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Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Changing the Conversation About Leadership
Author Ellen Van Velsor , Wilfred H. Drath
A difficult idea to grasp is that the very real need people often feel for leadership from a person in authority does not mean that such leadership is always possible or even desirable, or that it is the only way.
Release Date 2005/08 -
The 86 Percent Solution: How to Succeed in the Biggest Market Opportunity of the Next 50 Years
Author Robert Gunther , Kamini Banga , Vijay Mahajan
Most global businesses focus nearly all their efforts on selling to the wealthiest 14% of the world's population. It's getting harder and harder to make a profit that way: these markets are oversaturated, overcompetitive, and declining. The Invisible Market shows ....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World
Author Eamonn Kelly
Understand the most revolutionary human transformation in four centuries... and prepare for it!We're not just living through an age of change: we're living through a 'change of age': the most profound inflection point in human history since the Enlightenment. Th....
Release Date 2005/09 -
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 -
Big Winners and Big Losers: The 4 Secrets of Long-Term Business Success and Failure
Author Alfred A. Marcus
What keeps great companies winning, year after year, even as yesterday's most hyped businesses fall by the wayside? It's not what you think -- or what you've read. To find the real answers, strategic management expert Alfred Marcus systematically reviewed detaile....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Leadership in Action: Strategic Aims: Making the Right Moves in Leadership
Author Richard L. Hughes , Katherine Colarelli Beatty
Leaders who can foster greater strategic clarity, make stronger connections between strategy and tactics, and broaden their own and others' perspectives will contribute to the enduring success of their organizations.
Release Date 2005/10 -
Author Dean WIlliams
Too many organizations today play follow the leader: the commander articulates a “vision” and people uncritically go along with it. But this type of leadership—what Dean Williams calls "counterfeit leadership"—generates an unhealthy dependence on an authority f....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Author Sharon K. Anderson , Patrick Williams
"This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to the core ethical and professional issues faced by all coaches irrespective of length of coaching experience. The case studies and guidelines in this book will help coaches constructively reflect on the....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Author Jeswald W. Salacuse
Expert Help for the Special Challenges of Managing Other LeadersWhether you were born a leader or have had leadership thrust upon you, you’re in for a whole new set of challenges when managing other leaders. Think of the qualities that have brought you to a leadersh....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Filling the Leadership Pipeline
Author Robert B Kaiser
Competition is fiercer today than ever before, and effective leadership represents a rare source of competitive advantage. With strong leadership and a richly stocked pool of future leaders, organizations prosper and endure. There is an easy case to make for the im....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Let Go To Grow: Escaping the Commodity Trap
Author Dave Taylor , Linda S. Sanford
Praise for Let Go To Grow"Over the next ten years large companies will be hit with a wide array of harrowing new business challenges—commoditization being at the top of that list.Let Go To Grow elegantly outlines the critical new innovation, standardization, and glo....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution
Author Chris Trimble , Vijay Govindarajan
Even world-class companies, with powerful and proven business models, eventually discover limits to growth. That's what makes emerging high-growth industries so attractive. Although they lack a proven formula for making a profit, these industries represent huge opp....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Leadership in Action: In Focus - Leadership Challenges - Australian Survey Provides Insights
Author Karen Morley
There is a continuing downward trend in managers' perceptions of their CEOs, with managers continuing to see themselves as more effective than their CEOs, and certain groups of managers, such as those made up of the younger generations, seeing a decline in the effe....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Leadership in Action: Face to Face - Leading Across Boundaries - A Conversation with Patrick Burns
Author Editor Stephen Rush
Joyce Jenkins recently spoke with Burns to get his perspective on the types of leadership practices that are effective in bridging cultural boundaries in diverse and multicultural Asian work contexts.
Release Date 2005/12 -
Leadership Lessons from Mom: Listen to your mother's advice!
Author Peter R. Garber
It's amazing how often Mom's advice fits right into the business world. Leadership Lessons from Mom was written to encapsulate just some of the many leadership lessons learned from our mothers so you can use them to be successful in business and life. These 21 val....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Leadership Lessons from Dad: Father always knows best!
Author Peter R. Garber
Recognizing the good advice our fathers gave us is one of the greatest learning experiences leaders can have. Leadership Lessons from Dad was written to help leaders today use some of Dad's wisdom and apply it in the workplace. These valuable lessons will serve as ....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Leadership Lessons from the Game of Golf: An 18-Hole Course in Leadership
Author Peter R. Garber
Both golf and management share many things in common. This book was written to help leaders explore some of the valuable lessons learned from the game of golf and how they can make the difference between winning and losing in business. The 18 lessons are presented a....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality
Author Bob Walsh
Micro-independent software vendors, or micro-ISVs, have become both a major source of applications and a realistic career alternative for IT professionals. As for the latter, are you a programmer and curious about being your own boss? Where do you turn for informati....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Author Robin Jay
What’s the one entree you should never order at a business lunch? Is it ever okay to order alcohol? When should you bring up the subject of business? The Art of the Business Lunch takes you through every aspect of the business lunch. Robin Jay, the “Queen of the Bus....
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Taking Action: A Case Study in Dynamic learning
Author Wilfred H. Drath
A method of learning dating to the 1950s is founded on the conviction that people learn best from their experience, but only if they can reflect critically on that experience. Action learning is a way to learn while doing; it balances the action of work with shared ....
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations - Leaders who Encourage Get Their Mojo Working
Author J. Preston Yarborough
Encouragement focuses on the present and on what someone is doing, without comparison to the actions of others, and it communicates appreciation for someone's abilities.
Release Date 2006/02 -
Leadership in Action: Reading Up - A New Crop of Leadership Page-Turners
Author Mary Schwartz
A Review of ten books on leadership
Release Date 2006/02 -
The silk road to riches: How you can profit by investing in Asia’s newfound prosperity
Author Ivan D. Martchev , Yiannis G. Mostrous , Elliott H. Gue
Asia is now the world’s #1 growth story. Farsighted investors will realize enormous profits by investing in companies that benefit from Asia’s historic transformation. In The Silk Road to Riches, a team of world-class financial analysts and newsletter editors point ....
Release Date 2006/03