Business Book Summaries: Management

The Decision Maker

Author: Bakke, Dennis

Publisher: Pear Press

Published Date: 2013

Categories: Change Management, Management, Teams

In The Decision Maker, Dennis Bakke depicts, through the fictional saga of one company, a transition to delegated decision making that results in new responsibilities for virtually all employees....

The Performance Pipeline

Author: Drotter, Stephen

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management, Productivity

Stephen Drotter draws on his experience as a CEO-succession specialist and HR consultant to help enterprises realize the benefits of role clarity and appropriately layered management. Building on his book The...

China’s Management Revolution

Author: Bouée, Charles-Edouard

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Global Business, Management

A new management style is emerging in China. Rather than being created in a deliberate manner, it is evolving as Chinese entrepreneurs discover better ways to manage their companies. In China’s Management...

Boring Meetings Suck

Author: Petz, Jon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management, Productivity

Boring Meetings Suck by Jon Petz is intended for leaders who want to end, or at least minimize, useless time consuming meetings. To be great, a meeting must deliver real value by providing useful...

The Drama-Free Office

Author: Warner, Jim | Klemp, Kaley

Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management, Relationships

In The Drama-Free Office, Jim Warner and Kaley Klemp present their proven methods of recognizing, diagnosing, and minimizing drama in the workplace. They emphasize authentic behavior and curious...

12 Steps to Power Presence

Author: Baldoni, John

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management

Assigned positions, titles, and roles confer the framework for managing power, but true leadership comes from leadership presence. So writes leadership guru John Baldoni, who dedicates 12 Steps to Power...

Power Questions

Author: Sobel, Andrew | Panas, Jerold

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Leadership, Management, Relationships

In Power Questions, Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas show how questions are the best way to deepen relationships, build a business, and influence people. The authors show that asking the right questions...

20:20 Project Management

Author: Marks, Tony

Publisher: Kogan Page Limited

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management

20:20 Project Management provides comprehensive, detailed strategies for project managers who are responsible for complex projects. From the earliest stages of project evaluation through planning,...

Bare Knuckle People Management

Author: O'Neil, Sean | Kulisek, John

Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management

In Bare Knuckle People Management, authors Sean O’Neil and John Kulisek present a frank and edgy guide to helping managers get the most from their teams. Rather than subscribing to traditional...

Positive Leadership

Author: Cameron, Kim

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Leadership, Management

While thousands of books offer leadership advice to organizations and their managers, Positive Leadership goes beyond the usual recommendations to show them how to achieve outstanding success....

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Author: Zack, Devora

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management

In Managing for People Who Hate Managing, management consultant Devora Zack relies on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to introduce two primary management styles—Thinkers and Feelers—and explains how,...

No More Pointless Meetings

Author: Murphy, Martin

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2013

Categories: Management, Productivity

In No More Pointless Meetings, Martin Murphy presents a transformative new way for leaders to get the most out of their teams in the least amount of time. By holding mundane, draining meetings, many...

The Mindful International Manager

Author: Comfort, Jeremy | Franklin, Peter

Publisher: Kogan Page Limited

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Global Business, Management

While domestic teams may be more likely to excel than their international counterparts because they can rely on a common culture, international teams that are managed mindfully have the chance to outperform them when...

The Amazement Revolution

Author: Hyken, Shep

Publisher: GreenLeaf Book Group Press

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Customer Focus, Management

In The Amazement Revolution, Shep Hyken states that when the people involved in an organization do what is right by customers and employees, a certain amount of customer service, marketing, and sales...

The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Author: Armstrong, Sharon

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership Development, Management

In The Essential Performance Review Handbook, author Sharon Armstrong explains the importance of the performance review, and how it can benefit relationships between supervisors and employees, as well...

Business at the Speed of Now

Author: Bernard, John M.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Management

In Business at the Speed of Now, John Bernard asserts that we are in the midst of the biggest economic shift in more than a century—the shift from an economy driven by mass production to an economy...

Generations, Inc.

Author: Johnson, Meagan | Johnson, Larry

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management, Teams

In today's business environment, it is not unusual to be managing several generations at once. While everyone may be talented, hardworking, and committed to the organization, professionals of different ages have...

The Virtual Manager

Author: Sheridan, Kevin

Publisher: The Career Press, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management, Teams

The Virtual Manager focuses on how organizations and managers can better engage their virtual employees to create a successful workplace, even when employees are in different locations. Author Kevin...

Make Up Your Mind

Author: Mooz, Hal

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Leadership, Management

In Make Up Your Mind, Hal Mooz addresses the common misunderstandings and flaws inherent in decision making. He provides examples of how all levels of society are fraught with flawed decisions that...

Your Best Just Got Better

Author: Womack, Jason W.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management, Personal Growth

In Your Best Just Got Better, executive coach and author Jason W. Womack presents actionable strategies to help managers, employees, and entrepreneurs alike in their quest to make lasting, sustainable...

Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Author: Ferraro, Jack

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Leadership, Management

According to a 2009 study by the Standish Group, only 32 percent of all projects launched by American businesses succeed, while 44 percent are “challenged,” meaning they run over budget or deliver products or services...

Closing the Execution Gap

Author: Lepsinger, Richard

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management

Many leaders were taught to believe that an organization’s mission, vision, and values are the keys to its success. But too often, there is a substantial gap between abstract goals and on-the-ground accomplishments. In...

