Written by the man behind Manager Tools, the world's number-one business podcast, this book distills the author's 25 years of management training expertise into clear, actionable steps to start taking today. First, you'll identify what "effective management" actually looks like: can you get the job done at a high level? Do you attract and retain top talent without burning them out? Then you'll dig into the four critical behaviors that make a manager great, and learn how to adjust your own behavior to be the leader your team needs. You'll learn the four major tools that should be a part of every manager's repertoire, how to use them, and even how to introduce them to the team in a productive, non-disruptive way.Most management books are written for CEOs and geared toward improving corporate management, but this book is expressly aimed at managers of any level--with a behavioral framework designed to be tailored to your team's specific needs.Understand your team's strengths, weaknesses, and goals in a meaningful way Stop limiting feedback to when something goes wrong Motivate your people to continuous improvement Spread the work around and let people stretch their skills Effective managers are good at the job and "good at people." The key is combining those skills to foster your team's development, get better and better results, and maintain a culture of positive productivity. The Effective Manager shows you how to turn good into great with clear, actionable, expert guidance.

    And now there’s a sure-fire way to solve their problems and test solutions: the sprint.While working at Google, designer Jake Knapp created a unique problem-solving method that he coined a “design sprint”—a five-day process to help companies answer crucial questions. His ‘sprints’ were used on everything from Google Search to Chrome to Google X. When he moved to Google Ventures, he joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky, both designers and partners there who worked on products like YouTube and Gmail. Together Knapp, Zeratsky, and Kowitz have run over 100 sprints with their portfolio companies. They’ve seen firsthand how sprints can overcome challenges in all kinds of companies: healthcare, fitness, finance, retailers, and more.A practical guide to answering business questions, Sprint is a book for groups of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to non-profits. It’s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today.

    The book has helped shift the conversation from what's broken with management today to what's possible. It is inspiring thousands of organizations--corporations and nonprofits, schools and hospitals--to adopt radically more powerful, soulful, and purposeful practices.The book resonates widely, but not everyone has time to devote to a dense 360-page management book. This illustrated version conveys the main ideas of the original book and shares many of its real-life stories in a lively, engaging way. Don't be surprised if you find it hard to put down and end up reading it almost in one sitting. Welcome to the conversation on next-stage organizations!

    A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights.After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim—that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation—is wrong. Customers don’t buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. Understanding customers does not drive innovation success, he argues. Understanding customer jobs does. The "Jobs to Be Done" approach can be seen in some of the world’s most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. But this book is not about celebrating these successes—it’s about predicting new ones.Christensen contends that by understanding what causes customers to "hire" a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers not only want to hire, but that they’ll pay premium prices to bring into their lives. Jobs theory offers new hope for growth to companies frustrated by their hit and miss efforts.This book carefully lays down Christensen’s provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use it in the real world—and, most importantly, how not to squander the insights it provides.

    It's not about privileges, luck, or working harder. There's a template that the world's fastest growing companies follow to achieve and sustain much, much faster growth.From Impossible to Inevitable details the hypergrowth playbook of companies like the record-breaking Zenefits (which skyrocketed from $1 million to $100 million in two years), Salesforce.com (the fastest growing multibillion dollar software company), and EchoSign--aka Adobe Document Services--(which catapulted from $0 to $144 million in seven years). Whether you have a $1 billion or a $100,000 business, you can use the same insights as these notable companies to learn what it really takes to break your own revenue records. For instance, one of the authors shows how he grew his income from $67,000 to $720,000 in four years while maintaining a 20-30 hour work week and welcoming a new child--nine times.This book shows you how to surpass plateaus and get off of the up-and-down revenue rollercoaster by answering three questions about growing revenue to tens times its size:Why aren't you growing faster? What does it take to get to hypergrowth? How do you sustain growth? This powerful, effective book provides a template for you to kick off your biggest growth spurt yet. This template includes The 7 Ingredients Of Hypergrowth: You're not ready to grow until you Nail a Niche.Overnight success is a fairy tale. You're not going to be magically discovered. You need sustainable systems that Create Predictable Pipeline.Growth exposes your weaknesses and it will cause more problems than it solves--until you Make Sales Scalable.It's hard to build a big business out of small deals. Figure out how to Double Your Dealsize.It'll take years longer than you want, but don't quit too soon. Make sure you can Do the Time.Your people are renting, not owning their jobs. Develop a culture of initiative, not adequacy by Embracing Employee Ownership.Employees, you are too accepting of "reality" and too eager to quit. You can Define Your Destiny to make a difference, for yourself and your company, no matter what you do or where you work. The authors take each ingredient and break it down into specific steps to guide you through implementation. From Impossible to Inevitable helps you take impossible goals and turn them into inevitable successes for your business and team. You will achieve success even bigger than you can imagine from where you're sitting today.

    It's not about gimmicks or 'perks' that disrupt productivity; it's about finding the passion that drives your business, and making it contagious.This book provides tools, games, and practices that put joy into work, with practical, real-world guidance for empowering workers and delighting customers. These aren't break time exploits or downtime amusements--they're real solutions for common management problems. Define roles and responsibilities, create meaningful team metrics, and replace performance appraisals with something more useful. An organization's culture rests on the back of management, and this book shows you how to create change for the better.Somewhere along the line, people collectively started thinking that work is work and fun is something you do on the weekends. This book shows you how to transform your organization into a place with enthusiastic Monday mornings. Redefine job titles and career paths Motivate workers and measure team performance Change your organization's culture Make management--and work--fun againModern organizations expect everyone to be servant leaders and systems thinkers, but nobody explains "how." To survive in the 21st century, companies need to dig past the obvious and find what works. What keeps top talent? What inspires customer loyalty? The answer is great management, which inspires great employees, who then provide a great customer experience. "Managing for Happiness" is a practical handbook for achieving organizational greatness.

    Here he turns his focus to the individual, revealing the three indispensable virtues of an ideal team player. In The Ideal Team Player, Lencioni tells the story of Jeff Shanley, a leader desperate to save his uncle’s company by restoring its cultural commitment to teamwork. Jeff must crack the code on the virtues that real team players possess, and then build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues.  Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players.  Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.

    It contains stories about how companies both large and small are adopting Lean Startup methods to scale successfully and operate in conditions of extreme uncertainty.The Leader’s Guide is for both those who are new to Lean Startup as well as those who love the methodology in principle, but want to know more about how to put it into practice.

    Today, more than ever, companies need to innovate to survive. But successful innovation—measured in dollars and cents—is a very hard target to hit.  Companies obsess over being creative and innovative and spend significant time and expense in designing and building products, yet struggle to monetize them: 72% of innovations fail to meet their financial targets—or fail entirely. Many companies have come to accept that a high failure rate, and the billions of dollars lost annually, is just the cost of doing business. Monetizing Innovations argues that this is tragic, wasteful, and wrong. Radically improving the odds that your innovation will succeed is just a matter of removing the guesswork. That happens when you put customer demand and willingness to pay in the driver seat—when you design the product around the price. It’s a new paradigm, and that opens the door to true game change: You can stop hoping to monetize, and start knowing that you will. The authors at Simon Kucher know what they’re talking about. As the world’s premier pricing and monetization consulting services company, with 800 professionals in 30 cities around the globe, they have helped clients ranging from massive pharmaceuticals to fast-growing startups find success. In Monetizing Innovation, they distil the lessons of thirty years and over 10,000 projects into a practical, nine-step approach. Whether you are a CEO, executive leadership, or part of the team responsible for innovation and new product development, this book is for you, with special sections and checklist-driven summaries to make monetizing innovation part of your company’s DNA. Illustrative case studies show how some of the world’s best innovative companies like LinkedIn, Uber, Porsche, Optimizely, Draeger, Swarovski and big pharmaceutical companies have used principles outlined in this book. A direct challenge to the status quo “spray and pray” style of innovation, Monetizing Innovation presents a practical approach that can be adopted by any organization, in any industry. Most monetizing innovation failure point home. Now more than ever, companies must rethink the practices that have lost countless billions of dollars. Monetizing Innovation presents a new way forward, and a clear promise: Go from hope to certainty.

    Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but about upgrading your strategic thinking. Based on Rogers's decade of research and teaching at Columbia Business School, and his consulting for businesses around the world, The Digital Transformation Playbook shows how pre-digital-era companies can reinvigorate their game plans and capture the new opportunities of the digital world.Rogers shows why traditional businesses need to rethink their underlying assumptions in five domains of strategy--customers, competition, data, innovation, and value. He reveals how to harness customer networks, platforms, big data, rapid experimentation, and disruptive business models--and how to integrate these into your existing business and organization.Rogers illustrates every strategy in this playbook with real-world case studies, from Google to GE, from Airbnb to the New York Times. With practical frameworks and nine step-by-step planning tools, he distills the lessons of today's greatest digital innovators and makes them usable for businesses at any stage.Many books offer advice for digital start-ups, but The Digital Transformation Playbook is the first complete treatment of how legacy businesses can transform to thrive in the digital age. It is an indispensable guide for executives looking to take their firms to the next stage of profitable growth.

    To reach your full potential in these situations, you need to master a new set of business and personal skills.Packed with step-by-step advice and wisdom from Harvard Business Review’s management archive, the HBR Manager’s Handbook provides best practices on topics from understanding key financial statements and the fundamentals of strategy to emotional intelligence and building your employees’ trust. The book’s brief sections allow you to home in quickly on the solutions you need right away—or take a deeper dive if you need more context.Keep this comprehensive guide with you throughout your career and be a more impactful leader in your organization.In the HBR Manager’s Handbook you’ll find:- Step-by-step guidance through common managerial tasks- Short sections and chapters that you can turn to quickly as a need arises- Self-assessments throughout- Exercises and templates to help you practice and apply the concepts in the book- Concise explanations of the latest research and thinking on important management skills from Harvard Business Review experts such as Dan Goleman, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, and Michael Porter- Real-life stories from working managers- Recaps and action items at the end of each chapter that allow you to reinforce or review the ideas quicklyThe skills covered in the book include:- Transitioning into a leadership role- Building trust and credibility- Developing emotional intelligence- Becoming a person of influence- Developing yourself as a leader- Giving effective feedback- Leading teams- Fostering creativity- Mastering the basics of strategy- Learning to use financial tools- Developing a business case

    His profound management sutras are derived from his bestselling books on business and management. They show how individuals can realize their potential, create wealth and achieve lasting success by following uniquely Indian principles (based on Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology) of goal setting, strategic thinking and decision-making.

