PERFORMANCE -- Management

PERFORMANCE -- Management

 
Your Best Just Got Better Womack, Jason W. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 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...

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Living for the Weekday Swindall, Clint John Wiley and Sons, Inc. , 2010 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...

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SuperCompetent Stack, Laura John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Personal Growth, Productivity

In SuperCompetent, Laura Stack details the six keys to attaining super competent status: activity, availability, attention, accessibility, accountability, and attitude. Becoming super competent...

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What To Do When There's Too Much To Do Stack, Laura Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Productivity

Today’s fast-paced and high-pressured business environment often requires workers to spend sixty, seventy, eighty, or more hours per week on the job. Unfortunately, productivity tends to decrease as work hours increase...

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Critical SHIFT Silverman, Lori L. | Propst, Annabeth L. ASQ Quality Press , 1999 Innovation, Management, Productivity

According to Lori L. Silverman and Annabeth L. Propst, the concept of quality, as used within the context of "total quality management," has fallen out of favor. However, it is not "dead" but is being replaced by...

 
 
The Way We're Working Isn't Working Schwartz, Tom | Gomes, Jean | McCarthy, Catherine Free Press , 2010 Productivity

Today’s highly competitive business world has led to a work environment where people feel a constant sense of urgency. Unfortunately, this atmosphere reduces employee creativity, engagement, and performance. In...

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Developing Exemplary Performance One Person at a Time Sabbag, Michael Davies-Black Publishing , 2009 Human Resources, Leadership Development, Personal Growth, Productivity

When it comes to performance development, many leaders are happy to accept work that is merely “satisfactory.” But what if each employee could be developed into an exemplary performer, executing their duties at a level...

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The Enemy of Engagement Royal, Mark | Agnew, Tom AMACOM , 2011 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...

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The New Age of Innovation Prahalad, C. K. | Krishnan, M. S. McGraw-Hill , 2008 Business Strategy, Customer Focus, Innovation

Traditionally, it was assumed that companies created value and offered it to customers. This firm- and product-centric view is being replaced, however, by customers’ personalized experience with products and services,...

 
 
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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