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Oxford University Press Cultural Strategy
Book SynopsisCultural Strategy provides a step-by-step guide for managers and entrepreneurs to building businesses based upon innovative ideologies: ideas that leverage social change and needs. Analyzing classic cases such as Nike, Starbucks, Marlboro, Jack Daniels, and Ben & Jerry's, Holt and Cameron show how the theory works as an actionable strategy.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition May well be one of the most important books on advertising and branding in the past ten years. * Richard Huntington Adliterate.com 15.10.10 *Table of ContentsPART I: CULTURAL INNOVATION THEORY; PART II: APPLYING THE CULTURAL STRATEGY MODEL; PART III: ORGANIZING FOR CULTURAL INNOVATION
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Oxford University Press Theory of the Leisure Class
Book Synopsis''Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.''In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out ''to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life''. In so doing he produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behaviour. Veblen''s analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy; with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars - all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. The targets of Veblen''s coruscating satire are as evident today as they were a century ago, and his book still has the power to shock Table of ContentsIntroductory ; Pecuniary Emulation ; Conspicuous Leisure ; Conspicuous Consumption ; The Pecuniary Standard of Living ; Pecuniary Canons of Taste ; Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture ; Industrial Exemption and Conservatism ; The Conservation of Archaic Traits ; Modern Survivals of Prowess ; The Belief in Luck ; Devout Observances ; Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest ; The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
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Oxford University Press, USA Nuclear Energy
Trade ReviewAn accessible text with a strong structure that provides a launch pad for further exploration. * Murray Collins, London School of Economics (LSE) *Table of ContentsContents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Fundamentals ; What is energy, and what is power? ; Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy? ; What is the origin of nuclear energy? ; What is radioactivity? ; Why is ionizing radiation a health concern? ; What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security? ; How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy? ; Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion? ; How was nuclear fission discovered? ; What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy? ; What is a fission chain reaction? ; What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered? ; What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it? ; Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb? ; What is the nuclear fuel cycle? ; Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called <"dual-use>"? ; What are the various uranium enrichment methods? ; What are the nuclear
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Oxford University Press The CompanyState Corporate Sovereignty And The
Book SynopsisAlmost since the event itself in 1757, the English East India Company''s victory over the forces of the nawab of Bengal and the territorial acquisitions that followed has been perceived as the moment when the British Empire in India was born. Examining the Company''s political and intellectual history in the century prior to this supposed transformation, The Company-State rethinks this narrative and the nature of the early East India Company itself. In this book, Philip J. Stern reveals the history of a corporation concerned not simply with the bottom line but also with the science of colonial governance. Stern demonstrates how Company leadership wrestled with typical early modern problems of political authority, such as the mutual obligations of subjects and rulers; the relationships among law, economy, and sound civil and colonial society; the constitution of civic institutions ranging from tax collection and religious practice to diplomacy and warmaking; and the nature of jurisdiction and sovereignty over people, territory, and the sea. Their ideas emerged from abstract ideological, historical, and philosophical principles and from the real-world entanglements of East India Company employees and governors with a host of allies, rivals, and polyglot populations in their overseas plantations. As the Company shaped this colonial polity, it also confronted shifting definitions of state and sovereignty across Eurasia that ultimately laid the groundwork for the Company''s incorporation into the British empire and state through the eighteenth century.Challenging traditional distinctions between the commercial and imperial eras in British India, as well as a colonial Atlantic world and a trading world of Asia, The Company-State offers a unique perspective on the fragmented nature of state, sovereignty, and empire in the early modern world.Trade ReviewWith great skill, Stern has extracted from the archives a cogent and highly engaging narrative of events that even participants found highly tremendously confusing. He deftly conveys the world of the East India company, marshaling striking visual materials and wonderfully evocative quotations from a wide array of Company documents. * Radical History Review *A thought-provoking reinterpretation that will compel us to reexamine assumptions about colonial companies in general. * H-Net *In a work of deep erudition and striking originality Philip Stern deftly demolishes many of the categories by which we try to organize our work: are states and companies really different animals, were the early modern Atlantic and Indian Oceans distinct worlds, what, if anything, was new about the post-Plassey British Indian empire? We are politely but firmly directed back to the drawing board. * P. J. Marshall, King's College London *In The Company-State, Philip Stern has made an important contribution not only to studies of empire, but to early modern history in general. This is an important and innovative reconsideration of the East India Company as a political actor in the first phase of its career. This incisively crafted book will be widely read, cited, and debated. * Sanjay Subrahmanyam, University of California, Los Angeles *A bracing re-thinking of the early modern East India Company and its role in shaping English practices of empire, governance, 'trade,' and polity, Philip Stern's book will replace all previous studies on the topic. * Kathleen Wilson, Stony Brook University *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "A State in the Disguise of a Merchant" ; Part I: Foundations ; Chapter 1 "Planning & Peopling Your Colony": Building a Company-State ; Chapter 2 "A Sort of Republic for the Management of Trade": The Jurisdiction of a Company-State ; Chapter 3 "A Politie of Civill and Military Power": Diplomacy, War, and Expansion ; Chapter 4 "Politicall Science and Martiall Prudence": Political Thought and Political Economy ; Chapter 5 "The Most Sure and Profitable Sort of Merchandice": Protestantism and Piety ; Part II: Transformations ; Chapter 6 "Great Warrs Leave Behind them Long Tales": Crisis and Response in Asia after 1688 ; Chapter 7 Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae": Crisis and Response in Britain after 1688 ; Chapter 8 "The Day of Small Things": Civic Governance in the New Century ; Chapter 9 "A Sword in One Hand & Money in the Other": Old Patterns, New Rivals ; Conclusion "A Great and Famous Superstructure" ; Abbreviations ; Glossary ; Notes ; Index
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Penguin Putnam Inc Change The Culture, Change The
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Harvard Business Review Press Business Communication: Your Mentor and Guide to
Book SynopsisEffective communication is a vital skill for everyone in business today. Great communicators have a distinct advantage in building influence and jumpstarting their careers. This practical guide offers readers a clear and comprehensive overview on how to communicate effectively for every business situation, from sensitive feedback to employees to persuasive communications for customers. It offers advice for improving writing skills, oral presentations, and one-on-one dealings with others. Contents include: Understanding the optimal "medium" to present information Learning the best timing to deliver a message Delivering an effective presentation Drafting proposals Writing effective e-mails Improving self-editing skills Plus, readers can access free interactive tools on the Harvard Business Essentials companion web site. Series Adviser: Mary Munter Professor Mary Munter has taught management communication for over twenty-five years, for seven years at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and since 1983 at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Professor Munter is considered one of the leaders in the management communication field. Among her publications is Guide to Managerial Communication-recently published in its sixth edition and named "one of the five best business books" by the Wall Street Journal. She has also published many other articles and books and consulted with over ninety corporate and not-for-profit clients. 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.
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Prometheus Books The Erotic History of Advertising
Book SynopsisVictoria's Secret and Calvin Klein are brand names practically synonymous with sexually suggestive advertising. Considering their high public profile and huge profits, anyone can see that sex sells. Despite polls indicating that the public would like to see less sex in advertising, Americans don't mean what they say. They continue to respond to the lure of provocative marketing and, most important to business, they buy. Knowing this, more and more advertisers are testing the limits of public taste in the highly competitive battle to capture the consumer's attention. All of this is well documented in Tom Reichert's profusely illustrated book, The Erotic History of Advertising. As Reichert amply demonstrates, the use of sex in advertising is far from being a recent fad. As long ago as the 1880s, Duke Cigarettes enclosed in their packs not baseball cards but similar small cards showing scantily clad "women of the stage," which encouraged purchasers to keep buying to complete the whole set. In the 1920s Woodbury soap became the market leader largely through ads with images of romantic situations and claims that Woodbury soap made a woman's skin irresistible to the touch. In the 1930s White Owl cigars had great success in marketing through ads showing attractive couples locked in a passionate kiss, suggesting that only White Owls left the breath smelling pleasant. Warner Lambert capitalized on the same kind of imagery for decades to connect Listerine mouthwash with romantic success. With numerous illustrations showing many erotic ads--some campy, some esthetically elegant, some homoerotic--that push the boundaries of sexuality and taste from over a century of product marketing, Reichert not only tracks the history of sex in advertising but also explores the many factors that make the link between sex and our consumer culture so successful. Among other things, he considers the range of salacious imagery, from mildly suggestive to the use of outright nudity; the emotional impact of sexy ads; the influence of sex on brand recognition; what works and what doesn't; the differences between male and female responses; and the possible harms of using sex in advertising, especially in regard to young audiences and the perpetuation of female stereotypes. This thoughtful, enjoyable, and fascinating look into the world of advertising--from the late 1800s to the most erotic ads of today--will appeal to both media-savvy consumers and aficionados of pop culture.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Unfolding The Napkin
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Penguin Putnam Inc Never Make The First Offer
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Church Publishing Inc A Failure of Nerve, Revised Edition: Leadership
