Management

Management

 
The Art of Convening Neal, Craig | Craig, Patricia | Wold, Cynthia Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 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...

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Smart Questions Nadler, Gerald | Chandon, William J. Jossey-Bass , 2004 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...

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No More Pointless Meetings Murphy, Martin AMACOM , 2013 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...

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The Manager's Guide to HR Muller, Max AMACOM , 2009 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...

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The Spider's Strategy Mukherjee, Amit S. FT Press , 2009 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...

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The Laws of Charisma Mortensen, Kurt W. AMACOM , 2011 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...

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Make Up Your Mind Mooz, Hal John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 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...

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Managing Mintzberg, Henry Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 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...

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Rethink Merrifield, Ric FT Press , 2009 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...

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The 2020 Workplace Meister, Jeanne C. | Willyerd, Karie HarperCollins , 2010 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...

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