Presents a new, more effective approach to leadership: helping people to honestly face reality and deal with their most pressing problems, rather than imposing ideas and solutions on them Shows ho
Presents an original analysis of what the real sources of power are in America today Reveals the tactics used by corporate interests to wield hidden power Offers detailed strategic advice for how
Presents often contrarian insights into how to design meetings that actually accomplish something Filled with case examples and exercises Draws on the authors' decades of experience working with
A revised and expanded edition of a bestselling classic--more than 90,000 copies sold of the first edition This new edition includes to completely new chapters Cleverly weaves together exercises, stor
In this inspiring leadership fable, John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings draw on their years of experience as consultants and chief executives, as well as on findings from Gallup’s ground-breaking Q-12 su
Sooner or later, most organizations will face some kind of disaster--flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, workplace violence, bombings, even the arrest or sudden death of the CEO. Existing books on cri
The long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Leadership and Self-Deception (over 400,000 copies sold and translated into seventeen languages) Shows how we unwittingly perpetuate the conflicts tha
Provides a blueprint for entrepreneurs who want to grow their socially responsible business while remaining true to their principles Based on interviews with top executives at over thirty leading
Women and men experience the world differently—not only do they see things differently, but they see different things. Men tend to have a bottom line, sharply focused, linear way of thinking that excl
Organizations are becoming increasingly complex, and the requirements to manage and optimize the people working in these organizations are also becoming more complex. Leaders are looking to their Huma
Since 1970, Robert Greenleaf's (1904-1990) writings on servant leadership have powerfully influenced every imaginable field of endeavor, from management training and education to corporate ethics and
Unlike the familiar mountain-climbing metaphor, which focuses more narrowly on goal setting and achievement, the desert as a metaphorical place of change does not have final summit or endpoint. Shifti
From the coauthor of The One Minute Manager, one of the bestselling business books of all time (over 9 million copies sold), and Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute (a 1996 BusinessWeek bestseller)
Funny, irreverent, and fast-paced, The Peon Book is a breath of fresh air and a strong dose of reality that managers may or may not want to swallow. It promotes the crucial viewpoint that is often ove
The definitive document of the anti-corporate globalization movement-the consensus report of an alliance of leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers Offers a constructive,
Bridging the gap between heavy theory and heavy practice, "Organization Development provides an emphasis on performance and results in addition to an overview of tools, techniques, and processes. Cove
While there are many other books on research methods, Research in Organizations differs from them in applying these methods to the study of organizations, supported by numerous case studies illustrati
Even the best managers often view employee coaching and feedback as necessary evils, tasks to be done with little enthusiasm and as rarely as possible. Formula 2 + 2 provides managers with a simple ye
