Business and Management Books

Book Synopsis'The most insightful book on branding of the last 20 years' Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Now, more than ever, your brand is either loved - or it's noise. In a world defined by digital products and immediate gratification, how can your brand stand out? When consumers can easily have anything, how can your brand be the one thing they can't live without? To rise to this challenge, brands must shape not just what consumers buy, but how they act, feel and connect. This requires a new perspective, one that goes beyond business and into the fundamentals of human behaviour. Branding that Means Business combines the latest business thinking with psychology, sociology, and anthropology to show that a brand can't serve a business unless it connects with people. Equipped with these human-based perspectives, you'll have the tools to create, enhance and distinguish your brand in new and impactful ways - and make it a must-have in the minds and lives of your consumers.Trade ReviewBranding that Means Business is brimming with insight. Johnson and Misiaszek are experts on the science behind wise business decisions, and here they explain how to create enduring, meaningful brands that connect with their consumers. The business landscape has never been busier, but Johnson and Misiaszek wisely-and entertainingly-explain how to rise above the crowd -- Adam Alter Professor of marketing and psychology, NYU Stern School of Business, NY Times bestselling author * Irresistible *This book goes beyond the buzzwords and hype surrounding marketing and brand success, and elegantly integrates the latest thinkings about brands, their purpose, value and impacts as well as the specific lessons that today's executives can gain from past cases as well as the latest scientific research. It then offers cogent advice on what practical steps can and should be taken to enhance the value that firms create for their stakeholders. This is an important and highly accessible book, filled with great examples for marketers to learn from and apply -- Philip Sugai, Professor of Marketing at Doshisha Business School and author * The Value Plan *By bridging the gap between brain science and business effects, Matt Johnson and Tessa Misiaszek have produced the most insightful book on branding of the last 20 years -- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author * Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life *A wonderful blend of academic insights and practical know-how -- Richard Shotton, author * The Choice Factory: 25 Behavioural Biases that Influence what We Buy *It's no secret that our business ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, dynamic, and unpredictable. Applying a social neuroscience lens to branding, Johnson and Misiaszek address this problem head-on, offering readers practical steps for harnessing the fundamentals of human nature to build compelling and enduring brands that deeply connect with customers. This is an extremely engaging, no-nonsense, and accessible book that could not be more relevant in our ever-changing world of work-a must-read! -- Jacinta M. Jiménez, Psychologist, VP of Coach Innovation at BetterUp, and award-winning author * The Burnout Fix *Perhaps the most important - and hardest - problem any business faces is how to create a successful brand; a brand that deeply resonates with consumers, and that doesn't get lost in the increasingly fragmented 'noise' of the modern media landscape. In this brilliant book, Johnson and Misiaszek clearly and engagingly explain the role brands play in the life of today's consumers, and how to create brands that successfully change the minds and behaviour of consumers - for good -- Richard Chattaway, CEO of BVA Nudge Unit UK and author * The Behaviour Business *The digital economy is also the fragmented economy: which influencers or Ai-enabled bots can customers rely on? Matt Johnson and Tessa Misiaszek brilliantly demonstrate how purpose-driven brands can inspire and guide people, businesses and - ultimately - societies in search of meaning -- Jean-Marc Laouchez, President of the Korn Ferry InstituteWith a solid focus on brands as important carriers of cultural meaning that enhances our lives, the authors bring a fresh, multidisciplinary approach to understanding why brands matter to and create value for consumers. This book offers focused advice for building and shepherding brands that symbolically deliver meaning that addresses the socio-cultural needs of contemporary consumers -- Jill Avery, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator, Harvard Business School

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Book SynopsisThe underlying economic factors that affect primary production are frequently studied and written about - soil quality, animal health, climate, machinery - but this is the first book to explore the role of the decision psychology of the manager running the farm business, the person responsible for staff, strategic and operational decisions and the success or failure of financial and other objective outcomes. This second edition addresses fundamental questions such as the process of decision making, personal skills, and methods to improve managerial ability. It is an essential reference for farm managers and students in farm economics and management. Key Features: This is the first farm business management book published worldwide focused on human factors and decision making in primary production The second edition introduces two new chapters covering the key decision method, intuition and its enhancement, and the importance of human characteristics in a range of decision topics and areasTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: What Defines Management Ability? 3: The Origins of Managerial Ability 4: Decision Processes and Goals 5: Skills Required 6: Biases and Stress 7: Intuition 8: The Influence of Farmers’ Personal Characteristics on a Range of Issues in Management 9: More on Objectives: Family Influences, Origins and Modification 10: Methods of Improving Managerial Ability

