Management and management techniques Books
Apple Academic Press Inc. Free Agent
Book SynopsisThere is a seismic shift underway in the employer/employee relationship that is redefining the nature of jobs and careers. Sole proprietors and independent contractors now represent more than 20 percent of the workforce, and that number is expected to reach nearly 50 percent within the next 10 years.Despite the proliferation of people engaging in freelance and contract work, however, the path to success is not always easy. Free Agent: The Independent Professional''s Roadmap to Self-Employment Success details a pragmatic action plan to help you succeed in this new skills marketplace.Supplying practical strategies to help you get ahead of the change and become an in-demand resource with a steady stream of income, the book describes how work is changing and what is driving the growth of freelancing. Next, it explains how to get your new independent venture off the ground, how to find your first client, and what you need to know to avoid common pitfalls.Table of ContentsThe Emerging Trend of the Free Agent Labor Force. The Roots of Workplace Change. How We Got Here. How to Get Started. Making the Transition from Employee to Free Agent. Setting Up Your Business. Your Professional Team. Finances and Accounting. Paying Taxes. Insurance and Risk Management. Pricing, Proposals, and Contracts. Getting Your First Client. Networking and the Art of Getting More Clients. Strategies for Long-Term Success as an Independent Professional. Optimizing Your Independent Career. Co-Working and Connecting with the New Community of Independent Professionals. Building a Brand. Delivering a Great Result. Balancing Independent Work and Life. Challenges and How to Overcome Them.
£29.99
Apple Academic Press Inc. Strategy Teamwork Great Products
Book SynopsisMost books on manufacturing focus on production. This book is different; it describes techniques for excelling in engineering design, marketing strategies, and customer service inside a manufacturing company. Managing a successful manufacturing company in today's competitive global economy requires teamwork between the above disciplines. It is no longer enough just to be efficient on the production floor.Manufacturing companies employ hundreds and in many cases thousands of people with different skill sets, ideas, and values. Strategy + Teamwork = Great Products: Management Techniques for Manufacturing Companies explains how to mold employees from various walks of life into a cohesive and successful manufacturing team.It describes the best methods and programs to do that and includes examples that illustrate how to do so.After reading this book, you will understand how to avoid common pitfalls and steer clear of useless fads that can be destructive to yourTable of ContentsRole of the Board of Directors. Role of the CEO. Creating the Business Plan. Corporate Culture. Communications. Organization of Large Corporations. Manufacturing Strategies. Manufacturing. Quality Control. Controlling Overhead. Wage and Salary Administration. Performance Reviews. Motivation and Productivity. Benefits and Incentives. Role of Engineering. Marketing and Sales. Financial Controls. Human Resources and Training. Checklist.
£32.99
Taylor & Francis Inc The International Manager
Book SynopsisCurrently, internationally dispersed teams are commonplace among global companies. Managers are often aware conceptually of the different dimensions of culture, yet struggle to translate these concepts into their daily activities. This book gives managers insight into specific techniques they can use to better manage their intercultural teams and deal with partners, suppliers, and customers from other countries. It gives practical strategies for how to apply popular management models in other cultures. All intercultural problems initially manifest as communication problems. For this reason, The International Manager starts with practical insight into interpersonal (verbal and non-verbal) communication against a cross-cultural background. The element of culture is added with the introduction of the Hofstede model of culture. The book then applies these frameworks to four key aspects of the manager's responsibilities: managing performance, managing teams, managing changeTrade Review"When intercultural cooperation gets difficult, the solution is in understanding your own impact on others, instead of trying to change the other person ... a strong book about personal development in a cross-cultural context."—Karola Japke, Deputy CHO, Teijin Ltd."Offering a plethora of tips, this book is extremely useful and highly recommended to business professionals."—Frans van Houten, President and CEO, Royal Philips"The International Manager provides an insightful and thought-provoking plan for communicating with colleagues across the world."—Erin Meyer, Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD"What makes this book so fascinating is that it not only provides leaders and HR professionals a structured and, above all, very practical approach to intercultural dialogue, but it also deals with human behaviors, feelings, and emotions across the world. A perfect mirror for corporate multinationals!"—Suzanne Bouman, Head of Human Resources & General Services, Roche DiagnosticsTable of ContentsInterpersonal Communication: Taking, Giving, and Sharing Space. When Communication Fails, Break the Pattern. What We Do Not Say: Nonverbal Communication and Emotions. Personal Preferences in Communication. Culture and Its Impact on Communication. Country Cultures: A Classification. Business Culture in Various Countries. Managing Performance. Managing Teams. Managing Change. Managing Negotiations.