Book SynopsisAn invitation and guide for leaders “to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, to lead resiliently, and to be present and steady in times of deep anxiety.” Ed Friedman’s genius was to see the individual in the family in the larger group, bringing the wisdom of his experience as a therapist and rabbi to the field of organizational leadership.A timeless bestseller, A Failure of Nerve still astonishes in this new edition with its relevance and continues to transform the lives of leaders everywhere—business, church, family, schools—as it has for more than 20 years: Offers prescient guide to leadership in the age of “quick fix.” Provides ways to recognize and address organizational dysfunction. Emphasizes “strength over pathology” in these anxious times. “The age that is upon us requires differentiated leadership that is willing to rise above the anxiety of the masses. We need leaders who will have the ‘capacity to understand and deal effectively’ with the hive mind that is us. This is, in Friedman's words, ‘the key to the kingdom.’ I am grateful for this accessible new edition.”―C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of TexasTrade Review"The age that is upon us requires differentiated leadership that is willing to rise above the anxiety of the masses. We need leaders who will have the "capacity to understand and deal effectively" with the hive mind that is us. This is, in Friedman's words, 'the key to the kingdom.' I am grateful for this accessible new edition." —C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Texas "In seminary, I learned to exegete scripture, to craft a sermon, to think theologically. I did not learn how to lead a congregation. In A Failure of Nerve, Ed Friedman invites leaders to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, to lead resiliently, and to be present and steady in times of deep anxiety; qualities of leadership more urgently needed now than at any time in my memory. My students find excitement and energy in the adventure of leadership Ed invites us to embrace. —Gina Campbell, Visiting Professor of Worship, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Adjunct Faculty, Center for Family Process "Perhaps more than ever, we need to prepare ourselves for increasing our maturity, which means taking responsibility for our own emotional functioning. As Friedman's mentor, Murray Bowen, succinctly reminded us, 'If you lower anxiety one notch, it's a better world.' We all owe thanks to Edwin Friedman for helping us in this process." — Peter L. Steinke, author of How Your Church Family Works and other books (from foreword)
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Pearson Education (US) Helping People Win at Work
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1 Don’t Mark My Paper, Help Me Get an A 17 Chapter 2 Building the Right Culture 43 Chapter 3 My Leadership Point of View 67 Chapter 4 The Simple Truths About Helping People Win at Work 89 Simple Truth 1: Performing Well: What Makes People Feel Good About Themselves 91 Simple Truth 2: To Help People Perform Well, an Effective Performance Management System Must Be Established 94 Simple Truth 3: It All Starts with Performance Planning 97 Simple Truth 4: The Biggest Impact on Performance Comes from Day-to-Day Coaching 101 Simple Truth 5: Trust Is Key to Effective Coaching 117 Simple Truth 6: The Ultimate Coaching Tool: Accentuating the Positive 122 Simple Truth 7: Redirection Helps Get Performance Back on Track 125 Simple Truth 8: Deliver Reprimands with Caring Candor 129 Simple Truth 9: Performance Reviews Should Be About Retaking the Final Exam 133 Simple Truth 10: Developing and Sharing Your Leadership Point of View Is a Powerful Communication Tool for Your People 136 Simple Truth 11: Servant Leadership Is the Only Way to Go 139 Simple Truth 12: Celebrate Successes 149 Epilogue 155 Appendix A The WD-40 Company Goal Review Form 159 About the Authors 171 Services Available 175 Index 179
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Insight Principles Invisible Power
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Rodale Incorporated Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without
Book SynopsisIn this #1 New York Times bestseller, the CEO of Starbucks recounts the story and leadership lessons behind the global coffee company's comeback and continued success.In 2008, Howard Schultz decided to return as the CEO of Starbucks to help restore its financial health and bring the company back to its core values. In Onward, he shares this remarkable story, revealing how, during one of the most tumultuous economic periods in American history, Starbucks again achieved profitability and sustainability without sacrificing humanity. Offering you a snapshot of the recession that left no company unscathed, the book shows in riveting detail how one company struggled and recreated itself in the midst of it all. In addition, you’ll get an inside look into Schultz's central leadership philosophy: It's not about winning, it’s about the right way to win. Onward is a compelling, candid narrative documenting the maturing of a brand as well as a businessman. Ultimately, Schultz gives you a sense of hope that, no matter how tough times get, the future can be more successful than the past.Trade Review“Personal, suspenseful, and surprisingly open . . . [Schultz’s] sequel to the founding of Starbucks is grittier, more gripping, and dramatic, and his voice is winning and authentic. this is a must-read for anyone interested in leadership, management, or the quest to connect a brand with the consumer.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Through the lens of his personal leadership journey, with all of its dizzying ups and agonizing downs, Howard Schultz has written, with aching honesty and passion, the single most important book on leadership and change for our time and for every generation of leaders.” —Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, and author of Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
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McGraw-Hill Education The Innovators Prescription A Disruptive Solution
Book SynopsisTHE BOOK THATâS REVOLUTIONIZING HEALTH CARE IN AMERICAA groundbreaking prescription for reformâfrom a legendary leader in innovation.âœClear, entertaining, and provocative, The Innovatorâs Prescription should be read by anyone who cares about improving the health and health care of all.ââRisa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson FoundationâœComprehensive in its vision, astute in its diagnosis, and clear in its guidance, The Innovatorâs Prescription offers strong medicine for a heath care system that is far from well.ââHarvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationOur health care system is in critical condition. The Affordable Care Act has insured more Americans than ever, yet deductibles keep rising and costs continue to climb. Now more than ever, the industry needs a shot in the arm. It needs The Innovatorâs Prescription, the now-classic aTable of ContentsIntroduction CHAPTER 1:The Role of Disruptive Technology and Business Model Innovationin Making Products and Services Affordable and AccessibleCHAPTER 2:The Technological Enablers of Disruption CHAPTER 3:Disrupting the Hospital Business ModelCHAPTER 4:Disrupting the Business Model of the Physician’s Practice CHAPTER 5:Disruptive Solutions for the Care of Chronic Disease CHAPTER 6: Integrating to Make It Happen CHAPTER 7:Disrupting the Reimbursement System CHAPTER 8:The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry chapter 9:Future Directions for Medical Devices and Diagnostic Equipment CHAPTER 10:The Future of Medical Education CHAPTER 11:Regulatory Reform and the Disruption of Health Care Epilogue Index
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McGraw-Hill Education Official GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions
Book Synopsis150 REAL GRE Verbal Reasoning questionsâdirect from the test maker!The best way to prepare for the Verbal Reasoning measure of the GRE® General Test is with real GRE test questions--and that is what you will find in this unique guide. Specially created by the actual test maker, it offers 150 actual GRE Verbal Reasoning questions with complete explanations. This guide also includes an authoritative overview of the GRE Analytical Writing measure, complete with sample writing tasks and scored sample responses.Only ETS can show you exactly what to expect on the test. So for in-depth practice and accurate, reliable test preparation for the GRE Verbal Reasoning measure, this guide is your best choice!This essential study-guide features: â Real GRE Verbal Reasoning test questions arranged by question type and difficulty level â to help you build your test-taking skills. Plus, mixed practice sets.â Answers and explanations for
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McGraw-Hill Education Official GRE Quantitative Reasoning Practice
Book Synopsis150 Real GRE Quantitative Reasoning questions â direct from the test maker!The best way to prepare for the Quantitative Reasoning measure of the GRE® General Test is with real GRE test questionsâand that is what you will find in this unique guide. Specially created by the actual test maker, it offers 150 actual GRE Quantitative Reasoning questions with complete explanations. Plus, this guide includes a review of math topics likely to appear on Quantitative Reasoning measure.Only ETS can show you exactly what to expect on the test. For in-depth practice and accurate, reliable test preparation for the GRE Quantitative Reasoning measure, this guide is your best choice!This essential study guide features: â Authentic GRE Quantitative Reasoning practice questions, arranged by content and question type -- to help you build your test-taking skills -- plus, mixed practice testsâ Answers and explanations for every question!â&nbs
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Permanent Portfolio
Book SynopsisMarket uncertainty cannot be eliminated. So rather than attempt to eliminate it, why not embrace it? That is what this book has been designed to do. Inside the Investment Bunker takes readers through Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio approach, and reveals how it can help investors thrive in today's turbulent markets.Table of ContentsForeword xi Preface: Life is Uncertain xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter 1 What is the Permanent Portfolio? 1 A Simple Idea 1 A Simple Allocation 3 Simply Great Results 3 Chapter 2 The 16 Golden Rules of Financial Safety 5 Rule #1: Your Career Provides Your Wealth 6 Rule #2: Don’t Assume You Can Replace Your Wealth 6 Rule #3: Recognize the Difference between Investing and Speculating 6 Rule #4: No One Can Predict the Future 7 Rule #5: No One Can Time the Market 7 Rule #6: No Trading System Will Work as Well in the Future as It Did in the Past 8 Rule #7: Don’t Use Leverage 8 Rule #8: Don’t Let Anyone Make Your Decisions 9 Rule #9: Don’t Ever Do Anything You Don’t Understand 9 Rule #10: Don’t Depend on Any One Investment, Institution, or Person for Your Safety 10 Rule #11: Create a Bulletproof Portfolio for Protection 11 Rule #12: Speculate Only with Money You Can Afford to Lose 11 Rule #13: Keep Some Assets Outside the Country in which You Live 11 Rule #14: Beware of Tax-Avoidance Schemes 11 Rule #15: Enjoy Yourself with a Budget for Pleasure 12 Rule #16: Whenever You’re in Doubt about a Course of Action, It’s Always Better to Err on the Side of Safety 12 Investing and the Rules of Life 12 Recap 13 Chapter 3 Permanent Portfolio Performance 15 Growth, No Large Losses, and Real Returns: The Holy Trinity 16 Only Real Returns Matter 24 Looking at Total Performance Over Time 26 Recap 30 Chapter 4 Simple, Safe, and Stable 33 Simplicity 33 Safety 34 Stability 35 Making the Most of Your Investments 36 Expect the Unexpected 44 Recap 46 Chapter 5 Investing Based on Economic Conditions 47 When Diversification Fails 48 A Different Way to Diversify 55 Four Economic Conditions 57 Four Economic Conditions þ Four Assets ¼ Strong Diversification 60 How the Portfolio Works with Economic Conditions 62 Recap 64 Chapter 6 Stocks 65 Benefits of Stocks 65 Risks of Stocks 66 Volatility 67 Owning Stocks 68 Recommended Stock Index Funds 69 Which Type of Index Fund to Use? 70 Why Use an Index Fund? 70 Avoid Actively Managed Stock Funds 74 Indexing is a Marathon 78 Beware of Trading Costs 79 Large-Cap and Small-Cap Stocks 80 International Stock Funds 81 A Warning About Company Stock 84 No Index Funds—What to Do? 85 Recap 85 Chapter 7 Bonds 87 Benefits of Bonds 87 Risks of Bonds 89 Volatility 90 Bonds and Deflation 92 Owning Bonds 93 Bonds to Buy 94 Buying Bonds 94 Other Bond Risks—The Case for Treasury Bonds 98 Bonds to Avoid 103 Flight to Safety 108 Earning Money Multiple Ways 111 Bond Risk Matrix 112 Bond Funds and Retirement Plans 114 Recap 114 Chapter 8 Cash 117 Benefits of Cash 117 Risks of Cash 120 Volatility 121 Owning Cash 123 Cash Risks—The Case for Treasury Bills 128 Cash to Avoid 132 Cash Risk Matrix 140 Cash and Retirement Plans 140 Recap 141 Chapter 9 Gold 143 Benefits of Gold 144 Risks of Gold 145 Volatility 147 Causes of Inflation 148 Gold Protects During Extreme Events 149 No Interest, No Dividends, No Problem 152 Why Do Central Banks Hold So Much Gold? 153 Owning Gold 153 Buying Gold 154 Buying and Storing Gold at a Bank 157 Gold Funds 158 Assets to Avoid 163 Limit Gold Bullion Sales Taxes 171 Other Considerations 171 Recap 173 Chapter 10 Implementing the Permanent Portfolio 175 Key Concepts 175 Four Levels of Protection 177 Level 1—Basic—All Funds 179 Level 2—Good—Funds, Bonds, and Gold 182 Level 3—Better—Funds, Bonds, and Gold 185 Level 4—Best—Funds, Bonds, Gold, and Geographic Diversification 187 All In, or Wait? 190 Other Portfolio Ideas 192 Final Considerations 193 Recap 194 Chapter 11 Portfolio Rebalancing and Maintenance 195 Two Primary Purposes of Rebalancing 197 Rebalancing Maintains Firewalls 199 How to Rebalance: Rebalancing Bands 201 Withdrawals and Rebalancing 203 Timing Can Influence Rebalancing 203 Adding New Money to the Portfolio 204 Allocating Dividends 204 Different Approaches to Rebalancing 205 Emotional Aspects of Rebalancing 206 Rebalancing and Taxable Accounts 207 Recap 208 Chapter 12 Implementing the Permanent Portfolio Internationally 209 The World is Not Flat 209 Applying the Same Principles Across Countries 212 Various Country Options 214 Canada 215 Europe 218 United Kingdom 222 Australia 223 Asia, Middle East, and the Rest of the World 225 Developing Country Investing 226 Recap 228 Chapter 13 Taxes and Investing 229 Simplicity is Often the Best Tax Strategy 229 Tax-Free Savings Vehicles 231 Types of Taxable Events 231 Ordering of Assets and Tax Planning 233 Retirement Accounts and the Permanent Portfolio 238 Individual Retirement Accounts 241 Pensions, Social Security, and Other Plans 243 Tax-Loss Harvesting 243 Final Thoughts on Taxes 245 Recap 246 Chapter 14 Institutional Diversification 247 What is Institutional Diversification? 247 Why Institutional Diversification? 248 Identity Theft 251 Natural Disasters 252 Terrorism 252 Cyber Attack 252 How to Divide Your Money 253 Recap 254 Chapter 15 Geographic Diversification 257 Then and Now 257 What is Geographic Diversification? 257 What Assets Should Be Kept in a Foreign Account? 258 Why Geographic Diversification? 258 Geographic Diversification and a Warning for U.S. Citizens 262 Even Politicians Do It 264 The Reality Risk Spectrum 265 Types of Geographic Diversification 267 Overseas Gold Storage Options 270 New Zealand 270 Australia 273 United States 276 Switzerland 278 Intermediaries for U.S. Citizens 283 Swiss Gold Storage Services for U.S. and Non-U.S. Citizens 285 Safe Deposit Boxes 287 Geographic Diversification Matrix 289 Disclosing Accounts—U.S. Citizens 290 Emergency Options 292 Other Options 293 Recap 293 Chapter 16 The Variable Portfolio 295 Why a Variable Portfolio? 296 Three Rules for the Variable Portfolio 296 Modifying the Permanent Portfolio 299 Can You Really Ever Beat the Market? 299 Recap 300 Chapter 17 Permanent Portfolio Funds 303 The Permanent Portfolio Fund 303 Global X Permanent ETF 307 Recap 309 Chapter 18 Conclusion 311 Recommended Resources 313 About the Authors 317 Index 319