    Do you ever feel as though your message hasn't gotten across? Do details get lost along the way? Have tense situations ever escalated unnecessarily? Do people buy into your ideas? It all comes down to communication. We all communicate, but few of us do it well. From tough presentations to everyday transactions, there is no scenario that cannot be improved with better communication skills. This book presents an all-encompassing guide to improving your communication, based on the Exec|Comm philosophy: we are all better communicators when we focus focus less on ourselves and more on other people. More than just a list of tips, this book connects skills with scenarios and purpose to help you hear and be heard. You'll learn the skills to deliver great presentations and clear and persuasive messages, handle difficult conversations, effectively manage, lead with authenticity and more, as you discover the secrets of true communication. Communication affects every interaction every day. Why not learn to do it well? This book provides comprehensive guidance toward getting your message across, and getting the results you want. Shift your focus from yourself to other people Build a reputation as a good listener Develop your written and oral communications for the greatest impact Inspire and influence others Communicate more effectively in any business or social situation Did that email come across as harsh? Did you offend someone unintentionally? Great communication skills give you the power to influence someone's thinking and guide them to where you need them to be. Simply Said teaches you the critical skills that make you more effective in business and in life.

    This approach naturally explains the ongoing internal and external organisational processes and optimum configuration of different organisations. Organisations are live creatures which are breathing, functioning, moving and developing inside their specific environments. Biological examples offer a useful way of making sense of complex ideas, because they can be related to everyday existence. As such, this allows the reader to intuitively understand the organisations where they work and with which they interact.By classifying different types of organisations and looking at their biological functions, Organisational Anatomy links existing theories and discusses five archetypes of organisations, namely producers, knowledge-dependent, location-dependent, donor-dependent and state-affiliated organisations. By looking into their specific features, the characteristics of organisations of different ages and levels of maturity, the access and utilisation of resources, and the development of productive external relations, this book allows insights into the role of each function in achieving superior business performance. The Organisational Anatomy approach allows the development of a holistic picture, and will allow businesses to achieve higher performance and recognise problems and difficulties by considering organisational pathologies and diseases.

    Even in this nondescript settlement, people receive money via mobile transfer from family members working in distant cities. There are computer training centres offering diploma courses in Bhojpuri, Hindi and English. Here is an example of India's numerous remote towns that have skipped the stage of basic learning and landed straight into digital literacy as they strive to keep up with the times.In his last book, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, writing with Srijan Pal Singh, draws upon examples ranging from entrepreneurship in places like Badshahpur to a sophisticated missile programme like Agni to show how it can be 'Advantage India' in the final lap of the journey to 2020--the landmark year by which he had envisioned the country could transform into an economic power. How can the new initiatives--such as Make in India, Swachh Bharat, smart cities and skill development for the youth--be used to unleash the country's vast potential?Advantage India offers the answer--a movement driven by every home and school to educate the new generation and give a fresh meaning to citizenship.

    Written by Dale Carnegie, the book contains the fundamental principles of social interactions and effective techniques of dealing with people. This summary seeks to highlight key ideas and capture important lessons found in the original book. It provides all the tips you'll ever need to build strong personal and professional relationships. Take action and get this Kindle book right now!

    It's not the star.It's not money. It's not a strategy.It's something else entirely.Several years ago, Sam Walker set out to answer one of the most hotly debated questions in sports: What are the greatest teams of all time? He devised a formula, then applied it to thousands of teams from leagues all over the world, from the NBA to the English Premier League to Olympic field hockey. When he was done, he had a list of the sixteen most dominant teams in history. At that point, he became obsessed with another, more complicated question: What did these freak teams have in common?As Walker dug into their stories, a pattern emerged: Each team had the same type of captain--a singular leader with an unconventional skill set who drove it to achieve sustained, historic greatness.Fueled by a lifetime of sports spectating, twenty years of reporting, and a decade of painstaking research, The Captain Class tells the surprising story of what makes teams exceptional. Drawing on original interviews with athletes from two dozen countries, as well as general managers, coaches, executives, and others skilled at building teams, Walker identifies the seven core qualities of this Captain Class--from extreme doggedness and emotional control to a knack for nonverbal communication to tactical aggression and the courage to stand apart.Told through riveting accounts of some of the most pressure-soaked moments in sports history--from Bill Russell's legendary "Coleman Play" in the 1957 NBA Finals to Barcelona's "Figo Game" against Real Madrid in 2000--The Captain Class doesn't just bring these events to life; it presents a fresh, counterintuitive take on leadership that can be applied to a wide spectrum of competitive disciplines.The men and women who make up the Captain Class were never the most skilled athletes, nor were they gifted orators or paragons of sportsmanship. They were often role players who were allergic to the spotlight. In short, the seven attributes they shared challenge your assumptions of what inspired leadership looks like.

    Discover the mindsets of the best, install the rituals of the icons, run the habits of the heroes and massive improvements will be yours for the taking. In The Little Black Book of stunning success, Robin Sharma - one of the true masters of leadership + elite performance on the planet - shares the potent insights that have helped so many people just like you do legendary work, live remarkable lives and lift everyone around them in the process. If you're truly ready to live your dreams, this book is your fuel. Dream. Dare. Lead. Learn. Craft. Create. Produce. Perfect. Iterate. Optimize. Inspire. Impact. Win. Repeat. Push. Rest. Love. Live.

    Good Authority is a modern classic, and it will redefine what it means to be the boss." -- Seth Godin, Author, LinchpinImagine a world where personal and professional growth are one thing, where improving your relationships and owning your strengths at work translate directly into the rest of your life.Creating a company culture like that is not a dream. Through personal stories and real-life conversations, Jonathan takes you into the room with managers and employees where real culture change happens, and shows you a new kind of employee mentoring where each person gets the real-time feedback, support, and clear boundaries we all need to get beyond the patterns that hold us back.In this provocative and timely new book, Jonathan brings together what he has learned over a twenty-year journey as an executive, entrepreneur, team leader and leadership trainer.Combining his experience as the CEO and CBO of EMyth where he led the transformation of a global coaching brand with the lessons learned along his own personal growth journey, Jonathan walks us through a step-by-step approach that integrates the leading edges of both. You'll discover a way to lead your team that is both profoundly human and results-oriented at the same time.Whether you re a CEO or business owner, executive, team leader, consultant, or coach, Good Authority will give you new ideas and inspiration you can put into practice. Most importantly, it will give you permission to be more of who you are at work than you ever thought possible.

    

    Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal prudence are essential, yet Americans know these institutions fall short. Many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations—the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense—he offers us the ultimate insider’s look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed, which is by turns heartening and inspiring and always instructive. With practical, nuanced advice on tailoring reform to the operative culture (we see how Gates worked within the system to increase diversity at Texas A&M); effecting change within committees; engaging the power of compromise (“In the real world of bureaucratic institutions, you almost never get all you want when you want it”); and listening and responding to your team, Gates brings the full weight of his wisdom, candor, and devotion to civic duty to inspire others to lead desperately needed change.From the Hardcover edition.

     Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how--by saying less and asking more--you can develop coaching methods that produce great results. – Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question – Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question – Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question – and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question – Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question – and The Foundation Question – Ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning Question A fresh innovative take on the traditional how-to manual, the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics, together with interactive training tools to turn practical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, The Coaching Habit takes your work--and your workplace--from good to great. "Coaching is an art and it's far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question rather than offer up advice, provide and answer, or unleash a solution. giving another person the opportunity to find their own way, make their own mistakes, and create their own wisdom is both brave and vulnerable. In this practical and inspiring book, Michael shares seven transformative questions that can make a difference in how we lead and support. And he guides us through the tricky part - how to take this new information and turn it into habits and a daily practice. --Brené Brown, author of Rising Strong and Daring Greatly

    But moats are fleeting; they are here today and gone tomorrow. The more important question is, who builds and maintains moats? Intelligent fanatics do. These leaders build high-performance organizations that can dominate for decades. Intelligent Fanatics Project looks at the stories of eight intelligent fanatics who built dominant and enduring businesses. A $1,000 investment with each of these intelligent fanatics would, on average, have been worth $3.4 million thirty-seven years later—a 24.6% compounded annual return. They operated in a wide array of industries, in different time periods, on different continents, and against different economic backdrops, yet their leadership styles, strategies, corporate cultures, and values were similar. Intelligent fanatics are what every entrepreneur aspires to be and what every long-term investor dreams of finding and investing in early. Sean Iddings and Ian Cassel examine the common traits of these intelligent fanatics, to help both the investor and the entrepreneur generate extraordinary returns.

    The techniques that will grow your business will also help you achieve a rich, purposeful, and integrated life. In Right Away and All At Once, Brenneman takes what he’s learned from turning around or tuning up many businesses?including Continental Airlines and Burger King?and distills it into a simple, clear, 5-step roadmap that anyone can follow. His 5 steps teach you how to prepare a succinct Go Forward plan, build a fortress balance sheet, grow your sales and profits, choose all-star servant leaders, and empower your team. For more than thirty years, Brenneman has seen these steps foster dramatic results in a variety of business environments. But ten years ago he realized that he could apply these same business principles to improve his life and build a lasting moral legacy. He found he could make better decisions by carefully taking the most important facets of his life?faith, family, friendship, fitness, and finance?into consideration. Brenneman’s inspiring examples, from both his business and life, demonstrate the astounding effects these 5 steps can have when you apply them right away and all at once.

