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Winners Never Cheat Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten)
Author Jon M. Huntsman
Next time someone tells you business can't be done ethically -- corners must be cut, negotiations can't be honest -- hand them Jon Huntsman's new book. He started with practically nothing, and made it to Forbes'list of America's Top 100 richest people. Huntsman....
Release Date 2005/03 -
Building a Culture Focused on Execution
Author MIT Sloan Management Review
What are the best ways to make sure that projects and new ideas move forward smoothly and smartly? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the ways to tap employees for their best ideas, encourage them to share their concerns, and use ....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success
Author J. Yo-Jud Cheng , Boris Groysberg
Recruiting women directors can create positive feedback loops that pave the way for future diversity, and strengthen a board’s role in supporting long-term innovation and creativity.
Release Date 2020/01 -
When It Comes to Culture, Does Your Company Walk the Talk?
Author Donald Sull , Stefano Turconi , Charles Sull
Leaders love to talk about corporate culture and values, yet many companies have a disconnect between what leaders preach and what is practiced throughout the organization. Improving corporate culture requires a sustained effort over time. A first step: Look at how well t....
Release Date 2020/07 -
How to Sustain Your Organization’s Culture When Everyone Is Remote
The widespread shift to remote working can endanger corporate culture, but leaders can take action to protect and sustain it. They should recognize it in action and call it out, be open to modifications that arise from new circumstances, and take advantage of disruption to bolster core values. -
Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT
Author Paul Marciano
Advance praise for Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: "Paul Marciano provides a wealth of prescriptive advice that absolutely makes sense. You can actually open the book to any chapter and gain ideas for immediate implementation." -- Beverly Kaye, coauthor of Love 'Em....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Author Brad Hams
It’s an insidious disease that is crippling companies, destroying our economy, and crushing potential. It’s infecting the very roots of business performance, and it’s spreading fast. It isn’t the recession, market volatility, scandal, or greed.It’s entitlement.And i....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Author Daniel Murphy , Randall W. Ferris
Workplace Safety: Establishing an Effective Violence Prevention Program includes a powerful model on how to overcome organizational rationalization, objection, and denial when confronted with proposing a workplace violence protection program. The book offers real-....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Why Your Company Must Have a Design Culture
Author Russ Hall , Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.Take a broader view of great product design--and promote culture and....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Values Don’t Change, Even as You Chase Success
Author Jon M. Huntsman
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.Play tough, play hard, play fair: returning to the simple values that made American business great.Growing u....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Jon M. Huntsman
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.The art of winning with grace and dignity: restoring the place of love, kindness, sensitivity, and charity i....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Jon M. Huntsman
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.The surprisingly simple reminder that can keep people honest when they’re tempted to stray.Why do some brigh....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Building a Design-Driven Corporate Culture
Author Russ Hall , Stewart Emery , Robert Brunner
This Element is an excerpt from Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company (ISBN: 9780137142446) by Robert Brunner and Stewart Emery. Available in print and digital formats.Discover the six core elements of the sustainably design-driven comp....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Housing Crisis: What Happened and Why?
Author Franklin Allen , Glenn Yago
This Element is an excerpt from Financing the Future: Market-Based Innovations for Growth (9780137011278) by Franklin Allen and Glenn Yago. Available in print and digital formats.How the housing bubble really happened: an explanation that’s simple, clear, sensible, ....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Love Your Emotions—But Don’t Trade Them
Author David Gaffen
This Element is an excerpt from Never Buy Another Stock Again: The Investing Portfolio That Will Preserve Your Wealth and Your Sanity (9780137071555) by David Gaffen. Available in print and digital formats.How to control the emotions and cognitive dissonance that ge....
Release Date 2010/12 -
The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance
Author James Heskett
The contribution of culture to organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. In The Culture Cycle, renowned thought leader James Heskett demonstrates how an effective culture can account for 20-30% of the differential in performance compared with "cult....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Rethinking Value Investing for a Global Age
Author Jeffrey Towson
This Element is an excerpt from What Would Ben Graham Do Now?: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age (9780132173230) by Jeffrey Towson. Available in print and digital formats.How to adapt Ben Graham’s powerful value investing approach for the realities of ....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Creating a Software Engineering Culture
Author Karl E. Wiegers
This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 1996).Written in a remarkably clear style, Creating a Software Engineering Culture presents a comprehensive approach to improving the quality and effectiveness of the software development process.In twenty....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Author Jon M. Huntsman
Author royalties from this book go to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation“The way Jon conducts his business and lives his life will not only inspire you to be a better person, citizen, and entrepreneur, it also will give you hope that the good guys don't finish last.”Gl....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Author Ken Dancyger
Global Scriptwriting offers a look at an exciting new phase in screen storytelling, as writers and directors from all over the world infuse traditional forms with their own cultural values to create stories that have an international appeal and suggest a univ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Philip Delves-Broughton
How did Bill Clinton get his party to take him seriously again after the sex scandal story broke?Who was the manager behind Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mount Everest? Why could taking a nap after lunch be your route to a more productive day?This engaging and entertaining book takes a fresh, honest ap....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Culture, Society and the Media
Author Janet Wollacott , Michael Gurevitch , James Curran , Tony Bennett
This book discusses two related themes concerning the role and processes of mass communication in society. The first deals with questions regarding the power of the media: how should it be defined? how is it wielded and by whom? are previous approaches and answ....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Author Chris Rumford , Gerard Delanty
Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford argue that we need a theory of society in order to understand Europeanization. This book adva....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Violence and War in Culture and the Media
Author Athina Karatzogianni
This edited volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to violence and war and its implications for media, culture and society. Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of books, films and art on the subject of violence and war. Howeve....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Haiyan Wang , Vijay Govindarajan , Anil K. Gupta
Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang are among the most distinguished experts in the field of globalization. In The Quest for Global Dominance they present the lessons from their twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations. They argue that, in o....
Release Date 2008/03 -
Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor
Author Patricia Ward Biederman , James O'Toole , Daniel Goleman , Warren Bennis
In Transparency, the authors-a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership-look at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the ligh....
Release Date 2008/06 -
TrailBlazers: How Top Business Leaders are Accelerating Results through Inclusion and Diversity
Author Lenora Billings-Harris , Redia Anderson
Make diversity your competitive advantageTo reap the full benefits of diversity and inclusion, today's forward thinking companies look past "diversity" training towards a more comprehensive, holistic business approach. These leaders incorporate diversity and inclus....
Release Date 2010/09 -
All Hands On Deck: 8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership
Author Joe Tye
In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need all hands on deckIn the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need people to own their work, not just rent a spot on the organization chart. All Hands on Deck is a fun-to-read story that....
Release Date 2010/07 -
The Top 10 Distinctions Between Winners and Whiners
Author Keith Cameron Smith
Be a winner in your personal and professional life with this pull-no-punches guideLet's face it: to become a winner in the face of unpredictable times requires hard work and a determined mindset. Winners choose to be winners. Whiners let others control their fate. ....
Release Date 2010/12