£47.49
Xlibris Corporation Holistic Management
£14.53
Hodder Education Higher Business Management, Second Edition
Book SynopsisExam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: BusinessFirst Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019The comprehensive textbook for the updated Higher Business Management course, written by a highly experienced author, teacher and examiner.- Provides full and authoritative coverage of the updated SQA Higher Business Management syllabus, including all new Technology sections- Supports students with material and advice for completing coursework- Helps students to test their knowledge and measure progress with a wealth of further revision and end-of-section assessment questions- Contains a wide variety of report and research tasks to reinforce key topic areas- Keeps students right up to date with case studies and analysis of leading business concerns, practices and objectives and uses terminology from International Accounting Standards throughoutTrade ReviewAn excellent and comprehensive resource, rich with relevant activities to support the course delivery. -- James A Simpson, Teacher of Business Education, Dollar Academy
£34.33
Pan Macmillan Indispensable
Book SynopsisChris Hirst is the award-winning author of No Bullsh*t Leadership and No Bullsh*t Change. He was formerly the Global CEO for Havas Creative, a multi-disciplinary marketing services network, and CEO at advertising agency Grey London. Once an engineering graduate working in a glass factory, his career path has taken him to the boardroom via Harvard Business School.Named in 2018's Evening Standard Power 1000 list and ranked one of the industry's most influential CEOs, Chris is a regular commentator in national press including BBC News, The Politics Show, Evening Standard, CNBC, Financial Times and Sky News. Indispensable is his third book.
£999.99
John Murray Press The Culture Solution: How to Achieve Cultural
Book Synopsis"This book has it all." Craig Storti, author of The Art of Doing Business Across CulturesMany people today are expected to manage intercultural teams, serve culturally diverse customers and communities, and support partnerships with international companies and governments. If you are one of them, this book is for you.It will help you discern the cultural orientation of international contacts, no matter where they-or you-are from, and understand behavior and expectations in any environment you encounter.The Culture Solution is a practical system that applies straightforward principles to real-life situations. It will guide you in creating strategies for managing cultural differences and learning from the approaches of new counterparts.You will learn to adapt to new cultural environments and deal with people from unfamiliar cultural backgrounds as you develop the skills you need to anticipate challenges and promote your agenda in culturally appropriate ways.Trade ReviewThis book has it all. -- Craig Storti, author of The Art of Doing Business Across CulturesThe topics discussed in this book are a must-read for anybody who needs to accomplish an international mission. This book takes you quickly from understanding to strategy. -- Karl Wimmer, PhD, Director, Design Enablement, Global FoundriesIn addition to the utility of the approach, this is a fun read, enlightening and even self-illuminating. -- Raymond J. Brimble, CEO Lynxs GroupI highly recommend this book to anyone considering an assignment overseas. -- Terry B. Kahler, Vice President, Dell, Inc.
£10.44
John Murray Press 100 Business Tools For Success: All the
Book SynopsisThe world is full of business ideas. But how do you know which the best ones are? And how do you find time to read them?100 BUSINESS TOOLS FOR SUCCESS may be a little book, but it contains the very best business tools from the very best business brains on the planet. Each one is summarized over just two pages, so that you can quickly enjoy the insights that are driving the most successful people in all walks of life.Discover and start using all of these tools and more straight away:* The GROW model for coaching* The six steps of delegation* SWOT analysis* Scenario thinking* The 7s model* The Six Rs of business* The Pareto principle* Blue Ocean Strategy* The Six Thinking Hats* The 4 Ps of marketing* The Tipping Point* Six Sigma* The seven habits of highly effective people
£12.34
Rowman & Littlefield Exploring Women's Suffrage through 50 Historic
Book SynopsisFrom hunger strikes to massive parades, the American women’s suffrage movement grabbed the attention of citizens and politicians around the United States. Posters, lapel buttons, and even luncheonette plates carried the iconic phrase, “Votes for Women.” Over time this phrase became not only a slogan, but a rallying cry for the movement. Today, museums, libraries, universities, and historic sites across the country care for the objects and places that tell the story of suffrage. Exploring Women’s Suffrage through 50 Historic Objects brings together a selection of these cultural gems representing the milestones, people, and legacy of the long campaign for women’s voting rights. Through color photos and short essays detailing each object’s story, readers will not only find themselves in the action of a groundbreaking social and political movement, but they are also transported around the nation to the institutions and sites that are the keepers of the country’s past.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Timeline Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Early Years Chapter 1. Laying a Strong Foundation Chapter 2. Pawns of Politics Chapter 3. Change Begins With Education Chapter 4. Created Equal Chapter 5. “Ain’t I A Woman?” Chapter 6. Dressing the Part Part II: Organizations Chapter 7. Organizing a Nation Chapter 8. What’s Old Is New Again Chapter 9. Scandinavians for Suffrage Chapter 10. Votes for Justice Chapter 11. One of Many Cogs Part III: Symbols Chapter 12. Votes for Women Chapter 13. Loyalty, Purity, and Life Chapter 14. The War of the Roses Chapter 15. The Spirit of 1776 Chapter 16. Identity Erased Chapter 17. Martyr for the Cause Part IV: Consumer Culture and Publicity Chapter 18. The Modern Shopper Chapter 19. Posters as Publicity Chapter 20. All Buttoned Up Chapter 21. A Recipe For Success Chapter 22. Suffrage on the Silver Screen Part V: Allies Chapter 23. Catching Fire Chapter 24. Converting to The Cause Chapter 25. Men for Suffrage Chapter 26. If You Scratch my Back, I’ll Scratch Yours Part VI: Roadblocks and Setbacks Chapter 27. Unrequited Love Chapter 28. Rampant Racism Chapter 29. A Formidable Opponent Chapter 30. Courting the System Chapter 31. The South Part VII: Tactics and Public Demonstrations Chapter 32. Read All About It! Chapter 33. Suffrage with a Side of Soup Chapter 34. On the Road to Victory Chapter 35. Lifting As We Climb Chapter 36. Lobbying for the Vote Chapter 37. Swimming for Suffrage Chapter 38. Falling into Line Chapter 39. Jailed for Freedom Part VIII: Milestones Chapter 40. Winning the West Chapter 41. Progressing in Politics Chapter 42. A Move Eastward Chapter 43. Walking Into History Chapter 44. Tipping the Scale Chapter 45. Mother Knows Best Part IX: Legacy Chapter 46. Under the Watchful Eye Chapter 47. Bridges of Hope Chapter 48. Taking the Next Step 0650 Chapter 49. Going Global Chapter 50. Reckoning with the Past … and Future Appendix – Significant Suffrage Victories in the United States Bibliography Index About the Author
£37.11
Rowman & Littlefield Exploring American Jewish History through 50
Book SynopsisExploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures offers students and general readers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. As one of America's most fascinating and enduring minorities, American Jews have played key roles in every era of American history and every region of the country. The 50 treasures are depicted in full color and range from a family cookbook to a college campus and include items that are iconic, ordinary, and whimsical. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture.