The Managerial Moment of Truth

Author: Bodaken, Bruce | Fritz, Robert | Senge, Peter

Publisher: Free Press

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Management

In The Managerial Moment of Truth, Bruce Bodaken and Robert Fritz argue that one of the most important competitive advantages a business can have is the truth. By being honest with each other, people...

Enterprise Project Governance

Author: Dinsmore, Paul C. | Rocha, Luiz

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Business Strategy, Management

In Enterprise Project Governance, authors Paul C. Dinsmore and Luiz Rocha explain that large organizations need effective overall program and project management in order to succeed. Enterprise Project...

Management Reset

Author: Lawler III, Edward E. | Worley, Christopher G.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management, Social Responsibility

Management Reset by Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley presents a radical shift to the profit-driven business model that governs most companies. In the past, focusing solely on financial...

How to Work for an Idiot

Author: Hoover, John

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management, Relationships

The revised edition of How to Work for an Idiot, first released in 2003, expands the list of Idiot Boss (I-Boss) types, adding two new types as well as new material on how these types line up on a...

Managing the Telecommuting Employee

Author: Amigoni, Michael | Gurvis, Sandra

Publisher: Adams Business

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management

In Managing the Telecommuting Employee, authors Michael Amigoni and Sandra Gurvis explain that while managers are often supervising employees that are physically distant from them, the experience can...

The First-Time Manager, Sixth Edition

Author: McCormick, Jim | Topchik, Gary S.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2012

Categories: Management

When an individual is first promoted to a managerial position, it is frequently because they have proven themselves to be a valuable employee. The skills required for management, however, are significantly different...

The Accidental Sales Manager

Author: Lytle, Chris

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management

In The Accidental Sales Manager, Chris Lytle aims to help sales managers get out of the “sales management trap,” and become more effective at their jobs. Selling and sales management are two different...

6 Habits of Highly Successful Managers

Author: Cioffi, John | Willig, Ken

Publisher: Career Press, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management

Today, managers are inundated with information, advice, and various methods for success. It is easier than ever to fall off course, listen to bad information, and fail to become a successful manager. In 6...

Managing the Unmanageable

Author: Loehr, Anne | Kaye, Jezra

Publisher: The Career Press, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management

In Managing the Unmanageable, Anne Loehr and Jezra Kaye explore various kinds of unmanageable employees, or, as the authors call them, “UEs.” They provide tools and suggestions for how to deal with UEs...

The Sales Manager's Success Manual

Author: Thomas, Wayne M.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Management

The Sales Manager’s Success Manual seeks to demonstrate to sales managers and Chief Sales Officers (CSOs) how to develop, assess, lead, and coach their sales teams. Dr. Wayne Thomas, an award-winning...

The Leader's Guide to Radical Management

Author: Denning, Stephen

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management

The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management by Stephen Denning dismantles traditional management systems and builds a mental model of management based on a more accurate and effective understanding of how...

Growth or Bust!

Author: Faust, Mark

Publisher: Career Press, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Business Strategy, Management

In Growth or Bust!, growth and turnaround consultant Mark Faust describes how most companies have the inherent ability to greatly increase growth, and describes methods that combine the creation of...

Secrets of Power Problem Solving

Author: Dawson, Roger

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management

All organizations are faced with problems. Some react to their problems better than others and, in most cases, these organizations are more successful than organizations that stumble toward unwise decisions. Roger...

10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager

Author: Haneberg, Lisa

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Management

Successful businesses rely on great managers. Effective management practices enable organizations to identify new opportunities, execute strategies successfully, and complete projects on time and on budget. However,...

The Savvy Manager

Author: Flagello, Jane R. | Dugas, Sandra Bernard

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management

In The Savvy Manager, Jane R. Flagello and Sandra Bernard Dugas offer managers tips on how to deal with the human element of a company and how to improve an organization by improving their management...

Beyond Change Management

Author: Anderson, Dean | Anderson, Linda Ackerman

Publisher: Pfeiffer

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Change Management, Leadership, Management

Organizations that commit to altering how they approach and implement change can consistently achieve breakthrough results and outcomes that far surpass anyone’s expectations. Change leaders who undertake this...

Project Management for Dummies

Author: Portny, Stanley E.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Productivity

In Project Management for Dummies, Stanley Portny examines project-management skills and techniques, and aims to suggest that they are not burdensome tasks. Rather, they are a systematic way of...

The Laws of Charisma

Author: Mortensen, Kurt W.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management, Relationships

Kurt Mortensen defines charisma as the ability to easily build rapport, effectively influence others, inspire them to achieve more, and in the process make allies for life. It is a vital motivational life skill that...

The High-Impact Middle Manager

Author: Haneberg, Lisa

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management

In The High-Impact Middle Manager, Lisa Haneberg focuses on those who have more impact on business than any other layer of an organization: middle managers. As the glue that connects corporate strategy...

Smart Questions

Author: Nadler, Gerald | Chandon, William J.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Management

Most business executives and managers approach problem solving using a method whose end result is excessive data collection, analysis paralysis, and solutions that cause more problems than they solve. One temporary fix...

Manager Redefined

Author: Davenport, Thomas O. | Harding, Stephen D.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management

Management positions are a staple of corporate organizational charts, but the role itself is not always well defined. It is often an assortment of pieces and parts designed to do too many things, and thus accomplish...

Win at Work!