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Book SynopsisDevelopment in information and communication technologies has led to the advancement of business and enabled enterprises to produce on a global scale. Productivity is a key function in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's market. The internet of things has rapidly become prevalent in the productivity efforts of businesses. Understanding these technologies and how to implement them into current business practices is vital for researchers and practitioners.Internet of Things (IoT) Applications for Enterprise Productivity is a collection of innovative research on the advancing methods productivity efforts of business through the implementation of the internet of things. While highlighting topics including employee motivation, enterprise productivity, and supply chain tracking, this book is ideally designed for manufacturing professionals, industrialists, engineers, managers, practitioners, academicians, and students seeking current research on enterprise production systems and its transformation using internet of things technologies.

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Book SynopsisNGO managers in the developing world play a crucial role in reaching diverse high-risk groups. Yet to date there has been no empirical study of what makes these managers effective. Here Farhad Analoui and Shehnaz Kazi present the first qualitative, empirical insights into this key question. Focusing specifically on managers of HIV/AIDS NGOs in India - one of the world’s largest developing nations - this book considers how such managers are perceived by outsiders, how their work is or could be influenced by government-level intervention or international-policy-level drivers such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and how such managers perceive issues that influence their ability to manage their organisations effectively. Through individual, collective, and focus-group interviews with managers and staff at four NGOs, the authors build a startlingly rich picture of aid workers’ and managers’ fears and hopes. From this data, the authors confirm eight parameters of effectiveness, three interrelated contextual factors, and discover a culturally adjusted new framework for analysis of the NGO managers behaviour at work. For its wealth of qualitative empirical data with broad-ranging implications for all developing countries, Managing NGOs in the Developing World is a must-read for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in the intersections between human resource management, international development, and sustainable development.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Managerial Effectiveness Chapter 2. Managing HIV/AIDS in India Chapter 3. Methodology of a Taboo topic Chapter 4. Identified Parameters and Contextual Influences of Effectiveness for NGO Managers Chapter 5. Conclusions: Findings and their Implications

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Book Synopsis''A masterful introduction to the state of the art in managerial decision-making. Surprisingly, it is also a pleasure to read' Daniel Kahneman, author ofThinking, Fast and SlowA lively, research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps and practical tools for avoiding them from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time. It''s so natural that we hardly stop to think about it.Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors. So, what makes a good decision? Should we trust our intuitions, and if so, when? How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them?You''re About to Make a Terrible Mistake! offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever, effective decisions in business and beyond.

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to life and workplace coaching which uses non-technical language and practical engaging exercises to maximise results. It offers an innovative and dynamic new approach to coaching.

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Book SynopsisAn insightful analysis of Gen Z from a former headteacher with years of experience working with Gen Z in their formative years in schools.

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship education is crucial for economic development. However, its current focus on Western pedagogy raises concerns about its relevance in Africa. The lack of African-oriented definitions of entrepreneurship education may be connected to the limited interest in entrepreneurship as a career in the region. Unlike developed countries, where entrepreneurship drives innovative industries, African entrepreneurship is often driven by survivalist intentions. This raises questions about how entrepreneurship in Africa contributes to the economy without promoting creative innovation. Given these factors, evaluating the role of entrepreneurship education in this context is essential. Delivering Entrepreneurship Education in Africa brings together a collection of academic studies that offer an in-depth analysis of the current state of entrepreneurship education in Africa. The chapter authors engage discussions on how to make entrepreneurship education an attractive field of study for African students. The chapters critique the current teaching styles of entrepreneurship and suggests creative ways of improving entrepreneurship pedagogy while offering approaches to make it an attractive field of study. Delivering Entrepreneurship Education in Africa appeals to academics, teachers, researchers, policymakers, planners, curriculum designers and entrepreneurs.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Flipped Classroom Effect on Entrepreneurship Education: Applying Critical Pedagogy in Digital Environments; Patient Rambe Chapter 2. Defining Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship; Patrick Ebong Ebewo, Elona N. Ndlovu-Hlatshwayo, Phakisho Wilson Mehlape, and Semukele Hellen Mlotshwa Chapter 3. The Utility of Stories in Entrepreneurship Education; Willard Morgan Chapter 4. Developing the Competencies of Envisioning and Constructing through Entrepreneurship Education; Chris Schachtebeck and Thea Judith Tselepis Chapter 5. Higher Education Entrepreneurship Programme and Student Entrepreneurial Uptake; Paul Chiedozie Odigbo Chapter 6. Influences of Social Enterprises in Promoting Entrepreneurship Education; Abdallah Abdul-Rahaman, Kwame Adom, and Ibn Kailan Abdul-Hamid Chapter 7. Business Simulation Games and Entrepreneurial Education; Fazlyn Petersen Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention; Sibusiso D. Ntshangase and Ikechukwu O. Ezeuduji Chapter 9. Concept Mapping and Entrepreneurial Thinking; Emmanuel Ekale Esambe Chapter 10. Entrepreneurship Education and its Mode of Delivery; Ayansola Olatunji Ayandibu