    Physicians hold the key to improving healthcare, but while they enjoy exceptional training in the science of medicine, the vast majority of doctors have received little training in even the basics of leadership. In Growing Physician Leaders, retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling applies his four decades of military leadership to the world of healthcare, resulting in a profoundly constructive and practical book with the power to reshape and reenergize any healthcare organization in America today. Designed to help physicians master the art of leading people, it takes them, step-by-step, through a proven process that can help anyone become a more effective leader. Growing Physician Leaders gives doctors a potent tool to improve their personal health, their professional health, their organizational health, and ultimately, our nation's health.

    With an emphasis on time management, the book provides all of the tools, templates, and checklists necessary for leaders to stay organized and keep on top their responsibilities. Maia Heyck-Merlin describes step-by-step a set of habits and systems that help leaders to keep everything running smoothly and, most importantly, achieve their mission-driven goals. By learning how to plan for the predictable, leaders can face the unexpected head-on, going off-plan while keeping their eye on the objective. Education leaders will learn how to prioritize quickly and efficiently, and gain access to hands-on tools that take the turbulence out of their days, allowing them to truly become a Together Leader.Mission-driven leaders are often required to multi-task; it's part of the job. This book gives leaders the tools and information they need to streamline their workflow, to take the day one task at a time without sacrificing productivity. The book includes lessons on how to:Prioritize effectively and work efficiently Get organized and stay prepared no matter what Manage time, staff, and resources Develop the habits of an effective leader A leader's time is valuable, as is that of their staff. There's no room for waste. The Together Leader prepares leaders to truly lead their teams, with the tools and strategies that make real, effective mission-driven leadership possible.

    Regardless of sector or seniority, these practical exercises will make your work more rewarding, help you to be the best version of yourself and deliver projects that your organisation is proud of. The world needs more Conscious Project Leaders, the world needs you!Book can be ordered from www.theconsciousprojectleader.com

    How does a group of 130 men with an average age of 25 operate a nuclear power plant in the ocean’s harshest environments while conducting complex clandestine operations aboard a 6900-ton warship with nearly flawless results? The answer lies in the community’s culture which epitomizes the tireless pursuit of Operational Excellence. MATTHEW DIGERONIMO BOB KOONCE Applying the US Nuclear Submarine Culture to Your Organization Operational Excellence is a journey, not a destination. Let Matt and Bob give you a tour of the Navy’s Silent Warriors’ commitment to this journey that began nearly seven decades ago. DISCOVER: How to create a culture of intellectual integrity and the pursuit of knowledge. How to engage employees through procedural compliance and standards. How to foster an environment that fully leverages the talent of each individual. How to strengthen an organization by thoroughly evaluating mistakes. How to lead an organization to Operational Excellence from any starting point.

    Every new era has brought challenges and opportunities, requiring humans to adapt and grow, but in contrast to the linear transformations of the past, we are experiencing exponential change. What skills will you require to thrive in the 'fourth industrial revolution?' Are you performing at your full potential? When was the last time you stepped back to consider how you live and work? What if you could maintain your current level of performance, but vastly increase your reserves of energy and time? James Hewitt, Hintsa Performance Head of Science & Innovation, and Dr. Aki Hintsa, legendary Formula 1 doctor and mentor, reveal the stories and science that have played a pivotal role in 11 Formula 1 world championships as well as the transformative work of Hintsa Performance with executives in leading global companies. Exponential includes deeply researched content, brought to life with stories and interviews including Two-Time Formula One World Champion, Mika H�kkinen, programmer, teacher and children's writer, Linda Liukas, Face-Transplant Surgeon, Jyrki T�rnwall, President, UBS Wealth Management, J�rg Zeltner, Cancer specialist and sports doctor, Ralph Braun, Olympian and multiple world-champion masters cyclist Geoff Cooke and Alexander Stubb, Former Prime Minister of Finland and Parliamentarian. If we take time to look beneath the surface of what it means to be human, and focus our attention and energy where we can have the biggest impact, the results on our life and performance can be exponential.

    Executives set aggressive goals, so managers drive their teams to burnout trying to deliver. Or, employees seek connection and support, so managers focus on relationships . . . and fail to make the numbers. The fallout is stress, frustration, and disengagement, and not just among team members—two-thirds of managers report being disengaged.To succeed, managers cannot choose between results and relationships. They need both: They must get people to achieve while creating an environment that makes them truly want to. Winning Well offers managers a quick, practical action plan—complete with examples, stories, and online assessments. They will learn how to: Stamp out the corrosive win-at-all-costs mentality Focus on the game, not just the score Reinforce behaviors that produce results Sustain energy and momentum Correct poor performance without drama Build productive relationships Be the leader people want to work for Today’s hypercompetitive economy has created tense, overextended workplaces. Keep it productive, rewarding, and even fun with this one-stop success kit.

    The book combines cutting-edge psychological theory with practical exercises, stories, and examples from the author’s experiences as a leadership coach and consultant to provide readers with the tools and instructions to find their unique map of powers. From bosses to parents, politicians to protesters, power rests in the hands of everyone, everywhere.

    Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing person -- Cristiano Ronaldo There is nobody better than this international crisis manager to explain how to handle superstar players (Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale), difficult club presidents (Silvio Berlusconi and Roman Abramovich) and hysterical media

    But it doesn't have to be this way. Often, the difference between a group of indifferent employees and a fully engaged team comes down to one simple thing--a great boss.In How to Be a Great Boss, Gino Wickman and Rene' Boer present a straightforward, practical approach to help bosses at all levels of an organization get the most from their people. They share time-tested tools that have worked for more than 30,000 bosses in every industry. You can learn to be a great boss--and dramatically improve both your organization's performance and your team's excitement about their work.In this book you will discover:How to surround yourself with great peopleHow to make more effective use of your timeThe difference between leadership and management and why they're equally importantThe five leadership practices and five management practices of all great bossesHow to create accountabilityHow to develop productive, relationships with each of your peopleHow to deal with direct reports that don't meet your expectationsHow to Be a Great Boss provides practical tools that you can apply immediately with your people, allowing you to focus on improving and growing your organization and truly enjoy what you do.

    and which ones are wasting resource ▸ reverse engineer your competition's most profitable traffic sources ▸ match the right pages and content to the temperature of your traffic: cold, warm or hot ▸ use branding, psychology and funnel sequence to impact trust and buyer perceptionJoin Filip Matous as he distils 25,000 hours of career lessons into a four-hour foundational read so you can reduce decision-making stress to pick the right marketing moves, and direct your team to the highest level of relevant traffic your website has ever received.Filip Matous is a digital strategist who grows businesses by sending traffic to websites. For case studies, visit filipmatous.com

    With over 25 million copies sold, this book continues to influence the personal and professional lives of millions of readers. Now, in this special Selected Works of Stephen Covey, readers will not only benefit from the impact of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, but from also implementing three other Covey strategies that build off of the 7 Habits: Execution Essentials, Management Essentials and Leadership Essentials: Execution Essentials: Why do most companies fail to execute their goals--despite strong, dedicated leaders and staff? It's all in the execution. In this book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey will show you how to improve your execution strategy and help your organization meet its goals.Management Essentials: This book is a condensed guide to stronger management skills. Inside you'll find a concrete guide to getting the most out of your employees--along with an in-depth guide to putting new ideas into practice.Leadership Essentials: Are great leaders born--or made? In this book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey, walks you through a process of self-discovery and personal development that will make you a stronger leader--and help you succeed at work.

    Caught between a traditional approach to program and portfolio management, and half-baked Agile methods at the team level, he struggles to help his company find a way out. Faced with a nearly impossible quest, he attends a conference desperately seeking a solution. There he finds a glimpse of hope—a method that applies the notion of Agility at a much higher scale. Inspired by this discovery, Ethan charges into action, launching the rollout of a new method at his company. But in no time, he runs into a brick wall which puts the rollout, and his own career, in grave danger. He comes to realize that the basic culture and his enterprise’s way of thinking are its biggest impediments to success. His quest leads him to understand that his own mindset is also part of the problem.... The reader will be pulled into the exciting action unfolding as Ethan leads his organization towards enterprise agility. Fictional, but based on a broad range of real-life implementations, this novel by Alex Yakyma provides a war chest of techniques and tools to support large-scale rollouts of Lean and Agile methods.

    You recently started a new job as a team leader. You were very excited in the beginning, but it has been a tough week. Your team members don't seem too happy with you, people have been skipping meetings, you've been drowning in emails and requests, two of your teammates are not even talking to each other and your new boss wants you to present your team's plans for the year when you have barely a plan for next week. You are realizing you actually have no clue how to be a team leader. Sure, you're great at what you do, and you've been a great team player. But nothing in your professional training taught you how to do this. "This" being building a team. Actually, building an amazing team. - How do you bring together disparate characters and create something bigger and better than the sum of the parts? What teambuilding activities do you use? - How do you deal with your own self doubt and imposter syndrome? - How do you achieve your goals, when these can only be accomplished through teamwork? How do you ensure that managing your team’s request doesn’t eat up all your time? - What do you do when conflict explodes? Unless you actually studied for a career in management or business administration, chances are you were never taught anything about team leadership and managing people. This book is for you if: a. You have just started as a team leader (at work, in a sport or a hobby, or when volunteering) but have never learned about leadership and management in your career. b. You have been a leader for a while but are currently facing a crisis period and feel you don’t have the tools to resolve it or if you want to learn new ways to strengthen your team, get better results, and build a better work environment. This book is a practical guide to accompany you through the process of becoming a great leader and putting together a dream team. It will show you how to: • Identify the leadership skills you already possess and build on them. • Successfully transition from team member to team leader. • Get rid of overwhelm and learn to manage your time. • Achieve your team goals through smart planning and follow-up strategies. • Manage the team formation process to create a strong, cohesive team. • Maintain smooth communication by establishing solid systems. • Help your team members avoid or overcome demotivation and burnout. • Resolve conflict constructively. This book focuses both on developing the mindset that can help you become a great team leader, and on building the strategies that will help you reach your goals, maintain team spirit and communication, and prevent conflict. This is the book I wish I had when I started as a team leader years ago. I’ve put together all the best strategies I researched and tested through my own journey as a leader. After reading this book and testing the practical ideas in it, within weeks you’ll see positive changes in how your team relates to you and to each other. You’ll feel empowered. You’ll have a clear vision of who you want to be as a leader and what you want your dream team to look like, and most importantly, the tools and the plan that will make that vision a reality. My goal with this book is that you will find simple, easily-implementable solutions to the problems that now seem insurmountable. That tomorrow, instead of dreading your team meetings, you’ll start looking forward to interacting with your team.

