Business and Management Books
Quercus Publishing 50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know
Book SynopsisThe most accessible introduction to the central ideas of business and management.
£9.99
PublicAffairs,U.S. Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief,
Book SynopsisA short, concise and user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedureOriginally published in 1876, General Henry M. Robert's guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings has sold over six million copies in eleven editions. Robert's Rules of Order is the book on parliamentary proceedings, yet those not well versed on what has now become a rather thick document can find themselves lost-and delayed-while trying to locate the most important rules. The solution? Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief.Written by the same authorship team behind the officially sanctioned Robert's Rules of Order, this short and user-friendly edition takes readers through the rules most often needed at meetings--from debates to amendments to nominations. With sample dialogues and a guide to using the complete edition, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief is the essential handbook for parliamentary proceedings.
£9.80
Society for Human Resource Management Talking Taboo: Making the Most of Polarizing
Book SynopsisWhen politics, sex, race, religion, and other polarizing subjects come up in conversation among co-workers, what happens next? SHRM Chief Knowledge Officer Alexander Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, explains why some topics are taboo while others are not then brings them to life with real-world conversations on taboo topics, such as politics, race, religion, sex and gender. Based on the extensive findings of the “2020 SHRM Survey of Politics and Polarizing Discussions in the Workplace”, Alonso looks into the future of Talking Taboo, delivers proven assessment and guidance tools, and wraps up by showing how to make taboo topics work in your workplace.
£23.76
Harvard Business Review Press Negotiation: Your Mentor and Guide to Doing
Book SynopsisNegotiation-whether hammering out a great job offer, settling a dispute with a client, drafting a contract, or making trade-offs between business units-is both a necessary and challenging aspect of business life. In the business world, confident negotiators are always in high demand. Bringing a difficult negotiation to a successful conclusion can be one of the most exhilarating-and valuable-aspects of business today. Packed with practical advice and handy tools, Negotiation will help any manager sharpen skills and yield a sizable payoff. Contents include: Preparing the necessary information before a negotiation Managing multiparty negotiations Assessing the position of the opposing side Determining your sources of power and authority in a negotiation Recognizing the barriers to agreement and how to overcome them Plus, readers can access free interactive tools on the Harvard Business Essentials companion web site. Series Adviser: Michael Watkins Associate Professor Michael Watkins does research on negotiation and leadership. He is the coauthor of Right From the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role (HBS Press, 1999) and the author of Taking Charge in Your New Leadership Role: A Workbook (HBS Publishing, 2001), both of which examine how new leaders coming into senior management positions should spend their first six months on the job. Harvard Business Essentials The Reliable Source for Busy Managers The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Drawing on rich content from Harvard Business School Publishing and other sources, these concise guides are carefully crafted to provide a highly practical resource for readers with all levels of experience. To assure quality and accuracy, each volume is closely reviewed by a specialized content adviser from a world class business school. Whether you are a new manager interested in expanding your skills or an experienced executive looking for a personal resource, these solution-oriented books offer reliable answers at your fingertips.
£17.09
Gallup Press 12: The Elements of Great Managing
Book SynopsisMore than a decade ago, Gallup combed through its database of more than 1 million employee and manager interviews to identify the 12 elements most important for sustaining high performance. These were identified in the 1999 bestseller First, Break All the Rules. The Gallup study now includes 9 million employee and manager interviews spanning 114 countries and conducted in 41 languages. The authors weave together the latest Gallup insights with recent discoveries in the fields of psychology, physiology, game theory, neuroscience, and management. Chapters in the book follow great managers as they harness employee engagement to turn around a failing call center, save a struggling restaurant, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production through power outages, and face a host of other challenges in settings around the world. Written to be accessible to all managers and employees, 12 explains what every company needs to know about human nature on the job.
£18.89
Greenleaf Book Group LLC Leading Lightly: Lower Your Stress, Think with
Book SynopsisLeading lightly is about looking at what you do through a radical new lens. It's a way to powerfully transform a person's performance, make better decisions, gain greater self-awareness, and develop the capacity to manage one's life with enduring ease and clarity. An alternative to the everyday stress, busyness, challenges, and burdens that weigh a person down, leading lightly shows readers how to shift their mindset, live lighter, and optimize their own effectiveness in work and life. Part leadership, part mental fitness, part health and wellness guide, Leading Lightly empowers readers to work at their best and operate at their fullest potential. Stress and difficulty don't have to be a given. Learning to lead lightly and live mindfully can profoundly change the trajectory of a person's day. This book is for anyone who finds themselves overloaded, frustrated, anxious, or exhausted by their life circumstances. It offers more than just tactical strategies for sustained optimal performance at work, but transcends that, helping people develop a conscious approach to all the facets of their life, so they're able to leverage the choices they have each day and take action that puts them in control of their experience. In this, readers will not only be able to create better outcomes but also do this in a way that energizes and enlivens them.