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book shows how trading in the old business playbook for heart-led leadership strategies will create dedicated employees and higher levels of performance.It's a common belief in business that the heart has no place in workplace management. In fact, most of us were taught that the heart acts like Kryptonite in leadership: it inherently undermines a manager's effectiveness and lowers productivity and profitability. But in this revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking and now classic work, leadership and engagement expert Mark C. Crowley provides irrefutable proof that we were wrong. He will show you:· how traditional leadership practices are failing· how to keep employees satisfied and productive· how to help employees feel valued, respected, appreciated, developed and cared for· an entirely new model of leadership that is needed to match up to the needs and motivations of 21st century workers· that recent medical and social science discoveries prove it's the heart, not the mind, that drives human motivation and achievementLead from The Heart represents a future where management and employees work towards a common goal and employees are empowered to take ownership of their work. This book shows that when you 'Lead From The Heart', your people will follow.

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Book SynopsisFor too long, cooperatives have been considered marginal players in the global economy, and as unrealistic venues for the aspirations of new and experienced members of the labour force. This marginalization shows in business, municipal and legal discussions, and curricula, where cooperative structures are rarely mentioned, let alone presented as viable options. Cooperatives at Work presents a range of success stories in employee ownership and worker owned-and-governed cooperatives. The authors further show how such firms embody important and highly contested ideals of democracy, shared equity, and social transformation. Throughout this volume, the authors present a range of practical lessons, strategies, and resources based on their pioneering, international research. This latest volume in The Future of Work series has a strong ethical stream, consistent with yearnings for more inspired forms of business revealed in many public opinion polls. The book is future-oriented, using contemporary as well as historical examples to teach lessons that are not necessarily time-bound. It is essential for anyone seeking a window onto the future of cooperative entrepreneurial practice and grassroots democracy.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Crises and Opportunities Chapter 2. Democracy, Equity, and Inclusion Chapter 3. Innovation to Transformation Chapter 4. Community to Solidarity Chapter 5. Cooperative Ecology Chapter 6. Cooperative Education

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Book SynopsisStart an Online Business in easy steps, 2nd edition will show you how to research, prepare and run your own online business and will also give you the tools and the confidence to be able to explain to other staff members, clients, potential suppliers and of course customers, about what your online business is, and what it can do for them.Now fully updated for today's online market, it will guide you through: Planning, registering, and financing your business.Setting up your business online, and marketing it effectively. Monetizing your site. Managing and retaining customers. The tricks of the trade to earn more from your website, and much more to make your site successful! This book is intended for entrepreneurs, employees, employers, parents, students... in fact anyone interested in starting a business online no matter what their level of experience. It is for the non-techie who wants to be involved with every facet of setting up and running their own e-business. Whether you have a great idea for an online business but don't know where to start, or you've just launched your online shop and need to attract customers, this book is for you!

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Book Synopsis"Steve Bull is a true expert in his field. Anyone interested in winning will profit from his experience and knowledge." —Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff "Steve Bull’s ideas and techniques will equip anyone in business with a game plan for acquiring the winning edge." —From the Foreword by Michael Vaughan Mental toughness goes hand in hand with success and yet it is often misunderstood. True mental toughness is about preparation, resilience, control, risk management and above all execution. So, how do you utilise this elusive but critical attribute? By starting with a “game plan.” The Game Plan is about winning. More importantly, it’s about you winning. It’s about how you can create a personal performance environment that enables you to deliver at the crucial times. The Game Plan explores different types of mental toughness and examines how each one can give you the platform for significantly increased levels of self-confidence and resilience. Learn the easy-to-apply lessons that have created an environment of success for a host of world-beating performers in the business world and beyond. Imagine being able to apply a winning performance mindset to everyday work situations such as: Making presentations razor sharp Wowing new clients Being in control during performance appraisals Staying cool during even the most hectic and pressurized days Maintaining your self-belief even when things go wrong Making the right decision at the right time. Read and learn from The Game Plan and you will have at your fingertips a robust strategy to give you the edge over your closest competitors and the very best chance of success.Trade Review"…fascinating book…" (Business Life, December 2006) "…filled with good advice; quotes from famous successors from all walks of life; a whole final chapter on how to put it all together and succeed." (Bracknell News, Thursday 24th May 2007) “…filled with good advice; quotes from famous successors from all walks of life; a whole final chapter on how to put it all together and succeed.” (Ascot News, Thursday 24th May 2007)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ix Foreword xi 1 Beginning with the Ashes in Mind 1 2 What is this Thing We Call Mental Toughness? 9 3 Turnaround Toughness 29 4 Critical Moment Toughness 47 5 Endurance Toughness 73 6 Risk Management Toughness 117 7 The Winning Environment 143 8 Perspectives from the Front Line 159 9 Finalizing Your Game Plan 173 Notes 193 Index 199 Contacting the Author 203

