions necessary to be an effective supervisor.

    A lively and engrossing tale about the timeless principles of effective leadership from a consultant and trainer in labor relations with over 20 years of experience.

    In a world where competition has become global, successful companies are learning to build competitive advantage through their human capital.In turbulent times, strategic success will also hinge on whether, in the eyes of the employees and society-at-large, the organization is a trusted member of the community and a good global citizen. Developing a values-driven approach to business is quickly becoming essential for financial success. Who you are and what you stand for are becoming just as important as what you sell.This bestselling book presents a convincing rationale for making ethical and socially responsible behavior the keystone in providing a high performance, globally successful business.

    The book includes full coverage of operational issues and introduces the major academic debates of relevance to the field.

    Furbacher, President, Dynegy Midstream Services, LLP.

    Consultant and Independent Contractor Agreements gives you the plain-English instructions and easy-to-use forms you need to get the legalities straight, stay out of trouble and get the job done.If you're an independent contractor...Take the legal steps necessary to document each new project that comes your way -- if you get audited, you'll be glad you did. This easy-to-use book gives you all the tools you need to:*put your agreement in writing*define a project's scope, components and duration*satisfy IRS requirements*get paid on time and in full*avoid disputes with clients*drum up new businessIf you're hiring independent contractors...Using freelancers can get you great results and save you money-but you need to know what it takes to avoid the ire of the IRS while protecting your business and intellectual property. Here's everything you need to:*put your agreement in writing*define a project's scope, components and duration*satisfy IRS requirements*protect your trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyrights*avoid disputes with independent contractors*get your money's worthThe 5th edition is completely updated to provide the latest rules and regulations. It now includes a checklist to help prevent the IRS from reclassifying contractors as employees.

    Yet the most important and sustainable sources of competitive advantage--knowledge, customer relations, supply-on-demand, micromanagement, and other forms of intellectual capital--often don't even appear on many companies' reporting systems. The results of this lack of attention to intellectual capital can be disastrous for companies and their stockholders. Providing an organizational system that helps managers maximize the flow of intellectual capital in their companies, Intellectual Capital presents the insights gained by leading experts from the practice, research, and consulting side of business management. Starting with a definition of intellectual capital and it main components, the book offers a step-by-step process model to rooting out corporate inefficiency at all levels. Illustrated with vivid case studies, the book also covers the latest thinking and practices of the second generation of intellectual capital practices, from consolidating intellectual capital measures into a single IC Index to linking them with shareholder value creation systems.

    Inspirational and compelling bite-size quotes illustrated by motivational stories on two key competitive advantages of the future--service and leadership.

    Business Market Management explores the process of understanding, creating and delivering value to targeted business markets and customers. It provides an analytical framework for determining value. This framework rests on extensive management practice and academic research. The Second Edition makes it easier to use this approach by spending more time on how to do it: how to bring out value propositions. - NEW - Increased coverage of the process for actually putting together value propositions. - Helps students put the value model to work. - NEW - Extensive coverage of how the Internet has changed business-to-business marketing. - Provides fully-developed coverage of such things as e: - procurement, Internet auctions, and the extensive use of extranets. - NEW - Analysis of brands and business markets. - Shows students how brands differ from value, in that brands are more of a promise of performance. - Principles and best practices of business market management viewed from an international-rather than purely American-perspective

    St Luke's is owned entirely by its employees, all physical resources are shared, there is little hierarchy and all employees are involved in almost all decisions, including setting their own pay rises. The book describes and explains the business practices and philosophy behind St Luke's and examines its application to other companies in other industries.

    With more than 100 million customers a week, Wal-Mart is by far the world's largest retailer. It is the biggest private-sector employer in North America, and one of the most dominant and influential corporations anywhere. Sam Walton's company prides itself on being a paragon of service, integrity, and frugality to its customers. But all is not well in the many areas where people have been "Wal-Martized" and have faced Wal-Mart's controversial business practices.In Sam We Trust is the true, unvarnished story of the Wal-Mart colossus at work, and of how its remarkable success illustrates the glory as well as the underbelly of American capitalism. A flinty workaholic obsessed with his stores at the expense of his personal life, Walton established the ruthlessly efficient strategy that enabled Wal-Mart to surpass Sears, outsmart Kmart, and crush small-town mom-and-pop stores. Bob Ortega, a veteran reporter who covered Wal-Mart extensively for The Wall Street Journal, has written an illuminating and authoritative account of the world's most powerful store, and of how Sam Walton's way of thinking is transforming America's -- and the world's -- business practices, workplaces, and communities.

