Create powerful self-directed teams with TeamGuides! TeamGuides is a set of simple, yet powerful, reproducible guides that enable teams to organize their thinking, planning and follow-through. Ins
Argues that predictability is perhaps the single most powerful management tool in making businesses efficient. The author contends that when businesses favor short-term profits over long-term predicta
Presents a strategy for grooming executives for a company's top positions, emphasizing the importance of learning from experience and being open to continuous learning
A business speaker and cultural anthropologist offers guidance in the new ways of thinking, operating, and planning required by rapid changes in business and society
"Imaginization" is a way of thinking and organizing. It is a key managerial skill that will help you understand and develop your own creative potential, and find innovative solutions to difficult prob
Seventeen contributions examine strategies for preventing pollution and improving performance, including industrial circulation of materials, energy efficiency strategies, green accounting, and life-c
By analyzing the cases of 129 successful women entrepreneurs, the authors of Paths to Success explore the reasons for the rising number and success of women entrepreneurs in the United States. The aut
If the defining goal of modern-day business can be isolated to just one item, it would be the search for competitive advantage. And, as everyone in business knows, it's a lot harder than it used to
This updated paperback edition offers a real blueprint for how to deal with the dramatic change in today's marketplace. An added feature, "Real Change Leader's Handbook for Action, "
The former CEO of McKinsey & Company shares his experiences and advice on building new businesses, recruiting the best people, leading effectively, and managing successfully
A definition of leadership that would be widely accepted by the majority of theorists and researchers might say that "leadership is a process of social influence in which one person is able to enlist
Officials of a British company offering management training explains how to plan and run programs in which people learn to manage by managing. They show how to set up the necessary frameworks, describ
Misaligned companies, like cars out of alignment, can develop serious problems if not corrected quickly. They are hard to steer and don't respond well to changes in direction. This groundbreaking book
What is leadership? Are leaders made or born? Are the characteristics and challenges of leadership the same across time and cultures? Do leaders "pull" or are they "pushed"? Are leaders driven by need
In today's complex business world, strategic planning is indispensable to achieving superior management. George A. Steiner's classic work, known as the bible of business planning, provides practical
This colorful, offbeat business guide?sort of THINKERTOYS meets SARK?shows how to add zip, interaction, and excitement to just about any kind of meeting or presentation. The author has helped everyone
An up-to-date collection of new case studies spotlighting the integral role of communication in today's workplace, this volume will succeed its highly acclaimed predecessor as a valued reference and t
How can culture influence the way a group operates? What happens when members of different cultural groups interact in a common work group? What impact do relationships among different cultural group