    Supervision Matters is full of bite-size ideas for how to become a more effective supervisor, including advice on how to be clear about expectations, giving helpful feedback, manage yourself, and more. Each chapter is structured around how you approach a part of your work as a supervisor: how you talk, how you think about others, how you run meetings, how you lead, and more. Whether you re a front-line supervisor or a CEO, this book will help you sharpen your skills and improve morale by transforming your supervision skills into user-friendly tactics that work."

    Individual performance is a cornerstone of corporate performance and the need to achieve more - be that productivity or innovation - from fewer is becoming increasingly vital. Coaching is a demonstrably successful approach to helping individuals to perform to higher levels. This book aims to develop managers and executives into great coaches, who can transform the performance of individuals and teams in their organizations. The author looks at the art of coaching from different perspectives and provides practical tips and models (such as the "Spectrum of Coaching Skills" and "GROW"). It also includes sample dialogues of how to handle various coaching situations. FURTHER REVIEWS: 'Effective Coaching' has been the cornerstone of executive coaching practice over the last twenty years. It is the book upon which, all other coaching practices and methods have been built. The simple concept of 'performance as a function of potential minus interference' is still at the heart of what every coach does. The TGROW process has been copied and copied again in different formats; trainings; and leadership programmes the world over. Executive coaching all started with 'Effective Coaching'. Myles, has also been instrumental in developing executive coaching as the main-stream occupational profession that it is today. 'Effective Modern Coaching' builds on the basic principals, bringing thirty years experience to life in a fresh look at the coaching challenges we face today in the modern world. Mark Hookey, Director, Performance Management, Talent Management and Learning, Swiss Re A seminal work that positions coaching where it needs to be...driving performance. I have used this work in leadership programmes in many different sectors and countries and it resonates with all. The only coaching text you need. Simon Day, Qatar Gas Effective Coaching has had a profound influence on the way I coach and support my teams. Tom Denwood, Major Programme Leader, Health and Social Care Information Centre 'Myles Downey wrote one of the defining books on an oft misunderstood profession in 'Effective Coaching'. Calling on a lineage that goes back to the very beginning of coaching as a professional offering, Myles then adds he own inimitable voice as coach, thought leader, developer of Enabling Genius and the ground breaking e-coach. If you buy one book on coaching this year make it this one.' Cliff Kimber, Founding Partner BigBlueStuff They still talk a lot about coaching. Plenty of people write coach on their business cards. It seems to me that most of them sincerely err. Fortunately, there is Myles Downey, a founder of School of coaching, whose coaching experience exceeds 25 years. Myles has written Effective Coaching: Lessons from the Coach s Coach , the book essential for current understanding of coaching. Myles Downey s concept is a literal realization of coaching idea itself. His approach is fundamental, practical, modern and persistently connected with those who have attained maximum understanding of how humans learn. Pavel Kiryukhantsev, CEO, Zest Leaders As a leader in fast growing markets I find that achieving great outcomes is largely determined by how well I support the growth of helpful skills and behaviours, both with clients and with our own people. To that end Effective Coaching is the most powerful and practical toolset that I have yet found for maintaining truly effective conversations and high quality dialogue. Jonathan Man. Executive Director IDM Business School, South Africa and Botswana

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    His profound management sutras are derived from his bestselling books on business and management. They show how individuals can realize their potential, create wealth and achieve lasting success by following uniquely Indian principles (based on Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology) of goal setting, strategic thinking and decision-making.

    Jeff Liker and Karyn Ross show you how to develop Lean practices throughout your organization using the famous 4P model. Whether you are an executive, manager, consultant, or frontline worker who deals with customers every day, you'll learn how take advantage of all Lean has to offer.With this book as your guide, you'll gain a clear understanding of Lean and discover the principles, practices and tools needed to develop people and processes that surprise and delight each of your customers. These ground-tested techniques are designed to help you make continuous improvements in your services, streamline your operations, and add ever-increasing value to your customers. Fascinating case studies of Lean-driven success in a range of service industries, including healthcare, insurance, financial services, and telecommunications, illustrate that Lean principles and practices work as well in services as they do in manufacturing.Drawn from original research and real-world examples, The Toyota Way to Service Excellence will help you make the leap to Lean.

     2 Summaries in 1: 1. In-depth, comprehensive, chapter-by-chapter summary 2. BONUS: A downloadable PDF 2-page summary with key points to complement the in-depth summary for reference and review Overview: Deep Work is about the power of focused work. Written by Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University, the book’s key insight is that the ability to do great work requires developing powers of focus and work habits of uninterrupted concentration. Unfortunately, many things get in the way of work. The office environment is filled with interruptions. Rapid communication tools such as instant messaging and email disrupt our concentration. The ubiquitously accessible Internet, which is now an integral part of both work and life, contains an infinite number of distractions. This book provides solutions to these challenges. Deep Work contains two parts. The introduction and Part I explain the concept of deep work, why it is important, modern trends that detract from deep work, and why it can lead to productive and meaningful work. Introduction. Definition of deep work and shallow work. Chapter 1: Deep Work Is Valuable. Why deep work is valuable in the new economy. Chapter 2: Deep Work Is Rare. 3 trends that prioritize shallow work over deep work; 4 reasons why shallow work persists. Chapter 3: Deep Work Is Meaningful. How pursuing deep work can provide meaning in work and life. Part II discusses the 4 rules of deep work, and explains strategies to avoid distraction and improve your ability to work deeply. Rule #1: Work Deeply. The 4 approaches to deep work; 5 strategies to assist deep work. Rule #2: Embrace Boredom. Weaning your mind from distraction and strengthening your focus ability. Rule #3: Quit Social Media. How to choose your Internet tools. Rule #4: Drain the Shallows. 6 strategies to reduce shallow work. Conclusion. Pushing the limits of deep work. Reading Time: Summary: 55 minutes Full Book: 4:20 hours Savings: 3:25 hours Benefits of edify.me summaries: Readability: clear, concise and well-written for easy reading. Retention: structured into logical sections and enhanced with bullet points, lists and quotations. Review: provides a fast refresher when you need it.

    They are good people, you know that, but your dream is to be brilliant together. Dedication, passion, joy at work… are these too much to ask for?They’re not!In The CEO’s Playbook, author Nora Ganescu shows you how to become that exciting and innovative workplace that creates one game-changing success after the other. Discover where is the only effective starting point for creating change. Understand why much of what has worked before in companies is not working anymore, and why so many companies are struggling. Find out how to remove the biggest barrier that stops you from succeeding with ease and joy. Learn how to bring people together in passionate conversation and action. Get simple and elegant tools to approach (and answer) any business and team question that comes up. If running your company feels more like pushing a huge boulder up the mountain, then you are not alone. This book can help.

    Seemingly out of nowhere, startups and other tech-savvy disruptors attack. Your customers bolt for the door and revenues stall. Senior executives ignore the problem, or turn to yesterday's management playbook. In months instead of years, you've gone from market leader to also-ran.This scenario is beginning to play out in every industry. Everything that can be digitized - from products and services to the entire value chain - is being digitized, to the advantage of companies that can harness disruption. Unfortunately, few companies are building the organizational capabilities and strategic responses to compete in this stark new reality.In Digital Vortex, you will learn how to use the business models and strategies of startups to your own advantage. Instead of waiting to be disrupted, you can maximize the value of your existing businesses and move into profitable new ones. Most importantly, you will learn how to build the agility to anticipate threats, sense opportunities, and seize them before your rivals do.In today's world there are two paths: navigating to a new digital future, or being engulfed by exponential competitive change. With recommendations backed by research with thousands of senior executives from market leaders and startups alike, this book gives you a compass to chart your own course - to compete with disruptors and win.

    But robust, resilient diversity in the workplace thrives only when members of the majority group actively educate and challenge each other. Based on twenty years of pioneering workshops engaging white male leaders in transforming their own mindsets, building leadership skills, and creating powerful partnerships at work and at home, Four Days to Change follows a group of men embarking in a life-changing process to broaden their view of the world and lead them into more authentic relationships across race, gender, and sexual orientation. Witness the kinds of conversations that have opened the eyes of thousands of white male leaders, freeing them to benefit from more inclusive, authentic partnerships in the workplace and at home.

    Edwards Deming was a moral philosopher, prophet, and sage with profound insights into the management of organizations and the art of leadership and living. He also was a composer of liturgical music, a singer, and a musician.Edward Martin Baker, one of Deming's most valued associates, shares his deep understanding of Deming's System of Profound Knowledge, a set of theories and philosophies that helped reshape the management practices of many large multinational corporations. This included bringing organizations to economic health and individuals to spiritual and psychological health by attaining dignity and joy in work. Baker provides an accurate depiction of the philosophy as a musical score: - first movement: theory of knowledge - second movement: appreciation for a system - third movement: knowledge about variation - fourth movement: knowledge of psychologyBaker shows how the system can be viewed as a map--a mental representation of the territory that managers and others must navigate as they play their various roles. The Symphony of Profound Knowledge and what Deming taught contradicts what's learned in school and in the management of organizations. His teachings encourage the reevaluation of what is seen as fact. It provides a thorough understanding of the Deming philosophy and how to apply those concepts to life.