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Book SynopsisSrikumar Rao teaches a hugely popular course at both London and Columbia Business Schools. He helps his students define their personal ethics and goals, and how to reach them, and starts them on a journey that will last them a lifetime. Now, in this extraordinary book, Dr Rao's unique approach is available to a far wider audience.Using his own unconventional methods, including exercises and lessons adapted from many traditions, he explains how to:* Work out who you are, and where you are going* Find out how you really view the world* Discover the joy of effortless action* Sharpen your ability to focus* Discover true freedom and happinessAre You Ready to Succeed? is in a different league altogether from most business books already on offer. If you too would like to be in another league, this fresh, accessible and groundbreaking guide to a meaningful and successful life is the one for you.Trade ReviewSrikumar Rao is one of the greatest teachers I have ever met. He has made a wonderful difference in many people's lives - including mine - and this book can make a wonderful difference in yours. Are YOU ready to succeed? If you are - read this book! * Marshall Goldsmith, editor of The Leader of the Future and Coaching for Leadership *Indispensable. Professor Rao's book is a great gift to leaders everywhere. I treasure it. * Frances Hesselbein, Chairman, Leader to Leader Institute *I was struck by Professor Rao's scholarship, the lucidity and simplicity of his message, the power of his articulation and of course his walking the talk, when it came to the values he propounded in his class. * N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys Technologies *Professor Rao's course is not just an ethics course; it is a forum for self-exploration -- N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys Technologies

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Book SynopsisWe make decisions, and these decisions make us and our organisations. And in theory, decision-making should be easy: a problem is identified, the decision-makers generate solutions, and choose the optimal one - and powerful mathematical tools are available to facilitate the task. Yet if it is all so simple why do organisations, both private and public sector, keep making mistakes - the results of which are borne by shareholders, employees, taxpayers and ultimately society at large? This guide to decision making. by leading decision science academic Helga Drummond, aims to improve decision-making in organisations. It explores how and why decisions go awry in the first place - and offers practical advice on what decision-makers can do to counter the psychological, social and other forces that can undermine individual judgment and pull organisations off course. Full of examples of good and bad decision-making from around the world, it will make readers think more clearly about decisions big and small.

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Book SynopsisQuantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is it and what is its true potential?In this superbly insightful, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Amit Katwala tells you everything you need to know about the next computer revolution. He explains the highly complex science that lies behind it. He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer, and the different routes they have taken to meet the immense technical challenges involved. He considers the technology's potential application in spheres as diverse as medicine, cyber security and clean energy. And he addresses the fundamental question: how close are we to seeing quantum computers become a widespread reality.Trade ReviewThe prose is clear, well written, not dumbed down, but equally well equipped to take you on a deep dive into the key concepts of quantum . . . A good book, thought provoking, and a glimpse of what its down the road. * Irish Tech News *It's a great intro to the present state of and prospects for quantum computing - not too technical, wasting little space on the basics but avoiding the hieroglyphics of quantum algorithms. * PC Pro *