£18.70
Red Wheel/Weiser Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can
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£14.39
Red Wheel/Weiser They Don't Teach Corporate in College
Book SynopsisTHEY DON''T TEACH CORPORATE IN COLLEGE has resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers and is currently used as a text in corporations and universities across the country. Streamlined and made more accessible for the current generation of twenty-somethings, this new edition is for those that want to make a difference right now but lack some of the core skills to make it happen. Learn how to:Make the smartest career move right out of college.Establish a strong reputation by encouraging others to like and cooperate with you.Navigate your organisation''s social scene and practice cringe-free networking.Master skills that will take you anywhere, including goal setting and self-promotion.Combat negativity and cope with difficult personalities.Updated with fresh research, anecdotes and resources, the book still maintains the no-nonsenseperspective of a wise older sister who doesn''t want you to have to learn the hard way.
£12.34
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Harvard Business Review Press What Makes a Leader? (Harvard Business Review
Book SynopsisWhen asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision—the qualities traditionally associated with leadership. Often left off the list are softer, more personal qualities—but they are also essential. Although a certain degree of analytical and technical skill is a minimum requirement for success, studies indicate that emotional intelligence may be the key attribute that distinguishes outstanding performers from those who are merely adequate. Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman first brought the term "emotional intelligence" to a wide audience with his 1995 book of the same name, and Goleman first applied the concept to business with a 1998 classic Harvard Business Review article. In his research at nearly 200 large, global companies, Goleman found that truly effective leaders are distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence. Without it, a person can have first-class training, an incisive mind, and an endless supply of good ideas, but he or she still won't be a great leader. The chief components of emotional intelligence—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill—can sound unbusinesslike, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable business results. The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world—and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.
£8.59
Harvard Business Review Press HBR Classics Boxed Set 16 Books
Book SynopsisThe classic Harvard Business Review articles every manager and aspiring leader should read--and share with their teams--from such bestselling Harvard Business Review authors as Peter Drucker, Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, Daniel Goleman, Jim Collins, Gary Hamel, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, and many more. Each compact book represents the most important ideas on management, leadership, and life. Build your professional library and advance your career with these 16 timeless business classics.The HBR Classics Boxed Set includes: Peter Drucker''s bestselling Managing Oneself, What Makes an Effective Executive, and The Theory of the Business; Clayton Christensen''s inspiring How Will You Measure Your Life?; Daniel Goleman''s articles on emotional intelligence--Leadership That Gets Results and What Makes a Leader?; author of Good to Great Jim Collins''s Turning Goals into Results; W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne''s Blue Ocean Leadership and Red Ocean Traps; John
£89.10
Harvard Business Review Press Nine Things Successful People Do Differently
Book SynopsisIt's not just who you are—it's what you do.Are you at the top of your gameor still trying to get there?Take your cues from the short, powerful 9 Things Successful People Do Differently, where the strategies and goals of the world’s most successful people are on displaybacked by research that shows exactly what has the biggest impact on performance. Here’s a hint: accomplished people reach their goals because of what they do, not just who they are.Readers have called this a gem of a book.” Get ready to accomplish your goals at last.Trade ReviewNamed one of "7 Books to Help You Reach Your Goals in 2020" — Thrive GlobalNamed one of "12 Books for Goal-Oriented Entrepreneurs" — Entrepreneur magazine"Motivational psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson…puts on display the science-backed strategies of the most successful people." — Inc. magazine
£10.99
Worth Publishers Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How
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£22.95
Forefront Books The Privilege Race
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£19.94
Forefront Books Awaken Your Potential
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£19.94
Simon And Schuster Group USA Take Less. Do More.
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£17.84
Simon And Schuster Group USA Ancestral Mindset
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£19.50
BenBella Books Entrepreneurial Leap, Updated and Expanded
Book SynopsisThere's a lot on the line, and you have to ask yourself difficult questions: Do I have what it takes? Is it worth it? And how the hell do I do it? You need answers, not bullshit. This book has them. Entrepreneurial Leap, Updated and Expanded Edition is an easy-to-use guide that will help you decide, once and for all, if entrepreneurship is right for you - because success as an entrepreneur depends on far more than just a great idea and a generous helping of luck. In this three-part book, Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction, reveals the six essential traits that every entrepreneur needs in order to succeed, based on real-world startups that have reached incredible heights. If these traits ring true for you, you'll get a glimpse of what your life would look like as an entrepreneur. What's more, Wickman will help you determine what type of business best suits your unique skill set and provide a detailed roadmap, with tools, tips, and exercises, that will accelerate your path to startup success. Packed with real-life stories and practical advice, Entrepreneurial Leap, Updated and Expanded Edition is a simple how-to manual for BIG results. Should you take the leap toward entrepreneurship? Find out today and let tomorrow be the first step in your new journey, whatever shape it may take.