    The tools are three essential skills you will learn to hone in this book. The directions are in this book.If you're like me and most other people, you learned at random in the School of Hard Knocks. Sometimes it worked out OK, but often you were left wondering, isn’t there a better way? Learn One Method, One Time, and Forever Overcome Any of Life's Most Difficult Challenges You’re about to discover a 7-step process that allows you to confidently break through your toughest problems by relying on proven, practical methods for great decision making rather than blind luck or theory.Using the 3 Essential Skills you were born with, the START NOW questions in this book, the Personal Power Roadmap chart, and the easy-to-learn exercises and techniques in this book, you’ll finally have a fool-proof system for more creativity, clarity, and motivation on-demand for successful problem solving. The Ultimate Guide to Effective, Practical Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Goal Setting This resource for individuals, managers, students, and corporate training programs is a proven system for turning life's problems into successful solutions, in your business and personal life. In this book, you will learn... A 7-step system to use on every problem or goal to gain clarity and maintain focus on exactly what you need to do. How to tap into your 3 inner problem solving skills with simple exercises and techniques. A method that is action oriented, not theoretical. How to be proactive, not just reactive. How to develop and maintain focus. The powerful START NOW questions that get you the clarity you need to be successful and achieve your goals. 10 common mental deceptions that keep you stuck and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to remove this “malware of the mind” to get unstuck. Practical methods to finally overcome procrastination and perfectionism keeping you from a better life. The psychology of how to swap out a bad habit for a good one. A method for making major life changes without getting completely overwhelmed.

    It is a business philosophy that leaders around the world are using to radically transform their organizations. Liberating leaders believe that a workplace based on respect and freedom is a more natural environment than one based on mistrust and control. So they acted to align their organizations with these beliefs: They liberated people's initiative and potential and with it, unshackled their companies’ performance.A lot has happened since Freedom, Inc. first appeared in 2009. The book itself has been translated to six other languages. In France, it won the best business book award and was the No.1 business/management bestseller on Amazon.fr seven months in a row. More importantly, it has inspired hundreds of leaders to launch their own corporate liberation. The French daily Le Monde has heralded the start of a corporate liberation movement in France. Since then, the phenomenon has made the cover of leading periodicals, been shown on the evening news of major European TV chains, and been the subject of a 90-minute TV documentary that broke all the records for popularity.Most liberated companies have been small and medium size—though some have grown tremendously since. Yet increasingly, multinationals such as Michelin or Decathlon—operating in Europe, America and Asia—are joining the corporate liberation movement that pioneers such as W.L. Gore and USAA began.Corporate liberation has no frontiers, geographical or industrial. Vineet Nayar has liberated an Indian high-tech giant and David Marquet, a U.S. nuclear submarine. Leaders of organizations of all sizes and types are shedding their hierarchies and bureaucracies and transforming them into respect- and freedom-based workplaces. Every morning their employees go to work, but many prefer to say they go to have fun—pursuing a common dream using their own initiative.

    Merging business, finance, and law, this insightful examination of M&A strategy is designed to help you understand M&A negotiations and the ways in which the final outcome affects your financial future. A general overview of an acquisition agreement framework segues into a more detailed discussion of different deal structures, including stock sales, mergers, asset sales, and complex structures, giving you the information you need to know when each one applies best in practice. You'll gain insight into real-world negotiations and the delicate balancing act that occurs as each party attempts to maximize value and minimize risk, and learn the potential pitfalls that can occur. Negotiation statistics and samples from actual contracts back the war stories throughout, and reinforce the idea that there's no single perfect solution. As a topic of study, M&A is constantly evolving; in practice, it changes at the speed of light. Staying ahead of the market is the single most critical element of making the best deal, and the strategy that worked for one deal most likely won't work for the next. Instead of simply providing a list of strategies that have worked in the past, this book shows you why they worked, so you can tailor your strategy specifically to your next deal. Learn how M&A contract terms affect economic outcomes Examine the techniques and mechanics of today's acquisition agreements Develop a legal framework that supports your business strategy Follow the ups and downs that arise in real-world cases A successful M&A transaction requires both attention to detail and a big picture view, combined with skill, intellect, and ingenuity. Make the Deal brings it all together to show you how to run the table and come away with a win.

    It covers the theory of Social Architecture, and the tools you need to build a community. It explains the ZeroMQ community in detail, including its collaboration process (C4). This is a powerful book for anyone building an Open Source community, or an on-line community in other areas.

    ‘Do you then see the bird?’ There was a sense of rising excitement in Drona’s voice. ‘No! I can simply see the eye of the bird, nothing else,’ responded Arjuna without taking his eyes off the target. ‘Now, shoot!’ Drona commanded in a shrill voice. Everyone who stood there saw Arjuna’s arrow whizz past and heard a sharp click. The arrow was stuck in the middle of the bird’s eye. That day, a legend was born. Arjuna was declared a shreshtha, a supreme human talent. Arjuna’s most powerful weapon was not his Gandiva. His power came from ekagrata—his one-pointed concentration. Arjuna re-defined the limits of human achievement. He conquered his enemies with the sword of clarity and the shield of discrimination. In this creative re-imagining of the story of Arjuna, Debashis Chatterjee mines the Mahabharata and discovers nine precious lessons that will enable any one of us to become heroes in our own lives. Whether it is gaining mastery over life, harnessing our will power, or prioritising action choices—these life-lessons from that most charismatic of Pandavas can truly put each one of us on the hero-path. A magical blend of mythology and management, this book is worth reading and re-reading, many times over.

    Two of the most crucial tasks you face as a manager, they are vital to both the success of the enterprise…and your own career.No need to worry. This handy guide breaks down the simple but powerful strategies you can use to bring better employees on board…and weed out the weaker ones. Featuring techniques that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs, Hiring & Firing reveals how you can: Write appealing and accurate job descriptions Find suitable candidates Use the Law of Three when interviewing Ask the right questions Probe past performance Listen for the questions that indicate interviewees are qualified and serious Dig deep when checking references Negotiate salary Start new employees off strong Provide clear direction and regular feedback Document performance problems De-hire gracefully Create an appropriate severance package And more Hiring and firing are key to improving your team and reaching your goals. This indispensable little book helps you eliminate the guesswork and make the best decisions for your business.

    They explore what lessons can be learned from these organizations to provide a unique and in-depth analysis of how to develop enduring high performance. They also identify a high performance model based on three dimensions: the planning phase, the people phase, and contextual and environmental factors. Each chapter explores a case study based on research, interviews, and observations and present an inside story of what makes each of the institutions leaders in their fields.

    But times have changed—customer tolerance times are much shorter, product variety and complexity has increased, and supply chains have spread around the world. MRP is dramatically failing in this “New Normal.”  Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) is a practical, proven, and emerging method for supply chain planning and execution that effectively brings the 1950s concept into the modern era. The foundation of DDMRP is based upon the connection between the creation, protection, and acceleration of the flow of relevant materials and information to drive returns on asset performance. Using an innovative multi-echelon “Position, Protect, and Pull” methodology, DDMRP helps plan and manage inventories and materials in today’s more complex supply scenarios, with attention being paid to ownership, the market, engineering, sales, and the supply base. This method enables a company to decouple forecast error from supply order generation and build in line to actual market requirements, and promotes better and quicker decisions and actions at the planning and execution level. DDMRP is already in use by MAJOR Global 1000 companies. Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning is THE definitive work on DDMRP, and will be required as courseware for all those taking the Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) Program. Features THE authoritative work on the emerging DDMRP methodology.Provides a clear, concise, and compelling explanation of the breakdown of conventional planning systems.Includes immersive and extensive examples that bring DDMRP to life across multiple industries, including vertically integrated supply chains, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), heavy fabrication and assembly, and retail and wholesale distribution.Features over 300 graphical figures.Ptak and Smith are world renowned leaders in the fields of MRP, Theory of Contraints (TOC), Quality Improvement, and Supply Chain Management.

    The fresh thinking of a skilled leader has the potential to unleash innovation, empower employees, and generate wealth for the company. Similarly, a bad hire may mortally wound the organization and cause ripple effects throughout the entire economy.Hiring Greatness contains valuable insider strategies and tactics--previously only known to a handful of America's wealthiest, elite head-hunters--to attract, recruit, and retain star executives. Authors David E. Perry and Mark J. Haluska have completed more than 1800 search projects across five continents, maintaining a 99.97% success rate, and negotiating more than $380 million in salaries. Like magicians unveiling the hidden 'tricks of the trade, ' Perry and Haluska reveal:How to systematically secure--and retain--the perfect talent for your company How to keep recruiters from poaching your star executives (a good hire is relatively meaningless if they leave the company) Twenty-three questions you must ask a potential headhunter The language that makes your company the most compelling, and how HR lingo can repel the best talent Four critical turnoffs that drive great candidates away from top companies One company created $3.8 million of market value each hour, for six months, simply by hiring the right leader. Hiring Greatness takes you behind the scenes of one of the world's most profitable and secretive industries, meticulously showing how any organization can make monumental hiring decisions that lead to massive success.

    They are tricksters who traverse multiple domains, living between categories and labels. Encompassing rather than rejecting, the neo-generalist is both specialist and generalist. A restless multidisciplinarian, who is forever learning. They bring together diverse people, synthesising ideas and practice, addressing the big issues that confront us in order to shape a better future. They are curious, responsive, connective.

    Each of the 10 steps it offers was learned on the most intensely competitive global battlefields.Thirty years ago, the authors were top-tier political consultants who could boast of a dozen presidential wins around the world. Candidates hired the authors’ company to apply to their political campaigns what the authors knew about business communication and marketing strategy.Then, in 1984, Steve Jobs asked them to build the “Campaign Model” for Apple, putting Jobs upfront as his company’s perennial candidate. This time, Jobs essentially asked the authors to apply what they knew about political campaigning to business.Continuously improved, the model has kept on working for their clients ever since, from Apple, Coca-Cola, and Citigroup to Verizon, Visa, and the Walt Disney Company.The Leadership Campaign will help you put these winning strategies to work for your company and your career. You will learn: • Success-building communications skills used to train political leaders and CEOs around the world. • Proven strategies to take control of the competitive dialogue and never let go. • How to go for the win, the whole win, and nothing but the win for you and your company.