£30.00
Rowman & Littlefield Exploring the History of Childhood and Play
Book SynopsisA full-color trip through the treasures of American Childhood from 1650 to today. Remember the toys you played with when you were growing up? Each of those objects has a story to tell about the history of American childhood and play. Construction toys like Lincoln Logs and Erector Set offer insight into America’s booming urban infrastructure in the early 1910s and 20s, and the important role toys played in preparing children for future careers in engineering and architecture. A stuffed toy monkey from Germany tells the story of young Jewish refugees to the United States during World War II. The board game Candyland has its origins in the dreaded polio epidemic of 1950s. Exploring Childhood and Play Through 50 Historic Treasures brings together a collection of beloved toys and games from the last two centuries to guide readers on a journey through the history of American childhood and play, 1840-2000. Through color photographs and short essays on each object, this book examines childhood against the backdrop of culture, politics, religion, technology, gender, parenting philosophies, and more. The book features ten categories of objects including board and electronic games, dolls, action figures, art toys, optical toys, animal toys, construction sets, and sports. Each essay tells the story of the individual object its historic context, and each passage builds upon one another to create a fascinating survey of how childhood and play changed over the course of two centuries.Table of ContentsContents Timeline of Artifacts List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Board and Card Games Chapter 2 : Art Toys and Materials Chapter 3: Optical Toys and Cameras Chapter 4: Toy Animals Chapter 5: Construction Toys Chapter 6: Dolls Chapter 7: Action Figures Chapter 8: Physical Toys Chapter 9: Mimicking the Adult World Chapter 10: Electronic Games Go Play Index About the Author
£37.11
Rowman & Littlefield Riches, Rivals, and Radicals: A History of
Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 2006, Riches, Rivals and Radicals has been the go-to text for introductory museum studies courses. It is also of great value to professionals as well as museum lovers who want to learn the stories behind how and why these institutions have evolved since the day the first mastodon bones, royal portraits and botanical specimens entered their dusty halls. For this third edition, Marjorie Schwarzer has mined new resources, previously unavailable archives and contemporary trends to provide a fresh look at the challenges and innovations that have shaped museums in the United States. Schwarzer argues that museums are fundamentally optimistic institutions. They build and preserve some of the nation’s most extraordinary architecture. They showcase the beauty and promise of new scientific discoveries, historical breakthroughs and artistic creation. They provide places of inspiration and repose. At the same time, museums have succeeded in exposing some of the nation’s most painful legacies – racism, inequity, violence – as they strive to be places for healing and reckoning. This too, one could argue, is an act of optimism, for it expresses the hope that museum visitors will gain empathy and understanding from the evidence of others’ struggles. Schwarzer shows us how museums are rooted in a contentious history tied to social, technological and economic trends and ultimately changing ideas of what it means to be a citizen. Along the way we meet some notorious and eccentric characters including business tycoons, architects, collectors, designers, politicians, political activists and progressive educators, all of whom have exerted their influence on what is a complex yet nonetheless enduring institution. Major additions since the last edition include material on digital curation, emergent exhibitions about civil rights, immersive museum environments, continuing efforts to diversify the field, how museums' role in our increasingly digital society, and a new foreword by American Alliance of Museums President and CEO Laura L. Lott.Museums new to this edition include the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, the third edition of this accessible, award-winning book brings the reader up to date on the stories behind the people and events that have transformed America’s museums from their beginnings into today’s vibrant cultural institutions.
£107.00
Rowman & Littlefield Riches, Rivals, and Radicals: A History of
Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 2006, Riches, Rivals and Radicals has been the go-to text for introductory museum studies courses. It is also of great value to professionals as well as museum lovers who want to learn the stories behind how and why these institutions have evolved since the day the first mastodon bones, royal portraits and botanical specimens entered their dusty halls. For this third edition, Marjorie Schwarzer has mined new resources, previously unavailable archives and contemporary trends to provide a fresh look at the challenges and innovations that have shaped museums in the United States. Schwarzer argues that museums are fundamentally optimistic institutions. They build and preserve some of the nation’s most extraordinary architecture. They showcase the beauty and promise of new scientific discoveries, historical breakthroughs and artistic creation. They provide places of inspiration and repose. At the same time, museums have succeeded in exposing some of the nation’s most painful legacies – racism, inequity, violence – as they strive to be places for healing and reckoning. This too, one could argue, is an act of optimism, for it expresses the hope that museum visitors will gain empathy and understanding from the evidence of others’ struggles. Schwarzer shows us how museums are rooted in a contentious history tied to social, technological and economic trends and ultimately changing ideas of what it means to be a citizen. Along the way we meet some notorious and eccentric characters including business tycoons, architects, collectors, designers, politicians, political activists and progressive educators, all of whom have exerted their influence on what is a complex yet nonetheless enduring institution. Major additions since the last edition include material on digital curation, emergent exhibitions about civil rights, immersive museum environments, continuing efforts to diversify the field, how museums' role in our increasingly digital society, and a new foreword by American Alliance of Museums President and CEO Laura L. Lott.Museums new to this edition include the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, the third edition of this accessible, award-winning book brings the reader up to date on the stories behind the people and events that have transformed America’s museums from their beginnings into today’s vibrant cultural institutions.