£22.09
BenBella Books The Startup Lifecycle
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£22.94
BenBella Books Uncommon Greatness
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£21.24
BenBella Books Unstoppable Mindset
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£22.94
BenBella Books Tractor Wars
Book SynopsisDiscover the untold story of the tractor wars, the twenty-year period that introduced power farming - the most fundamental change in world agriculture in hundreds of years.
£16.19
BenBella Books Millionaire Mission
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£21.24
BenBella Books The Whole Story
Book SynopsisWhole Foods Market's cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey, offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact.
£25.50
BenBella Books Rebel
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£19.54
BenBella Books Unbreakable Alliances
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£21.24
Ulysses Press Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on
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£13.49
Georgetown University Press The Flexibility Paradigm
Book SynopsisA strategic framework for businesses leaders who are grappling with the backlash against the post-pandemic return to office demonstrates the strong case for holistic flexibilityForced to allow remote and hybrid work arrangements during the onset of COVID-19, some organizations made the transition to flexibility with great success, but others floundered because they failed to integrate diversity and flexibility policies throughout their culture. This book shows how to build practices that maximize the potential of every work environment, whether hybrid or not, for connection, collaboration, communication, and contribution. The Flexibility Paradigm posits that in order to create the return on experience required for flexibility, leaders and managers need to shift their perspective and recognize flexibility as a way to strengthen their organization. Hybrid work is just one part of holistic flexibility, whereby people have options for not just where they work but also how long they work an
£22.80
Harvard Business Review Press Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being
Book SynopsisAn inspirational, practical, and research-based guide for standing up and speaking out skillfully at work.Have you ever wanted to disagree with your boss? Speak up about your company's lack of diversity or unequal pay practices? Make a tough decision you knew would be unpopular?We all have opportunities to be courageous at work. But since courage requires risk—to our reputations, our social standing, and, in some cases, our jobs—we often fail to act, which leaves us feeling powerless and regretful for not doing what we know is right. There's a better way to handle these crucial moments—and Choosing Courage provides the moral imperative and research-based tactics to help you become more competently courageous at work.Doing for courage what Angela Duckworth has done for grit and Brene Brown for vulnerability, Jim Detert, the world's foremost expert on workplace courage, explains that courage isn't a character trait that only a few possess; it's a virtue developed through practice. And with the right attitude and approach, you can learn to hone it like any other skill and incorporate it into your everyday life.Full of stories of ordinary people who've acted courageously, Choosing Courage will give you a fresh perspective on the power of voicing your authentic ideas and opinions. Whether you’re looking to make a mark, stay true to your values, act with more integrity, or simply grow as a professional, this is the guide you need to achieve greater impact at work.Trade ReviewNamed one of the Best Business Books of 2021 by the Globe & MailAdvance Praise for Choosing Courage:"Jim Detert has produced an insightful, practical book on overcoming fear. Whether you sit at the top, middle, or bottom of an organization, Choosing Courage will help you find the nerve to stand up for your principles and build the skills to drive change." — Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author, Think Again and Originals; host, TED podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant"No one else writes as authoritatively and compassionately as Jim Detert about what it means and what it takes to speak up about what really matters. Whether you're working at your first job or running a company, this inspiring book will help you make a difference." — Amy C. Edmondson, Professor, Harvard Business School; author, The Fearless Organization"Jim Detert enables us to have the tough discussions essential to solving today's intractable challenges, and he shows us how to be 'competently courageous' so that our courage pays off for us and for our organizations. Choosing Courage is empowering for leaders at every level." — General George W. Casey Jr., US Army, Retired; Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Leadership, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business"There couldn't be a more urgent time for leaders at all levels and in all industries to embrace the importance of courage to organizational success. Thankfully, Jim Detert has created the blueprint for courageous leadership." — Aba Blankson, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, NAACP"Jim Detert has zeroed in on arguably the most critical conundrum in the workplace today. The everyday environment demands more personal courage than ever before while, at the same time, it makes it more difficult than ever to exhibit the courage required to navigate all the challenges of the day. Detert helps us find our way. Well done!" — Douglas R. Conant, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, The Blueprint; founder, ConantLeadership; former Chairman, Avon Products; and former President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
£20.90
Microcosm Publishing How To Protect Bookstores And Why: The Present
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£14.39