Author: Katz, Diane L.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Communication, Management, Relationships

In Win at Work!, Diane Katz presents an alternative to the traditional linear model of resolving conflict called “The Working Circle.” This approach encourages flexibility when resolving conflict. The...

Virtual Team Success

Author: DeRosa, Darleen M. | Lepsinger, Richard

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Productivity

In today’s complex organizations it is not uncommon to have as many as 50 percent of employees working on virtual teams. Virtual collaboration has already begun to transform many business sectors. The gradual shift of...

Make Their Day!

Author: Ventrice, Cindy

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership Development, Management, Productivity

In Make Their Day!, Cindy Ventrice discusses how effective recognition increases an organization’s productivity, profitability, and lowers turnover. She states that recognition must be incorporated...

The Enemy of Engagement

Author: Royal, Mark | Agnew, Tom

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management

In today’s business world, organizations are constantly challenged to “do more with less.” Companies must determine how to translate employee motivation into better performance at the individual, team, and organization...

Living for the Weekday

Author: Swindall, Clint

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Personal Growth, Productivity

In Living for the Weekday, Clint Swindall examines what causes employees to stare at the clock in anticipation of their days off, and offers strategies on how to boost their engagement and satisfaction...

The Executive and The Elephant

Author: Daft, Richard L.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management

Experience suggests that leaders know how they should behave in different situations, yet they often choose unwise behavior instead. Their intentions and actions are not in alignment. As people cultivate their inner...

Dealing with Dilemmas

Author: Buytendijk, Frank

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Leadership, Management

Western management culture encourages a bias toward quick solutions, immediate action, and the avoidance of problems. While today’s managers may appear to convey strength and good strategic decision making, Frank...

The Art of Convening

Author: Neal, Craig | Craig, Patricia | Wold, Cynthia

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Communication, Management

What if a meeting could change your life? In The Art of Convening, authors Craig and Patricia Neal offer a recipe for taking any meeting, gathering, or conversation and making it transformational. It...

It's Okay to Manage Your Boss

Author: Tulgan, Bruce

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Relationships

Across all industries and at all levels of organization there is a shocking epidemic of what Bruce Tulgan labels “undermanagement.” Undermanagement occurs when supervisory relationships between employees and bosses...

Turbulent Times Leadership for Sales Managers

Author: Connellan, Tom

Publisher: Peak Performance Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management

Sales people play an important role in winning revenue for companies. It is in every organization’s best interest to enhance sales performance, especially during challenging economic times. In Turbulent Times...

The Art and Science of 360° Feedback

Author: Lepsinger, Richard | Lucia, Anntoinette D.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Leadership Development, Management

Three hundred sixty degree feedback helps managers to get a clear picture of how they are perceived by their bosses, direct reports, colleagues, and others. Comprehensive data are collected from those who work for or...

The Innovation Zone

Author: Koulopoulos, Thomas M.

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Innovation, Management

Successful companies have built innovation into their corporate cultures, looking beyond their research and development departments for innovative ideas. In The Innovation Zone, author and management...

Encouraging the Heart

Author: Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Leadership, Management

For more than two decades, James Kouzes and Barry Posner have studied leaders and behaviors that lead to achieving extraordinary results. They discovered that one of the most important leadership practices is...

Managing the Mobile Workforce

Author: Clemons, David | Kroth,, Michael

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Management, Technology

In Managing the Mobile Workforce by David Clemons and Michael Kroth, mobile workers are defined as those who are not physically located within a centralized building or who move between work locations...

Built on Values

Author: Rhoades, Ann

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2011

Categories: Communication, Management, Personal Growth

As Ann Rhoades and Nancy Shepherdson explain in Built on Values, the “perfect company culture” does not exist. The right culture for any company can be defined by determining what values are important...

The First-Time Manager's Guide to Team Building

Author: Topchik, Gary S.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Management, Teams

In The First-Time Manager’s Guide to Team Building, Gary S. Topchik explains how to achieve a powerful team that can focus successfully on the desired end results. Topchik dissects the meaning of team...

The 2020 Workplace

Author: Meister, Jeanne C. | Willyerd, Karie

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Diversity, Management, Relationships, Technology

In The 2020 Workplace, Jeanne C. Meister and Karie Willyerd outline the ways in which organizations can and should change in order to meet the needs of the diverse and “über-connected” workforce of...

12: The Elements of Great Managing

Author: Wagner, Rodd | Harter, PH.D., James K.

Publisher: Gallup Press

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Management

Engaged, talented employees are a company’s greatest resource. Yet many mangers fail, through both neglect and ignorance, to bring out the best in their workforce. To determine the crucial components of great...

How Risky Is It, Really?

Author: Ropeik, David

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Personal Growth

In How Risky Is It, Really?, David Ropeik discusses how the human brain determines whether a person is at risk and the methods it takes to reach that conclusion. Today, significant advances in...

Helping

Author: Schein, Edgar H.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Relationships

In Helping, Edgar H. Schein draws not only on his career expertise but from personal life experiences to establish a “general theory of helping” that holds true no matter what the social dynamics of...

Good Boss, Bad Boss

Author: Sutton, Robert I.

Publisher: Hachette Book Group

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management

In Good Boss, Bad Boss, Robert I. Sutton relates the importance of how bosses behave and lays the groundwork for coaching bosses on how to be great while avoiding the pitfalls leading to employee...