£56.00
Rowman & Littlefield Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Book SynopsisDrawing on years of experience, Maria Piacente details the exhibition process in a straightforward way that can be easily adapted by institutions of any size. She and her contributing authors explore the exhibition development process in greater detail, providing the technical and practical methodologies museum professionals need today.
£135.00
Rowman & Littlefield The Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook
Book SynopsisThis full-color book uses real-world examples, museum and exhibition design studio profiles, historical and contemporary voices, and draw on the author's own creative practice and exhibition making experience, as well as contributions from his extensive network of international museum, attraction, and design professionals.
£999.99
PublicAffairs The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems
£24.00
PublicAffairs The Creative Shift
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£24.30
PublicAffairs Team Players
£24.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Help The Helper
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£21.24
Penguin Books Ltd Team of Teams New Rules of Engagement for a
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of My Share of the Task and Leaders, a manual for leaders looking to make their teams more adaptable, agile, and unified in the midst of change. When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2004, he quickly realized that conventional military tactics were failing. Al Qaeda in Iraq was a decentralized network that could move quickly, strike ruthlessly, then seemingly vanish into the local population. The allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment, and training—but none of that seemed to matter. To defeat Al Qaeda, they would have to combine the power of the world’s mightiest military with the agility of the world’s most fearsome terrorist network. They would have to become a team of teams—faster, flatter, and more flexible than ever.In Team of Teams, McChrystal and hi
£19.99
Red Wheel/Weiser Young Professional's Guide to Managing: Building,
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£11.39
Berrett-Koehler The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair
Book SynopsisAll modern group processes that are open to collaboration or to flattening the hierarchy are based in some way on circle practices. As organizations of all kinds move increasingly toward shared and rotating leadership, they are calling on the circle model to form sustainable teams and adopt circle driven group processes such as World CafÃ, Open Space and Art of Hosting. Meetings in the round have become the preferred tool for moving individual commitment into group action.This book lays out the structure of circle conversation, based on the original work of the co-authors who have studied and standardized the essential elements that constitute circle practice. It takes readers through a circle visual (the Components of Circle) and presents both structure and story so that readers understand how these elements come into play and how they interrelate and interact. It also embeds circle process experience in stories and examples drawing on the authorsâ 15 years of experience as global thought leaders and originators of this form, and it presents detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving conflicts.
£18.70
Atlantic Books On Time On Target How Teams and Companies Can Cut Through Complexity and Get Things Donethe Fighter Pilot Way
Book SynopsisJames D. Murphy is CEO of Afterburner Inc., the consulting firm he founded in 1996 after eight years as a F-15 fighter pilot with the US Air Force, and author of four bestselling books including Flawless Execution.Christian Boucousis is CEO of Afterburner Australia and Mode Developments. He served as a F/A-18 fighter pilot for 11 years with the Royal Australian Air Force, using what he learned to build and run businesses in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Australasia.
£19.28
Hodder & Stoughton The Keys to the Boardroom How to Get There and
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£14.24
Oneworld Publications Data-ism: Inside the Big Data Revolution
Book SynopsisData is the vital raw material in our modern information economy. There is already an incredible amount of digital data in the world, and it’s doubling every two years. Business decisions used to be based on experience and intuition – now detailed data analysis is the name of the game. Those bits and bytes are transforming our world. Steve Lohr, chief technology reporter at the New York Times, takes us to meet the people at the centre of this digital revolution and shows how we, both as individuals and institutions, will need to exploit, protect and manage our data in order to remain competitive. Beyond a vast array of illuminating insights and rich anecdotes, he asks provocative questions about the policies and practices surrounding digital data. The answers he finds will reach far and wide to affect every one of us. Trade Review‘A chronicle of the present state of big data and the possible future it portends... argues persuasively that big data is just now coming of age and that it has a lot of maturing still to do.’ * Washington Post *‘Steve Lohr lays out the promise, the personalities, and the perils of big data in an entertaining and enlightening book.’ -- Hal Varian, chief economist at Google‘Big data has the potential to make us healthier and more effective. Learn why, and what will happen, in Steve Lohr’s important new book.’ -- Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google“The digitization of business has created staggering amounts of data and unprecedented opportunities for data-driven decision-making. If you want to understand this new territory, Steve Lohr is the trusted, insightful guide you need.” -- Erik Brynjolfsson, co-author of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies“If you want to understand where our world is headed, you need to read this book. It goes beneath the surface of Big Data to provide a penetrating view of the people exploring the edges of how to extract more value from the data.” -- John Hagel, Co-Chairman, Center for the Edge“Chock full of anecdotes, insights, and behind-the-scenes profiles of modern-day data gods such as Cloudera’s Jeff Hammerbacher and IBM’s Michael Haydock, Data-ism is a must-read for understanding Big Data’s impact on society and in your own life.” -- Oren Etzioni, CEO, Allen Institute For Artificial Intelligence
£9.49
Rethink Press Outsmart Imposter Syndrome: End the suffering, free your mind, claim your inner success
Book SynopsisThis ultimate guide for clearing self-doubt and achieving your full potential draw on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience and reveals the secret to its huge success..
