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Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
"Know-How" is the missing link of leadership.
By showing how the eight know-hows link to, interact with, and reinforce personal and psychological traits, Ram Charan provides a holistic and innovative portrait of successful leaders of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
PVG
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Presents a theory of personnel management which contends that giving priority to employee satisfaction and autonomy over profits is the best way to business success, with real-life examples from AES, the energy company cofounded by the author.
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and much needed critique of modern capitalism in which she argues that, to solve the massive crises facing us, we must be innovative--we must use collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while also bringing a stakeholder view of public private partnerships which means not only taking risks together but also sharing the rewards. Capitalism is in crisis. The rich have...
Author
Publisher
Truman Talley Books/Dutton
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
In this collection of essays, management expert Peter Drucker examines such topics as the meaning and message of the Information Age, the implications for business in the reinvention of government, the shifting balance of power between management and labor, the differing kinds of teamwork organizations can choose, the lessons to be learned from the rise and fall and rise again of such giants as IBM and GM, where the most important jobs will be in...
11) Winning
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness Publishers
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
During his forty-year career at General Electric, Welch led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits. Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of General Electric, he has traveled the world, speaking and answering questions. Now, he has written...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
As 21st century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of modern business. In this book, the author, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem solving in greening their workplace. Her...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Leading experts on generations Jason Dorsey and Denise Villa reveal the impact Gen Z will have on future markets in this book for leaders, marketers, entrepreneurs, to learn how to recruit, manage, and sell to the newest generation"--
Gen Z is the fastest growing generation of employees and the most important group of consumer trendsetters. But Dorsey and Villa show that today's businesses are not built to sell and market the way Gen Z shops and...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations. With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation's most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph. D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. Since then, Pixar...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"Great by Choice" distinguishes itself from Collins's prior work by its focus not just on performance, but also on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today. With a team of more than twenty researchers, Collins and Hansen studied companies that rose to greatness--beating their industry indexes by a minimum of ten times over fifteen years--in environments characterized by big forces and rapid shifts that leaders could not predict or...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Start With Why Simon Sinek's mission is to help people wake up every day inspired to go to work and return home every night fulfilled by their work. His first book, Start With Why, offered the essential starting point, explaining the power of focusing on WHY we do what we do, before getting into the details of WHAT and HOW. Start With Why became an instant classic, with a loyal following...
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