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Investment Philosophies
Book SynopsisSuitable for investors who want an understanding of investment strategies that have stood the test of time, this guide covers a wealth of strategies including indexing, passive and activist value investing, growth investing, chart/technical analysis, market timing, arbitrage, and many more investment philosophies.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction 1 What Is an Investment Philosophy? 2 Why Do You Need an Investment Philosophy? 3 The Big Picture of Investing 4 Categorizing Investment Philosophies 7 Developing an Investment Philosophy 10 Conclusion 12 Exercises 13 Chapter 2 Upside, Downside: Understanding Risk 15 What Is Risk? 16 Equity Risk: Theory-Based Models 16 Assessing Conventional Risk and Return Models 32 Equity Risk: Alternative Measures 34 Equity Risk: Assessing the Field 45 Default Risk 46 Conclusion 50 Exercises 51 Chapter 3 Numbers Don’t Lie—Or Do They? 53 The Basic Accounting Statements 53 Asset Measurement and Valuation 55 Measuring Financing mix 62 Measuring Earnings and Profitability 69 Measuring Risk 75 Differences in Accounting Standards and Practices 82 Conclusion 82 Exercises 85 Chapter 4 Show Me the Money: The Basics of Valuation 87 Intrinsic Value 87 Relative Valuation 110 Valuing an Asset with Contingent Cash Flows (Options) 119 Conclusion 121 Exercises 122 Chapter 5 Many a Slip: Trading, Execution, and Taxes 125 The Trading Cost Drag 125 The Components of Trading Costs: Traded Financial Assets 127 Trading Costs with Nontraded Assets 146 Management of Trading Costs 148 Taxes 150 Conclusion 159 Exercises 160 Chapter 6 Too Good to Be True? Testing Investment Strategies 163 Why Does Market Efficiency Matter? 163 Efficient Markets: Definition and Implications 164 Behavioral Finance: The Challenge to Efficient Markets 170 A Skeptic’s Guide to Investment Strategies 204 Conclusion 206 Exercises 207 Chapter 7 Smoke and Mirrors? Price Patterns, Volume Charts, and Technical Analysis 209 Random Walks and Price Patterns 209 Empirical Evidence 211 The Foundations of Technical Analysis 239 Technical Indicators and Charting Patterns 240 Conclusion 255 Exercises 256 Chapter 8 Graham’s Disciples: Value Investing 259 Who Is a Value Investor? 259 The Passive Screener 260 The Contrarian Value Investor 284 Activist Value Investing 293 Conclusion 326 Exercises 326 Chapter 9 The Allure of Growth: Small Cap and Growth Investing 329 Who Is a Growth Investor? 329 Passive Growth Investing 330 Activist Growth Investing 365 Conclusion 372 Exercises 373 Chapter 10 Information Pays: Trading on News 375 Information and Prices 376 Trading on Private Information 378 Trading on Public Information 398 Implementing an Information-Based Investment Strategy 421 Conclusion 422 Exercises 423 Chapter 11 A Sure Profit: The Essence of Arbitrage 425 Pure Arbitrage 425 Near Arbitrage 450 Speculative Arbitrage 460 Long/Short Strategies—Hedge Funds 465 Conclusion 469 Exercises 470 Chapter 12 The Impossible Dream? Timing the Market 473 Market Timing: Payoffs and Costs 473 Market Timing Approaches 477 The Evidence on Market Timing 506 Market Timing Strategies 514 Market Timing Instruments 518 Connecting Market Timing to Security Selection 521 Conclusion 521 Exercises 522 Chapter 13 Ready to Give Up? The Allure of Indexing 525 The Mechanics of Indexing 525 A History of Indexing 527 The Case for Indexing 530 Why Do Active Investors Not Perform Better? 554 Alternative Paths to Indexing 562 Conclusion 571 Exercises 572 Chapter 14 A Road Map to Choosing an Investment Philosophy 575 A Self-Assessment 575 Finding an Investment Philosophy 579 The Right Investment Philosophy 581 Conclusion 583 Exercises 584 Index 585
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Study Guide for The New Trading for a Living
Book SynopsisTest your trading knowledge and skills without risking any money You may read the best trading book, but how much of that knowledge will you retain a week later? This is why you need this Study Guide for The New Trading for a Living. It'll give you a firmer grasp of the essential trading rules and skills.Table of ContentsAbout This Study Guide ix Part I Questions and Rating Scales 1 Introduction 3 One Individual Psychology 7 Two Mass Psychology 13 Three Classical Chart Analysis 19 Four Computerized Technical Analysis 27 Five Volume and Time 37 Six General Market Indicators 49 Seven Trading Systems 57 Eight Trading Vehicles 65 Nine Risk Management 71 Ten Practical Details 79 Eleven Good Record-Keeping 85 Part II Answers and Comments 89 Introduction 91 One Individual Psychology 95 Two Mass Psychology 99 Three Classical Chart Analysis 103 Four Computerized Technical Analysis 107 Five Volume and Time 113 Six General Market Indicators 119 Seven Trading Systems 123 Eight Trading Vehicles 129 Nine Risk Management 133 Ten Practical Details 137 Eleven Good Record-Keeping 141 Afterword 145 Sources 147 About the Author 149
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Mergers Acquisitions Integration Handbook
Book SynopsisProven strategies and tactics to manage the integration of acquired and/or merged companies Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook is a comprehensive resource to help companies create a scalable post merger or acquisition integration process and framework that accelerates operating and business benefit goal realization.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Who Should Use This Book? 1 How This Book is Set Up 2 Chapter Summaries 2 A Word to the Wise 4 Chapter 2 Mergers and Acquisitions 101 and Assessing Integration Complexity and Risk 7 Mergers and Acquisitions 101 7 Determining Post-Acquisition Integration Scope 8 Assessing Integration Complexity and Risk 11 Summary 18 Chapter 3 Making the Business Case for Integration 19 How to Improve Performance 19 The Most Complex Areas 21 Making the Business Case for Integration Support 23 The Challenges of Integration 24 Integration Success Factors 29 Summary 30 Chapter 4 An Introduction to Integration Planning 31 Integration Activities 32 Integration Timing 32 Integration and Business Planning 33 Integration Support 35 Summary 37 Chapter 5 The Pre-Planning Phase 39 Key Activities 39 Reviewing the Planning Documents 40 Assessing Potential Challenge Areas 42 Summary 45 Chapter 6 The Importance of Due Diligence 47 Due Diligence Documents Lists 48 A Few Words about IT Due Diligence 59 Summary 60 Chapter 7 Establishing an Integration Management Office 61 Setting Up an IMO 63 Determining Functional Resource Commitments 66 Dedicated versus Matrixed Resources 68 Setting Up an Integration Project Charter 69 Setting Up an Integration Governance Structure 72 Summary 73 Chapter 8 Executing Your Integration Plan 75 Functional Work-Plan Elements 76 Integration Work Streams 77 Functional Work-Plan Quality 79 Functions Requiring Extra Attention 82 Summary 85 Chapter 9 Planning Your Integration’s End State 87 How to Know When an Integration is Finished 88 The Typical Process: Roles, Responsibilities, Tracking, and Finishing Well 88 Summary 93 Chapter 10 Effective Communication Planning 95 Communication Planning Objectives 95 Guiding Principles for an Effective Communication Plan 96 Establishing a Communication Matrix 97 A Proper Communication Process 101 Summary 105 Chapter 11 Cultural Integration and Assessment 107 Managing Cultural Integration Activities 107 Culture and Change Management 112 Summary 114 Chapter 12 The Talent Assessment Process 115 Talent Assessment Guiding Principles 115 Talent Assessment Objectives 116 Evaluation Tools for Assessing Talent 117 Retention and Separation Guidelines and Policies 118 Dependencies for Talent Assessment and Retention and Separation Activities 123 Things to Avoid 125 Summary 126 Chapter 13 Synergy Program Management 127 Effectively Managing Synergies 128 The IMO’s Role in Managing a Synergy Program 129 A Typical Synergy Plan 130 Best Practices 137 Summary 138 Chapter 14 Information Technology Integration 139 IT’s Role within an Integration 140 Day One Planning 144 The Three Risks 146 Summary 147 Chapter 15 Integration Feedback: Lessons Learned 149 Goals and Tools of Lessons Learned 149 Getting Feedback and Making Adjustments 150 Collecting Post-Integration Feedback 151 Additional Tips 153 Summary 156 Chapter 16 Creating an Integration Playbook 157 Playbook Contents 157 Playbook Elements 159 How the Elements Work Together 161 Applying the Playbook 162 Summary 162 About the Author 163 About the Website 165 Index 167
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Hedge Fund Mirage
Book SynopsisThe dismal truth about hedge funds and how investors can get a greater share of the profits Shocking but true: if all the money that''s ever been invested in hedge funds had been in treasury bills, the results would have been twice as good. Although hedge fund managers have earned some great fortunes, investors as a group have done quite poorly, particularly in recent years. Plagued by high fees, complex legal structures, poor disclosure, and return chasing, investors confront surprisingly meager results. Drawing on an insider''s view of industry growth during the 1990s, a time when hedge fund investors did well in part because there were relatively few of them, The Hedge Fund Mirage chronicles the early days of hedge fund investing before institutions got into the game and goes on to describe the seeding business, a specialized area in which investors provide venture capital-type funding to promising but undiscovered hedge funds. Today''s investors need to do Trade Review"Simon Lack, a hedge fund veteran exposes some unforeseen and uncomfortable truths about the industry in his new book." (Hedge Fund Net, January 2012) "...a cautionary tale from one who knows just about all the tricks...an easy, largely fun and certainly instructive read" (Financial World, February 2012) "Devastating little book.... His conclusions will make uncomfortable reading for many self-styled 'masters of the universe'.... This book should be required reading for pension fund trustees." (Jonathan Ford, Financial Times, 19th February 2012) Table of ContentsIntroduction xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1 The Truth about Hedge Fund Returns 1 How to Look at Returns 2 Digging into the Numbers 3 The Investor’s View of Returns 6 How the Hedge Fund Industry Grew 10 The Only Thing That Counts Is Total Profits 13 Hedge Funds Are not Mutual Funds 14 Summary 16 Chapter 2 The Golden Age of Hedge Funds 19 Hedge Funds as Clients 20 Building a Hedge Fund Portfolio 22 The Interview Is the Investment Research 24 Long Term Capital Management 27 Too Many Bank Mergers 30 Summary 33 Chapter 3 The Seeding Business 35 How a Venture Capitalist Looks at Hedge Funds 36 From Concept to the Real Deal 38 Searching for That Rare Gem 41 Everybody Has a Story 46 Some Things Shouldn’t Be Hedged 50 The Hedge Fund as a Business 52 Summary 56 Chapter 4 Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? 59 How Much Profit Is There Really? 60 Investors Jump In 63 Fees on Top of More Fees 65 Drilling Down by Strategy 69 How to Become Richer Than Your Clients 74 Summary 77 Chapter 5 2008—The Year Hedge Funds Broke Their Promise to Investors 79 Financial Crisis, 1987 Version 80 How 2008 Redefined Risk 82 The Hedge Fund as Hotel California 85 Timing and Tragedy 93 In 2008, Down Was a Long Way 97 Summary 98 Chapter 6 The Unseen Costs of Admission 99 How Some Investors Pay for Others 101 My Mid-Market or Yours? 104 The Benefits of Keen Eyesight 107 Show Me My Money 111 Summary 115 Chapter 7 The Hidden Costs of Being Partners 117 Limited Partners, Limited Rights 118 Friends with no Benefits 120 Watching the Legal Costs 125 Summary 128 Chapter 8 Hedge Fund Fraud 129 More Crooks Than You Think 130 Madoff 133 Know Your Audience 134 Accounting Arbitrage 101 136 Checking the Background Check 138 Politically Connected and Crooked? 140 Paying Your Bills with Their Money 141 Why It’s Hard to Invest in Russia 143 After Hours Due Diligence 145 Summary 146 Chapter 9 Why Less Can Be More with Hedge Funds 149 There Are Still Winners 151 Avoid the Crowds 154 Why Size Matters 158 Where Will They Invest All This Money? 166 Summary 168 Afterword 171 Bibliography 177 About the Author 181 Index 183