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Book Synopsis'This is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read.' Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of 'The Diary of a CEO''It hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book.' Chis Evans'Entertaining. Engaging. Educating.' Professor Damian Hughes, co-host of the 'High Performance' podcast____________________________________________Resilience is the buzzword of the moment. We're told that if we have it, our lives will be happy and successful ones. If we don't, we need to acquire it.But what if the version of resilience we've been peddled is a myth?Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Bruce Daisley demolishes a concept that has spawned a multi-million pound industry of books, workshops and courses, exposing the highly questionable science it rests on. In its place he outlines a very different approach to good mental health that embraces the latest science and research.Offering empirically tested advice, Fortitude sets out a practical path to greater self-confidence and courage for us all._____________________________________________'Something I never knew I needed to read but I'm so glad I did, its opened up a whole angle of thinking.' Nadiya Hussain'A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of 'resilience' that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world.' Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks'Trade ReviewI love it . . . it hooked me right in . . . A fantastic book. -- Chris EvansThis is a truly refreshing, captivating and important book that shifted my perception on a topic I thought I knew! A must read. -- Steven Bartlett, entrepreneur and host of 'The Diary of a CEO'A fascinating and important pushback against the narrow, joy-eroding version of 'resilience' that would leave us to sink or swim alone, Fortitude is an indispensable guide to a more energising, human, and effective approach to working and thriving in a post-pandemic world. -- Oliver Burkeman, author of 'Four Thousand Weeks'Surprising and challenging. Fortitude encouraged me to re-think not only my work but how I live my life. -- Sarah Ellis, co-author of 'The Squiggly Career'A book that confirms what I've always believed, that we can't be resilient on our own. In fact resilience is about all of us being stronger than any of us. -- Gary Lineker

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Book SynopsisIn Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky provides readers with an insight on leadership and innovation. He introduces Apple business concepts like the 'DRI' (Apple's practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual event where that year's top 100 up-and-coming executives are surreptitiously transported to a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).Based on numerous interviews, the book reveals exclusive new information about how Apple innovates, deals with its suppliers, and is handling the transition into the Post Jobs Era. While Inside Apple provides a detailed investigation into the unique company, its lessons about leadership, product design and marketing are universal. Inside Apple will appeal to anyone hoping to bring some of the Apple magic to their own company, career, or creative endeavour.Trade Review'Adam Lashinsky's snappily written slim volume succeeds in getting behind the veil of secrecy that cloaks Apple, painting a portrait of a company in transition to a post-Jobs era' * Irish Times *'Fascinating, entertaining, accessible...doesn't carry a single dull sentence' * Wired *'Lashinsky keeps the reader engaged with fly-on-the-wall tidbits that give the narrative an almost filmic quality' * Time Out *

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Book Synopsis'Smit's vision of Eden is the eighth wonder of the world' Independent'Inspiring... An invaluable guide to how a large project can exceed against all odds' The Sunday Times-An updated edition of the bestselling story of the Eden Project featuring stunning new photography.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the impossible was delivered. From the sterile depths of a disused china clay pit in Cornwall rose one of the most remarkable and ambitious ventures in recent memory. The Eden Project's Biomes, the world's largest conservatories, are the symbol of a living theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, of regeneration and of a pioneering forum for the exploration of possible futures.This is the extraordinary story of the Eden Project, of its conception, design and construction, of the larger-than-life personalities who made it happen and of all that has happened since its doors were first opened to the public in 2001. It is now undisputedly one of the world's great gardens with more than 17 million visitors flocking there and projects and partnerships all over the world.Trade Review'Smit's vision of Eden is the eighth wonder of the world' * Independent *'Inspiring...An invaluable guide to how a large project can succeed against all odds' * The Sunday Times *'Smit is a truly driven individual who does not give up until he has accomplished his visionary goals' * The Times *

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Book SynopsisWhether we are exploring a new idea, new career, or new endeavour, we encounter self-doubt, fear of failure and risks. Drawing on behavioural economics, psychology, and self-leadership principles, these strategies/exercises will give you a jumpstart and position you for success immediately after launch. This book draws on Sanyin's experience in behavioural science and economics, interviews on innovation, and in mentoring entrepreneurs. It also draws on ideas such as turning failures into brilliant mistakes, and many more. Short, sharp, snappy and impactful. This book makes any launch achievable.Trade ReviewThe Launch Book is not just for adults. I would recommend this book for young readers who are hungry for advice and planning for the future. Sanyin is an authentic storyteller that will inspire you to take leaps that you did not know you could.--Asheesh Advani, President & CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide.

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Book SynopsisCriminally good advice from the sharpest minds in business. The Little Book of Badass Business features more than 170 quotes from a variety of moguls, millionaires and titans of industry – both legitimate and less so... From advice on building your empire from self-made men like Breaking Bad's Walter White, to tips on the art of negotiation from seasoned dealmakers like The Godfather's Don Vito Corleone, this collection of bite-sized quips is essential reading for anyone looking to make their mark in the corporate, cut-throat world of business. 'Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.' Gordon Gekko outlines the virtues of avarice when it comes to cold, hard cash. Wall Street (1987) 20th Century Fox. 'You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Til one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like.' Eddie Temple explains the path to success for up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Layer Cake (2004) Sony Pictures. 'Come at the king, you best not miss.' Omar Little offers some words of warning in the face of a hostile takeover. The Wire, Season 1 Episode 8: 'Lessons'.Table of ContentsEntrepreneurship • Recruitment & Human Resources • A guide to Finance • Marketing & Public Relations • Negotiation • Taking on the Competition.