    You have a great idea that will bring exciting new products or services to market. How will you make that dream a reality? While it's true that hundreds of startups succeed each year in turning the imagination of talented people into hard profit, it's also true that just as many or more startups fail right out of the gate. Just having an idea is never enough. It takes hard work, it takes effort, and it takes organization. From obtaining money for your startup to hiring the right employees to bringing your product or service to market, every company takes a little bit of sweat and a little bit of stress and a lot of hard work. You’ll see why in the following pages. One thing that separates successful startups from those doomed to fail is knowing how to craft a well thought out business plan. In the following pages you’ll see the reasons why you need a business plan and how to make one that works for you. You’ll learn which type of business plan is best for you and how to tailor one to suit your needs. Let me show you how to plan out your entire strategy from beginning to success, from the spark of an idea to an efficient and well organized company that people will recognize and identify with. You've got the startup. I've got the blueprint to get you from your vision, to your success.

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    Ace publicists and marketers Barbara Cave Henricks and Rusty Shelton show that to navigate through this modern terrain, you need to think more like a media executive than a marketer. The key lies in mastering three crucial categories of media earned, owned, and rented and knowing how to integrate each for maximum success. By using this proven strategy, you can create a positive feedback loop that will generate massive momentum and grow a large, loyal audience for your message. "

    

    You need a pastor that matches your church’s vision, culture, and most importantly, your church’s heart. While there is no simple, one-size-fits-all solution to the puzzle of planning for a seamless pastor search, this handbook was created to provide pastor search committees, church leaders, and pastors a guide to asking the right questions in order to plan for the overwhelming pastor search process.William Vanderbloemen has spent years focusing on connecting churches with pastors who fit their ministry context. Search: The Pastoral Search Committee Handbook guides church members through the process finding the right leader for their church. When a pastor leaves a church, ministries are disrupted and members drift away. If the church is already struggling, it can find itself suddenly in very dire straits. But it doesn't have to be that way. What if when a pastor moved on, the church knew exactly what to do to form a search committee and begin the search process for the person God is calling to lead their church?

    Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models, and resource scarcity are impacting every business sector.  Although the scale of expected change is not unprecedented, what is unique is the pervasive nature of the change and its accelerating pace.  While structures, systems, processes, and strategies are relatively simple to understand and even fix, people are more complex. Change can have a different impact on each individual, which can cause different attitudes and reactions.Managing and Leading People through Organizational Change provides a critical analysis of change and transformation in organizations from both a theoretical and practical perspective.  It addresses the individual, team, and organizational issues of leading and managing people before, during and after change, using case studies and interviews with people from organizations in different industries across the globe. Each chapter includes learning objectives, boxed summaries, diagrams/models, case examples with questions, exercises, and a list of references and further reading.

    R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust Any cursory online search will reveal thousands of books and articles that try to help you become a better manager or a better leader. According to many of these texts, managing involves planning and budgeting, organizing, controlling, problem solving, and communicating; while leading means establishing direction, aligning people, motivating and inspiring them, and creating change. In this book, we propose a third set of skills that are often neglected but are just as essential for effective leadership: the ability to clarify individual and organizational values and to find a way forward when these values conflict. This book will help you develop those skills and apply them in your organization to become a better leader.

    What challenges does Apple face on a day-to-day basis?What's the bottleneck for an Amazon Robot Picker? And what is the capacity of the assembly line, in units per hour?During the holiday season, Amazon customers shipped 200 orders per second. Amazon's data science team discovered that the average number of orders waiting to be shipped was 20,650. How long did the average Amazon order wait to be shipped?FinanceWhat should Apple consider before implementing a shop-in-shop store inside Best Buy?If you projected a $500M expense and the variance came in at $1M, what are some of the explanations for why that is happening? Be prepared to give more than three scenarios.Business DevelopmentA car dealer partner wants to stop doing business with Uber. What should you do?How would you identify university faculty to source content for an online university?StrategyIf you could open a Google store anywhere, where would it be and why?Give your analysis of several recent acquisitions that Google has made. Analytics What top metrics would you track for the Tinder online dating app?If 1,000 people opened the Uber app during one hour, how many cars do you need?Product ManagementLet's say we wanted to implement an Amazon Mayday-like feature in Gmail. How would that work?How would you any Microsoft product to a restaurant?AUTHOR BIOLewis C. Lin, former Google and Microsoft executive, has trained thousands to get ready for tech interviews, using his proven interview techniques. Lewis' students have received offers from the most coveted firms including Google, Facebook, Uber, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Dell and HP.Lewis has a bachelor's in computer science from Stanford University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.He's the author of several bestsellers including The Marketing Interview as well as Decode and Conquer.HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE AUTHOR"Got the Amazon offer, with an initial package that was $100K more than what I currently make at [a top 5 tech company]. It's a dream job for the role of Principal Product Manager for a [special project]. - Q.K."Just signed the offer for a Google product marketing manager role. Your tips helped me relax and concentrate, so the time went by quickly even though it was really a tough interview." - D.E."I had my in-person interviews down at Facebook last week and got my offer letter the next day! You were definitely a huge help in preparing for the interviews." - L.S.

    Knowledge management experts Nick Milton and Patrick Lambe provide a guide through each state of creating and implementing a knowledge management framework that delivers business value from organizational knowledge.  They explain the essential aspects of knowledge management--including roles and accountabilities, processes, technology, and governance--and show how each of these can be tailored to the organization's specific needs and optimized to deliver long-term benefits.  With international case studies from organizations of all sizes and from many sectors, user-friendly tips, frameworks, and templates to help implement effective knowledge management procedures and to avoid common pitfalls, The Knowledge Manager's Handbook offers ways to make sustainable changes in an organization's knowledge management culture.

    Designed by a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) thought leader with 30 years of experience and over 300 global implementations under his belt across a range of industry sectors, this guide gives you a hands-on framework for putting the BSC methodology into action. Clear, concise, and easy to read, this book skips the theoretical exposition to get right to the point--how can companies use BSC to effectively deploy strategy and drive individual and enterprise performance? You'll find the answers here. The discussion outlines the ways in which firms commonly fail in implementing BSC. These failures can be traced back to common design and implementation flaws: making the process too complicated and focusing on the BSC process rather than the outcome. The discussion will also cover design optimization across a range of key industry sectors. You'll gain expert insight into avoiding these missteps and the practical tools and perspective you need to implement BSC correctly the first time.While the Balanced Scorecard framework is widely accepted and praised, about half of firms that implement it fail to realize the full benefits. The fault lies not with the framework, but with the design, and more importantly--execution. This book gives you the information and tools you need to adopt BSC successfully.Design a BSC that truly and simply reflects your strategy Customize the BSC to reflect your industry's uniqueness Define clear measurements and ownership that suit your strategy Develop a framework for efficient data collection and reporting Implement effective reviews to keep your business on track Use your Balanced Scorecard data to close performance gaps Developed in the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard framework has been recognized as one of the most seminal business ideas in the last 75 years. Thousands of companies around the world use BSC to create and maintain a performance-oriented enterprise, yet just as many try and fail. Execution Excellence shows you what you need to know and do to become a BSC success story.

    In this compelling sequel to The Lean Turnaround, lean pioneer Art Byrne leads you through a step-by-step transformation in which he tackles all the key challenges that you will deal with. Lean is more than a tactic. Byrne reveals its power as a complete strategy that: *Dramatically boosts profit margins, earnings, and ultimately enterprise value by*Engaging every employee in a culture of continuous improvements where*Every person takes ownership for problem-solving and learning in order to*Deliver more value to the customer by identifying and removing waste—permanently. In The Lean Turnaround Action Guide, Byrne draws from his 30 years of experience leading Lean in more than 30 companies. By setting this book in a company based on his experience, he is able to identify and guide you through the many challenges you will face on your successful Lean turnaround.

    If you are a project manager who wants to ace the PMP certification exam on your first attempt, you need to prepare with the right resources! ‘300 Practice Questions for the PMP Exam’, from the author of 'Be a PMP Ace in 30 Days', is unlike the average question bank you may come across for the PMP exam. This question bank contains a set of carefully researched and framed questions meant to optimise your study experience and the content here will stimulate your thinking in the way as it would be required on the actual PMP Exam. Key features of this PMP question bank: 300 questions sorted on individual knowledge areas of the PMBOK - an excellent accompaniment for after-chapter revisions during your PMP Exam preparation. Detailed solutions provided at the end of each chapter so that you understand precisely why a particular answer choice is the right one. Also includes questions on the Project Management Framework and questions on Professional Ethics. Questions are similar in structure, style and difficulty-level with the actual questions that appear in the PMP Exam – therefore, you get wider exposure in fewer questions. '300 Practice Questions for the PMP Exam' is an excellent accompaniment to your PMP preparation arsenal that you should not miss! Save over 20% with the PMP Ace Series 2-in-1 Combo  Buy the 2-in-1 Kindle Combo of the PMP Ace Series books, 'Be A PMP Ace in 30 Days' & '300 Practice Questions for the PMP Exam' and save $1.99. Get the combo at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XF8ZHJ3

    The topic of trust has been a much discussed issue since the recent global financial crisis.  However, the business world's response has lagged behind, and trust in organizations and corporations remains low.  This book helps leaders create a trust-building strategy for a globalized, technology-enabled, diverse, and increasingly skeptical world.  Through innovative coaching exercises, personal anecdotes, inspirational CEOs and well-researched business models, The Trusted Executive provides the tools leaders need to create a strategy for building trust in themselves and their companies.  Author John Blakey presents a three-pillared approach to trustworthy leadership based on ability, integrity, and benevolence.  He explains how to develop and measure organizational trust, handle trust violations, and manage a constantly changing work environment and diverse workforce.

    With this efficient, compact guide, you will almost instantly be able to familiarize yourself with such key management concepts and techniques as benchmarking, branding, core competition, empowerment, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, project management and the supply chain.

    Written for managers, advisors and students aspiring to these roles, this book is a guide to decision-making in the domain of corporate strategy. It arms readers with research-based tools needed to make good corporate strategy decisions and to assess the soundness of the corporate strategy decisions of others. Readers will learn how to do the analysis for answering questions such as 'Should we pursue an alliance or an acquisition to grow?', 'How much should we integrate this acquisition?' and 'Should we divest this business?'. The book draws on the authors' wealth of research and teaching experience at INSEAD, London Business School and University College London. A range of learning aids, including easy-to-comprehend examples, decision templates and FAQs, are provided in the book and on a rich companion website.