£15.29
Rethink Press Team Coaching with Impact At Work: A handbook for
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£15.29
Rethink Press The Step-Up Mindset for Senior Managers
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£13.49
Rethink Press Harness: A systemic approach: guaranteed to
Book SynopsisUpgrade your coaching skills for breakthrough results.The worlds of work, home and life have become fused together. It's time to upgrade your coaching toolkit so that you can handle this complexity and facilitate results that last.HARNESS provides: Extensive systemic toolkit Step by step, easy to implement processes Real and relevant examples Healthy provocation
£13.49
Rethink Press Go To Help: 31 Strategies to Offer, Ask For, and
Book SynopsisAre you tired of doing everything by yourself?Do you wish people would give you the help you need?Do you get frustrated when your attempts to help others don't work?Go To Help will teach you concrete strategies to get better at offering, asking for, and accepting help. You'll gain practical insights to help yourself and others get more done with less stress and longer-lasting success.You'll learn how to: Offer help that inspires others to learn and grow Manage when someone doesn't accept your help Reject requests when you're overloaded Ask specifically for the kind of help that's actually useful
£14.39
Upfront Publishing Remote Presence â A Practical Guide To Communicating Effectively In A Remote Environment
Book SynopsisDonât let anyone ever tell you that communication is easy, because it is not. Being an effective influencer in business has never been as difficult as it is today, with almost all of the reasons being fundamentally, and ironically, due to technology. Whilst we live in an age where the necessity to communicate with impact is dramatically increasing, our challenge is that the time and skills we have in which to do so effectively is also rapidly decreasing. We operate in a business world that is fast paced, global, digitally disrupted and comprised of flat, organisational structures and âdotted linesâ across functions, teams, companies and countries. We work remotely, across times zones and cultures, in different languages (which are not always our first), and all of this is against a backdrop of eye watering change, volatility and uncertainty. Our customers are becoming more demanding, our commercial, legal and regulatory frameworks are becoming more difficult and increasingly complicated to navigate. In 2020, we have been absorbed by a global health crisis from which it will take all countries years to fully recover, and it is against this backdrop that we are expected to be agile, upbeat, responsive, effective, optimistic, pragmatic, flexible and consistent by harnessing a wide range of influencing skills to drive results through and with others.
£12.39
Directory of Social Change Networking
Book SynopsisNetworking can fill you with trepidation if you are new to it, or complacency if you have been doing it for too long. Either way working at it and taking it seriously every time can pay dividends for you and your organisation. This book will help you to understand what effective networking is, what to do and not to do and how to maintain the relationships once they are built.It looks at the differences between in-person and virtual networking and the common errors people make and gives tips on how to engage with people you don't know in order to get support for your cause. This guide is for anyone at any level who works in or volunteers for a charity and wishes to become better at making connections and creating support for their cause.Trade Review'You can never have too big a network! In this witty read, Debra Allcock Tyler brilliantly demonstrates how anyone, at any level in an organisation, can network effectively, build new relationships and amplify support for their cause. An essential guide for creating enduring relationships and mastering successful networking in the modern digital era.' Dhivya O'Connor, Charity CEO and creator of The Charity CEO Podcast **** 'Growing a network is so important in enhancing a charity's effectiveness. I've lost count of the interesting and often unexpected things that new connections have led to or that old contacts have suddenly assisted with. Written by someone who knows what works and what doesn't, this book is stuffed full of practical advice. Networking is too important to leave to chance or to others!' Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, NSPCC
£11.12
Legend Press Ltd Business Innovation: How companies achieve
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John Murray Press What People Want: A Manager's Guide to Building
Book SynopsisWhat People Want reveals the truth about what it takes to build employee-manager relationships that matter—both to the people involved and to the bottom line. Packed with fascinating results from first-of-its-kind research, this road map through today’s workplace of changing demographics, diversity, and difference offers a multitude of tools and advice for building trust, creating a respectful environment, being sensitive to others, setting the right tone, and developing the kinds of relationships that result in lower turnover, higher productivity, and greater employee satisfaction.Trade ReviewFills the reader’s mind with high-test tips to create more successful and sustained relationships. Terry Bacon offers us all practical interpersonal tips to smooth out trip and really enjoy the ride! -- James Brolley, Director, Organizational Development & Training, Harley-Davidson Motor CompanyArgues persuasively that everyone can learn to behave—and possibly even to be—more like a ‘people person.’ If you know it’s important but don’t know how to do it, this is the book for you. -- Dr. Michael Watkins, author, The First 90 DaysAn amazing book—one of the few that both educates and reminds us of what people really want and need from their managers. -- Michelle Lewis, Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, E. & J. Gallo Winery
£19.00
John Murray Press Talent Magnetism: How to Build a Workplace That