Enterprise Supply Chain Management

Author: Sehgal, Vivek

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Productivity

In Enterprise Supply Chain Management, Vivek Sehgal takes a comprehensive look at the role of supply chains within a variety of industries and organizations. Supply chain management evolved out of a...

Leading Outside the Lines

Author: Katzenbach, Jon R. | Khan, Zia

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management, Relationships

There are two dividing beliefs in the business world: (1) the belief that companies should be run according to formal organizational standards, such as job responsibilities, costs, and means of communication, and (2)...

Making Telework Work

Author: Offstein, Evan H. | Morwick, Jason M.

Publisher: Davies-Black

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Technology

In Making Telework Work, authors Evan H. Offstein and Jason M. Morwick define telework as incorporating and optimizing technology to be productive, to collaborate better, and to be more proactive...

More Than a Minute

Author: Green, Holly G.

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management

When Holly G. Green was a young manager, she read a book titled The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. The refreshing simplicity of the book’s three basic principles...

The Manager's Guide to HR

Author: Muller, Max

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Management

Management is a complex position. Beyond the actual supervising of employees, a task that employs all manner of leadership, communication and delegation skills itself, managers must also possess a firm grasp on the...

The Target

Author: Blakesley, Stephen J.

Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises LLC

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Human Resources, Management

Most business managers will attest that good people are a company’s most valuable resource, and of course motivated managers want to maximize the performance of their teams. They want a process of selection and...

The Little Black Book of Project Management

Author: Thomsett, Michael C.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Productivity

Over the past 20 years, Michael C. Thomsett’s The Little Black Book of Project Management has served as the classic introductory handbook for businesspeople in every type of organization, as it...

Y in the Workplace

Author: Lipkin, Nicole A. | Perrymore, April J.

Publisher: Career Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

Like it or not, Generation Y (Gen Y) is entering the workplace, and their numbers are too big to ignore. Sporting nose rings and spurning panty hose, listening to iPods and continuously text messaging, the generation...

No Boundaries

Author: Disselkamp, Lisa

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Productivity

Lisa Disselkamp’s No Boundaries outlines how leaders can use workforce management technology (WMT) to more effectively run their organizations; achieve financial goals and maximize profits; and enhance...

Managing

Author: Mintzberg, Henry

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Major Works, Management

Identifying what managers do is easy; making sense of the huge assortment of duties and requirements is the difficulty. According to management guru Henry Mintzberg, author of Managing, management must...

Manager's Guide to Business Planning

Author: Capezio, Peter J.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Business Strategy, Management

In today’s competitive marketplace, a well-planned, well-executed business plan can make the difference between success and failure. When a business has implemented a successful planning process, every employee can see...

Standing in the Fire

Author: Dressler, Larry

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Leadership, Management

In Standing in the Fire, Larry Dressler compares leading a combustible meeting with fighting a brush fire. When not tended to properly, a fire can cause suffering, proliferation, and destruction....

Intrinsic Motivation at Work

Author: Thomas, Kenneth W.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Productivity

Maximizing productivity at work is a top priority for all business organizations, but all too often focus is limited to extrinsic rewards: tangible benefits such as pay, commissions, and bonuses. In Intrinsic...

Leading the Virtual Workforce

Author: Lojeski, Karen Sobel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Management, Technology

Institutional frameworks today are fueled by highly skilled and specially trained workers who are often spread out across great distances and communicate horizontally instead of vertically. Many organizations have not...

Grown Up Digital

Author: Tapscott, Don

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Management

As the first wave of the new global technology phenomenon, the Net Generation carries a revolutionary set of values, behaviors, and motivations that is already transforming the social and business landscape. In...

Lead by Example

Author: Baldoni, John

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management

Effective leadership depends upon the ability to inspire a team to peak performance. Lead by Example offers managers at every level advice on developing the character traits, attitudes, strategies, and...

Ordinary Greatness

Author: Bilbrey, Pamela | Jones, Brian

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management

As part of an experiment in context and perception, world renowned violinist Joshua Bell stood in a corner of a Washington D.C. metro station during the morning rush hour. Wearing street clothes, he pulled out his...

Clear Leadership

Author: Bushe, Gervase R.

Publisher: Intercultural Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management, Relationships

Successful business leaders understand that organizational success requires collaboration at all levels. Collaboration is no easy feat, however, as it hinges on clear, honest communications in the workplace. In complex...

The New Human Capital Strategy

Author: Hall, Ph.D., Bradley W.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Productivity

Bradley W. Hall identifies many problems with the current approach to talent management: no one is accountable; programs are emphasized over systems; and the existing Human Resources model is egalitarian, even though...

Igniting the Third Factor

Author: Jensen, Peter

Publisher: Performance Coaching Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Research indicates that coaching can increase performance much more than skill-focused job training alone. Most leaders, however, never learn the basic principles of successful coaching, why they are important, or how...

The Three Laws of Performance

Author: Zaffron, Steve | Logan, Dave

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management, Productivity

In the work environment and at home, when things are not working, people struggle with which part of the problem to address first. However, the reason that fixing a problem often does not deliver the expected results,...

Leadership Without Borders

Author: Cohen, Ed

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Global Business, Leadership, Management

Today, the working world is smaller and much more integrated. Home base for a business isn’t necessarily one’s home country, and leadership may often take business professionals out of their cultural comfort zones....