Melville House Publishing The Rebellious Ceo: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right
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£23.99
Greenleaf Book Group LLC Return on Ambition: A Radical Approach to Your
Book SynopsisHow do you increase the speed and probability of success--given your ambitions? How do you live an enjoyable and fulfilling life? Most ambitious people strive in at least one of these regards. Return on Ambition gives you a holistic and practical model for thriving with both success and fulfillment. Return on Ambition is itself the result of an ambitious effort to harness insights from recent research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and it recommends simple, yet powerful, practices including the following-- - The 3 Truisms of Return on Ambition: aspects of an ambitious life that you must understand and accept to live with less regret. - The 4 Premises of Ambition: dimensions that help you contemplate what your unique, personal ambition is. - The Return on Ambition Self-Assessment: indicative measures of how well you are currently getting the return that you could. - The Interdependencies among Achievement, Growth, and Well-Being: research and wisdom show that compromises in any of the three elements will cause declines in the others over time. - The 7 Frenemies: descriptions of personal attributes that are your core strengths as the ambitious person you are, but that are also the biggest obstacles to your success and fulfillment in life. - The Return on Ambition Toolbox: 4 tools that will help you articulate and pursue your ambition, expand your self-awareness, and help you learn consciously. - 4 Self-Coaching Sessions: instructions for 30-60 minute contemplations stimulated by eye-opening questions. Authors Nielsen and Tillisch are insiders in the world of grand ambitions, which helps them to understand and take the perspective of their readers. Nicolai Chen Nielsen is an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he advises clients on leadership development, culture change, and agile transformations. He is the co-author of Leadership at Scale and has published several articles on personal development. He is currently based in New York with his wife Samira and their two dogs, Napoleon and Caesar. Nicolai Tillisch is a part of Cultivating Leadership, the global coaching firm, and a co-founder of Deliberate Development, the venture behind the Daily Goals software solution. He has been a consultant with McKinsey & Company and was an executive with DDB Worldwide, Hutchison, and Nokia Siemens Networks. Nicolai lives with his wife Ida and their children, Margaux and Axel, in Dubai.
£19.34
Sea Pen Books Ltd The Good Supply Chain
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£26.99
John Fordham Rocketship Management: How to propel your
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£14.24
Ecw Press The Shopify Story
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£21.24
Figure 1 Publishing Super Strategist: The Art and Science of Modern
Book SynopsisSuper Strategist: The Art and Science of Modern Account Planning is the only modern guide to advertising’s arguably most vital discipline, that has been written with the passion of someone who’s found their calling and the wisdom of an industry veteran who is still actively leading strategy in a large, modern, full-service agency. Super Strategist is full of practical advice for newcomers and usable strategies and insights for experienced planners, or anyone with an interest in the discipline. Readers will find clear outlines of the role of account planners within an agency, including step-by-step plans to achieve success with clients large and small: how to conduct modern consumer research, develop and implement the creative brief, use data skillfully to protect and improve great work, and use all of these tools and more to influence the feather in the planner’s cap—the customer journey. Whether it’s called account planning, brand planning, strategic planning, or creative strategy, the goal is the same: to inspire brilliant work that is backed by rigor and data. Creative is still king, but in today’s fractured markets clients need to know their multi-million-dollar campaigns are supported by up-to-the-minute research and data-driven insights. Account planners ensure, as Douglas Atkins puts it in the foreword, that the work is idea-led, but consumer-informed. To find that perfect balance of art and science, the successful account planner is “X-shaped”: experienced in digital, social, communications and brand strategy, comfortable in creative and quantitative disciplines—a Super Strategist who is the fulcrum of any successful agency.Trade Review“There’s no one better suited to write this book. If anyone can plan the future of planning, it’s Lesley Bielby.” —Mark DiMassimo, Founder and Creative Chief, DiGo “You can’t play rock and roll without a drummer. And today’s clients won’t buy what you’re selling unless it’s grounded in data and rigor. Lesley is a great drummer.” —Lance Jensen, Chief Creative Officer, Hill Holliday
£19.79
BCS Learning & Development Limited Cyber Security and Business Analysis
Book SynopsisThe imperative of cyber security has never been more pronounced and organisations must remain proactive, anticipating potential risks and evolving their strategies in response. Cyber Security and Business Analysis provides the necessary techniques, tools and framework to help business analysts include cyber security holistically in their approach, equipping them with the required knowledge to recognise risks at all levels and deliver a complete analysis. The versatile framework this book provides can be deployed adaptively, either as tailored individual components or as a whole to support the construction of secure and resilient systems.Enriched with accessible real-life experiences, security incidents and analogies, the content goes beneath the surface to provide a deeper understanding. Woven with the collective wisdom of business analysis and cyber security, this book forms a holistic guide for shaping secure, resilient and robust systems.