    This 4-hour free course explored some of the processes involved in decision making, and frameworks for understanding how decisions are made.

    Visit: readersfavorite.com/book-review/unbar... *** Winner of 2016 Northern California Book Festival Award in Business Category *** Finalist in the 5th Annual Beverly Hills International Book Awards 2016 *** Mayur Ramgir, an innovator, entrepreneur and an International Award Winning Author, puts his Sherlock hat on and picks up Watson's pen to retrace a story of success and jot it down for the others to follow. He tells the story of how successful people found their pathway to discoveries that took them to the heights where we now see them. He tells the tale, not just of achievements, but also of failures, and more importantly, of getting back on the feet after those failures. Unbarred Innovation: A Pathway to Greatest Discoveries is written as a source of inspiration for those who doubt the destiny. Ramgir narrates the story of great innovators with the intention of helping readers find out that those are the people they can relate to, and their achievements are nothing but the result of unwavering determination and efforts. Those are the people who take failure an opportunity to overcome the flawed and feeble aspects of their strategies. They improve and strengthen themselves after every stumble, rising up stronger and better than ever before. He explores the element that differentiates them from everyone else. Is it genetic superiority or a gift of opportunities? Is it really something they are born with, or is it something they take from what they observe and experience? With his belief in the latter theory, Ramgir inspects their lives to identify the difference of a whole new level. His own journey to success is based on what he had been learning from the lives of people who inspire him. From Larry Ellison to Li Ka-shing, he had put the lives of these living giants under the microscope to understand what they do different and how they fostered the innovator in themselves. The book is a detailed account of Ramgir's learning. Like Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, Ramgir's story is also more than just words of inspiration. He writes his book as a guide that takes the reader on the path to self-discovery. From philosophy to believes and from perception to action, follow Ramgir as he uncovers the secret lifestyle that successful people live by. Understand the idea of Unbarred Innovation and how it can help you join the league of modern innovators regardless of your current circumstances and challenges. Find out how you can take the smallest idea out of your mind, polish it, and present it to the world in a way that changes everything, not just for the world but also for you. Be the modern day innovator, raise future innovators, and find out how innovation can pave way to entrepreneurship. It is important to note that all the proceeds generated by this book will be donated for charitable causes such as providing education, shelter, food and basic needs for underprivileged children, eradicating poverty, hunger and solving social and global issues.

    As an energizing power, it helps us not only maintain healthy social relations but also achieve self-satisfaction and self-actualization.In her book Emotional Intelligence: the Road to Success, Dr. Samira A. Mansour guides the reader through the benefits and effective use of emotional intelligence in a variety of situations, including cross-culture communication, family interaction, socialization of children, sociocultural negotiation, and organizational management. The book also includes a self-scoring assessment test covering three aspects of emotional intelligence.Success and productivity cannot be determined by IQ alone. By using EQ, or emotional intelligence, readers of all backgrounds can better understand and assess the behaviors, attitudes, motivations, lifestyles, management styles, interpersonal skills, and potentialities of those around them. Emotional Intelligence: the Road to Success will show them how.

    "E-logistics"--new logistic management practices for the internet--can result in faster shipping times, better customer service, and streamlined information within and between supply chain management companies. Edited by Yingli Wang and Steve Pettit, this collection features international experts from both academia and industry who examine how competitiveness and productivity in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management can be improved using e-logistics systems and technologies.Supported by industry case studies, chapters cover:-Why e-logistics is so important in effective supply chain management-The definition of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) infrastructure and its components in air freight management, rail freight management, and port management and shipping-B2C and B2B e-commerce and e-fulfillment-E-logistics security, ethical, and legal issues-RFID-E-logistics development in different sectors such as food, construction, fashion, telecommunications, and healthcare-Global supply network visibility-Service chain automation-Launching a successful e-logistics business model-The future of e-logistics and emerging technologies

    Using the latest insights from applied neuroscience, behavioral economics and psychology, Neuroscience for Leaders demonstrates how to become a better leader through brain-based learning.Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Alexandros Psychogios provide a step-by-step framework for fine-tuning brain functions in four key areas: enhancing the thought process, understanding and nurturing emotions, shaping automated brain responses, and developing dynamic relations. They explain the underlying science behind these steps, why they are important to the business environment, and how they can be improved.With case studies, self-assessment tools and useful exercises, Neuroscience for Leaders is a valuable guide for managers and leaders looking to improve leadership effectiveness.

    Each chapter includes illustrations, solutions and examples of what other companies have done, and questions/checklist at the end.

    Drucker’s articles on management, all in one place.That “management” exists as a concept, a practice, and a profession is largely due to the thinking of Peter F. Drucker. For nearly half a century, he inspired and educated managers—and powerfully shaped the nature of business—with his iconic articles in Harvard Business Review.Through the lens of Drucker’s broad vision, this volume presents an opportunity to trace the great shifts in organizations in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries—from manufacturing to knowledge work, from career-length employee tenures to short-term contract relationships, from command-and-control structures to flatter organizations that call for new leadership techniques.These articles also offer a firm and practical grasp of the role of the manager and the executive today—their responsibilities, their relationships, their decisions, and detailed processes that can make their work more effective.A celebrated thinker at his best, in this volume Drucker paints a clear and comprehensive picture of management thinking and practice—both as it is and as it will be.This collection of articles includes: “What Makes an Effective Executive,” “The Theory of the Business,” “Managing for Business Effectiveness,” “The Effective Decision,” “How to Make People Decisions,” “They’re Not Employees, They’re People,” “The New Productivity Challenge,” “What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits,” “The New Society of Organizations,” and “Managing Oneself.”

    I wrote it because I believe we can do better than the accepted "status quo" in the software industry. It took me years to learn what I needed to learn to come up with my version of the #NoEstimates approach. You can do it in weeks! The techniques and ideas described here will help you explore the #NoEstimates universe in a very practical and hands-on manner. You will walk through Carmen's story. Carmen is a senior, very experienced project manager who is now confronted with a very difficult project. One would say, an impossible project. Through the book, and with the help of Herman, Carmen discovers and slowly adopts #NoEstimates which helps her turn that project around. Just like I expect it will help with the project you are in right now. The book also includes many concrete approaches you can use to adopt #NoEstimates, or just adopt those practices on their own.

    It includes blog posts, ebooks and rarities.Every word in this 17 pound Titan is available online for free. A few thousand people, though, will be able to own the hardcover, collectible edition. There will be no more copies printed after the first edition sells out.The book features hundreds of color photos from Thomas Hawk, one of the most-followed photographers online.Only 6,800 copies printed.

    The playing field must be leveled so board seats are obtainable to a wider, richly qualified, more diverse range of talent. To remain competitive and profitable, our corporations and free enterprise system depend on it. In their June 2011 Harvard Business Review article "Defend Your Research: What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women," Anita Woolley and Thomas W. Malone wrote: "There's little correlation between a group's collective intelligence and IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises." The authors and their assistants had given standard intelligence tests to subjects between 18 and 60 years old. Each team was asked to solve one complex problem along with completing such tasks as brainstorming, visual puzzles, and decision-making exercises. "Teams were given intelligence scores based on their performance. Though the teams that had members with higher IQs didn't earn much higher scores, those that had more women did."So female and male readers listen up. While corporate board seats are scarce, competition is fierce and director turnover is low, here's something to celebrate: Unlike the past when boards often interviewed just one person whom they knew, many boards are now interviewing several candidates. This means, according to the Spencer Stuart U.S. Board Index 2014, more first-time directors---39 percent of newly seated directors are serving for the first time---and people with different experience are being invited to the process. And the 2014 National Association of Public Company Governance Survey confirms that 23 percent of all new directors are division/subsidiary presidents and other line and functional leaders. This is almost double their representation a decade ago.So you don't have to sit passively just wishing and hoping. You can take action. In fact, the "right" initiatives can immeasurably increase your odds of earning a seat. (This book is full of folks who have done just that!)Here's the tricky part, however: Joining a corporate board is generally by invitation only. (Sometimes board recruiters build the candidate list, but many times the board works independently.) Although the landscape is changing, direct solicitation is still considered taboo. Consequently, your actions should be carefully choreographed so that the board finds you and determines that you are the are the most qualified candidate for the seat. You'll want to rely on your sponsors and supporters to do the initial canvassing for you.If this sounds mysterious and murky, or downright implausible, hang on! In this book, I bring together my branding and marketing experience and my thirteen-years-and-counting corporate board experience. It's the interweaving of these two distinct sets of qualifications that enables me to help you blaze your trail to a corporate board seat.The earlier you get familiar with the world of corporate boards, the more productive your journey will be. Refer to the resources at the back of this book and take to heart the "Tools for the Journey" summary I provide at the end of every chapter.Ready to turn your ambition into action and become a corporate board director? Read this book. Your someday starts now.

    Leaving behind it a broken path to success. Now, for the first time, in an era of unprecedented challenging times, at a time in history when it is needed the most, Super Sized Success courageously reveals the great missing link - providing you the direct and quickened path to success. The 9 Steps in Super Sized Success come together in a proven formula that—if you use them—gives you the power to achieve maximum riches in minimum time. Super Sized Success’s New World Reality definition of success and precise steps to achieve it make you so mentally, physically, intellectually, financially, and spiritually potent that you become super-naturally driven to excel at the highest levels of human achievement. The time has come—your time is now.

    Through years of asking questions to his own teams, author Jeffrey T. Cook discovered that questions--asked in a group setting--create an opportunity for the group to experience the answer of a teammate. Those shared stories, over time, lead to teams that bond like GLUE. Continued "question experiences" result in improved team cohesiveness, deeper understanding of their teammates, and a bonding shared over similar experiences.Using GLUE as a metaphor, these questions are categorized in levels from very basic (What was your favorite childhood toy?) to very deep (Are there any relatives or siblings you no longer talk to?). Ask the question and experience the answer!

