PROFESSIONAL relationships
PROFESSIONAL relationships
In You Can’t Lead with Your Feet on the Desk, Ed Fuller, the leader of Marriott International Lodging, offers real-world advice about how to connect with, manage, and do business with people who have...
Influence has always mattered in the workplace, but as organizations and projects have become more complex, the need to influence others in order to complete a task has increased. In Influencing Up,...
People Follow You by Jeb Blount provides a framework for leading people in today’s high pressure workplace. The book describes seven guiding principles and five specific levers to help leaders improve...
Many healthcare organizations struggle to communicate effectively with physicians and engage them, particularly when dealing with change implementation. In Inside the Physician Mind, Joseph S. Bujak...
In this revised edition of The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, Edgar H. Schein examines the basic definition of corporate culture, why culture is important in the first place, how to work with it at...
For a total of thirteen years, Ross Perot successfully worked inside the bureaucracies of the Navy and IBM, yet he left both organizations in disgust. His narrow focus on the mission made the Navy seem obtuse and...
Anyone who crosses a national or cultural boundary when doing business faces a common set of hazards. Differences in language, social customs, and business styles add further complexity to already-complicated...
Behind the problems that plague organizations are individuals who cannot, or will not, deal with broken promises and violated expectations. The problems often involve broken rules, missed deadlines, and simply...
According to Cassara, the devastation and shock of September 11, and the resultant downturn in the market, have caused people in all walks of life to rethink what really matters and to change their fundamental beliefs...
Fear comes in many different—and often disguised—forms. In addition to preventing many from achieving the levels of professional success of which they are capable, fear is also the root cause of most conflict in...