£28.49
BCS Learning & Development Limited The Survivors Guide to Enterprise Architecture
Book SynopsisThe Survivor's Guide to Enterprise Architecture equips you with the knowledge and strategies to conquer the complexities of EA and build a successful, fulfilling career.
£33.24
Profile Books Ltd Growing a Business: Strategies for leaders and
Book SynopsisBusiness growth is a clear goal for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders. It's often a short hand for business - and wider economic - success. But it's not without its pitfalls and challenges, and planning for, and managing, a growing business needs careful thought. Take, for example, the start-up facing for the first time the need to balance flexibility with more structure. Or a larger business tackling a range of divisions evolving at different speeds. Or an inspirational owner-founder confronting the need to step back and let others take the business forward. These are the kinds of challenges that Growing a Business tackles head-on. Drawing on a wide range of models and research, and using case studies from across the business world, it offers practical advice and guidance on a whole range of topics, including: - the different types and stages of growth; - predicting the problems presented by growth; - identifying growth triggers - and barriers; - the implications of growth: financially, culturally and for the people involved in the business. Growing a Business is required reading for owners and managers looking to understand and foster growth in their businesses. An Economist Book, published in association with the Economist.Trade ReviewPractical and highly accessible. -- Frank Dillon * Irish Times *
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Hay House UK Ltd Creating the Impossible: A 90-day Program to Get
Book SynopsisAre you ready to make your dreams come true?Michael Neill is widely recognized as one of the world's leading life coaches. His teachings have impacted everyone from housewives to CEOs and from gang members in prison to leaders at the United Nations. For the last decade, he has been sharing the principles that will allow you to create far more than you ever thought possible with far less struggle than you expected.Thousands of people from all over the world have already used his 90-day programme to reconnect with their creative spark and get their most important ideas and projects out of their head and into the world. Now it's your turn...What if you could accomplish more than you ever imagined without the constant stress and pressure associated with 'high achievement'?What if creating what you want to see in the world isn't dependent on believing in yourself, or even believing that it's possible?Whether you want breakthrough results for your business, yourself or your life, this book will change the way you see yourself as you learn to make the impossible possible!
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Indigenous Aspirations and Rights: The Case for
Book SynopsisIndigenous peoples are recognised as groups with specific rights based on their historical ties to particular territories. The United Nations estimates there are 370 million Indigenous peoples, with Indigenous populations being recognised in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, the Arctic region, Central and South America, and across Asia and Africa. Indigenous Aspirations and Rights takes an Indigenous perspective in examining the intersection of business with Indigenous peoples' rights, in light of the UN Global Compact and the PRME. Indigenous rights include, but are not limited to, human, cultural, educational, employment, participatory development, economic, and social rights, rights to land and natural resources, and impacts on identity, institutions, and relations. This book illustrates three main aspects of business practices in relation to Indigenous peoples: Indigenous perspectives on failures, business and ongoing challenges to Indigenous aspirations and rights, and modelling success for Indigenous and business interests.Edited by three leading voices in Indigenous rights research and practice, Indigenous Aspirations and Rights features contributions from around the globe. The work draws together policy implications for management and implications for Indigenous peoples, and examines how the PRME, the UN Global Compact, and the concept of socially responsible business can be expanded to encompass more positive outcomes for Indigenous peoples.Trade Review"Indigenous perspectives are not generally found within business schools. This book addresses that deficiency. It demonstrates how Indigenous peoples can be key partners in global prosperity and sustainability. It is a must read for every business student and practitioner." John Borrows, member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation, and Canada Research Chair on Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria "Practical and insightful, this book uniquely addresses failures, challenges and opportunities around business interactions with Indigenous peoples, providing better frameworks to help align Indigenous perspectives and business interest with positive and sustainable outcomes for all. Through the bringing together of relevant cases, in-depth Indigenous perspectives, and a comprehensive understanding of PRME, the UN Global Compact frameworks and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book is an essential resource for any business professor, student or practitioner."M. Florencia Librizzi, Senior Manager, PRME Secretariat, UN Global Compact, USA"This book is an invitation to be in the vanguard of deep change within management education. It represents a brave and undaunted commitment to the planet, and it enables us to learn from failure and to challenge notions of success. The editors have curated a work that fills a void in management education, a void that can no longer be ignored. This work is a precious opportunity to listen to the stories of Indigenous peoples and their counsel, and take the step in being a kaitiaki, a steward of the planet and of people through responsible management education."Chellie Spiller, Associate Dean (Māori and Pacific) University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand"Indigenous Aspirations and Rights brings together leading global scholars to address issues surrounding the emergence of Indigenous economies. This book will be of interest not only to those who wish to understand Indigenous entrepreneurship and management, but to those who also wish to explore ways in which Indigenous perspectives can inform business practices in the mainstream global economy."Daniel Stewart, Member, Spokane Tribe and Professor of Management, Gonzaga University Director, Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgementsUnited Nations Global Compact: Ten PrinciplesPrinciples for Responsible Management Education: Six PrinciplesBusiness affecting Indigenous aspirations and rights: An introductionAmy Klemm Verbos, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USAElla Henry, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandAna Maria Peredo, University of Victoria, CanadaSection I: Indigenous Perspectives on Failures A business case examined through an Indigenous lens Carma Claw, New Mexico State University, USA Deanna Kennedy, University of Washington Bothell, USA Deborah Pembleton, St. John’s University, USA The dark side of responsible business management Dennis Foley, University of Newcastle, Australia Environmental crisis in New Zealand: Tribal, government and business responses to the sinking of the MV Rena Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Hugh Sayers, Motiti Rohe Moana Trust, New Zealand The Chinese, political CSR, and a nickel mine in Papua New Guinea Benedict Imbun, Western Sydney University, Australia Section II: Business and Ongoing Challenges to Indigenous Aspirations and Rights Indigenous rights capital: The basis for sustainable enterprise creation Bob Kayseas, Bettina Schneider, Raquel Pasap and Moses Gordon, First Nations University of Canada, Canada Robert Anderson, University of Regina, Canada Indigenous human rights perils as an ongoing challenge Amy Klemm Verbos, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA Reclaiming pluriverse in CSR: Brazilian Indigenous peoples and the Finnish forest cluster Susanna Myllylä, Independent Scholar, Finland Community-business dialogues Natalia Delgado, HEC Montreal, Canada Section III: Modelling Success for Indigenous and Business Interests A business quest for peace Douglas Adeola, New Nigeria Foundation, Nigeria Ogechi Adeola, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria Everything is one? Relationships between First Nations and salmon farming companies Lars Huemer, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway Strong Indigenous communities: Indigenous worldviews and sustainable community development Keith James and Mark Blair, University of Arizona, USA Hupacasath First Nation: Roadmap to a sustainable economy Judith Sayers (Kekinusuqs) and Ana Maria Peredo, University of Victoria, CanadaConclusion: Making the case for responsible business and management
£42.99
Eye Books The Participation Revolution
Book SynopsisIt can at times feel like everything is falling apart. And there is a reason for this. It really is. We can either see this as an end or a beginning. In this uplifting and essential guide to a bewildering future, Neil Gibb claims that we are witnessing the birth of a new world, in which passive consumers are being replaced by active participants. We are at one of those rare points in human history, he argues, when a whole way of thinking is on the turn, just as it was in the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. Those who catch the swell early are the ones who prosper. Those who don't get it will be left behind.