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Why Youre Dumb Sick and Broke...And How to Get
Book SynopsisThis practical, yet inspirational book combines timeless principles of wealth-building and success with no-nonsense guidance on how to succeed in today's complex, competitive world. Brash, thought provoking, and always entertaining, Randy Gage explores all the issues that affect personal health, happiness, and prosperity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Chapter 1 Memes and Manipulation: The Battle for Control of Your Mind 1 Chapter 2 Hope, Dope, and the Pope: The Battle for Control of Your Spirit 31 Chapter 3 Junk Food Junkies: The Battle for Control of Your Body 41 Chapter 4 Letting Go of Victimhood 53 Chapter 5 The Metaphysical Element of Getting Rich 69 Chapter 6 Creating Your Prosperity Mind-Set 81 Chapter 7 The Universal Laws that Govern Prosperity 97 Chapter 8 The Greatest Prosperity Secret 121 Chapter 9 The Merits of Selfishness 137 Chapter 10 Philosophy for a Prosperous Life 165 Chapter 11 Putting It All Together for Health, Happiness, and Prosperity 183 Resources 195
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Acres U.S.A., Inc Foundations of Natural Farming
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Acres U.S.A., Inc How to Grow Top Quality Corn: A Biological
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Cycle Analytics for Traders Downloadable
Book SynopsisA technical resource for self-directed traders who want to understand the scientific underpinnings of the filters and indicators used in trading decisions This is a technical resource book written for self-directed traders who want to understand the scientific underpinnings of the filters and indicators they use in their trading decisions. There is plenty of theory and years of research behind the unique solutions provided in this book, but the emphasis is on simplicity rather than mathematical purity. In particular, the solutions use a pragmatic approach to attain effective trading results. Cycle Analytics for Traders will allow traders to think of their indicators and trading strategies in the frequency domain as well as their motions in the time domain. This new viewpoint will enable them to select the most efficient filter lengths for the job at hand. Shows an awareness of Spectral Dilation, and how to eliminate it or to use it to your advantage <Table of ContentsPreface ix About the Author xiii Chapter 1 Unified Filter Theory 1 Transfer Response 1 Nonrecursive Filters 3 Recursive Filters 8 Generalized Filters 10 Programming the Filters 11 Wave Amplitude, Power, and Decibels (dB) 13 Key Points to Remember 13 Chapter 2 SMAs, EMAs, or Other? 15 Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) 15 Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) 18 Weighted Moving Averages (WMAs) 21 Median Filter 22 Key Points to Remember 23 Chapter 3 Smoothing Filters on Steroids 25 Nonrecursive Filters 25 Modified Simple Moving Averages 29 Modified Least-Squares Quadratics 30 SuperSmoother 31 SuperSmoother Filter Applications 34 Key Points to Remember 36 Chapter 4 Decyclers 39 Decycler Construction 39 Decycler Application 41 Decycler Oscillator 43 Key Points to Remember 45 Chapter 5 Band-Pass Filters 47 Band-Pass Filter 47 Band-Pass Filter Q 51 Automatic Gain Control (AGC) 54 Spectral Dilation Removal 56 Band-Pass Filter 56 Measuring the Cycle Period 58 Key Points to Remember 61 Chapter 6 Market Structure and the Hurst Coefficient 63 Fractal Dimension 65 Computing the Hurst Coefficient 67 The Hurst Coefficient in Action 68 Drunkard’s Walk Hypothesis for Market Structure 70 Key Points to Remember 74 Chapter 7 Spectral Dilation 77 Frequency Content of Indicator Outputs 77 Roofing Filter as an Indicator 80 Impact of Spectral Dilation on Conventional Indicators 83 Key Points to Remember 88 Chapter 8 Autocorrelation 91 Background 91 Autocorrelation 93 Autocorrelation Periodogram 102 Autocorrelation Reversals 110 Key Points to Remember 113 Chapter 9 Fourier Transforms 115 Spectral Dilation 116 Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) 117 Key Points to Remember 124 Chapter 10 Comb Filter Spectral Estimates 125 Spectral Dilation 125 Computing a Comb Filter Spectral Estimate 126 Key Points to Remember 133 Chapter 11 Adaptive Filters 135 Adaptive Relative Strength Index (RSI) 135 Adaptive Stochastic Indicator 142 Adaptive CCI (Commodity Channel Index) 147 Adaptive Band-Pass Filter 152 Adaptive Indicator Comparison 157 Key Points to Remember 158 Chapter 12 The Even Better Sinewave Indicator 159 Even Better Sinewave Approach 160 Even Better Sinewave Description 160 Using the Even Better Sinewave Indicator 162 Key Points to Remember 164 Chapter 13 Convolution 165 Theoretical Foundation 165 Heat Map Display 168 Computing Convolution 169 Key Points to Remember 174 Chapter 14 The Hilbert Transformer 175 Analytic Signals 176 Hilbert Transformer Mathematics 177 Computing the Hilbert Transformer 181 The Hilbert Transformer Indicator 183 Using the Hilbert Transformer to Compute the Dominant Cycle 186 Dual Differentiator 187 Phase Accumulation 189 Homodyne 192 Key Points to Remember 194 Chapter 15 Indicator Transforms 195 Fisher Transform 195 Inverse Fisher Transform 198 Cube Transform 200 Key Points to Remember 202 Chapter 16 SwamiCharts 203 SwamiCharts Overview 204 SwamiCharts RSI 205 SwamiCharts Stochastic 210 Roll Your Own SwamiCharts 216 Key Points to Remember 216 Chapter 17 Swing-Trading Strategies 217 Conventional Wisdom 219 Anticipating the Turning Point 220 Sine Wave Uniqueness 221 Safety Valve 224 Exiting a Trade 225 Stop Loss 225 Evaluating a Trading Strategy 226 Monte Carlo Evaluation 227 Stockspotter.com 228 Key Points to Remember 229 About the Website 231 Index 233
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Power of Japanese Candlestick Charts
Book SynopsisA practical, must-read guide to candlestick charting techniques Japanese candlestick charting is a highly effective method for timing the market for short-term profits.Table of ContentsIndex of Reversal Patterns ix Index of Continuation Patterns xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xxi Part I Basic Candlestick Techniques Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Historical Background 4 Reasons Candlestick Charts are So Popular Today 5 Construction of the Candlestick Chart 7 Construction of a Bar Chart 8 Chapter 2 Single Candle Types 11 Single Candles 11 The Doji 35 Chapter 3 The Umbrella Group 59 White Hammer or Hanging Man (Also Called White Umbrella Candle) 59 Black Hammer or Hanging Man (Also Called Black Umbrella Candle) 60 White Inverted Hammer or Shooting Star (Also Called Inverted White Umbrella Candle) 60 Black Inverted Hammer or Shooting Star (Also Called Inverted Black Umbrella Candle) 61 Chapter 4 Reversal Patterns 67 Introduction 67 Index of Reversal Patterns 69 Single Candlestick Patterns 70 Double Candlestick Patterns 90 Triple Candlestick Patterns 119 Multiple Candlestick Patterns 156 Chapter 5 Continuation Patterns 171 Introduction 171 Double Candlestick Patterns 172 Multiple Candlestick Patterns 185 Windows (Gaps) 192 Chapter 6 Summarizing Part I 209 Can One Trade the Market and Profit Just by Applying Candlestick Chart Analysis? 210 Candlestick Chart Analysis is Best Used in Conjunction with Technical Indicators 210 Conclusion 211 Part II Advanced Candlestick Techniques Chapter 7 Filtering with Western Indicators 215 Using Filtering or the Rule of Multiple Techniques 216 Scenario 1: In the Case of a Bull Market or Bullish Trend 216 Scenario 2: In the Case of a Bear Market or Bearish Trend 216 Scenario 3: In the Case of Overbought or Oversold Situations 216 Filtering with Moving Averages 217 Filtering with MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) 218 Filtering with Relative Strength Index 221 Filtering with Stochastic 224 Filtering with Momentum 229 Filtering with Williams’ Percentage Retracement 229 Filtering with Directional Movement Index 232 Filtering with Commodity Channel Index 235 Filtering with Volume 238 Filtering with Bollinger Bands 238 Filtering with Elliott Wave Theory 240 Chapter 8 P.I. System Trader 247 The P.I. System Trader Mimics Candlesticks 248 Trading Rules for P.I. System Trader 250 Advantages of P.I. System Trader 250 Chapter 9 Sakata’s Five Methods 253 Sakata’s Constitution and Sakata’s Five Methods 253 Sakata’s Constitution (Soba Sani No Den) 254 The Japanese Method of Three 254 Conclusion 267 Chapter 10 Computerized Candlestick Forecasting 273 The Era of Computerized Candlestick Scanning 274 Features of the Nison Candle Scanner 275 Nison Candle Highlighter on MetaTrader 4 Platform 280 Chapter 11 Conclusion: Facts about Candlesticks 285 About the Author 287 Reading List 289 Index 291
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Foundations of Strategy
Book SynopsisFoundations of Strategy, second edition is a concise text aimed at both undergraduate and Masters students. Written in an accessible style with the needs of these students in mind, the latest edition has a clear, comprehensive approach, underlined by sound theoretical depth.Table of ContentsPreface to 2nd edition ix Preface to 1st edition x Online teaching and learning resources xi Case list xii 1 The concept of strategy 1 The role of strategy in success 6 A brief history of strategy 8 Strategy today 11 Strategic management of not‐for‐profit organizations 25 The approach taken in this book 27 2 Industry analysis 39 From environmental analysis to industry analysis 42 The determinants of industry profit: Demand and competition 45 Analysing industry attractiveness 47 Applying industry analysis to forecasting industry profitability 57 Using industry analysis to develop strategy 60 Defining an industry 62 Reviewing the five forces of competition framework 64 Segmentation analysis 66 Dealing with dynamic competition 68 From industry attractiveness to competitive advantage: Identifying key success factors 68 3 Resources and capabilities 81 The role of resources and capabilities in strategy formulation 87 Identifying the organization’s resources and capabilities 89 Appraising resources and capabilities 100 Developing strategy implications 106 4 The nature and sources of competitive advantage 119 How competitive advantage emerges and is sustained 123 Types of competitive advantage: Cost and differentiation 131 Porter’s generic strategies and being ‘stuck in the middle’ 140 5 Industry evolution and strategic change 151 The industry lifecycle 157 Managing organizational adaptation and strategic change 167 Managing strategic change 170 6 Technology‐based industries and the management of innovation 193 Competitive advantage in technology‐intensive industries 198 Strategies to exploit innovation: How and when to enter 204 Competing for standards 210 Implementing technology strategies: Creating the conditions for innovation 215 7 Corporate strategy 233 The scope of the firm 238 Key concepts for analysing firm scope 239 Diversification 241 Vertical integration 249 Managing the corporate portfolio 258 8 Global strategies and the multinational corporation 271 The implications of international competition for industry analysis 277 Analysing competitive advantage in an international context 280 The international location of production 285 How should firms enter foreign markets? 288 Multinational strategies: Global integration vs. national differentiation 292 Strategy and organization within the multinational corporation 297 9 Realizing strategy 309 From strategy to execution 313 Organizational design: The fundamentals of organizing 318 Organizational design: Choosing the right structure 325 Organizational culture 332 10 Current trends in strategic management 343 The new environment of business 344 New directions in strategic thinking 349 Redesigning organizations 354 The changing role of managers 358 Glossary 365 Index 371
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The International Living Guide to Retiring
