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Author Sean Covey , Sue Dathe-Douglass , Shawn D. Moon
“People are our most important asset.” Every company pays lip service to this platitude, but how many companies really embrace it? People are what sustain—or ruin—your brand. If your people are not excited about the company, indi....
Release Date 2015/01 -
The Unashamed Guide to Virtual Management
Author Ben Bisbee , Kathy Wisniewski
Manage Virtual Teams for Maximum ResultsWorking remotely is a reality of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. With organizations switching from a model of only on-site employees to on-site and virtual employees working globally, managers need guidance on how to addres....
Release Date 2019/10 -
The Universal Service Desk (USD) - Implementing, controlling and improving service delivery
Author Léon-Paul de Rouw , Brian Johnson
The Universal Service Desk (USD) – Implementing, controlling and improving service delivery defines what a USD is, why it is valuable to an organisation and how to build and implement one. It also discusses the evolution of the USD as part of integrated workplace manageme....
Release Date 2020/05 -
The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up
Author Dana Brownlee
What do you do when the biggest threat to your project is your boss? It's not that your boss is out to get you. In fact, bosses generally mean well. But clueless leadership from a well-intentioned boss can sometimes cause more damage than a criminal mastermin....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Author Gautam Mahajan
The Value Imperative is about understanding and creating value to become more prosperous, otain higher levels of success as a business and as a person, and become a better executive, manager, and leader.The book describes value and its creation, a practitioner conc....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Author Ann Herrmann-Nehdi , Ned Herrmann
The long-awaited update of the classic guide to outperforming the competition using Herrmann International's trademark Whole Brain MethodologyPacked with new research, updated examples, and more actionable content, The Whole Brain Business Book outlines four basic....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Author Douglas K. Smith , Jon R. Katzenbach
"The Wisdom of Teams" is the definitive work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a half million copies and been translated into more than fifteen languages, the authors’ clarion call that teams should be the basic u....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Think Critically About the Wisdom of Experts
Author Andrew A. King
Leaders and managers must inevitably consult the analysis, advice, and research of people whose expertise exceeds their own in a variety of domains. Getting the most from that perspective means understanding precisely how to question the experts’ wisdom, no m....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Toyota Kata Culture: Building Organizational Capability and Mindset through Kata Coaching
Author Gerd Aulinger , Mike Rother
Take advantage of your organization’s brainpower with Kata-driven continuous improvement“This is the first book I have read that provides a clear picture of what it takes to develop and mobilize creative capability across an organization, to achieve challenging goa....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Transforming the Next Generation Leaders
Author Sattar Bawany
This book is designed to provide insights into an understanding of the best practices and contemporary approaches to the identification, assessment, selection, and development of future leaders of an organization with a focus on executive and transition coaching as....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Author Paul J. Zak
For decades, alarms have sounded about declining engagement. Yet companies continue to struggle with toxic cultures, and the low productivity and unhappiness that go with them.Why is “culture” so difficult to improve? What makes so many good employees check out? Ne....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Understanding Decision-Making within Distributed Project Teams
Author Emilie Hamel , Jaouad Daoudi , Nathalie Drouin , Mario Bourgault
The proliferation of geographically dispersed teams is, of course, related to the explosive development of information and communication technologies (ICT), and particularly technologies related to the Internet. Now that these technologies are performing better and....
Release Date 2009/08 -
Author Dorothy Grover Bolton , Robert Bolton
Corporate trainers are tasked with an awesome responsibility—helping individuals develop the skills they need to advance their careers and boost their organizations’ bottom lines. It’s a challenging job, but What Great Trainers Do is here to help—providing a proven....
Release Date 2015/12 -
What Managers Can Gain From Anonymous Chats
Author Ryan Bonnici
While anonymous feedback in teams can sometimes be less than constructive, when used the right way, digital chat tools that provide anonymity can help managers gauge employee morale and drive change. Show and hide more
Release Date 2019/01 -
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 -
Author Tim O'Reilly
What is the future when more and more work can be done by intelligent machines instead of people, or only done by people in partnership with those machines? What happens to workers, and what happens to the companies that depend on their purchasing power? What's th....
Release Date 2015/10 -
When Consensus Hurts the Company
Author Alfredo Enrione , Felipe Csaszar
Boards and top management teams often try to gain consensus about important decisions. New research offers insights into when that's the right course, when it isn't - and how leaders can determine the best form of decision making for a given situation. Sho....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Samantha Kleinberg
Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them.This book helps you think about cau....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Why People Believe in Their Leaders — Or Not
Author Lynne M. Andersson , Brad Gilbreath , Tae-Yeol Kim , Daniel Han Min Chng
Organizations need to focus on how blockchain can be used to support their unique strategies. Without this focus, they risk investing in initiatives that don’t provide meaningful value. Show and hide more
Release Date 2018/10 -
Author Lisa Bodell
Imagine what you could do with the time you spend writing emails every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Why Simple Wins helps leaders and their teams move b....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Author Frieda Klotz
While flat organizational structures have gained favor in recent years, hierarchies continue to provide many important benefits, says the University of Michigan’s Lindy Greer. Depending on the circumstances, the answer isn’t to eliminate hierarchy but to train lead....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Why the Influence of Women on Boards Still Lags
Author Robert G. Eccles , Erwinn Danneels , George F. Colony , Jill J. Avery , Susan Fourni
Research indicates that the reason women aren't making more rapid inroads on corporate boards is that few have reached the most influential board leadership positions. Although more women are on boards now than 10 years ago, very few have been promoted to a post t....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Wiley Handbook of Learning Technology
Author Dan Surry , Nick Rush
The Wiley Handbook of Learning Technology is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the fast-growing field of learning technology, from its foundational theories and practices to its challenges, trends, and future developments. Offers an examination of le....
Release Date 2016/04 -
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 -
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 -
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