£9.49
Eye Books Elites: Can you rise to the top without losing
Book SynopsisAcross the world, key decisions are made by tiny coteries of political and business leaders. With enough talent, elan and hard work, any of us can join them - so we are told. Follow key rules: be transparent; defer to bosses and clients; take responsibility; feedback is everything. Understand these and the world is our oyster. But is it? Decades of working with leaders have shown headhunter, executive coach and former NGO chair Douglas Board that it may not be. Many would-be leaders and senior managers fall into traps which block their rise and undermine their self-esteem. Elites outlines those traps and shows how best to avoid them. Armed with this knowledge, you may want to use it and join the top tier. However, it may also make you reconsider. Knowing how elites work, do you still want to join them? Or can you find ways to change them? In this authoritative, ground-breaking guide, Board suggests that true fulfilment demands an adventure into the unknown inside ourselves: why do we seek what we seek? Prepared to be surprised.Trade Review'Interesting, profound, serious, subversive, often very funny' - Financial Times, 'You might expect Elites to be a simple guide to how to make it or a description of the traits and characteristics of those at the top. Instead, it is something much more interesting and controversial' - Forbes, 'Essentially about the ethics of power, Elites is written from the heart. I loved it' - Christina Patterson, 'Quite fascinating...a really refreshing book, written really differently to most books of this kind' - Bobby Kerr, Newstalk, 'This book couldn't be more timely. It explains how the barely competent but entitled occupy elite positions in our organisations and in society in general' - Gareth Jones
£11.69
Crown House Publishing Upskill: 21 keys to professional growth
Book SynopsisBrimming with punchy, practical ideas to improve your day-to-day effectiveness, Chris Watson’s Upskill: 21 keys to professional growth is the definitive guide to developing the adaptive skills essential for success at work. In Upskill, adaptive skills specialist Chris Watson delivers a dynamic snapshot of easy-to-access development possibilities – providing you with: 840 user-friendly tools and techniques reflecting the latest thinking on how to extend capability, boost professional growth and take charge of your career. A rich resource of reliable solutions, grouped around the twenty-one adaptive skills most valued by today’s employers – including creativity, collaboration and communication. An abundance of proven approaches, topical insights, time-saving apps and inspirational videos, as well as helpful signposts to relevant quotes, books and other resources. Each chapter focuses on one of the twenty-one skills, and begins with examples of how the individual skills – which can be practised and refined throughout a career, and have all been shown to be associated with greater operational agility – may be observed in the work environment. This brief introduction is then followed by forty practical ideas to develop the performance of people. Although there is no formal hierarchy to the list of suggestions, all of the ideas have been categorised into three inter-related clusters for ease of use – encompassing ideas for personal development, for delivering results and for long-term gain. Within each of the three clusters, all of the ideas for professional growth have been laid out in terms of how they can help you respond and adjust to the requirements of your role and the ever-changing world of work: Some of the suggestions are tools – apps, templates, downloads and inventories – which can be picked up and used/introduced straightaway. Some of the suggestions are techniques – methods, approaches and procedures – for you to try out, investigate and explore. The final set of suggestions indicate where to look for further inspiration – including films,podcasts, related research and a wide range of suggested reading materials. The majority of the hints, tips and techniques can be actioned without having to access any external support or invest in any additional outlay, and are as useful for new starters in an organisation as they are for experienced managers. Suitable for anyone who is committed to developing themselves and their colleagues, but may not have the time, the resources, the budget or the inspiration to know where to start.Table of ContentsChapters include: Key 1: Ability to Influence Key 2: Commercial Thinking Key 3: Commitment to Change and Adaptation Key 4: Constructive Communication Key 5: Creativity and Innovation Key 6: Direction and Purpose Key 7: Effective Planning and Organisation Key 8: Enthusiasm for Customer Service Key 9: Focus on Developing Others Key 10: Interpersonal Awareness and Diplomacy Key 11: Intuitive Thought Key 12: Motivation to Succeed Key 13: Ownership of Self-Development Key 14: People Management and Leadership Potential Key 15: Positive Decisions Key 16: Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility Key 17: Resilience and Emotional Control Key 18: Results through Action Key 19: Specialist Knowledge and Ability Key 20: Teamwork and Collaboration Key 21: Use of Information and Data
£13.49
Biteback Publishing Have We All Gone Mad?: Why groupthink is rising
Book SynopsisWe like to think of ourselves as rational, but human beings are fundamentally irrational creatures - and nowhere is that more apparent than in the fug of groupthink we see around us, from the boardroom to social media. Of the various forms of collective irrationality, groupthink is particularly dangerous. It involves adherence to a faulty consensus, often has a binary moral dimension (one is seen as either virtuous or evil) and is sustained through fear to challenge. Counter-intuitively, the most intelligent and erudite amongst us are particularly susceptible, and when groupthink takes hold, vigorous efforts are made to shut down debate and to bully and punish transgressors. As a result, toleration, liberalism, history, reason and science are under threat. Mass groupthink amongst both the elite and the masses affects millions of people. It has led to financial mismanagement leading up to the 2008 crisis and beyond; poor decision-making at the onset of Covid-19; exaggerated, unchallenged claims which have motivated nonsensical policies; and distortions in academia and journalism. In this remarkable and prescient book, Dr Jerome Booth investigates why some of us have abandoned reason in favour of trite memes, intolerance and hatred. Have we all gone mad? Or can we identify the patterns and causes of what is happening and try to stop it?