Book SynopsisAchieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today''s chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The book reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement. Aimed at retirees and near-retirees in the U.S. and Canada, this book''s strategies apply just as well to younger people and people with families who are looking for ways to improve their quality of life while at the same time lowering their cost of living. It includes solutions for the challenges of continuing to work and earn money abroad, too. As long-time contributors to the acknowledged leaTable of Contentsforeword ix Bill Bonner Introduction xi What if you could retire better, more affordably,and even earlier than you expected? Part one Contemplating an Exciting Move1 Chapter 1 Can You Afford to Retire Where You Live? 3 Chapter 2 Can You Really Live (Well) Overseason $25,000 a Year?15 Chapter 3 What’s Your Deal Breaker?23 Chapter 4 The Most Common (and Avoidable) Mistakes Expats Make 33 Chapter 5 Health Care: Myth versus Reality 39 Chapter 6 The Challenges of Language and Culture 53 Part Two Making the Move: It’s a Big World Where Should YOU Go? 61 Chapter 7 Belize: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem(and It’s All in English!) 63 Chapter 8 Costa Rica:Your Easiest Choice 73 Chapter 9 Ecuador: Something for Everyone 87 Chapter 10 Mexico: The Top Foreign Destination for U.S. and Canadian Retirees103 Chapter 11 Nicaragua: Ready for Prime Time117 Chapter 12 Panama: The World’s Best Retirement Program(and Much More)131 Chapter 13 Uruguay: More First World Than the United States? 145 Chapter 14 Europe: All the Ingredients for the Good Life157 Chapter 15 Southeast Asia: Exotic and Affordable175 Chapter 16 Boots on the Ground: Zeroing In on the Community That’s Right for You 189 Chapter 17 You Found Your Paradise. Now What?: Should You Rent or Buy? And How to Know When Halfway Isn’t the Wrong Way 199 Chapter 18 Once You Know Where You’re Going: Put Your Plan in Action 207 Part Three Once You Get There: Adjusting to Your New Life 217 Chapter 19 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitude: Maintaining the Bridge between Your Past and Present Lives 219 Chapter 20 When the Hammock Gets Boring: What to Do after You Retire and Move Overseas 227 Chapter 21 Moving On: This Is Not a One-Way Highway 239 Epilogue If We Knew Then What We Know Now 245 Index 251
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Harvard Business Review Press The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean
Book SynopsisThe best of W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne's articles on blue ocean strategy, all in one place. The seminal book Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 3.6 million copies globally and is in print in 44 languages. But much of W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne's work on creating new market spaces was originally published in the pages of Harvard Business Review. This book brings the best of those articles together all in one place. Piece by piece, these articles explain the process of creating "blue oceans"--uncontested market spaces, untainted by competition. Kim and Mauborgne introduce tools for exploring and exploiting these markets, such as the Value Curve, the Strategy Canvas, the Price Corridor of the Mass, and the Business Model Guide--tools that have come to make up the blue ocean strategy framework. This collection also features the authors' latest Harvard Business Review article, "Red Ocean Traps." Whether or not you're familiar with blue ocean strategy, this book will give you a new perspective on this important framework--and help you implement it in your organization.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR THE AUTHORS' BOOK BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY: "Blue Ocean Strategy is the most successful book on business master-planning in recent years." -- The Economist * A bestseller across 5 continents * More than 3.6 million copies sold worldwide * Now in 44 languages * A Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company bestseller * Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade * Inducted into the Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame * Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
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Harvard Business Review Press The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies
Book SynopsisNamed one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation classic. From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Clay Christensen's work continues to underpin today's most innovative leaders and organizations. The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right--yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation. Sharp, cogent, and provocative--and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time--The Innovator's Dilemma is the book no manager, leader, or entrepreneur should be without.Trade ReviewA Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. "His book, one of the most significant business books of the past 50 years, became a mammoth bestseller, and its title entered the language." -- Fortune magazine "Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma is the foundational read for managing disruptive innovation." -- Steve Blank, Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur and academician, as seen in strategy+business magazine "This is an important read, even if you're at the very early stages of growing a startup." -- Drew Houston, CEO, Dropbox Praise for The Innovator's Dilemma and Clayton M. Christensen: Forbes "[Clayton Christensen is] one of the most influential business theorists of the last fifty years." The Financial Times "The Innovator's Dilemma achieves a rare feat: It is at once a satisfying intellectual solution to a long-standing business puzzle and a practical guide for executives and investors." Wired "... Required reading in Silicon Valley, where it has been championed by the likes of Steve Jobs, George Gilder, and Andy Grove." The Huffington Post "A seminal book." Bloomberg Businessweek "A holy book for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley ..." Fortune "The notion of 'disruptive technology' is one of the timeliest ideas of the Internet age. Coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, it's at the heart of his influential book The Innovator's Dilemma."
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Prometheus Books Choice or Chance: Understanding Your Locus of
Book SynopsisHow Much Do You Believe That What Happens to You Is the Result of Your Own Actions-or Do Circumstances Beyond Your Control Largely Determine Your Fate? Locus of Control (LOC) is a phrase used by psychologists to describe a widely effective way of assessing an individual's potential for success-personal, social, and financial.LOC measures how much you believe what happens to you is the result of your own actions or, conversely, of forces and circumstances beyond your control. People who accept that they are largely in control of their lives tend to do better than those who feel that fate or external factors rule what they do, especially in novel and difficult situations. This book explains LOC research, until now mainly confined to academic circles, in terms easily understandable to the average person. The author, a clinical psychologist who has spent nearly five decades investigating and writing about LOC, helps the reader to explore his or her own locus of control and what those orientations might mean for how life is lived. He discusses the extensively documented relationship between LOC and academic achievement, personal and social adjustment, health, and financial success. Dr. Nowicki notes that there has been an increasing tendency among Americans to feel as though their lives are slipping out of their control, and he identifies ways to reverse this negative trend. He describes how the Locus of Control is learned and demonstrates ways in which it can be changed to yield higher levels of achievement, success, personal satisfaction, and better interactions with others.
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Harvard Business Review Press Getting Beyond Better: How Social
Book SynopsisWho drives transformation in society? How do they do it? In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders--call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers--develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place. The book begins with a probing and useful theory of social entrepreneurship, moving through history to illuminate what it is, how it works, and the nature of its role in modern society. The authors then set out a framework for understanding how successful social entrepreneurs actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a new future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. With both depth and nuance, Martin and Osberg offer rich examples and personal stories and share lessons and tools invaluable to anyone who aspires to drive positive change, whatever the context. Getting Beyond Better sets forth a bold new framework, demonstrating how and why meaningful change actually happens in the world and providing concrete lessons and a practical model for businesses, policymakers, civil society organizations, and individuals who seek to transform our world for good.Trade Review2016 Axiom Business Book Silver Award in BUSINESS COMMENTARY "...in a new book, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, Skoll Foundation chief executive Sally Osberg and Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, present a model of social enterprise that directly engages government in a number of critical ways. They offer a helpful definition of social entrepreneurs, as distinct from direct social service providers and social advocates." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Financial Times "This valuable book helps set the framework for both for future social entrepreneurs and for potential funders and supporters who can help them make the world a fairer and better place." -- Developing Leaders "The authors include many practical and theoretical questions to address. All organizations should grapple with these questions, but they may have special importance for social entrepreneurs." -- Choice magazine "A well-researched and cogent look at the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, with a useful roadmap for any philanthropically minded individuals or corporations." -- The Irish Times "The two authors bring a wealth of experience and insight to this crucial topic..." -- Philanthrocapitalism (philanthrocapitalism.net) "An insightful, well-structured, and practical-minded analysis of social entrepreneurship that is likely to be of help to established and aspiring social entrepreneurs." -- Library Journal Entrepreneurial Survivor's Guide: 10 Books for your Nightstand -- Small Business Trends (smallbiztrends.com) "They admit that 'true equilibrium change is a higher bar'--but they convincingly argue that it can be met." -- BizEd magazine "... valuable insights and many fascinating stories for those seeking to understand social entrepreneurs or to join their ranks." -- The Globe and Mail "... if you are sitting at your C-suite office wondering whether you want to spend the rest of your life making a genuine difference to the world outside of business, this book could be just what's needed to give you the motivation to do it." -- Management Today "It should be one that is not just read as an explanation and valuation of social entrepreneurship but also as a system check for this field and where it belongs in the overall universe of proposed solutions to tackling the world's most pressing challenges." -- Alliance Magazine "It's a phenomenon so new we don't even know how many there are, let alone how they do what they do. Which is why Roger Martin and Sally Osberg recently published what may be the first book to document the practices of social entrepreneurs, Getting Beyond Better. You couldn't ask for better guides." -- Financial Post "...a riveting and instructive read." -- Jack Covert, 800 CEO READ "... an accessible theory and workable framework for developing, building and scaling solutions that transform unjust systems and drive positive change." -- David Slocum, FORBES Advance Praise for Getting Beyond Better: Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever-- "The most persuasive account yet of the relationship between our biggest global challenges and the role of social entrepreneurship. Essential reading for anyone who still doubts the power of the social entrepreneur." Melinda Gates, cochair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-- "Through the stories of status quo--shifting entrepreneurs, including two of my heroes, Paul Farmer and Molly Melching, this powerful book shows what more equitable societies could look like--and what we can all do to make that new normal a reality." Tim Brown, President and CEO, IDEO; author, Change by Design-- "Social entrepreneurship is a powerful vehicle for positive societal impact, but to exploit it successfully we must first understand what it is and where it has been done well. Getting Beyond Better brilliantly provides the clear definition and case studies that will inspire practitioners, students, funders, and teachers to add their contribution to this important global movement." Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank; father of microcredit and social business; and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize-- "Poverty, worsening income-wealth-opportunity disparity, and climate change are threatening the world. To make the world socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable, we need to bring out the social entrepreneur in all of us. This enlightening yet deeply practical book will help us do that." Bill Drayton, founder and CEO, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public-- "Roger Martin and Sally Osberg's Getting Beyond Better is the best--the best explanation of how social entrepreneurship regularly upsets crazy but deeply rooted social patterns. And the most clearly written book I've read in years." Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, founder and Chair, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society; author, Giving 2.0-- "Getting Beyond Better shines a spectacular light on social entrepreneurship--what it is and what it requires. Roger Martin and Sally Osberg brilliantly bring together invaluable years of theory, practice, and wisdom to create a must-read for anyone striving to disrupt the status quo for good."