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Book SynopsisDay-to-day struggles, triumphant success stories, and unique circumstances. A Quick Ting On: Black British Businesses takes you on an informative journey through the history (and future) of Black British entrepreneurship.With the powerful rise of Black British culture, Black British entrepreneurship has rapidly become a point of great conversation. This book looks back on significant moments in Black British entrepreneurship, exploring the struggles, success and unique circumstances that face Black British businesses.Featuring brilliant interviews and first-hand accounts from some of your favourite Black British entrepreneurs - from Sharmadean Reid MBE and Ozwald Boateng OBE, to the late great Jamal Edwards MBE, and so many more - Black British Businesses offers an important insight into how one of Britain's most influential communities continues to create space in the world of business.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to marketing through social mediaA comprehensive guide to marketing through social media.

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Book SynopsisA practical look at how positive psychology can transform performance at work, essential for anyone looking to both grow in their professional career and improve their well-being. It is equally appropriate for employees or for managers and leaders looking to increase performance in their teams and departments. Well-being at work should be more than just helping people feel okay. Positive psychology enables people to be more than okay and actually thrive at work. This book describes highly practical ideas and techniques that can be applied in the workplace at individual, team and organisational levels to increase positivity, boost engagement, develop strong working relationships, build purpose, enable a sense of accomplishment and grow resilience. It is packed with tools and tips to make a difference to your career, teams, organisations and daily working life, and demonstrates how ideas from positive psychology can help transform mindsets and drive the dual aims of performance and positivity. This book is an essential read for anyone looking to grow in their professional career while also improving their well-being and happiness, and for leaders who want to enable high performance at work but also want their teams to thrive and be happy. Part of the Business in Mind series.Trade ReviewIf you want to improve, inspire teams, or coach people, this is the essential resource to help you optimise performance at work using positive psychology. Sarah Alexander guides us through Martin Seligman’s PERMA model, incorporating her own experience with other theory, case examples, tips, exercises and questions to explore. It’s a well-researched and extremely practical book, which I’ve already heavily highlighted and scribbled on in readiness for me to refer to for workshops and with clients. Happy people capitalising on their superpowers drives high performance! Read this book to understand why and how! -- Suzanna Tan, Executive Coach and Author, Coaching STTransforming Performance at Work is highly practical and engaging. For any company or manager struggling with demotivated teams this is a must-read. This is equally true for any professional who wants to be at their best without burning out. Each chapter provides the invaluable pillars of transforming performance. The captivating way in which it is written makes you remember key points in your day-to-day life after just one read. It is also a great one to revisit, as the examples, the summaries, and the immediately applicable exercises, make it consistently relevant. -- Emma Claire DavisThis is a really important book, particularly in these stressful times. We spend about a third of our time at work and Sarah shows how that time should not simply be lost time, but time that makes a significant contribution to our well-being and sense of self, from which the employing organisation also benefits. Sarah pulls off a difficult trick in this book in achieving three ends: it makes great sense, is easily read and, most importantly, is eminently practical. A 'must read'! -- Myles Downey, Coach to the C-Suite, Author of ‘Effective Modern Coaching’ and ’The Enabling Manager'Sarah Alexander is on a mission to increase performance by increasing wellbeing. Her passion for the topic shines through on every page. Alexander offers readers 5 wellbeing topics for consideration. For each, she provides a scientific rationale and practical tools. -- Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, author of Positive ProvocationTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Happy high performer Chapter 3: Superpowers Chapter 4: People matter Chapter 5: Finding meaning Chapter 6: Accomplishment Chapter 7: Resilience Chapter 8: Well-being in action and conclusions

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Book SynopsisBy providing an accessible collection of short, practical insights, this book offers a framework for understanding the issues and implications of AI for individuals and organizations in this time of significant digital disruption.

