Management
Management
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...
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...
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—...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