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Diversion Books Zone to Win: Organizing to Compete in an Age of
Book SynopsisOver the last 25 years, Geoffrey Moore has established himself as one of the most influential high-tech advisors in the world—once prompting Conan O’Brien to ask “Who is Geoffrey Moore and why is he more famous than me?” Following up on the ferociously innovative ESCAPE VELOCITY, which served as the basis for Moore’s consulting work to such companies as Salesforce, Microsoft, and Intel, ZONE TO WIN serves as the companion playbook for his landmark guide, offering a practical manual to address the challenge large enterprises face when they seek to add a new line of business to their established portfolio. Focused on spurring next-generation growth, guiding mergers and acquisitions, and embracing disruption and innovation, ZONE TO WIN is a high-powered tool for driving your company above and beyond its limitations, its definitions of success, and ultimately, its competitors. Moore’s classic bestseller, CROSSING THE CHASM, has sold more than one million copies by addressing the challenges faced by start-up companies. Now ZONE TO WIN is set to guide established enterprises through the same journey. “For any company, regardless of size or industry, ZONE TO WIN is the playbook for succeeding in today’s disruptive, connected, fast-paced business world.” —Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce “Once again Geoffrey Moore weighs in with a prescient examination of what it takes to win in today’s competitive, disruptive business environment.” —Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft "With this book, Geoffrey Moore continues to lead us all through ever-changing times...His work has changed the game of changing the game!" —Gary Kovacs, CEO, AVG “ZONE TO WIN uses crystal-clear language to describe the management plays necessary to win in an ever-disrupting marketplace. Regardless of your level of management experience, you will find this book an invaluable tool for building long-term success for your business.” —Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO, Cadence Design SystemsTrade Review"For any company, regardless of size or industry, Zone to Win is the playbook for succeeding in today’s disruptive, connected, fast-paced business world."—Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce“[ZONE TO WIN creates] a fresh way of looking at companies with large portfolios. [It provides] a practical way to measure different business lines based on different yet equally important criteria. In the end they help keep the focus on innovation, which is the ultimate goal.”—Michael DeCesare, CEO, Forescout "With this book, Geoffrey Moore continues to lead us all through ever-changing times. He not only inspires, he creates a new sense of possibility by providing the frameworks, tools, and lingua-franca we need to organize and manage our products and our company. His work has changed the game of changing the game!"—Gary Kovacs, CEO, AVG "Once again Geoffrey Moore weighs in with a prescient examination of what it takes to win in today’s competitive, disruptive business environment. Zone to Win is a valuable playbook for prioritizing and allocating resources with the aim of exceptionally high growth."—Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft “Whether you are looking to catch the next wave or keep it from catching you, you must read this book!”—Dominic Orr, CEO, Aruba Networks “ZONE TO WIN uses crystal clear language to describe the management plays necessary to win in an ever-disrupting marketplace. Regardless of your level of management experience, you will find this book an invaluable tool for building long-term success for your business.”—Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems “I consider Geoffrey a friend, colleague, but most of all, someone to challenge my thinking. His name is synonymous with innovation, and with ZONE TO WIN he has done it again: inspiring us to rethink the fundamental relationship between technology disruption, business strategy and how to look across a portfolio and come to sound execution plans. This is a must-read for leaders everywhere who are continually challenged to turn unpredictable change into business opportunity.”—Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware “ZONE TO WIN helped my team and I frame the transition from an early start-up to a real player in the global landscape. Geoffrey places your urgent priorities into a clear context that helps you make the right tradeoffs at the right time!” —Rob Tarkoff, CEO, Lithium “We are indeed living in a world of unprecedented pace and disruption and ZONE TO WIN: ORGANIZING TO COMPETE IN AN AGE OF DISRUPTION is a must-read for the senior management team before any management retreat in advance of the strategic planning cycle.”—George Conrades, Chairman, Akamai Technologies "Geoffrey has done it again with ZONE TO WIN by developing a clear playbook on how to manage the inherent conflict between driving near-term revenue and investing in future opportunity. It is a must-read for any technology CEO who is balancing where to play offense or defense."—Steve Smith, CEO, Equinix
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Pearson Education Be a Great Problem Solver Now
Book SynopsisAdrian Reed is an enthusiastic Business Analyst and Consultant who loves working with others to solve tricky problems. He is Principal Consultant at Blackmetric Business Solutions, a niche business analysis training and consulting firm based in the UK. He speaks internationally on topics related to business analysis and problem solving, and enthusiastically believes in the benefits of good problem definition and business analysis.Table of ContentsIntroduction About the AuthorAcknowledgements Chapter 1. Avoid the Solution Trap Speed Read 1.1 What’s wrong with a knee-jerk solution? 1.2 Think Holistically 1.3 Structure your problem solving 1.4 Scour the stakeholder landscape 1.5 Slow down to speed up 1.6 Uncover constraints 1.7 Be concise yet precise: Introducing the one page Problem Canvas Big Picture 1.1 What’s wrong with a knee-jerk solution? 1.2 Think Holistically 1.3 Structure your problem solving approach 1.4 Scour the stakeholder landscape 1.5 Slow down to speed up : Be prepared for challenge 1.6 Uncover Constraints 1.7 Be concise yet precise: Introducing the one-page Problem Canvas Chapter 2. Think Problem before Solution Speed Read 2.1 The importance of “Why”2.2 Defining a problem or opportunity statement 2.3 Encourage Divergent and Convergent Thinking 2.4 Get to the root of the problem 2.5 Consider the External Environment2.6 Consider Multiple Perspectives on the Problem 2.7 Gain Consensus and Move Forward Big Picture 2.1 The importance of “Why” 2.2. Defining a problem or opportunity statement 2.3 Encourage Divergent and Convergent Thinking 2.4 Get to the root of the problem 2.5 Consider the External Environment 2.6 Consider Multiple Perspectives on the Problem 2.7 Gain Consensus and Move Forward Chapter 3. Defining the Outcomes: What Does Success Look Like? Speed Read 3.1 Encourage Outcome Based Thinking 3.2 Start With the End in Mind: Define Critical Success Factor 3.3 Make it measurable with Key Performance Indicators 3.4 Attain Balance with the Balanced Business Scorecards 3.5 Revisit and Consider Constraints 3.6 Ensuring Organisational Alignment 3.7 Assess different perspectives on outcomes Big Picture3.1 Encourage outcome-based thinking 3.2 Start With the End in Mind: Define Critical Success Factors 3.3 Make it measurable with Key Performance Indicators 3.4 Attain Balance with the Balanced Business Scorecard 3.5 Revisit and Consider Constraints 3.6 Ensuring Organisational Alignment 3.7 Assess different perspectives on outcomes Chapter 4. Assessing Scope and Impact Speed Read4.1 The danger of “Scope Creep” 4.2 Know the difference: Impacted, Interested and Involved 4.3 Understand the problem situation 4.4 Find the Roles & Goals 4.5 Make it visual with a Business Use Case Model 4.6 Set the priorities 4.7 Set the boundaries of scope Big Picture 4.1 The danger of “Scope Creep” 4.2 Know the difference: Impacted, Interested and Involved 4.3 Understand the problem situation 4.4 Find the Roles & Goals 4.5 Make it visual with a Business Use Case Model 4.6 Set the priorities 4.7 Set the boundaries of scope Chapter 5. Solutioneering: Generating Solution Options Speed Read 5.1 Keep the outcomes clearly in mind 5.2 Get Together and Imagine Multiple Solutions 5.3 Start evaluating solutions: Create a “long list” 5.4 Getting Specific: Short list the best 5.5 Consider Doing Nothing 5.6 Compare the short listed options 5.7 Validate and make a recomme
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Pearson Education (US) The Professional Agile Leader
Book SynopsisRon Eringa is a Leadership Developer. His mission is to create organizations where people love to work and where real customer value is created. In the last 20 years he has built expertise on how to lead IT organizations that use Agile and Scrum. After an initial education in electrical engineering and software engineering he ended up in different leadership roles. In these roles he discovered the leadership capabilities that are essential to create autonomous teams with a high level of maturity and creativity. He believes that autonomous teams are the fundament of a modern organization that thrives in this complex and ever-changing world. Kurt Bittner has been delivering working products in short, feedback-driven cycles for nearly 40 years, and has helped many organizations do the same. He is particularly interested in helping people form strong, self-organizing, high-performance teams that deliver solutions that customers love, and helping organizations use emTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Introduction xvii Acknowledgments xxv About the Authors xxvii Chapter 1: An Organization at a Crossroads 1 Complex Challenges Create Urgency for Agility 2 Reducing Dependencies Makes Change Possible 4 Organizational Change Requires Protective, Progressive Dictatorship 10 Two Paths, One Goal 12 Reflections on the Journey 15 Chapter 2: Forming Teams and Discovering Purpose 17 Changing the Organization, One Team at a Time 18 Finding the Right People 22 Empowering Teams 26 Placing the Customer at the Center of the Change 29 Reflections on the Journey 35 Chapter 3: Shifting from Output to Impact 37 "What Gets Measured Gets Done" 38 Reflections on the Journey 53 Chapter 4: Learning to Let Go 55 Empowerment Doesn't Come for Free 56 Agile Leaders Help Teams to Grow Their Ability to Reach Audacious Goals 60 Letting Go in Small Steps 65 Slow Decision-Making Kills Team Self-Management 69 Reflections on the Journey 73 Chapter 5: The Predictable Existential Crisis 75 New Ways of Working Threaten the Old System 76 Reflections on the Journey 97 Chapter 6: Leaders, Everywhere 99 Nurturing and Growing an Agile Organization 100 Reward Building Teams and Leadership, Not Silos 114 Promotional Rewards Lock in Organizational Structures 117 Performance Reviews Don't Go Away, but They Do Change Dramatically 118 Reflections on the Journey 122 Chapter 7: Aligning the Organization 123 Evolving the Operating Model 124 Scale Agility by Removing Dependencies 131 Consolidating Support and Eliminating Opposition 132 Realign Compensation Plans 140 Realign Career Paths 141 Embrace Catalytic Leadership 142 Replace Status Meetings with Transparency 143 Be Realistic About How Long the Transition Will Take, and What It Means 146 Reflections on the Journey 147 Chapter 8: Aligning the Culture 149 What Makes Changing Culture Hard 150 Agile Leaders Must First Find Their Own Way 152 Build Bridges to the New Culture 153 Anticipate and Overcome Setbacks 159 Use "Self-Sustenance" as a Measure of Success 162 Agile Journeys Never Really End 165 Reflections on the Journey 168 Appendix A: Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Effective Leadership 169 Appendix B: Doreen's Sketchnotes 171 Index
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Pearson Education Limited BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2
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Pearson Education Little Book of Big Management Questions The
Book SynopsisJames McGrath worked as an accountant and senior manager in industry, local government and as a self-employed management consultant before becoming Course Director for the MA in Education and Professional Development at the City of Birmingham University.Trade Review ‘An essential guide to help managers do their absolute best.’ John Elbro ACIOB, Managing Director, UK Service Lifts Ltd ‘This is a book that every ambitious manager will findvery useful.’ Darren Hughes, Managing Director, PP Screeds & Drywall Ltd Table of Contents Section 1: Managing yourself Introduction Q1 What’s my management style? Q2 Do I manage or lead people? Q3 What power do I have and how can I use it? Q4 How can I work smarter, not harder, and become more productive? Q5 Is it ever ok to rely on gut instinct? Q6 How do I become better at receiving negative feedback? Q7 Looking at what I do which stuff adds the most value? Q8 How can I manage my boss and get away with it? Q9 How do I deliver a really effective presentation? Q10 How can I make meetings more productive? Q11 How can I get everyone to contribute/speak at meetings? Q12 How do I delegate effectively? Q13 How do I make better decisions? Q14 How do I project a professional image? Q15 How do I manage my career and prepare myself for promotion? Section 2: Managing staff Introduction Q16 How do I win the recruitment lottery and constantly select the right people? Q17 How much should I know about the day to day work of my staff? Q18 How can I increase my team’s productivity? Q19 How can I use staff training and development to improve performance? Q20 How can I stamp out recurring problems? Q21 How can I motivate staff? Q22 How do my staff perceive their relationship with management? Q23 How can I reward staff when the budget is tight? Q24 How can I handle conflict between members of staff? Q25 How can I give negative feedback to a member of staff without demotivating them? Q26 How can I get my team and myself noticed by the people that matter? Q27 How can I turn around an underperforming group of staff? Q28 What should I be doing at each stage of the change process? Q29 How do I deal with those people who oppose change? Q30 How do I set targets for myself and staff? Section 3: Managing projects Introduction Q31 What are the three rules of project management? Q32 What am I supposed to do as project leader? Q33 Who do I need in my project team to be successful? Q34 How do I build team spirit? Q35 How do I plan a project and set milestones? Q36 How do I calculate the length of the project? Q37 How can I minimise the risks associated with my project? Q38 How can I deliver the most valuable parts of the project ahead of schedule? Q39 How do I keep the project on time and under budget? Q40 How do I improve my team’s effectiveness? Q41 How do I deal with requests from management to amend the project after it’s started? Q42 What can I do if the project starts to go wrong? Q43 How can I pass on what I’ve learnt to other project managers? Section 4: Navigating the wider organisation Introduction Q44 Where do I find an organisation chart that shows how things really work? Q45 What is the organisation’s culture and does it suit me? Q46 How d