    The Lean Toolbox covers Lean Philosophy, The Science of Lean, Improvement, Change, Strategy, Flow, Mapping, Scheduling, Layout, Quality, Product Development, Supply Chain, Lean Accounting, and Lean beyond the factory floor. It is aimed at managers and practitioners. Previous editions were known for their concise style and wide coverage. Over 110,000 copies of the previous editions were sold. The last edition was recommended by APICS for their International CPIM (Certified in Production and Operations Management) examinations. The book is prescribed by several universities in UK, USA, Denmark. The 4th edition remained on Amazon UK's top 10 on manufacturing for 5 years. This is a complete revision and update including 40 additional pages.

    The authors, organizational performance researchers, set out to learn about what they call “crucial moments”: times when people’s actions disproportionately affect their organizations, their relationships, and their lives. Yet, in the course of studying what they call “influencers”—a term for individuals who are known by their peers as effective and possessing an innate authority regardless of the position they hold—for 20 years of research that involved more than 100,000 people, the authors learned that the crucial moments could be linked to crucial conversations. The three defining characteristics that make a conversation crucial are a high-stakes topic of discussion, differing opinions about the topic, and high emotions about the topic…  PLEASE NOTE: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.   Inside this Instaread of Crucial Conversations: ·      Overview of the book·      Important People·      Key Takeaways·      Analysis of Key Takeaways  About the Author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

    With updated content that reflects key advances in the project management field, including planning, implementation, control, cost, and scheduling, this revised text offers added material that covers relevant topics, such as agility, change management, governance, reporting, and risk management. This comprehensive resource provides a contemporary set of tools, explaining each tool's purpose and intention, development, customization and variations, and benefits and disadvantages. Additionally, examples, tips, and milestone checks guide you through the application of these tools, helping you practically apply the information you learn. Effective project management can support a company in increasing market share, improving the quality of products, and enhancing customer service. With so many aspects of project management changing as the business world continues to evolve, it is critical that you stay up to date on the latest topics in this field. Explore emerging topics within the world of project management, keeping up to date on the latest, most relevant subject areas Leverage templates, exercises, and PowerPoint presentations to enhance your project management skills Discuss tips, reporting, implementation, documentation, and other essentials of the project management field Consider how project management fits into various industries, including technology, construction, healthcare, and product development Project Management ToolBox: Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager, Second Edition is an essential resource for experienced project managers and project management students alike.

    It is written from the author's own experiences as a consultant focused on workplace bullying and positive workplaces. After reading the book, you will understand what bullying is and the steps needed to effectively eradicate it.

    The software doesn’t work, the invitations aren’t sent out on time, or nobody shows up to staff the trade show booth. Or the work is done on time, but at the expense of team member engagement. When a project fails or just plain doesn’t match your expectations as team leader, it’s usually your fault.This insightful report examines the best ways to delegate work so that you not only end up with successfully completed tasks, but also a team of cheerful people—including a cheerful you. Through interviews with more than two dozen management authorities—executives, managers, leadership coaches, advisors, and authors—author Esther Schindler takes you on a journey through the process, pitfalls, and rewards of delegating work to others.- Adopt a managerial attitude: learn how to cede control and trust your team- Understand empowerment: know what, how, and to whom to delegate tasks- Assign tasks sensibly: delegate objectives and clarify expectations- Check on a task’s progress: learn how to provide communication and support- Judge the results through a mentor’s eyes: praise your team and cope with failure

    We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you manage culturally diverse employees, whether they're dispersed around the world or you're working with a multicultural team in a single location.This book will inspire you to: Develop your cultural intelligenceOvercome conflict on a team where cultural norms differAdopt a common language for more efficient communicationUse the diverse perspectives of your employees to find new business opportunitiesTake varying cultural practices into account when resolving ethical issuesAccommodate and plan for your expatriate employeesThis collection of articles includes "Cultural Intelligence," by P. Christopher Earley and Elaine Mosakowski; "Managing Multicultural Teams," by Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar, and Mary C. Kern; "L'Oreal Masters Multiculturalism," by Hae-Jung Hong and Yves Doz; "Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity," by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely; "Navigating the Cultural Minefield," by Erin Meyer; "Values in Tension: Ethics Away from Home," by Thomas Donaldson; "Global Business Speaks English," by Tsedal Neeley; "10 Rules for Managing Global Innovation," by Keeley Wilson and Yves L. Doz; "Lost in Translation," by Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams; and "The Right Way to Manage Expats," by J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen.

    The material presented in the book will also be interesting to chiefs of enterprises, businessmen, and people promoting new goods and interested in their competitiveness.The methodology is based on the tools used in TRIZ – Genrich S. Altshuller’s Theory of Inventive Problem Solving that proved efficient in solving complicated technical problems.

    This 8-hour free course introduced the world of management and looked at a range of topics, including what managers do and the skills they require.

    Key Business Analytics will help managers apply tools to turn data into insights that help them better understand their customers, optimize their internal processes and identify cost savings and growth opportunities.It includes analysis techniques within the following categories:Financial analytics - cashflow, profitability, sales forecasts Market analytics - market size, market trends, marketing channels Customer analytics - customer lifetime values, social media, customer needs Employee analytics - capacity, performance, leadership Operational analytics - supply chains, competencies, environmental impact Bare business analytics - sentiments, text, correlations Each tool will follow the bestselling Key format of being 5-6 pages long, broken into short sharp advice on the essentials:What is it? When should I use it? How do I use it? Tips and pitfalls Further reading This essential toolkit also provides an invaluable section on how to gather original data yourself through surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc.

    This 8-hour free course provided an overview of the features of a project and the issues that arise in managing a project.

    Stephen R. Corey was one of the most famous person for being a great speaker, writer and a teacher. “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is one of his greatest works and has impacted the lives of many. This book has been published for than 20 years ago and has still remained the top books in the market. Habits determines our destiny. Do we really have what it takes to be highly successful? In his book, Dr. Stephen R. Corey teaches us through the 7 habits of highly effective people. Having more than 20 million copies sold worldwide, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is a must read if you are truly serious in being highly successful and effective. NOW FREE FOR KINDLE UNLIMITED MEMBERS In this book, it will summarize all the key takeaways, summaries and lessons of the original book. We will cover all the 7 habits of highly effective people with a book page of less than 15% of the original one! Take this book as an even shorter path towards being highly effective and successful! Inside this book, you’ll discover: Paradigms, principles and growth of a highly effective person How to get rid of bad habits and inculcate good habits in you The power of working in reverse and you can apply it The six paradigms of human interaction and when to make use of which The power of understanding and how you can apply the concept of it And really, so much more! Right now, right here is the best time to learn the 7 habits of highly effective people! Grab this book today by clicking the “BUY NOW” button right away! P.S. If you really want to learn the top habits of highly effective and successful people, this book is definitely for you! P.P.S. If this book is really not worth the coffee price of $2.99, no questions asked! Refunds would be available within 7 days P.P.P.S. What are you waiting for? Grab this book today!

    Deborah Corey tackles new areas that are transforming communications campaigns including how to use and embrace technology as a medium for effective communication, how to understand the needs of target audiences in multi-generational and multi-cultural workplaces, and how to communicate in a global context. In addition, she presents case studies to practically spell what works and what does not work.

    Everyone, that is, except John D. Bassett III. While one corporation after another exported their manufacturing to high-volume factories in low-wage locations overseas, Bassett's traditional wood bedroom furniture manufacturing company has not only survived, but thrived, making premium products right here in America. When everyone else was rushing for the exits, Bassett bet on the talent, dedication, and uncompromising quality of American workmanship. And he won. In Making It in America, Bassett tells you the secrets that have made Vaughan-Bassett Furniture so successful doing what everyone said couldn't be done. Drawing on rich life experience, including the everyday challenges running a traditional manufacturing company, Bassett constructs a 12-point plan to achieve successful leadership in any business. These steps include: Have a winning attitude, respect your employees, don't panic, reinvest constantly, and make the best of the worst. Bassett's story is about how those values underpinned his personal success and how they can revitalize America itself. In the face of feckless leadership, crumbling infrastructure, and global competition, Bassett's story is a blueprint for how America can revitalize its role as leader of the free world and how your success can be part of it.

    The book provides 52 practical things you can do to improve the way that you, your team and your organisation lead and deliver projects. Regardless of sector or seniority, these practical exercises will make your work more rewarding, help you to be the best version of yourself and deliver projects that your organisation is proud of. The world needs more Conscious Project Leaders, the world needs you! Check out what readers think: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

    The Power of Positive Destruction reveals how to start a new business, disrupt an industry, and adapt to changing environments by leveraging technology and a new mindset.Serial entrepreneur Seth Merrin has built businesses by seeing issues with the status quo and introducing positive changes that have disrupted--and revolutionized--industries. In this book, he breaks down his process step-by-step to show you what you need to know to successfully start a company and transform an industry. Merrin's incredible story, coupled with real, actionable advice, will resonate with anyone who wants to be a catalyst of change. With this book, readers will learn to see the inefficiencies, ineptitudes, and everyday problems that others dismiss as the cost of doing business and create unfair competitive advantages to stack the deck--and win. You'll see how problems in current business models are really opportunities of which to take advantage and learn what you need to know and do to seize those opportunities --no matter where you work.Seth Merrin saw Wall Street as it was, then built a company to turn it into what it could be--safer and more efficient for investors. This book shows you how he did it, and how you can too, with the power of positive destruction.Discover how to turn status quo into disruption Understand how to stack the deck in your favor to achieve the best possible chances of success Learn how to build and run a company and design a culture for constant change Acquire new skills to create strategy, sell your disruptive product or service, and negotiate effectively Technology and innovation can disrupt or transform any industry. It's happening faster and more broadly now than ever, creating myriad opportunities for everyone. But winning in this new world is not easy. The incumbents will fight mightily against it and even those who would benefit from change may first express fear. This book reveals the techniques from identifying the opportunities to designing and executing the strategy you'll need to succeed. With The Power of Positive Destruction you can to tap into your inner change agent and transform your company, your industry, and the world.