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Book SynopsisSo your wife signed up with a network-marketing company, and now you're tripping over a pile of skepticism, frustration, and a million questions.Oh no. She can't be serious. These things are scams! Thousands of men across the country are in the same boat. They hear their wives talk about a new ';opportunity' and immediately launch into all the reasons why network marketing doesn't work, how nobody makes real money, and how most people quit the business within a year. Instead of encouraging their wives' excitement and enthusiasm, many husbands pour a bucket of cold water on their dreams. In She's Selling What?! Tim Farrant opens up about his wife's start and epic rise in network marketing and his own journey from shock and skepticism to understanding and support as he set aside his ego and figured out how to support his wife as she built a business that changed their family forever. As you follow along, you will: Discover how to overcome your initial skepticism and take a good, honest look at your wife's network-marketing business. Identify your family's big win that will make all her hard work worthwhile. Understand how her compensation plan works, how to maximize it to make the most money possible. See where you fit into her business and how you can make an exponential impact on her success. Find answers to the most common questions husbands have about network marketing. Learn when you should speak upand when you should shut up. Embrace your role as her number-one fan. Realize that her business can be the best thing that ever happened to your family. We owe it to our wives to set aside our initial skepticism and preconceived notions about network marketing and dig deep into the issue that matters most: how we can become the supportive, encouraging husbandsand teammatesour hard-working wives deserve.

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Book SynopsisWe live in a highly litigious world. As you live your life you must keep your guard up. As you grow your wealth you must protect it. For those who don’t predators await, and their attorneys will use every trick in the toolbox to get at - whether large or small-your unprotected assets.Start Your Own Corporation educates you on an action plan to protect your life’s gains. Corporate attorney and best selling author Garrett Sutton clearly explains the all too common risks of failing to protect yourself and the strategies for limiting your liability going forward. The information is timely, accessible and applicable to every citizen in every situation.Garrett Sutton has spent the last thirty years protecting clients’ assets and implementing corporate structures to limit liability. This significant experience shines through in a very readable book on the why-tos and how-tos for achieving asset protection. Sta

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Book SynopsisThis book shows you how to become inspired as a leader or coach so that you can become inspirational to others. It starts with a warning about becoming one of the `Norm's' who drift through life in their comfort zone. Never quite realising their awesomeness but with some simple changes to their thinking and habits they could reset and reboot their mental software and really shine. It starts with a down-to-earth explanation about how our mind works and some simple tips you can use straight away to manage your state and become more effective. It looks at the basics of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), how it works and what it is with simple explanations free of jargon and a no nonsense approach enabling you to become a great leader and coach.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines.The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs.The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation.Table of ContentsIntroduction: An Overview of the Research.- Facets of Social Innovation in Higher Education.- Pathways towards Enhancing HEI’s Role in the Local Social Innovation Ecosystem.- Digital Transformation in Higher Education Institutions as a Driver of Social Oriented Innovations.- Design of a Social Innovation Competence Framework to Educate Entrepreneurs in Developing on the International Stage.- Higher Education Practices for Social Innovation and Sustainable Development.- The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Development of Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of Tallinn University Social Entrepreneurship Study Program, Estonia.- Fostering Research with Societal Impact in Higher Education Institutions: A Review and Conceptualization.- The Role of Higher Education in Creating Socially Responsible Innovations – A Case Study of the EIT Food RIS Consumer Engagement Labs project.- Defining ‘Responsible’ in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of Quadruple Helix Innovation in the Energy Sector in the Tampere Region.- A Human-Centric Co-Creation Platform for Solving Wicked Social Challenges.- “Thinking Outside the Box”: Social Innovations Emerging from Academic Nursing-Community Partnerships.- Social Innovation in Higher Education from a Disability Studies Perspective.- Possibilities of Social Bonds Using to Finance Higher Education Institutions.