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Pearson Education Little Book of Big Decision Models The
Book SynopsisJames McGrath worked as an accountant and senior manager in industry, local government and as a self-employed management consultant before becoming Course Director for the MA in Education and Professional Development at the City of Birmingham University.Table of Contents Chapter 1 - The principles of decision making Introduction Model 1: Townsend’s rules of decision making Model 2: The McNamara fallacy - The vital information that decision makers ignore Model 3: Using quantitative (hard) and qualitative (soft) data in decision making Model 4: Kreiner and Christensen the consequence model Model 5: Tenenbaum and Schmid’s decision making spectrum Model 6: Roger and Blenko’s rapid decision making model Model 7: Cognitive mapping - understanding how your colleagues think Model 8: Tacit knowledge and decision making Model 9: The standard decision making model Conclusion Chapter 2 - Using data in decision making Introduction Model 10: The Pareto principle and the important vital few Model 11: Lewin’s force field analysis of the support and opposition to a decision Model 12: Scenario analysis and charting possible futures Model 13: Delphic forecasting and how to firm up predictions Model 14: Johnson, Scholes and Wittingham mapping stakeholder’s reactions Model 15: Egan’s shadow side model - dealing with the politics of decisions Model 16: The SCAMPER model and finding creative solutions Model 17: De Bono’s six thinking hats - generating different perspectives Conclusions Chapter 3 - Enhancing your decision making skills Intrduction Model 18: The Eisenhower principle and the delegation of decisions Model 19: The feedback and criticism grid Model 20: Learning to think outside the box Model 21: Goleman: Using emotional intelligence to make better decisions Model 22: Sumantra and Bruch reclaiming your job Conclusion Chapter 4 - Decisions models about you Introduction Model 23: Christensen’s strategy for a happy life Model 24: The making – of you model and how your past influences the present Model 25: The rubber band model - what holds you back and pulls you forward? Model 26: The crossroads model and which road to follow next Model 27: The personal performance model and job satisfaction Model 28: Csikzenmihalyi’s flow model and the joy of working in ‘the zone’ Model 29: Maslow’s Pyramids - what you want and what you need Model 30: The Euffe Elbaek model - a guide to your personality Model 31: Johari windows - a guide to your personality Model 32: The personal potential trap and how to avoid becoming a prisoner of other peoples’ expectations Model 33: Your attitude to risk Conclusion Chapter 5 - Decision Models about other people Introduction Model 34: Goffee and Jones - why should anyone be led by you? Model 35: Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership model Model 36: Manzoni and Barsoux - how managers set staff up to fail Model 37: Denseraeu, Graen and Haga - how managers set staff up to succeed Model 38: Herzberg’s motivation and hygiene theory - choosing the right carrots Model 39: The feedback sandwich - delivering negative feedback Model 40: McGregor’s features of effective and ineffective teams Model 41: The team model - building a well balanced team Conclusion Cha
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Greenleaf Book Group LLC Bankable Leadership: Happy People, Bottom-Line
Book Synopsis"If I relentlessly drive my team to achieve our goals, they won't like me." "If I try to make everybody on the team happy, we won't hit our numbers." As a leader, you've likely felt this fundamental tensionthe tension between driving results and developing positive relationships with your people. Despite all the research telling us that effective leaders do both, most of us struggle to balance the happiness of our teams and the health of the bottom line. We are more comfortable focusing on one or the other, and we feel overwhelmed and drained by the challenges we face when we try to accomplish both. In Bankable Leadership , psychologist, executive coach, and proud leadership geek Dr. Tasha Eurich (or Dr. T) solves this dilemma and reveals how to make leadership exhilarating, fun, and fulfilling. Built on decades of research and the transformation of real leaders, her fresh, practical model can help anyone become bankable producing results while fostering a healthy work environment that ensures sustainable success. Discover how to ; Be human and drive performance,; Be helpful and drive responsibility,; Be thankful and drive improvement, and; Be happy and drive productivity. Dr. T's approach will help you develop these universally effective behaviors through an online assessment and boots-on-the-ground tools, like earning trust through transparency, treating adults like adults, and taking a no-fear approach to feedback. Whether you're struggling to build a more productive team, increase confidence in your leadership skills, or consistently deliver results, Bankable Leadership is the resource you've been waiting for!
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Financial Controller and CFOs Toolkit
Book SynopsisSimplify and streamline your way to a winning legacy Winning CFOs is a hybrid handbook and toolkit with over 100 lean practice solutions and a wealth of practical tools for senior financial managers of small, midsized and large companies.Table of ContentsAbout the Author ix Testimonials xi Introduction xiii Acknowledgments xxi Part I: Change—Why the Need and How to Lead Chapter 1: Getting Your Finance Team Future Ready 3 Chapter 2: Leading and Selling the Change 17 Part II: To Be Completed Before the Next Month-End Chapter 3: Rapid Month-End Reporting: By Working Day Three or Less 29 Part III: Technologies to Adopt Chapter 4: Future-Ready Technologies 49 Part IV: Progress You Need to Make Within the Next Six Months Chapter 5: Reduce Accounts Payable Volumes by 60 Percent 77 Chapter 6: Month-End Reporting Refinements 91 Chapter 7: Lean Reporting—Informatively and Error Free 101 Chapter 8: Lean Board Reporting 135 Chapter 9: A Lean Annual Planning Process—Ten Working Days or Less! 149 Chapter 10: Lean and Smarter Work Methods 177 Chapter 11: Effective Leadership, Growing and Retaining Talent 199 Chapter 12: Quick Annual Reporting: Within 15 Working Days Post Year-End 225 Chapter 13: Managing Your Accounts Receivable 245 Chapter 14: Attracting and Recruiting Talent 249 Chapter 15: Lean Accounting 265 Part V: How Finance Teams Can Help Their Organizations Get Future Ready Chapter 16: Implementing Quarterly Rolling Forecasting and Planning 281 Chapter 17: Finding Your Organization’s Operational Critical Success Factors 315 Chapter 18: Getting Your KPIs to Work 327 Chapter 19: Reporting Performance Measures 351 Part VI: Areas Where Costly Mistakes Can Be Made Chapter 20: Performance Bonus Schemes 371 Chapter 21: Takeovers and Mergers 387 Chapter 22: The Hidden Costs of Reorganizations and Downsizing 399 Appendix A: Useful Letters and Memos 409 Appendix B: Rules for a Bulletproof Presentation 419 Appendix C: Satisfaction Survey for a Finance Team 427 Index 435
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Index Revolution
Book SynopsisThe evidence-based approach to a more worthwhile portfolio The Index Revolution argues that active investing is a loser''s game, and that a passive approach is more profitable in today''s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book explains why, and describes how individual investors can take advantage of indexing to make their portfolio stronger and more profitable. By indexing investment operations at a very low cost, and trusting that active professionals have set securities prices as correctly as possible, you will achieve better long-term results than those who look down on passive approaches while following outdated advice that no longer works. Beating the market is much harder than it used to be, and investors who continue to approach the market with that mindset populate the rolls of market losers time and time again. This book expTrade Review"...one of the best investment books I have ever read and is likely to be influential." (All About DC, March 2017)Table of ContentsForeword vii Introduction xvii Acknowledgments xxxvii Part One Over 50 Years of Learning to Index 1 1 My Half-Century Odyssey 3 Part Two The 10 Good Reasons to Index 73 2 The Stock Markets of the World Have Changed Extraordinarily 75 3 Indexing Outperforms Active Investing 83 4 Low Fees Are an Important Reason to Index 97 5 Indexing Makes It Much Easier to Focus on Your Most Important Investment Decisions 125 6 Your Taxes Are Lower When You Index 147 7 Indexing Saves Operational Costs 151 8 Indexing Makes Most Investment Risks Easier to Live With 153 9 Indexing Avoids “Manager Risk” 157 10 Indexing Helps You Avoid Costly Troubles with Mr. Market 161 11 You Have Much Better Things to Do with Your Time 169 12 Experts Agree Most Investors Should Index 171 Appendix A: How About “Smart Beta”? 177 Appendix B: How to Get Started with Indexing 185 Appendix C: How Index Funds Are Managed 193 About the Author 197 Index 199
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McGraw-Hill Education Connectable How Leaders Can Move Teams From
Book Synopsis WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER & FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH Connect your workforce, improve engagement, and drive productivity to undreamed-of levelsFeelings of loneliness among employees are on the rise with 72% of global workers suffering from it. This sense of isolation is contributing to a real and growing mental health problem that affects both individuals and organizations.In Connectable, youâll learn how tackling the issue of worker loneliness head on can transform an isolated workforce into one thatâs happier, more engaged, and more productive. With more than a decade of experience spent helping companies lessen worker loneliness, Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen distill their methodology, showing you whatâs causing todayâs loneliness, the role inclusion plays in solving it, and how you can decrease loneliness and increase belonging, engagement, and performance with employees at eve
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McGraw-Hill Education Make Your Kids Millionaires The StepbyStep Guide
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal BestsellerVastly improve your childâs potential for becoming a millionaire by building their financial foundation and literacyâstarting at infancyNational bestselling author Loral Langemeier and coauthor Kyle Boeckman have been proving for years that itâs possible to raise kids who are smart about moneyâand that ultimate success is practically guaranteed if itâs done thoughtfully and consistently.Make Your Kids Millionaires lays out the authorsâ winning approach in an engaging and hands-on way.Youâll learn how to foster in your children a foundation of financial curiosity and create a family culture where everyone is comfortable with the topic of money. Packed with activities, exercises, and guided conversations tailored to specific age brackets from birth to 18+, this unique resource is organized into two parts: Part One helps you build this financial knowledge you need to teach your kids the basics;
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Berrett-Koehler The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult
Book SynopsisLeaders, managers, and mentors are charged with getting people to stretch their limits, but they avoid doing it because of the potential for tension and conflict - and besides, they donât know if itâll result in any lasting change anyway. Top executive coach Marcia Reynolds here offers a technique that enables readers to take their people through âœthe discomfort zoneâ with minimal pain and maximum gain. We canât see our own blind spots (hence the name), so the role of the leader is crucial. Reynolds explains how to pick the right time and place to enter the discomfort zone and how to create a âœsafety bubbleâ so that people will trust your intentions. Then, drawing on discoveries in neuroscience about how people learn, she shows how to ask the kinds of questions that will short-circuit the brainâs defensive mechanisms and habitual thought patterns and help listeners see clearly where theyâre falling short and how they can do better. She includes a plethora of actual examples from her coaching practice.Reynolds canât make the discomfort zone into a cake walk - leaders still need the courage to enter it. But she offers a path through it that will result in helping others to achieve lasting changes and enduring success.
