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Leadership in Action: Issues and Observations—Deference is an Undervalued Aspect of leadership
Author Joe Sarcone
The fact of limited resources will continue to present leadership challenges. By applying deference—and extending trust, exercising flexibility, and offering patience—leaders can become more effective at dealing with this problem.
Release Date 2008/08 -
Run Your Business, Don't Let It Run You
Author Clay Mathile
No More 16-Hour Days! Running your own business—the American dream—can be daunting: long days, none of the freedom you envisioned, no time for family and friends, and the unrelenting pressure to keep up the pace. Worse, all this hard work can only take you so far. T....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Critical Philosophy of Innovation and the Innovator
The major innovations which have occurred between the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century represent a fresh challenge to the responsibility of innovators. Innovators have disrupted, and continue to disrupt the world through the growth of technology, DNA sequencing, genetic en.... -
Author Richard Owen , Mario Pansera
Innovation, often tempered by the language of inclusion, has become an indispensable element of contemporary development policy and practice in the so-called Global South. Driven by multinational companies, public–private partnerships and social enterprises, “innov....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Author Karen LaPierre , Toshiro Wakayama
Within a business, opposing ideas typically lead to conflict and, in the face of conflicting demands, managers will feel anxiety, stress, and frustration. However, the authors’ research at Aeon Co. Ltd., one of Japan’s largest retailers, suggests that a....
Release Date 2017/04 -
The Power of Consumer Stories in Digital Marketing
Author Jeff Lee , Renee Gosline , Glen L. Urban
New research finds that stories about consumers’ positive experiences with a brand significantly increase users’ engagement with brand websites, and stories originating from consumers are especially powerful in shaping brand attitudes in social media. Indeed, ....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words
Author Stephen Young
Should you sweat the small stuff?Absolutely, says Stephen Young-especially when it comes to those critical behaviors that can make or break performance. The reason is simple: no matter what you think you're saying, your words, gestures, and tone of voice can actua....
Release Date 2006/11 -
Author Patrick Sweeney
Be truly inspired, discover your potential, and leverage it to drive organizational successWhat You Aren’t Seeing uniquely combines Herb Greenberg’s inspiring story with insights and practical ideas that can help you become the leader you were meant to be. Herb, wh....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Quality and Operations Management Revised Edition
Author Elearn
Management Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package. The series fuses key ideas with applied activities to help managers examine and improve how they work in practice. Management Extra is an exciting, new approach to management develop....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Digital Curation in the Digital Humanities
Author Arjun Sabharwal
Archives and special collections departments have a long history of preserving and providing long-term access to organizational records, rare books, and other unique primary sources including manuscripts, photographs, recordings, and artifacts in various formats. Th....
Release Date 2015/04 -
The Awakening Giant (Routledge Revivals)
Author Andrew Pettigrew
First published in 1985, this book is about Imperial Chemical Industries’ response to the changing social, political, business and economic environment over the past twenty years. Using personal interviews and archival material, Andrew Pettigrew examines the evolution of ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Gregory S. Smith
Learn how IT leaders are adapting to the new reality of life during and after COVID-19COVID-19 has caused fundamental shifts in attitudes around remote and office work. And in The New Normal in IT: How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever, internationally renowned IT executive ....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Author Rhett Power
The action plan for building your entrepreneurial empire—one day at a time.While every entrepreneur knows that the key to success is business growth, few ever see it happen. Why? Because they know how to plant seeds, but they don’t understand that the real work ....
Release Date 2017/01 -
The GAME of Innovation: Conquer Challenges. Level Up Your Team. Play to Win
Author David Cutler
As a leader, how do you discover and implement breakthrough opportunities? Gamify challenges. Level up your team. And play to WIN. Unveiling a comprehensive approach to extraordinary problem-solving, The GAME of Innovation offers all you need to meet challenges head on and seize the competitive edg....
Release Date 2022/03 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coping with Difficult People
Author Arlene Uhl
Easy ways of dealing with difficult people.Psychotherapist Arlene Matthews Uhl offers the most effective strategies for dealing with difficult peopl, from strangers and co-workers to friends and family, by characterizing the four major types and revealing specific ....
Release Date 2007/05 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide® To Business Plans
Author Gwen Moran , Sue Johnson
It's just good business.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Business Plans, Second Edition, helps new and existing entrepreneurs create clear, comprehensive, and compelling business plans by walking them through all of the decisions they'll need to make before writing....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Pocket Idiot's Guide™ To Direct Stock Investing
Author Lita Epstein , Douglas Gerlach
A profitable purchase for investment enthusiasts.The Pocket Idiot's Guide™ to Direct Stock Investing reveals an innovative style of investment that has been steadily growing under the huge shadow of Wall Street-home investors opening a Direct Stock Purchase (DSP) o....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Leadership Metaphor Explorer Facilitator's Guide
Author Chuck Palus , David Horth
The Leadership Metaphor Explorer Facilitator's Guide provides a facilitator with helpful instruction to use the Leadership Metaphor Explorer Tool - a compact tool for enabling creative, insightful conversations within and among groups of people. Show and hi....
Release Date 2012/06 -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creative Teams Collection (7 Books)
Ignite the creative spark within your team.For your company to stand out in today's competitive environment, you need to be original. You need to have fresh ideas, exciting products and offerings, and a willingness to experiment. And that starts at the team level. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Creative .... -
Advice for Working Dads (HBR Working Parents Series)
You can have a successful career and be the dad you want to be.Finally, we've moved past the days when providing for your family meant taking a backseat role in your children's lives. Still, many of us aren't finding the support and flexibility we need, and the time-management challenge of perfor.... -
Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus launched the OM-D E-M1 Mark III camera with a specific purpose in mind: to create a Micro Four Thirds camera for professional and advanced enthusiast photographers. As the flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-M1 Mark III is the peak of the Olympus digital imaging system. It is a .... -
Python Parallel Programming Cookbook
Master efficient parallel programming to build powerful applications using PythonAbout This BookDesign and implement efficient parallel softwareMaster new programming techniques to address and solve complex programming problemsExplore the world of parallel programming with this book, which is a go-t.... -
Leadership in Academic and Public Libraries
Author Petra Düren
In a time when libraries have to face constant change, this book provides examples and advises on how to lead when change is needed (for example, when quality management is implemented or when libraries have to merge or to relocate). Engaging with how constant....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Author Russell T. McCutcheon
The revised essays collected here, four of which are published for the first time, continue a longstanding argument made by McCutcheon and others: that the study of religion would benefit from self-conscious scrutiny of its tools, the interests that may drive them,....
Release Date 2018/09 -
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. -
VCAP5-DCA Official Cert Guide: VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5- Data Center Administration
The VCAP5-DCA Official Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make....