How

Author: Seidman, Dov

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Krazy George Henderson, on an October day in 1981 at Oakland Stadium, invented the sweep of crowd enthusiasm now known as the Wave. His seemingly trivial feat of coordinating humans to work together toward a common...

Evidence-Based Training Methods

Author: Clark, Ruth Colvin

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Human Resources, Management

In the education community, a useful body of research evidence related to training development and delivery has emerged only in the last 20 years. With that evidence, training practitioners now have a better idea of...

The Time Trap

Author: Mackenzie, Alec | Nickerson, Pat

Publisher: Amacom

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Personal Growth, Productivity

Who has never felt the need for more hours in the day to accomplish what must be done? The struggle to use time effectively in the face of overwhelming daily demands has not diminished since the late Alec Mackenzie...

Managing Hispanic and Latino Employees

Author: Nevaer, Louis E. V.

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

Louis Nevaer’s Managing Hispanic and Latino Employees is a practical guide to navigating cultural issues in the workplace. The book offers advice on managing a diverse workforce at each stage of...

10 Steps to Successful Meetings

Author: ASTD Editors ASTD Editors

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Productivity

In 10 Steps to Successful Meetings, the American Society for Training and Development provides key information needed to develop and facilitate effective meetings. Conducting efficient meetings is an...

Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees

Author: Colan, Lee J.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management, Relationships

When employees are fully engaged, they deliver passionate performance, a strong, sustained intellectual and emotional attachment to their work. Passionate performance creates a wall of differentiation between a firm...

The Distance Manager

Author: Fisher, Kimball | Fisher, Mareen Duncan

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2001

Categories: Leadership, Management, Technology

With an increasing number of employees working outside the central workplace, direct control over members of a project team is a thing of the past. In The Distance Manager, authors Kimball Fisher and...

How to Tell Anyone Anything

Author: Gallagher, Richard S.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Communication, Management

The mix of personalities, styles, and stressors in today’s fast-paced work environments provides a real challenge to effective communications. Whether dealing with a boss, someone we manage, or a peer, bringing up and...

Getting to Resolution

Author: Levine, Stewart

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Communication, Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth, Relationships

In traditional models of conflict resolution, disagreeing parties are pitted against one another in a highly adversarial win/lose scenario. According to Stewart Levine, author of Getting to Resolution...

Keeping the Millennials

Author: Sujansky, Joanne G | Ferri-Reed, Jan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

For the first time in history, corporate managers face the challenge of managing four generations at once: the Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y (the Millennials). As Boomers get ready to retire en...

Strategic Project Management Made Simple

Author: Schmidt, Terry

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management, Productivity

Too many project teams and project managers fail to accomplish their goals because they lack “the right tools to think, plan, and act effectively.” In Strategic Project Management Made Simple, Terry...

The Communication Problem Solver

Author: Carroll, Nannette Rundle

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Communication, Management

When employees cannot rely on their manager for clear communication, roles are confused, responsibilities are misunderstood, and trust and authority are undermined. In The Communication Problem Solver...

Extraordinary Groups

Author: Bellman, Geoffrey M. | Ryan, Kathleen D.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Leadership, Management, Productivity, Teams

People take part in group activities in countless aspects of their lives, but truly exceptional group experiences are rare. Groups that can harnesses the energy to satisfy their goals and surpass expectations have a...

Not Everyone Gets a Trophy

Author: Tulgan, Bruce

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

As members of Generation Y enter the workforce in ever-increasing numbers, they bring with them a new set of attitudes that can present unique challenges to their managers, many of whom come from older generations. It...

Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad

Author: Finnegan, Richard P.

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership Development, Management

Studies indicate that employee turnover costs anywhere from 12 to 40 percent of a company’s pretax income, making turnover a critical issue for executives in all industries. Turnover is especially important in poor...

Games at Work

Author: Goldstein, Mauricio | Read, Philip

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Relationships

Every company engages in some form of game play, whether knowingly or not, yet most companies do not understand the detriment these games can have on productivity and profitability. In Games at Work,...

My Secret Life on the McJob

Author: Newman, Jerry

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management

In March 1998 Jerry Newman visited a fast food restaurant with his daughter for breakfast. In her breakfast sandwich was a finger from a plastic sanitary glove. That experience led Newman, a university business...

Exceptional Leadership

Author: Dye, Carson F. | Garman, Andrew N.

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Health Care, Leadership, Management

In Exceptional Leadership, authors Carson F. Dye and Andrew N. Garman identify the 16 characteristics of outstanding healthcare leaders. Drawing on decades of healthcare experience and research, the authors identify...

Managing the Unexpected

Author: Weick, Karl E. | Sutcliffe, Kathleen M.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Business Strategy, Management

Successful organizations know that they must deal with unexpected events with flexibility, adaptability, and alertness. They learn from their mistakes, are less concerned with blame, and promote communication. In...

The Spider's Strategy

Author: Mukherjee, Amit S.

Publisher: FT Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Change Management, Management

Business leaders of today face tremendous challenges. Global data capabilities allow work production across distributed networks, requiring that companies manage the flow of raw material, work-in-process, money, and...

Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare

Author: Kovner, Anthony R. | Fine, David J. | D'Aquila, Richard

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Published Date: 2010

Categories: Health Care, Management

Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare is a compendium of essays and articles that support the use of evidence-based decision making. Authors Anthony Kovner, David Fine, and Richard D'Aquila argue that good managerial...

