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Achieving Success in Nonprofit Organizations
Author Laurence J. Laning , Timothy J. Kloppenborg
This book is an essential tool to help you grow with your nonprofit organization. Whether you are an executive director, manager, board member, pastor, or key volunteer, the details here will help you achieve so much more. The four overarching areas of what the....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Human Resource Management in the Knowledge Economy
Author Cyndy Lengnick-Hall , Mark Lengnick-Hall
Offers a fundamentally new conceptual model for the human resource function to meet the challenges of the knowledge economy Provides concrete suggestions for implementing this model, including numerous examples of effective practices from leading-edge firms Synthes....
Release Date 2002/12 -
Author Ron Robinson
The attacks of 9/11 and The Great Recession affected us all and created a new economy in the process: the New Normal. The result has been greater demands for management to unleash the power within diverse workforces and rapidly respond to market and technology chan....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Corporate Talent Detection and Development
Author Yves Richez
Talent is not a matter of status, nor a sub-component of personality, nor a commodity that can be quantified or measured. This book consists of two parts. The first offers a fertile resource (epistemological and theoretical) to consider the notion of talent, as we....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Break the MBA Admissions Barrier, 2nd Edition
Author M. Harindran , Mohit Jain
Break The MBA Admission Barrier: Making It To The World's Best Business Schools provides a simple yet comprehensive approach to coaching in the workplace. It uses a step-by-step process, and in addition, it explains many of the supporting skills su
Release Date 2007/12 -
The Role of the Performance Intervention Specialist—Performance
Author Madelyn R. Callahan
This is the second in a series of four Info-lines looking at the roles involved in the Human Performance Improvement Process. This issue describes the six competencies of the intervention specialist, the types of performance interventions and how to design and devel....
Release Date 1997/12 -
Author Greg Smith
Retain your talent with a proactive approach to employee development, one conversation at a timeWhen employees are happy at work, the energy and creativity they possess is virtually limitless. But many leaders are ill-equipped to discuss and gauge the career satisf....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author Karen Lawson
A ready-to-use toolkit for delivering high-value training in any scenarioThe Trainer's Handbook is a comprehensive manual for designing, developing, and delivering effective and engaging training. Based on the feedback of workshop participants, readers, and instru....
Release Date 2015/12 -
The Truth About Employee Engagement
Author Patrick M. Lencioni
The Truth About Employee Engagement was originally published as The Three Signs of a Miserable Job. A bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve job satisfaction and performance. In his sixth fable, bestselling author Patrick Lencioni takes on a topi....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author James Flaherty
Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others is an insightful, thought-provoking guide that dissects the art and science of coaching. Beginning with theories, concepts and models, the book moves on to consider rigorous methods of practice and self-observation in a relati....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Albert Einstein, The Human Side
Author Ze'ev Rosenkranz , Banesh Hoffmann , Helen Dukas , Albert Einstein
Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in this illuminating selection of personal papers from the Albert Einstein Archives. The illustrious physicist wrote as thoughtfully to an Ohio fifth-grader, distressed by her discovery that scienti....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Business Planning and Entrepreneurship
Author Michael Kraten
An organizational strategy and business plan may begin with an engaging product or service concept. It may end with a creative investment funding strategy. But at its heart, its very core, a business plan must address the fundamental operating principles of manageme....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Manager's Employee Engagement Toolbox
Author Peter R. Garber
Everyone knows engaged employees are happier and improve the workforce. But engaged employees improve their managers' lives, too! Employee engagement has gotten the rap of being something "nice" to do, not something that can produce results. You need to reverse tha....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Next Level Virtual Training: Advance Your Facilitation
Author Diana L. Howles
Surpass the Basics of Virtual Training As virtual training continues as a go-to, effective learning option, and platform providers improve functionality, trainers and facilitators need to take their skills to the next level. Written by expert facilitator Diana L. Howles, this book goes beyond the b....
