All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Winning the Toughest Customer Passi, Delia Kaplan Publishing , 2006 Customer Focus

Many sales professionals find it a daily struggle to understand women customers. The way women interpret behavior, hear unexpected meanings, take in "...

 
 
Managing on the Edge Pascale, Richard Tanner Simon & Schuster , 1990 Management

It has become fashionable to accept ideas without in-depth knowledge of their underlying foundation and without any long-term commitment. Organizations need to move from the current either/or mindset to an and also...

 
 
Surfing the Edge of Chaos Pascale, Richard T. | Millemann, Mark | Gioja, Linda Crown Publishing , 2000 Change Management, Technology

Because every business is a living system, the cornerstone principles of the life sciences are just as relevant for organizations as they are for organisms. Thus, for managers to view their companies from the point of...

 
 
Develop Your Decision Making Skills Parcon, Paul Lotus Press , 2006 Relationships, Social Responsibility

The moment we all open our eyes in the morning, the decision process begins, and continues to happen all throughout our day until we fall asleep at the end of it...

 
 
Techno-Ready Marketing Parasuraman, A. | Colby, Charles L. The Free Press , 2001 Marketing, Technology

Techno-ready marketers recognize that conventional "analog" marketing techniques do not work in a digital world. Instead, cutting-edge technologies demand cutting-edge marketing practices rooted in the following...

 
 
Leadership by Choice Papp, Eric John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Leadership

Leaders must be able to keep their cool while inspiring others to adhere to high standards, produce excellent work, and continuously raise their game. The best business leaders think clearly, communicate their thoughts...

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Five Key Principles of Corporate Performance Management Paladino, Bob John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Management

A new role, that of the corporate performance management (CPM) executive, is rapidly emerging in companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations as a means to ensure effective and efficient alignment of...

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The Power of Business Process Improvement Page, Susan AMACOM , 2010 Business Strategy, Productivity

Most aspects of business equate to a process. However, those processes are frequently not as efficient or effective as they could be. Business process improvement or BPI can help companies demonstrate greater customer...

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Hope Is Not a Strategy Page, Rick Nautilus Press , 2002 Customer Focus, Marketing

Product commodification, disintermediation, e-commerce, customer relationship management, and business partnering are the major selling transformations that are rapidly changing traditional business-to-business buyer-...

 
 
The Transparency Edge Pagano, Barbara | Pagano, Elizabeth McGraw-Hill , 2005 Leadership, Personal Growth

In his foreword, Stephen Lundin (coauthor of Fish, Fish Tales, and Fish Sticks) notes that change agents worldwide have rewritten the rules of change and motivation, and initiated massive cultural revolutions, in...

 
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