    This book is designed for senior managers who need to address creativity from a strategic, rather than an individual, perspective.

    

    Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.CliffsQuickReview Accounting Principles I is your logical, easy-to-grasp guide to understanding the language of business. This guide introduces each topic, defines key terms, and walks you through each sample problem step-by-step. In no time, you'll be ready to tackle the key concepts in this book such as Generally accepted accounting principles Double-entry bookkeeping Adjustments and financial statements Inventory systems Subsidiary ledgers and special journals Cash controls Evaluating accounts receivable Operating assets CliffsQuickReview Accounting Principles I acts as a supplement to your textbook and to classroom lectures. Use this reference in any way that fits your personal style for study and review — you decide what works best with your needs. Whether you read the book from cover to cover or focus on select topics, you always get clear, jargon-free explanations of the fundamentals, supplemented with equations, charts, and tables.With titles available for all the most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are a comprehensive resource that can help you get the best possible grades.

    Advances in technology, new employee/employer relations, and the corporate push to optimize intellectual capital have introduced a host of new workplace anxieties that, left unaddressed, can seriously inhibit individual performance and cripple a company's ability to compete. Which is why, in this revised edition, authors Ryan and Oestreich revisit their original, best-selling work to confront the fears that permeate today's organizations--so that they can become the high-trust, high-performance organizations of tomorrow. This insightful book digs deeply into the root causes of fear and the pervasive 'flu of mistrust' that weakens motivation and commitment. --Terrence E. Deal and M. K. Key, authors of Corporate Celebration: Play, Purpose, and Passion at Work You'll discover: * How fear prevents people from doing their best * How fear operates in organizations How to build business relationships without fear...and much more! This work is a timely antidote to the insecurities of workers faced with the pervasive push toward leaner, meaner organizations.

    

    This book provides valuable insights into many major aspects of financial management and analysis, and includes expert advice, real-world examples, useful charts and graphs, and incisive end-of-chapter questions that help develop the skill set necessary to deal with the important financial problems encountered in today's business world.

    You'll need to change your attitude to thinking, adopt a number of simple tools and techniques, and even be prepared to think about the way your organization makes decisions.

    Most of us share an intuition that emotions are central to who we are and the characters we have, even though emotions are unchosen. Yet we also share the intuition that action, choice, and responsibility are what count about our characters. This book deals with this conflict by exploring the relations between the chosen and unchosen, moral and nonmoral, in sincerity, loyalty, sympathy, shame, guilt, and embarrassment as they affect our characters. The conflict is resolved by finding an aesthetic as well as moral basis of character. Along the way the authors consider questions such as can one truly avow ones feelings and still be insincere? What, if anything, is lacking in the Star Trek character Mr. Spock? Why is loyalty toward particular people and not people in general a duty? Is it a good idea for guilt to replace shame? How can we describe genuine self-deception without relying on unconscious knowledge? The book ends with the radical proposal that some of the emotions do not exist, at least not in the way that motives exist. We will not find them on any present or future brain scan. And yet, the authors argue, emotions matter.

    The magazine is published monthly by the American Society of Quality Control. The articles consist of real-world applications and common tools and approaches to quality improvement.

    

    When quality efforts go belly up, when incentive pay plans fail, when self-directed work teams stop functioning, when every organizational change meets fervent opposition, it's time to stop applying salves and do a serious diagnosis.