Release Date 2022/05 -
The Modern Learning Ecosystem: A New L&D Mindset for the Ever-Changing Workplace
Author JD Dillon
Reimagine the Role of L&D in the Modern Workplace How can we possibly keep up? This question is front and center in today’s workplace thanks to the downright ridiculous pace of change. There’s a never-ending stream of new processes, regulations, products, and technologies with which employees m....
Release Date 2022/11 -
Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace
Author Emilio J. Castilla
For their companies to remain competitive and successful, many executives strongly believe that they need to recruit and retain top talent. And to do so, they must foster meritocracies — hiring, rewarding, and promoting the best people, based on their merit. ....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Data-Driven City Management: A Close Look at Amsterdam’s Smart City Initiative
Author Michael Fitzgerald
The opportunity to use data analytics to improve city life is enormous — but cities aren’t yet ready to make the transition. One city leading the way is Amsterdam, which has been working toward becoming a “smart city” for almost 7 years. The....
Release Date 2016/07 -
A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
Author Jessica Miller , Lee E. Miller
“Breakthrough perspective. Every woman can benefit from this indispensable guide to getting what you want.” —Cathie Black, Chairman, Hearst Magazines“No matter what the situation, this book provides you with the negotiating techniques and the overall confidence to ....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Author Rich Christiansen
Zigzag Your Way to Success!Have you ever set your sights on the top of a mountain and then started your ascent by heading straight through the trees and up the sheer cliffs? Or driven in your car to the other side of town—as the crow flies? Of course not! Because yo....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Bridging Organization Design and Performance: Five Ways to Activate a Global Operation Model
Author Amy Kates , Gregory Kesler
Five practical steps to enhance organization effectiveness on a global scaleBridging Organization Design and Performance is a handbook for leaders looking to enhance the success of their organizations and themselves. Companies that compete globally require organiza....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author Susan Fowler
If you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation. Motivation is....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author Phillip C. Bryant , David G. Allen
Employee turnover can be expensive, disruptive, and damaging to organizational success. Despite the importance of successfully managing turnover, many retention management efforts are based on misleading or incomplete data, generic best practices that don’t translat....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Human Resource Management in the Project-Oriented Organization
Author Anne Keegan , Martina Huemann , Rodney Turner
Human Resource Management (HRM) in project-oriented organizations is a relatively unexplored topic though it is essential to the success of the organization and its competitive advantage. Project-oriented organizations operate differently from classic business orga....
Release Date 2008/05 -
The Human Side of Virtual Work
Author Laurence M. Rose
The virtual work world is upon us. It is ever increasing as both workers and organizations become more familiar with this new structure. The way leaders and managers deal with the virtual worker will become increasingly more important. This book takes a look at the....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Heidi K. Gardner , Ivan A. Matviak
We need a new approach for solving tough problems in a complex world—we need to collaborate smarter.Market volatility. Sustainability demands. Hybrid working. Opportunities and hazards of fast-changing technology and regulations. Companies and nonprofits face more daunting challenges than ever. How ....
Release Date 2022/11 -
Author Elaine Biech
Your Talent Development AtlasIf you’ve been directing your organization’s talent development effort during the last few years, you might think you’re on a journey without a map. There are few published resources to guide you in a challenge that many experts promise....
Release Date 2018/09 -
ATD's 2020 Trends in Learning Technology
Author Justin Brusino et al.
Evolving Technology for Human PerformanceATD’s 2020 Trends in Learning Technology collects insights about the latest emerging tech and trends that are transforming the talent development profession from top experts. They give much food for thought about how talent ....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Author David Kim , Susanne Kaul
Why is it that human rights are considered inviolable norms of justice at local and global scales although the number of their violations has steadily increased in modern history? On the surface, this paradox seems to be reducible to a straightforward discrepancy b....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Perfect Phrases for Managers and Supervisors, Second Edition
Author Meryl Runion
The Right Phrase for Every Situation . . . Every TimeCommunication is the single most important skill for excelling as a manager. What you say and how you say it sets the tone for your department and your entire organization.
Release Date 2010/06