Extreme Toyota

Author: Osono, Emi | Shimizu, Norihiko | Takeuchi, Hirotaka | Dorton, John Kyle

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management, Productivity

Toyota is defined by contradictions. The auto company has a famously efficient production system, but appears to have heavy layers of management and a surplus of administrative employees. It has a stable history...

The Busy Manager's Guide to Delegation

Author: Luecke, Richard A. | McIntosh, Perry

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Productivity

All managers, from CEOs to frontline supervisors, must delegate to accomplish their goals. Yet, even though delegation enables managers to produce results through other people, many supervisors have not yet mastered...

Followership

Author: Atchison, Tom

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Health Care, Leadership, Management

For the last three decades healthcare workers have been adjusting to a new work environment—one that puts profits over people. Workers are unsure about their roles in the organization and many struggle to find meaning...

The GE Work-Out

Author: Ulrich, Dave | Kerr, Steve | Ashkenas, Ron

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2002

Categories: Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management

Employees at GE have a deeply engrained and internalized process for addressing and solving the company’s problems quickly, simply, and with the involvement of people who will ultimately carry out the decision. The...

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager

Author: Latham, Gary P.

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Leadership, Management

Like many skills, management is both an art and a science. The art of management is unique to an individual. The science of management, on the other hand, is based on empirical data and can be taught and replicated in...

Identifying and Managing Project Risk

Author: Kendrick, Tom

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Management, Productivity, Teams

All projects involve risk, and those projects that are successful generally have leaders who employ the best project management practices available. In his book Identifying and Managing Project Risk,...

10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning

Author: Barksdale, Susan | Lund, Teri

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Business Strategy, Management, Productivity

One practice that often sets successful businesses apart from the rest is strategic planning. These organizations benefit not just from having a strategic plan, but from undergoing the strategic planning process itself...

From Concept to Consumer

Author: Baker, Phil

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Management, Marketing, Productivity

Successful products not only depend on a good idea; they also require cost-effective manufacturing, customers who are willing to buy, and strong marketing and distribution programs. The steps leading from product...

Rethink

Author: Merrifield, Ric

Publisher: FT Press

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Change Management, Innovation, Management, Productivity

When it becomes necessary to search for cost efficiencies and business improvement ideas, company leaders tend to focus on fine-tuning processes (the hows) rather than focusing on what companies actually do and why...

10 Steps to Successful Project Management

Author: Russell, Lou

Publisher: ASTD Press

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Management, Productivity, Teams

Many people today find themselves in charge of one or more projects. Lou Russell uses her own experiences to lay out her 10 Steps to Successful Project Management that can be molded to fit any project...

Leading in Times of Crisis

Author: Dotlich, David L. | Cairo, Peter C. | Rhinesmith, Stephen H.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Change Management, Leadership, Management

The challenges facing leaders today continue to grow as the needs of investors, customers, and employees conflict with one another. Leading in Times of Crisis by David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo, and...

Corporate Agility

Author: Grantham, Charles E. | Ware, James P. | Williamson, Cory

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Business Strategy, Change Management, Management

In today's volatile and unpredictable economy, corporate agility is a prerequisite for success. Consequently, traditionally managed companies which are plagued by excess real estate; costly, inflexible labor forces;...

The Firefly Effect

Author: Douglas, Kimberley

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management, Teams

What does the ideal organic team look like? The Firefly Effect addresses the key characteristics that compose creative, energetic, and productive teams and discusses practical methods leaders can use...

Computer Fraud Casebook

Author: Wells, Joseph T.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Technology

Fraud-an act of deception practiced in order to secure personal gain - has been a longstanding threat for business owners. Rapid advances in computers, however, have propelled the issue of computer fraud into the...

If Disney Ran Your Hospital

Author: Lee, Fred

Publisher: Second River Healthcare Press

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Customer Focus, Health Care, Management

Fred Lee’s experiences in hospital leadership as well as at Disney led him to believe that any healthcare team can find its way to greatness if it has the passion and competence to do so. If Disney Ran Your...

Driving Results Through Social Networks

Author: Cross, Rob | Thomas, Robert J.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Management, Productivity, Relationships

Most leaders still rely too heavily on formal structures when designing their organizations and implementing strategy. However, these formal organizational structures often overlook the fact that every organization...

Authentic Conversations

Author: Showkeir, Jamie | Showkeir, Maren

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Communication, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Authentic Conversations, Jamie Showkeir and Maren Showkeir show the way to change the ways in which you communicate with both your peers and your subordinates at work. The authors suggest that by being aware of...

A Manager's Guide to Coaching

Author: Emerson, Brian | Loehr, Anne

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Personal Growth

In A Manager's Guide to Coaching, authors Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr operate under the premise that without engaging employees on a human level which responds to a coach's leadership, workplace production and...

Answering the Ultimate Question

Author: Owen, Richard | Brooks, Laura

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Customer Focus, Management

Net Promoter - a multi-faceted program focused on increasing company growth through focused enhancement of customer loyalty - has been implemented in organizations worldwide. Many leading companies have demonstrated...

Emotional Intelligence for Managing Results in a Diverse World

Author: Gardenswartz, Lee | Cherbosque, Jorge | Rowe, Anita

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth, Relationships

Over the past decade, emotional intelligence has been recognized more and more as a critical underpinning of success both on and off the job. It has become even more important as work environments have become...