    Get the basics on: * Stirring creativity through self-esteem * Establishing a work culture that builds self-esteem * Boosting communication skills . . . and much more! "Nathaniel Branden is a giant. His work integrating innovation and entrepreneurship with self-esteem is the cutting edge, and shows how the qualities of high self-esteem are the same attributes needed for succes in today's environment." -Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager "I want to personally thank Nathaniel Branden for adding a million dollars to our sales this year, which I don't believe we would have had without his ideas triggering new thinking . . . ." -- Thomas E. Trumble, president and CEO, Leanin' Tree The 21-week, self-directed development program at the end of the book is essential for employees at every level of an organization.

    Carolyn Blackman draws on intensive case studies and her clear cultural understanding to reveal the tactics, conscious or unconscious, used by the Chinese, to explain why those tactics are used, and to suggest how you might respond to them.

    Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management As a tool for clarifying the thinking of volunteer boards, the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool is unparalleled. This is a real way to develop a language, get to the critical issues, and move on--the most practical and efficient method I have seen. As facilitator of over 175 retreats, it is the best thing I've used--and I appreciate the enhancements and improvements! --Peggy Outon, board chair, National Alliance for Nonprofit Management The Drucker Foundation's Self-Assessment Tool has made a lot of changes in the way we do business. . . . The workbook was a good beginning. The interactions and 'homework reports' on flip-chart paper were a vital part of this learning process. --Sue H. Brown, executive director, Senior Centers of Spartanburg County, Inc. The results far surpassed our expectations. The Drucker Process literally revitalized the organization. The board members have rallied around a new mission statement, taken on a variety of tasks, and designed new programs, which are very realistic. --Beth S. Cole, former executive director, American Academy of Home Care Physicians For over fifty years, Peter F. Drucker has shared his wisdom with organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool puts his invaluable management experience into your hands--and gives you the means to rediscover the mission and potential of your nonprofit organization. Originally published in 1993, the best-selling Self-Assessment Tool has helped and inspired nonprofit boards, executives, and teams to apply Drucker's insights to their organizations' needs. Based on extensive user feedback and research, the new and improved Participant Workbook has been streamlined for greater flexibility and focus. The revised Participant Workbook presents Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions and fully updated worksheets. There is no right way to use this tool: you make it your own. Its clear directions and straightforward method make it easy to implement with groups of any size, management level, or planning experience. By the And of the self-assessment process, participants will not only have a stronger understanding of their mission, values, and customers, but also an effective plan to apply what they learned. Multiple Uses for the Self-Assessment Tool ? The leadership team--the chairman of the board and the chief executive--can lead the organization in conducting a comprehensive self-assessment, refining mission, goals, and results, and developing a working plan of action. ? Teams throughout the organization can use the Tool to invigorate projects, tailoring the process to focus on specific areas as needed. ? Governing boards can use the Tool in orientation for new members, as means to deepen thinking during retreats, and to develop clarity on mission and goals. ? Universities and colleges can use the Tool as a guide for field projects with organizations from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors, and as a resource for boards and faculty. ? Working groups from collaborating organizations can use the Tool to define common purpose and to develop clear goals, programs, and plans.

    Any hope of inspired performance is shattered without this basic tenet. In this book, you'll discover: - How to build trust in the workplace, - How to lift people to newer heights and reach inspiration levels never before achieved in the workplace, - Spirit killers or soul suckers - Surefire ways to kill trust, - How to be a "real" leader not a cardboard cutout, - What your workers might want to tell you if they had the opportunity

    This book discusses data and analyzes the streamlined life-cycle assessment process in the context of the goals of a particular process or product.

    The goal of each chapter author--a leading authority in a particular subject area--is to provide an understanding of each method with a minimum of mathematical derivations. The chapters are organized within three general interrelated topics--Measurement, Decision Analysis, and Modeling.The chapters on measurement discuss generalizability theory, latent trait and latent class models, and multi-faceted Rasch modeling. The chapters on decision analysis feature applied location theory models, data envelopment analysis, and heuristic search procedures. The chapters on modeling examine exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, dynamic factor analysis, partial least squares and structural equation modeling, multilevel data analysis, modeling of longitudinal data by latent growth curve methods and structures, and configural models of longitudinal categorical data.

    Plan your way to success, set the right goals, overcome setbacks, overcome stress, boost self-esteem, get ahead at work.