Book SynopsisTalent Magnetism offers straightforward, easy-to-apply techniques that help managers navigate the challenges of attracting and keeping talent to foster innovation and fuel growth. Roberta Matuson, bestselling author of Suddenly in Charge and award-winning management consultant, shows you how with: * Fresh techniques and creative ways to build an organization with talent magnetism, where top talent is pulled in with minimal effort on the employer's part. * Proven methods which focus on what today's post-recession workers value most. Hint: It isn't what you think! * Case studies of organizations that have achieved "magnetic" status without Toyotasized budgets. * Rules of Attraction: recommendations to propel you forward at warp speed. Drawing on real-life case studies and examples, Matuson demonstrates the new rules of workplace attraction and retention, helping you and your organization develop irresistible talent magnetism.Trade ReviewTalent Magnetism is the missing book from most executive shelves. We have works on finance, marketing, operations, and research. But the engine that drives all of these areas needs talent for fuel, and Roberta Matuson can help you find and maximize the horsepower from that fuel. This book should be first before all others. -- Alan Weiss, PhD, Author of Million Dollar Consulting, The Consulting Bible, and 50 other books.With her signature humor and conversational writing style Roberta guides you through the process of making your workplace “magnetic” to attract true super star talent, keep them there, and know when to set them free. This, at times laugh out loud, but always informative and brutally honest, guide presents achievable steps to help even the most stodgy of institutions move and shake with today’s talent pool. Because of her writing style it doesn’t feel like you are reading a “business guide book” and might even be something you choose to read twice just in case you missed something the first time through! If you find yourself in an organization where your employees act more like anchors than turbo charged engines driving your business towards success, start reading now! -- Andrew Ashley, Vice President, Bank of AmericaRoberta Matuson does a masterful job of de-mystifying a critically important topic that eludes so many companies. This book is both a call to action and a prescription for success, complete with specific qualities that make companies talent magnets, and live examples of individuals and organizations that have successfully adopted those qualities. This is a "must read" for anyone who is interested in creating an enterprise that consistently attracts and, more importantly, retains great people who will truly make a difference. -- Jerel Golub, President, CEO, Price Chopper SupermarketsThe hiring pool is changing rapidly in the US and this is changing the DNA of our organizations. Talent Magnetism provides key principles on who to hire, motivate, retain and lead teams in this new world economy. -- Matthew Androski, Vice President GM America Sales at MindjetRoberta Matuson’s insight has effectively provided us the blueprint for transforming our human capital from mediocre to magnetic, thereby attracting the right talent for our organization! Talent Magnetism is a must read for the CEO and HR professional that believes in the old “business as usual” human capital strategy will sustain their organizational needs in today’s talent scarcity. -- Joanne Berwald, Vice President of Corporate Human Resources, Mestek, Inc.Talent Magnetism is an exhilarating book. The workplace is ever- changing and Roberta continues to capture this in Talent Magnetism by sharing best practices and key recommendations to stay ahead of the game. -- Mary L. Froehlich, COO, Sydney Associates, Inc.
£14.24
John Murray Press The Thinking Effect: Rethinking Thinking to
Book SynopsisIn a rapidly changing world there is an increasing need for critical, creative, and systems thinking. These abilities, though, are only gained through a virtuous circle of trying, reflecting, learning, and trying again; despite this, most organizations are still trying to develop these skills through linear approaches. The Thinking Effect by Michael Vaughan redefines smart thinking and effective learning - teaching how rather than what to think. Vaughan has spent his career teaching smart thinking to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies around the globe. By adopting this new thinking, leaders will learn how to develop "neural leadership" - understanding and engaging with the psychology of their team - while employees at all levels will learn how to: develop patterns of thought that differentiate top performers from those who merely do their jobs, increase productivity, improve problem-solving, and influence profitability, and become Value Workers who generate value for growth and a sustainable future. The Thinking Effect offers learning solutions, individual practices, and real-world applications to help companies break free from institutional processes that hinder fresh and innovative thought. The result is an engaged, valuable workforce that rethinks established practices - and thinking itself.Trade ReviewFinally a book that articulates a simple methodology of how to think versus what to think, that is sustainable, scalable, agnostic to time, economy, politics, and social and cultural bias. -- Rodahl Leong-Lyons, Vice President of Sales – Americas, HYATTVaughan articulates the subject excellently - teaching his readers how to think, rather than what to think. His arguments caused me to think about my own knowledge of business improvements and how I should look at processes from an alternative perspective - almost with a fresh pair of eyes. * Quality World *Vaughan’s view on thinking actually ties in nicely with my personal workplace mantra: Be a decent human being. By pausing to consider the work we’re doing more deeply, by weighing how our actions might affect others, we’re inherently behaving in a way that’s more collaborative and helpful. -- Rex Hupke for The News TribuneImmense value to business leaders and their subordinates alike. You have to get management buy-in and get Michael Vaughan into your office! -- Dane Cobain, SocialBookshelves.com
£17.99
Profile Books Ltd The Tools Of Leadership: Vision, Inspiration,