The Credible Company

Author: D'Aprix, Roger

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Business Strategy, Communication, Leadership, Management

Why is it that there is a record number of employees who no longer trust the management of the companies for whom they work? What is being lost – or left unsaid – in the communication between executive leadership and...

Performance Management

Author: Cokins, Gary

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Business Strategy, Major Works, Management

The global business landscape has changed immensely over the past several decades according to author Gary Cokins, and it is time for the world’s business leaders to acknowledge that their organizations must change as...

Leadership Solutions

Author: Weiss, David S. | Molinaro, Vince | Davey, Liane

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Personal Growth

Organizations often struggle to build the leadership capacity necessary to thrive in an ever-changing global business environment. In fact, leadership development may be one of the biggest challenges facing businesses...

The Change Cycle

Author: Salerno, Ann | Brock, Lillie

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Change Management, Management, Personal Growth

Although change is usually unpredictable, the process of how people move through life’s change can be anticipated. In The Change Cycle, Ann Salerno and Lillie Brock provide readers with the six...

The Trophy Kids Grow Up

Author: Alsop, Ron

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

The millennial generation – comprised of individuals born between 1980 and 2001 – is shaking up the workplace. A polarizing generation that is both admired and critiqued, millennials are serious about changing work...

The Connect Effect

Author: Dulworth, Michael

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Management, Personal Growth, Relationships

In The Connect Effect, Michael Dulworth provides readers with a simple networking framework (the right people, the right conversations, the right time) and set of tools for developing personal,...

Great Business Teams

Author: Guttman, Howard M.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management, Teams

Great teams stand apart from the rest. They are undaunted by the toughest business challenges and are not content with simply overcoming such challenges. Instead, they use them as opportunities for transformation. In...

Executive Stamina

Author: Seldman, Marty | Seldman, Joshua

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Management, Personal Growth, Productivity

Most executives have an intense desire to achieve, and equally exhibit a strong sense of responsibility, but sometimes they overlook the fact that raising their endurance and energy levels can strengthen their...

The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

Author: Lencioni, Patrick

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Business Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

Miserable jobs – those that breed deep cynicism, unhappiness, and frustration – exist across all industries and status levels. Unfortunately, far too many employees experience job misery each day. Not only can this...

Talent

Author: Edward E. Lawler III

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Human Resources, Management

Although human capital is potentially the most powerful source of competitive advantage, in today’s global business environment, it is becoming increasingly difficult to design organizations that can turn talent into...

Coaching Corporate MVPs

Author: Butteriss, Margaret

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership Development, Management

For clues to finding success in the changing global marketplace, smart CEOs need only look to the world of sports, says author Margaret Butteriss in her book "Coaching Corporate MVPs. " Just like on the basketball...

The Manager's Guide to Rewards

Author: Jensen, Doug | Stark, Mel | McMullen, Tom

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Business Strategy, Human Resources, Management

Most books written about compensation and rewards are targeted at human resource professionals. But with more and more frontline managers making decisions about employee rewards, practical guidance is needed about how...

Transparency

Author: Bennis, Warren | Goleman, Daniel | O'Toole, James | Biederman, Patricia Ward

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

In today’s world, Transparency – acting with candor, disclosure, integrity, and honesty – is increasingly linked to both survival and success. Not only does Transparency enhance...

The Granularity of Growth

Author: Viguerie, Patrick | Smit, Sven | Baghai, Mehrdad

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Business Strategy, Management

It is undeniable that companies need growth to continue to thrive in today’s marketplace. The question that lingers in the minds of many organizational leaders – particularly those representing large companies – is...

Working Relationships

Author: Wall, Bob

Publisher: Davies Black

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth, Relationships

Being able to work with people is one of the most important factors in determining success on the job. The things that we need to improve our jobs are only a conversation away. Ideas go unexpressed or unheard because...

Deciding Who Leads

Author: McCool, Joseph Daniel

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership Development, Management

Because of the inherent risks and rewards of attracting senior management, leadership recruitment and succession planning are at the top of the agenda for growth-minded corporations. Organizations' futures are...

Igniting Gen B and Gen V

Author: Ahlrichs, Nancy S.

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

To compete in today’s marketplace, corporations need to develop employees that do more than just show up every day to work: employees need to be engaged in their work. Unfortunately, companies have historically...

Leaders at All Levels

Author: Charan, Ram

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management

In Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan addresses a growing problem in business—the shortage of leaders who are prepared to face today’s complex business environment. Many companies struggle to find...

Epic Change

Author: Clark, Timothy R.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Change Management, Leadership, Management

Successful change leadership is an often overlooked developmental skill in our global age where uncertainty, a hastened pace, and intensified competition have become the norm. Yet understanding and managing...

Five Key Principles of Corporate Performance Management

Author: Paladino, Bob

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: 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...

Becoming an Extraordinary Manager

Author: Sandler, Len

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2008

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

Most jobs in the business world come with a set of easily recognizable attributes: a desk, a paycheck, and a manager. While the first two are easily dealt with by most, the third can make an otherwise fulfilling job...

The Secret Language of Leadership

Author: Denning, Stephen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Communication, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

The power to communicate a complex idea or engender transformational change in a company and its people is a key characteristic of a good leader. Generating enduring enthusiasm through compelling storytelling...

The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition

Author: Kouzes, James M. | Posner, Barry Z.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

The Leadership Challenge, one of the best-selling leadership books of all time, is considered by many as the most trusted source on becoming a better leader. With this fourth edition, James M. Kouzes...