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Atlantic Books Money and Power: The 16 World Leaders Who Changed
Book SynopsisThrough economics, our politicians have the power to transform people's lives for better or worse. Think Deng Xiaoping who lifted millions out of poverty by opening up China; Franklin D Roosevelt whose 'New Deal' helped the USA break free of the Great Depression. Or Peron and his successors in Argentina who brought the country to the brink of ruin.In this magisterial history, economist and politician Vince Cable examines the legacy of 16 world leaders who transformed their countries' economic fortunes and who also challenged economic convention. From Thatcher to Trump, from Lenin to Bismarck, Money and Power provides a whole new perspective on the science of government. Examining the fascinating interplay of economics and politics, this is a compelling journey through some of the most significant people and events of the last 300 years.Trade ReviewVince Cable brings economics to life in this thrilling history, revealing how 16 leading politicians over the last 250 years have used it in their own totally different ways to make the world anew. * Sir Anthony Seldon, author of May at 10 *A wonderful journey through the economic ideas that have shaped leading politicians throughout history. * Dame Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE *Impressive... The essay on Robert Peel lucidly explains his pioneering influence on the politics of trade. Similarly, thechapter on Juan Peron is an excellent summary of his political career as prime minister and the Peronist model of government and economics. * Irish Times *From Hamilton and Lenin to Abe and Trump, these brilliant essays are true to the dictum that 'people don't believe in ideas, they believe in people who believe in ideas'. This is a book which will change the way you think about politics and the leaders and ideas which have driven it forward in the last three centuries. * Lord Andrew Adonis *Vince Cable brings out with spectacular clarity how important and radical leaders end up combining economic theory, political ideology and practical administration. This book needs to be read by anyone who is interested in how the world's economies are really run. * Sir Oliver Letwin *Money and Power provides a masterly analysis of how economic policy has determined the success and failure of political leaders through the ages. * Vicky Pryce, former Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service *As a former policymaker, Cable has an eye for the sort of political detail that brings a historical episode to life. It's an accessible read that helps us see the long-standing links between money and power all over the world. * Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today *Cable shows the influence of leaders in the course of history and the influence of economic ideas on their thoughts and actions. A brilliant project and splendidly delivered. * Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, LSE *A fast-paced, highly readable account of political leaders who transformed their countries - for better or worse - through the economic ideologies of their time. As an economist turned politician, Vince Cable is uniquely placed to provide a critical, but fair judgment of those who have shaped today's major economies. * Dame DeAnne Julius, senior adviser, Chatham House *A lucid, erudite analysis of the global economy, and Britain's place in it. * Observer on After the Storm *A remarkably rounded work... Cable has produced a book that makes a serious and relevant contribution to the continuing debate about banking, infrastructure, housing, China, executive pay, short-termism and many of the other topics which continue to top the business and political agenda. * Evening Standard on After the Storm *The undisputed heavyweight champion of the credit crunch in parliament'. * Robert Peston *Table of Contents0: Introduction: Politicians and the Politics of Economics 1: Hamilton: The Economic Founding Father 2: Peel: Free Trade 3: Bismarck: The Economics of 'Iron and Blood' 4: Lenin: From War Communism to State Capitalism 5: Roosevelt: The Keynesian Revolution Without Keynes 6: Erhard: The Social Market and Ordoliberalism 7: Erlander: The Social Democratic Model Made Real 8: Perón: Peronism and Economic Populism 9: Park: The Development State and Hypergrowth 10: Lee: The Eclectic Economics of Lee Kuan Yew 11: Thatcher: Thatcherism and Its Cousin, Reaganomics 12: Deng: China's Economic Architect 13: Manmohan Singh: The Quiet Reformer 14: Balcerowicz: Big Bang Theory and Practice 15: Abe: Japan Pioneers Abenomics 16: Trump: Trumponomics, Economic Nationalism and Pluto-populism 17: Conclusion: Sixteen Politicians: Sixteen Varieties of Economics
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John Murray Press Black Box Thinking
Book SynopsisWhat links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google?What links Team Sky and the aviation industry?What connects James Dyson and David Beckham?They are all Black Box Thinkers.Black Box Thinking is a new approach to high performance, a means of finding an edge in a complex and fast-changing world. It is not just about sport, but has powerful implications for business and politics, as well as for parents and students. In other words, all of us.Drawing on a dizzying array of case studies and real-world examples, together with cutting-edge research on marginal gains, creativity and grit, Matthew Syed tells the inside story of how success really happens - and how we cannot grow unless we are prepared to learn from our mistakes.Trade ReviewAn extraordinary, inspirational book which reveals how great performers and teams are driven by an insatiable curiosity for marginal gains, together with the intellectual courage to challenge their most cherished assumptions * DAVE BRAILSFORD, GENERAL MANAGER, TEAM SKY *An extraordinary, inspirational book which reveals how great performers and teams are driven by an insatiable curiosity for marginal gains, together with the intellectual courage to challenge their most cherished assumptions * Dave Brailsford, General Manager, Team Sky *Creative breakthroughs always begin with multiple failures. This brilliant book shows how true invention lies in the understanding and overcoming of these failures, which we must learn to embrace * JAMES DYSON, DESIGNER, INVENTOR & ENTREPRENEUR *Creative breakthroughs always begin with multiple failures. This brilliant book shows how true invention lies in the understanding and overcoming of these failures, which we must learn to embrace * JAMES DYSON, DESIGNER, INVENTOR & ENTREPRENEUR *Matthew Syed has issued a stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success -- by changing our attitude to failure. Failure shouldn't be shameful and stigmatising, but exciting and enlightening. Full of well-crafted stories and keenly deployed scientific insights, BLACK BOX THINKING will forever change the way you think about screwing up * DANIEL PINK, AUTHOR OF DRIVE & TO SELL IS HUMAN *Matthew Syed has issued a stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success -- by changing our attitude to failure. Failure shouldn't be shameful and stigmatising, but exciting and enlightening. Full of well-crafted stories and keenly deployed scientific insights, BLACK BOX THINKING will forever change the way you think about screwing up * DANIEL PINK, AUTHOR OF DRIVE & TO SELL IS HUMAN *Retrieval was Matthew Syed's forte when he was England's number one table tennis player. You couldn't get anything past him. And retrieval is the subject of this extraordinarily wide-ranging book. Retrieval of hope, retrieval of experience - not just a true sportsman's determination to retrieve success from the lessons of failure, but a true humanitarian's too. A book that dares us to do better * HOWARD JACOBSON, WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE *Retrieval was Matthew Syed's forte when he was England's number one table tennis player. You couldn't get anything past him. And retrieval is the subject of this extraordinarily wide-ranging book. Retrieval of hope, retrieval of experience - not just a true sportsman's determination to retrieve success from the lessons of failure, but a true humanitarian's too. A book that dares us to do better * HOWARD JACOBSON, WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE *Highly persuasive * Daily Mail *Will transform your entire perspective * The Times *
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John Murray Press How to Perform Under Pressure
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller that draws on research from over 12,000 individuals to explain what makes people ''choke'' under pressure and show you how to develop nerves of steel''An unusually sharp account of work and performing under pressure'' Financial TimesNobody performs better under pressure. The reality is that pressure only makes you do worse. But there are things you can do to diminish its effects on your performance. In How to Perform Under Pressure, Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry explore the science and psychology behind pressure and give empirically tested short-term and long-term solutions to help you overcome its debilitating effects.The book draws on research from more than 12,000 people and features the latest studies from neuroscience and from the frontline experiences of Fortune 500 employees and managers. It explains what makes people ''choke'' under pressure and includes 22 strategies you can use toTrade ReviewAn unusually sharp account of work and performing under pressure -- Stefan Stern, Financial TimesA wonderful mix of empirical studies and firsthand accounts that show how pressure impacts our personal and professional lives -- ForbesAll too often, we choke or crumble under pressure. This book reveals how we can develop nerves of steel -- Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take
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HarperCollins Publishers What You Do Is Who You Are
Book SynopsisBen Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times.The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them yet a few leaders have managed to shape their times. In this follow-up to the bestselling business classic The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz turns his attention to a question crucial to every organisation: How do you create and sustain the culture you want? This book is a journey through cultures ancient to modern, spotlighting models of leadership and culture-building from the samurai to prison gangs. Along the way, it answers fundamental questions: Who are we? How do people talk about us when we're not around? How do we treat our customers? Can we be trusted?Because who you are is not the values you list on the wallTrade ReviewPraise for The Hard Thing About Hard Things: ‘For anyone interested in building, growing or leading a great company, this book is an incredibly valuable resource – and a funny and insightful read’ Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook ‘Ben’s book is a great read – with uncomfortable truths about entrepreneurship and how to lead a company’ Larry Page, CEO of Google ‘Stripping away the veneer of management-speak, Ben’s writing carries the authority of somebody who has been through all of this. This results are simple, thorough and compelling’ Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter ‘More than any other business book released this year, Hard Things gives an insider’s perspective on what it’s like to lead and scale a start-up’ Business Insider's Best Business Books of 2014) ‘This is easily one of the essential books every business leader should read if they’re looking for proven and honest management advice’ Entrepreneur's 25 Amazing Business Books from 2014) ‘The most valuable book on start-up management hands down’ PandoDaily ‘There is more than enough substance in Mr. Horowitz’s impressive tome to turn it into a leadership classic’ The Economist
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