Book SynopsisA new, revised and completely updated edition of the bestseller about what it takes to be an effective and inspiring leader - from the author of the The Tao of Coaching Leadership can be learned. This practical and compelling guide offers the tools and techniques to help you build the necessary skills. It will enable any manager and executive to hone their skills in leading teams, departments, divisions and indeed whole corporations. At a time when leadership is not the exclusive territory of the CEO - each of us is placed in a position of having to lead something at sometime - this book is relevant to practically anyone, especially those who are in positions of management or aspire to it. Landsberg argues that anyone who personally engages with his team to create Vision and Inspiration and Momentum will almost certainly be regarded as a leader. This book shows you how to do that.Trade Review'A valuable stimulus to thought and action' Bob Heller, Management Today 'Succinct yet comprehensive, practical yet entertaining - few management books combine all these traits, but this is one such contribution' Petros Kalkanis, European Director, Gillette
£9.49
Taylor & Francis Ltd Industry Genius: Inventions and People Protecting
Book SynopsisThis book presents the inventive genius behind technological breakthroughs by ten global companies including Alcoa, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, ST Micro and Visteon. Readers will gain understanding and insight into how cutting-edge technology is helping protect the climate and/or the ozone layer, while contributing to the company's bottom line. Each chapter chronicles the challenge and triumph of invention, introduces the engineers and executives who overcome conventional wisdom, and demonstrates the contribution these companies are making to environmental protection. In full colour and crammed with graphics to illustrate the creative process of technological breakthroughs, the book is accessible and informative. The genius of these ten companies will inspire the engineer, the policy-maker, the student, the environmentalist, the CEO and the investor alike.Trade ReviewThere is a lot about the people behind the projects, and their determination to succeed. The book is very well produced. The presentation makes use of many excellent illustrations ... There is a great deal of useful background information, and the book is well annotated with footnotes. However it is read, this book gives fascinating insights into the product development process, and clearly displays that "genius" is at least 90% hard work and determination. - International Journal of Refrigeration 27 (2004)Table of ContentsPreface: The genius for the next generationRichard H. TrulyForeword: Just when Earth needed geniusJacqueline Aloisi de LarderelIntroductionStephen O. Andersen and Durwood Zaelke1. Alcoa Aluminum: Putting energy in the bank2. Aviation Partners: The future is on the wing3. DaimlerChrysler: The champagne of natural refrigerants4. Energy Star: Money isn't all you're saving5. Japan's F-Center for developing greenhouse gas alternatives: Sustainable living through better chemistry6. Honda: Dream and it will happen7. Seiko Epson: Some day all products will be made the Epson way8. ST Microelectronics: Turn on, plug off9. Trane: It's about making green10. Visteon: Superintegration(TM) proves "simple is better"THE GENIUS COMPANIESAlcoa: "Putting Energy in the Bank"Shifting a century-old engineering paradigm from process optimization toward sustainable production with big financial and climate benefits.Aviation Partners: "The Future is On the Wing"A "dream team" of retired engineers challenged the conventional wisdom of aerodynamics with Blended Winglets that increase the fuel efficiency an astonishing 7%-now a joint venture with Boeing will retrofit the global aircraft fleet.DaimlerChrysler: "The Champagne of Natural Refrigerants"Engineer advocates of air conditioning with natural carbon dioxide refrigerant energized the motor vehicle industry to protect the climate with higher fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions.Energy Star®: "Money Isn't All You're Saving"State-of-the-art marketing in this government branding program promotes energy-saving appliances with empowered customers, rewarded companies, and the clout of government procurement. Japan's F-Center for Greenhouse Gas Alternatives: "Sustainable Living through Better Chemistry" Designing "sustainable chemicals" safe for the ozone layer, climate, and ecosystem in a collaboration of chemical industries and the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Honda: "Dream and It Will Happen" Engineers merge cutting-edge combustion, electric, hybrid, fuel cell, advanced materials, aerodynamic, and regenerative technology for Earth-friendly products that deliver the triple bottom line. Seiko Epson: "Someday All Products Will Be Made the Epson Way" Striving for sustainable manufacturing and a world where the kinetic energy of keystrokes and motion powers portable computers, cell phones, and personal entertainment systems. ST Microelectronics: "Turn On, Plug Out" Using the power of semiconductors to eliminate energy waste in battery chargers and other consumer products-dramatically cutting electricity consumption. Trane: "It's about Making Green" A breakthrough in energy efficiency for building and process air conditioning chillers raises the bar on environmental performance and cost savings. Visteon: "Superintegration™ Proves Simple Is Better" A fresh design integrates flexible electronic circuits to reduce materials, space, and weight and at the same time improve the reliability and energy efficiency of automobiles.
£31.99
Rethink Press Team Magic: Eleven Magical Ways for Winning Teams
Book SynopsisThis book is written for managers, for team leaders and for team members who are open minded and want to change their habits and be a part of or lead the ''Best'', ''Dream'' or ''Magic'' Team. Become a highly effective, successful team member or team leader, working in a creative and relaxed company atmosphere, with a balanced work and private life.
£12.34
Directory of Social Change Delegation
Book SynopsisThe manager who fails to delegate is not a real manager but it is not as easy as it sounds. Nearly everyone is in favour of it as an abstract concept but delegation in real life requires effort and perseverance in the face of discouragement and disappointment - This practical guide will help all managers who are responsible for the performance of others. In particular it will aid individuals who are new to management and it will add value to managers who are unused to delegating and those who recognise that they have a problem with the concept.Includes: What is delegation, How to delegate, The process of Delegation, Coaching delegated staff, Feedback and Evaluation.