Speed Lead

Author: Kevan Hall

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Innovation, Management

Companies are growing at an ever-faster rate in today’s era of information technology and globalization. As a result, these organizations are becoming complex, and therefore slower and more expensive to run. People are...

A Manager's Guide to Improving Workplace Performance

Author: Chevalier, Roger

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2007

Categories: Human Resources, Management

At one time or another, most managers have experienced dissatisfaction with their employees' performance. Despite the strong temptation to fall prey to the assumption that poor performance is a result of unchangeable...

The Triple Bottom Line

Author: Savitz, Andrew W. | Karl, Weber

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Economics & Finance, Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

In The Triple Bottom Line, authors Andrew Savitz and Karl Weber look at how businesses can prosper financially while protecting and renewing the social, environmental, and economic resources they need—...

The Next Level

Author: Eblin, Scott

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

40 percent of new executives fail in their positions within eighteen months of promotion. Could it be that CEOs and executive teams have chosen the wrong person for the job nearly half the time? Scott Eblin doesn’t...

Built To Change.

Author: Lawler III, Edward E. | Worley, Christopher G.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Change Management, Innovation, Management

In Built to Change, Edward Lawler III and Christopher Worley address an important and ever-prevalent element of modern business that challenges organizations big and small, old and new. That immense issue is change,...

Leading Leaders

Author: Salacuse, Jeswald W.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2006

Categories: Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Leaders are in for a new set of challenges when they are called upon to manage people who are themselves leaders. This challenge is particularly prevalent in “high talent” organizations made up of people with high...

Deals from Hell

Author: Bruner, Robert F.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Economics & Finance, Management

Mega-mergers and acquisitions seem to be the norm these days. They garner a lot of press, and with good reason. Shareholders, stockholders, competitors, and regulatory agencies all follow these deals with great...

Designing the Customer-Centric Organization

Author: Galbraith, Jay R.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Customer Focus, Leadership Development, Management, Productivity

Studies show that, because sales to existing customers are more profitable than sales to new customers, today’s businesses are recognizing that establishing long-term customer relationships is the best way to ensure...

The Leadership Gap

Author: Weiss, David S. | Molinaro, Vince

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Canada Ltd.

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Personal Growth

Because leaders must shape their organizations, build teams, drive results, and inspire their employees to deliver value, leadership is a critical source of competitive advantage in today’s economy. However, Weiss and...

Time Mastery

Author: Clemens, John K. | Dalrymple, Scott

Publisher: Amacom

Published Date: 2005

Categories: Leadership, Management, Personal Growth

Every executive has wished for more hours in a day in order to meet all of his or her business goals. John K. Clemens and Scott Dalrymple suggest that more hours are not necessarily the best answer. They contend that...

Managing Across Cultures

Author: Solomon, Charlene M. | Schell, Michael S.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2009

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management

Today’s business world has become so interconnected that most businesspeople now regularly work with colleagues, customers, or suppliers from other cultures. Not everyone in the world shares American attitudes toward...

Leveraging The New Human Capital

Author: Burud, Sandra | Tumolo, Marie

Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Diversity, Human Resources, Management, Personal Growth

According to Burud and Tumolo, people live and work differently today than they did in the past. Because employees no longer have the “invisible” support of the home-based partner who backed workers of the Industrial...

Navigating the Badlands

Author: O'Hara-Devereaux, Mary

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Global Business, Leadership, Management

Business forecaster and author Mary O’Hara-Devereaux borrows a metaphor from the old American West, “navigating the badlands,” to describe the journey that business and industry finds itself on in the current...

Corporate Conversations

Author: Holtz, Shel

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Communication, Leadership, Management

While many companies invest significant sums of money in their external communications efforts, internal communications are frequently overlooked and considered as being of lesser importance. In today’s competitive,...

How Great Decisions Get Made

Author: Maruska, Don

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Management

In How Great Decisions Get Made, Maruska outlines ten steps that will help any group reach truly effective, innovative decisions backed by genuine commitment from all concerned. His ten-step process...

Shaping the Future

Author: Belgard, William P. | Rayner, Steven R.

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Leadership, Management

Change management should, theoretically, be an ongoing element of every company’s growth. However, with three-quarters of all change initiatives failing to achieve the intended results, change management has become a...

Building A Knowledge-Driven Organization

Author: Buckman, Robert H.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Human Resources, Management, Productivity

If knowledge is power, then knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied. For many years, the knowledge that Buckman Laboratories, an international specialty chemical company in business since 1945, brought to its...

Breakthrough

Author: Davidson, Bill

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published Date: 2004

Categories: Innovation, Management

Success is, unfortunately, not self-perpetuating. Once a company reaches the level of industry incumbent, and must not only defend its market share among established players in the industry, but also operate in a...

Absolute Honesty

Author: Johnson, Larry | Phillips, Bob

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Social Responsibility

With shocking revelations of deliberate corporate dishonesty and manipulation appearing almost daily in the media, many are beginning to wonder if the realities of business and the concept of integrity are, by...

Built to Learn

Author: Purington, Cliff | Butler, Chris | Gale, Sarah Fister

Publisher: AMACOM

Published Date: 2003

Categories: Management, Personal Growth

In 1998, aerospace giant, Rockwell Collins, was representative of the outdated approach to organizational learning that existed throughout the business world. Its training program, budgeted for $17.3 million, was...