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Author Z. John Zhang , Jagmohan Raju
This Element is an excerpt from Smart Pricing (ISBN: 9780131494183) by Jagmohan Raju and Z. John Zhang. Available in print and digital formats.What your business can learn from Radiohead’s successful experiment with “pay as you wish” pricing.On October 9, 2007, the ....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Jacobs Tamara
There is no better communications and brand coach in the industry than Tamara Jacobs! Tamara elevated the communication skills of our entire department and enabled the team to establish a powerful and respected new brand image. The ultimate compliment was having oth....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Your People Need Care, Not a Battle Cry
Author Gianpiero Petriglieri
We too often squeeze our worries, fears, and needs through the funnel of aggression. That is usual in business — hence our fondness for the language of warfare. But the COVID-19 crisis is not business as usual, and leaders need better ways to show up and care for their pe....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Your Next Great Stock: How to Screen the Market for Tomorrow's Top Performers
Author Jack Hough
A comprehensive look at how to profit from the power of stock screeningWith thousands of stocks to choose from, how can you find the best ones to invest in? Simple: start with a handful of clues that tend to predict outstanding returns, and then search the entire ma....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Author Tim Tobin
Stories have power. They move people in a way that facts and figures can't. Many leaders use stories as a tool, but leadership development expert Tim Tobin says most have no idea what tale their own leadership is telling. He shows how, by thinking of your career as....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author Julie Stark , Marta Brooks
Whatever your position, if you influence change in the lives of those around you, you are engaged in an act of leadership. And if you are a leader in any sense, you are creating a legacy as you live your daily life. That legacy is the sum total of the differenc....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life
Author Shelley Carson
Research-based techniques that show everyone how to expand creativity and increase productivityHarvard psychologist Shelley Carson?s provocative book, published in partnership with Harvard Health Publications, reveals why creativity isn't something only scientists,....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Mark Stevens
It's every businessperson's nightmare: his or her company is failing, dysfunctional, stuck in neutral, and/or is disappointing overall, from the finances to the customer feedback.Put bluntlybut candidlythe company sucks.That's the bad news. The good news is that ....
Release Date 2011/08 -
You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life
Author Mike Smith , Jon Gordon
NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4–12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith's leadersh....
Release Date 2015/09 -
You Haven't Hit Your Peak Yet!
Author Harvey Mackay
Advice from one of America's most respected and well-connected business leadership gurusIf you haven't reached your peak, you're not alone. But still, you're doing something right. Sound strange? Well, any businessperson worth their salt knows it takes determination t....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Author Leo J. Pusateri
Learn how to stand out from other CPAs by showing clients that YOU are the value of your CPA firm.You Are the Value: Define Your Worth, Differentiate Your CPA Firm, Own Your Market provides you with practical strategies to build meaningful and lasting relationships....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Yogyathwa: Simple Access to Powerful Leadership
Author Bala V Balachandar , T. N Seshan , Nixon Fernando
This concept of Yoga or Yogyathwa has been articulated by many thinkers and spiritual teachers in Indian heritage covering a very wide spectrum of life. In other words, it is a Meta concept. This book articulates this concept very powerfully by invoking the concept....
Release Date 2017/04 -
World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs
Author Peter A. High
World Class ITWhy Businesses Succeed When IT TriumphsPeter A. HighForeword by John Boushy, former CIO of Harrah's Entertainment and former CEO of Ameristar CasinosPraise for World Class IT"Technology and business leaders alike must understand how to use IT to their....
Release Date 2009/12 -
World Class Diversity Management
Author Roosevelt Thomas
Globalization is transforming the very nature of our business relationships, decision-making processes, and interactions, making world-class diversity management more needed than ever before. But until now, the field of diversity had no established standard for....
Release Date 2010/08 -
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 -
Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies, Australian and New Zealand Edition
Author Vivian Scott
Resolving conflict in the workplace? No problem!Working your way through a conflict in the office can present unexpected challenges, but there's no need to feel unprepared — Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies has you covered! In the book, you'll ....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Author Inder Sidhu
This Element is an excerpt from Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit and Drives Tomorrow's Growth (9780137083640) by Inder Sidhu. Available in print and digital formats. How to get the best of both “command and control” and “decentralized” organizational ....
Release Date 2010/10 -
Author John Wooden
A Wall Street Journal BestsellerA compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America's coaching legend, John Wooden"Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination. . . . Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow."--Coach John ....
Release Date 2005/04 -
Author Gillian Arnold , Hannah Dee , Clem Herman , Sharon Moore , Andrea Palmer , Shilpa Sha
This guide offers expertise, initiatives and true stories to support those wishing to bring greater gender diversity into the workplace. It aims to inform regarding background, theory and policy; advise on concrete actions that can be undertaken, and to be an exemplar for the tech industry in the fo....
Release Date 2021/07 -
Author Mauro F. Guillén
Women Entrepreneurs offers a collection of almost two dozen cases that explore the process by which women become entrepreneurs, as well as the opportunities and challenges they face in growing their businesses.With a particular focus on the intersection between entr....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change
Author Deborah L. Rhode , Barbara Kellerman
Women and Leadership brings together in one comprehensive volume preeminent scholars from a range of disciplines to address the challenges involving women and leadership. These experts explore when and how women exercise power and what stands in their way. This grou....
Release Date 2007/08 -
Winning with Open Process Innovation
Author Martin Wörter , Georg Von Krogh , Torbjørn Netland
Most research on open innovation has focused on the use of ideas and knowledge from outside the organization in the development of products and services. But openness can be useful for process innovation, too. The authors' research shows that manufacturers can ben....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Marshall Goldsmith , David Dye , Karin Hurt
It can feel like a rigged game. 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, fru....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal
Author Charles A. O'Reilly , Michael L. Tushman
Tushman and O'Reilly examine how leadership, culture, and organizational architectures can be both important facilitators of innovation and, not uncommonly, formidable obstacles. They demonstrate how to clarify today's critical managerial problems, use culture and....
Release Date 2002/06 -
Author Fred Reichheld , Darci Darnell , Maureen Burns
Great leaders embrace a higher purpose to win. The Net Promoter System shines as their guiding star.Few management ideas have spread so far and wide as the Net Promoter System (NPS). Since its conception almost two decades ago by customer loyalty guru Fred Reichheld, thousands of companies aroun....
Release Date 2021/12 -
Winning New Business For Dummies
Author Stewart Stuchbury
Win more new business todayNew business is the lifeblood of every company – and this book expertly guides you through the process of securing more than your fair share of it. If you're a salesperson in the trenches looking for inspiration, this book offers real-li....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Author Baruch Lev
Pleasing Wall Street used to be easy for executives. Not anymore. The stock market is an uncertain place, and every day executives have to figure out what investors really want. There are right ways and wrong ways to do this. Get it wrong, and you risk alienating in....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Winning from Within - A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change
Author Erica Ariel Fox
Whether you run a Fortune 500 company or serve as CEO of your household, negotiating effectively is crucial to leading wisely and living well.Leading and living are a series of constant negotiations. Consider what goes on during your typical week: Can you influence....
Release Date 2013/09