£11.12
Harriman House Publishing Two Speed World
Book SynopsisRanging across a wide sweep of history, management thinking and ideas from science and engineering, the authors distill a simple but effective approach to understanding change; showing how to improve decision-making and risk-taking for more successful and profitable outcomes.
£999.99
Rethink Press The Thoughtful Leader: How to use your head and
Book SynopsisIs it time for leaders to think more deeply and more effectively? Tired of people throwing the term ''thought leadership'' around and using it to label unexceptional people and mediocre content, Mindy Gibbins-Klein sets out to define and introduce a new paradigm and a new standard of idea generation and sharing. Thoughtful leaders exhibit exceptional thinking as well as consideration for others. It is the thoughtful leader who will introduce a new era - a more thoughtful era. This brave book inspires, encourages and teaches REAL thought leaders a new way of thinking and behaving. Reach beyond content marketing and thought leadership. Achieve greater levels of thinking. Discover hidden depths within yourself. Become a true Thoughtful Leader.
£12.34
LID Publishing Defying Doom: Leading Urgent Large-Scale
Book SynopsisThis book is a call to action. If you need to know what it takes to break through to a new layer of oxygen in an organization that has been flying high in the past, you will find this both an inspiring and practical approach. Nothing will swoop down to remove your challenges, but the framework explained in this book carves a clear path toward transforming an organization, as opposed to sinking into decline. This framework is grouped around three simple steps: What's the story? Who is on board? Getting things done.
£12.74
LID Publishing Perform To Win: Unlocking The Secrets of the Arts
Book SynopsisThis book explores and demonstrates the transformative learning experiences that organizations and their leaders can derive from the arts. It is through the arts that we have always explored our humanity: through dance and music; art and sculpture; theatre and poetry. The arts allow us to explore our own selves and our relationship to others and to the world around us. This central role of the arts is commonly accepted in everyday life, but the implications of this are not typically extended to the world of business. The authors argues strongly that, to the contrary, the methodologies and approaches that are fundamental to performing artists of all kinds can provide exactly the kind of inspirational, people-centred and performance-related techniques that are missing from much of the typically mechanistic, systems-based and process-driven training and development of managers and executives. Technical proficiency and expertise are not enough to deliver an award-winning result; what enables a truly outstanding performance is the elusive but entirely recognizable element of artistry - the spark that transforms a technically good performance into something extraordinary.
£11.69
LID Publishing Iconic: How to Create a Virtuous Circle of
Book SynopsisThis book is about icons - exceptional organizations (orchestras, restaurants, sports teams or companies) with an aspiration to make or do something special, and to go on doing so, year in, year out for decades. This is what gives these organizations their undeniably iconic status. By selecting 14 iconic organizations (including ElBulli, McKinsey, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Procter & Gamble, the All Blacks) and researching what characteristics make them different from others, the authors discovered a "competency spiral" which these organizations exhibit in their success. Attracting and retaining the right people; forging individuals into a team; and achieving outstanding results, time after time, through continuous improvement and adjustment - these are the key competencies required to achieve iconic status.
£15.99
LID Publishing Super Structured: How to Overcome Chaos and Win
Book SynopsisInformation overload, a full mailbox, too many balls in the air, on the bounce, heavy workload. There are many ways to describe the chaotic life some of us live in and work. But if we get a better structure for how we work, we get even more time for what is important, for ourselves and for our business. Done! Be super structured in 31 days is a training programme for those who want to create a smoother day at work.A practical and useful book that can turn chaos into structureIn short chapters with useful advice and tips mixed with practical exercises, learning strucktor David Stiernholm teaches you how you can work in a more structured way through organization, automation and focus. The book gives you the tools, mind-set, methods and routines that make you more efficient, more flexible and actually happier.
£11.69
LID Publishing Consulting Drucker: How to apply Drucker's
Book SynopsisPeter Drucker is known worldwide as "The Father of Modern Management." But he was also the world's most famous and successful independent consultant. The methods developed by Drucker remain highly relevant and continue to be used in today's organizations. This book, written by Drucker's first executive PhD graduate of the program he developed, is the first book to reveal in detail Drucker's methods and ideas as a consultant. Jack Welch noted that his success at GE was based on Drucker's consulting advice. Bill Bartmann became the 25th wealthiest man in America at one point. He, too, credits Drucker's advice in helping with his success. This book is an encyclopedia of Drucker's consulting approaches and how and when to apply them. Any consultant will find this book invaluable. However, executives and managers will also gain new insight into Drucker's thinking and methods, and why they continue to have such tremendous influence over today's organizations.
£14.99
LID Publishing Peter Drucker's Way To The Top: Lessons for
Book SynopsisPeter Drucker is an icon of the business world. The methods developed by this genius were so powerful that they are still used today in organizations all over the world. Yet one of his most important contributions is still little known. Drucker had uncovered principles of self-development that he put into practice himself – principles that enabled him to reach all of his life goals. For the first time, this book examines the self-development methods that Drucker created and practiced – and offers vital and original lessons to anyone in business on how to accomplish any goal in any endeavor. For as Drucker wrote: “The most crucial and vital resource you have as an executive and as a manager is yourself; your organization is not going to do better than you do yourself.”
£15.99