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of new forms of working and new working arrangements largely enabled by technology. The Future of Work is a projection of how work, working, workers and the workplace will evolve in the years ahead from the perspective of different actors in society, influenced by technological, socio-economic, political, and demographic changes.This open access book is a timely exploration of some of the challenges and prospects for the future of work from two main perspectives: how work is changing and how to prepare for work in the future. An evidence-based assessment of these topics offers some critical perspectives that challenge old assumptions and opens up emerging trends and possibilities for work in the future. As part of the Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies series, this book is an essential resource for academics of Business, Human Resource Management, Organisational Psychology and Industrial Relations, as well as practitioners and policy makers.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – The Future of Work for Organisations, Jobs and Workers (Introduction) This chapter summarises many of the main challenges and prospects for the future of work. It establishes and summarises the themes to be addressed in the remainder of the book. Prof Edel Conway, Dr Lisa van der Werff (Dublin City University) Part One: The Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Work and Jobs Chapter 2 – Disrupted or Enhanced? The impact of new ways of working on individual and organizational well-being The COVID-19 pandemic has represented a catalyst for new ways of working. This has opened a wide range opportunities such as remote, hybrid, co-working, flexible working and work from anywhere (WFA) approaches. This chapter will consider the range of opportunities and challenges for both workers and organisations in terms of well-being and performance that are created by these new ways of working. Prof Kathy Monks, Prof Yseult Freeney and Prof Edel Conway (Dublin City University) Chapter 3 – Theorizing the Future of Work in Professional Services: An Institutional Perspective This chapter will use a theoretical lens framed in institutional theory to better understand the challenges facing professional services, specifically accounting, law and architecture from digital technologies and specifically machine learning and artificial intelligence. This theoretical exploration will provide a basis for re-imagining the future of work in these professions in the context of digital trends. Dr Brid Murphy and Dr Orla Feeney (Dublin City University) Chapter 4 – Algorithms, Apps & Uncertainty: Navigating Work in the Gig Economy Although some critics consider gig working as simply the latest development in non-standard labour arrangements, its most novel and distinguishing feature, ‘algorithmic management’, disrupts and challenges the most enduring contours of work and people management. This chapter traces the role of digitalisation in creating the gig economy by exploring how algorithmic technologies have replaced human managers in this novel, yet heavily fragmented working arrangement. Dr James Duggan and Dr Stefan Jooss (University College Cork) Chapter 5 – Trust juggling effects of datafication of work: Where are we at and where do we go? Datafication of work fundamentally changes the processes underlying workplace relationships. Our chapter takes perspective of both the technology and human on how datafication helps and hinders trust and collaboration in the workplace. Dr Xuchang Zheng (Dublin City University), Dr Simon Schafheitle (University of St Gallen) Lisa van der Werff (Dublin City University), Part Two: Looking to the Future Chapter 6 – Leadership in digital workplaces This chapter will provide an overview of research (its intellectual structure/past and current trends using bibliometrics) at the intersection of leadership and future of work. It will propose an integrative framework and future outlooks for research and practice. Prof Matej Černe, Amadeja Lamovšek (University of Ljubliana), Prof Irina Nikolova, Prof Sut I Wong (BI Norwegian Business School) Chapter 7 – Diversity and Inclusion in the future of work This chapter will present an overview of extant knowledge about diversity and inclusion at work, with a specific focus on age, gender and race. The chapter will discuss these issues by first explicating how demographic, economic, social, and technological projections will impact the workplace and, second, by examining what specific interventions may promote real change, beyond the rhetoric, toward a more diverse and inclusive future of work. Dr Jean McCarthy (University of Limerick), Prof Janine Bosak (Dublin City University), Prof Emma Parry (Cranfield University) and Prof Jeanette Cleveland (Colorado State University) Chapter 8 – Education and skills for the future of work The chapter will explore a macro-level emphasis on skills required for the future of work as detailed by global policy reports. Specifically, it will explore how these both impact on, and can be fostered/co-created, through education. Our focus is purposefully on skills for the future (not of the future) and on futures (plural). A key underpinning to our argument is the need for a narrative that moves away from an economic focus on skill development to a broader holistic view of human centered development. This is also reflected in the increase realization by organizations that human capital development (HCD) in FoW is linked to positive societal impacts. Dr Shirley Davey (Ulster University), Prof Brian Harney (Dublin City University) Chapter 9 - Learning and Development This chapter draws on the principles of congruence and adaptation in open systems theory to discuss the future of organizational learning and development and argue where the emphasis should be placed. We argue that the emphasis needs to be on learning and development processes at the individual level which are more learner-driven, informal, continuous and social; a focus on knowledge pull as opposed to knowledge push. In tandem at the organizational level this emphasis needs to position the learning and development function as focusing on processes to enable an environment for learner-driven learning and to focus on why and where and how learning enables a fluid business strategy as opposed to driving learning for learning sake. Prof Claire Gubbins (Dublin City University), Prof Thomas Garavan (University College Cork) Chapter 10 – Ethics in the Future of Work A general misunderstanding regarding the essence of the ethical analysis lead to a misconception of ethics as a set of principles that need to be integrated in the way machines are designed. This chapter reviews existing literature on the topic, highlighting the shortcomings of unclear definitions of ethics, and suggests a framework to analyze the emerging areas of research in the future of work in light of a holistic approach to ethics. Dr Marta Rocci (Dublin City University) and Dr Caleb M. Bernacchio, California State University Monterey Bay Chapter 11 – Outlook for Work in the Future Conclusion: This chapter provides a summary of some of the main issues raised, key learning points, and further avenues for research. Prof Theo Lynn and Dr Pierangelo Rosati (Dublin City University)

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