£17.00
Atlantic Books No!: The Power of Disagreement in a World that
Book SynopsisWe like to get along, at home or in the workplace. We don't want to hurt people or offend. Therefore, it is no surprise that numerous famous psychological experiments have proven that we don't tend to go against authority or the majority view. Famous management gurus share the view that harmony, cohesiveness and agreement are the building blocks for effective decision-making and creativity. But they are wrong.In No!, Charlan Nemeth, the world's leading expert on dissent, uses her 35 years of research to show why we need rebels - and how fostering more disagreement can dramatically improve decisions and the production of good ideas. Using examples from Twelve Angry Men to brainstorming, she explains how people with minority opinions need the space to express themselves uncompromisingly, even if it causes discomfort. Explaining why the devil's advocate technique doesn't work and why authentic disagreement is necessary to open our perspectives, this book has the power to revolutionise business, creative organisations, and society.Trade ReviewPunchy... it could transform millions of meetings, doing away with all those mushy , consensus-driven hours wasted by people too scared of disagreement or power to speak truth to gibberish... all managers interested in the quality and integrity of their decision-making would do well to heed [this book]. * Wall Street Journal *A beautifully written and important book that deserves to be read by the docile and disobedient alike. Crowds are sometimes wise, but Charlan Nemeth shows how, when, and why listening to the majority is dangerous, and why disagreement is often an engine of innovation, persuasion, and error correction. * Adam Alter – bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink *Insightful, easy to read and full of examples... In this illuminating book, Charlan Nemeth demonstrates how dissent improves decision-making. This is a book every manager and board member should read. * Professor Saadi Lahlou, Chair in Social Psychology, London School of Economics *A timely tome on the perils of silence and the value of voice. Charlan Nemeth is one of the world's leading experts on making decisions and influencing others, and she presents a career's worth of evidence on why the views you don't want to consider are often the ones you need to hear most. * Adam Grant, bestselling author of Originals *There is no person on the planet better scientifically qualified to write a book on the dynamics of dissent. She has repeatedly demonstrated her ability to apply the scientific literature to engaging realworld problems. * Philip Tetlock – University Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction *[A] tour-de-force of research ... To really understand what makes for effective dissent, you can do no better than reading what Charlan Nemeth has to say here. * Dr. Randall S. Peterson, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School *A lucid, practical guide to fostering smarter teams, companies, and societies. Charlan Nemeth demonstrates the power of nonconformists in raising the quality of our group decisions. * William Poundstone - bestselling author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? *
£11.69
Watkins Media Limited The Ultimate Art of War: A Step-by-Step
Book SynopsisComposed in the 5th century BC, Sun Tzu’s Art of War is the earliest-known treatise on military strategy, and is still hugely popular around the world for its perceptive tactical advice to commanders on how to win at war with minimal bloodshed. Aimed at all those who want to study the text in depth, this is the first step-by-step guide to the famous treatise, breaking down the 13 chapters of the original into 200 easily digested lessons, from 'do not press a desperate enemy' to 'control your troops through bond of loyalty' to 'when you are weak, beware attack', all accompanied by comprehensive commentary and clarified with around 250 illustrations. Making the lessons even more memorable and easy to understand, the black/red illustrations include strategic diagrams, evocative line drawings and beautiful calligraphy. This ultimate guide to Art of War includes the classic 1910 translation by Lionel Giles and commentary that takes into account all academic interpretations of the text, highlighting differences between modern translations as well as the perspectives of historical Chinese commentators. No other edition compares and contrasts the viewpoints of different contemporary translators, or explains exactly what each section of this often enigmatic text actually means.Trade ReviewI believe Antony Cummins has developed a new and systematic way of studying the Art of War for the Western world ... an ideal companion book to Sun Tzu’s original text.This is the perfect and most accessible way of studying the military teachings. It’s another excellent, and attractive, classic guide.
£16.99
Watkins Media Limited Organizing Your Creative Career: How to Channel
Book Synopsis"Sheila gave me the tools to hunt success, and the infrastructure to handle it when it came" Stik, world renowned street artist and author Most of the conventional productivity advice you'll find in the soft business section simply does not work for creative people. Surprisingly, to date there has not been a book that addresses the unique organizational challenges that artists face. This book sets out to change that, addressing the myth that truly creative people are messy and that they need mess in order to create. Sheila Chandra applies her professional insights as a creative and organizing expert to the lives of other busy creative people in all disciplines, showing them how good organization can liberate their creative magic. Chapters cover: creative well-being, including artist support systems career well-being, including networking and collaborations self-promotion and how to avoid working for free making social media pay personal branding, career planning and goals how to manage copyright issues and legal paperwork legacy management These fool-proof, tried and tested systems are mixed with creativity tips and well-being advice that only one artist knows to give another. Written with real affection for the reader, Sheila Chandra takes the creative person by the hand and puts them on the path to success.
£10.44
