Having made the U.S. financial crisis comprehensible for usall in The Big Short, Michael Lewis realised that he hadn't begunto get grips with the full story. How exactly had it come to hitthe rest of the world in the face too? Just how broke are wereally? Boomerang is a tragi-comic romp across Europe, in which Lewisgives full vent to his storytelling genius. The cheap credit thatrolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than asimple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entiresocieties the chance to reveal aspects of their characters theycould not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stopfishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turntheir country into a pi?ata stuffed with cash and allow as manycitizens as possible to take a whack. The Irish wanted to stopbeing Irish. The Germans wanted to be even more German. MichaelLewis's investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly,sadly hilarious. He also turns a merciless eye on America: on

The systematic management of executive talent is a key strategic challenge for most large corporations. This is an emerging field and, consequently, there is a lack of consensus about what is involved and a variety of approaches have been adopted. In Developing Executive Talent Jonathan Smilansky, Ph.D. summarises the key activities and concerns of large businesses in the USA and Europe that are focused around the identification, development and effective utilisation of executive talent. In doing so, he provides even the most experienced Human Resource executive with a much broader array of inputs about what today's leading organizations are doing in this area. What quickly becomes clear is that even the best businesses are still developing their talent management processes. There are no 'right' answers and different organizations, with different levels of commitment, at different stages of development and in different environments produce different approaches. Developing Executive Talent is a ma

Alan S. Blinder offers the dual perspective of a leading academic macroeconomist who served a stint as Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board--one who practiced what he had long preached and then returned to academia to write about it. He tells central bankers how they might better incorporate academic knowledge and thinking into the conduct of monetary policy, and he tells scholars how they might reorient their research to be more attuned to reality and thus more useful to central bankers. Based on the 1996 Lionel Robbins Lectures, this readable book deals succinctly, in a nontechnical manner, with a wide variety of issues in monetary policy. The book also includes the author's suggested solution to an age-old problem in monetary theory: what it means for monetary policy to be "neutral." 作者简介： Alan S. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics at Princeton University and former Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

The nonprofit sector is growing rapidly, creating a major need for expert advice on how to manage these organizations effectively. Management legend Peter Drucker provides excellent examples and explanations of mission, leadership, resources, marketing, goals, and much more. Interviews with nine experts also address key issues in this booming sector.

With major financial scandals popping up in greaternumbers—and with more inevitably on the way—it has never been moreimportant for you to understand what dishonest companies do totrick investors. Since the early 1990s, FinancialShenanigans has been helping investors unearth deceptivefinancial reporting at the most critical time— before they suffermajor losses. Now, the third edition broadens its focus to include thenewest, most sophisticated techniques companies use to misleadinvestors.

"One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves aplace in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball.Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-lifegeneral manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateurbaseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "thesingle most influential baseball book ever" (Rob Neyer, Slate) butalso what "may be the best book ever written on business" (WeeklyStandard). I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The storyconcerned a small group of undervalued professional baseballplayers and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit forthe big leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the mostsuccessful franchises in Major League Baseball. But the idea forthe book came well before I had good reason to write it—before Ihad a story to fall in love with. It began, really, with aninnocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball,the Oa

Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties,showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-termsustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of anenterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? Howcan good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieveenduring greatness?

By exploring measures that have transformed businesses, DavidParmenter has developed a methodology that is breathtaking in itssimplicity and yet profound in its impact. Now in an updated andexpanded Second Edition, Key Performance Indicators is a proactiveguide representing a significant shift in the way KPIs aredeveloped and used, with an abundance of implementation tools,including: The four foundation stones that lead the development and use ofKPIs A 12-step model for developing and using KPIs withguidelines A KPI resource kit including worksheets, workshop programs, andquestionnaires A new and pragmatic approach to finding critical successfactors Over 300 performance measures Implementation variations for small to medium enterprises andnot-for-profit organizations New implementation short cuts How to brainstorm performance measures Templates for reporting performance measures A resource kit for a consultant who is acting as a coach /facilit

To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate yourorganization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions thatwill enable your company to win in the marketplace. This meanschanneling resources into the right efforts, striking a balancebetween innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in thesame direction. How to accomplish all this? Continually ask the rightquestions, advises Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons.By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gapsin your strategy execution processes, focus on the most importantchoices you must make, and understand what's at stake in eachone. In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questionsyou and your team must regularly explore together: ·Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your companyto deliver maximum value to that customer? ·How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees,and customers? Is everyone in your company committed to thosevalues?

The international bestseller The Toyota Way explained thecompany's success by introducing a revolutionary 4P model fororganizational excellence-Philosophy, People, Process, and ProblemSolving. Now, in Toyota Culture, preeminent Toyota authoritiesJeffrey Liker and Michael Hoseus reveal how Toyota selects,develops, and motivates its people to become committed to buildinghigh-quality products-and how you can do the same for yourcompany. Toyota Culture examines the ?human systems? that Toyota has putin place to instill its founding principles of trust, mutualprosperity, and excellence in its plants, dealerships, and officesaround the world. Beginning with a look at the evolution of theToyota culture and why its people are the heart and soul of theToyota Way, the authors explain the company's four-stage processfor building and keeping quality people: Attract, Develop, Engage,and Inspire. Drawing upon numerous examples from Liker's decades of researchas well as Hoseus' insider access as a Toyota

develop language skills to enhance success in negotiation. The book is filled with real-life examples revealing how to detect subtleties in manner and speech that negotiation novices fail to notice. You'll learn how to identify the 'choice points' that occur during negotiations, how to influence and redirect the conversation to address what you need and ultimately get what you want. The author helps you: Identify your negotiation style and its limitations Use language strategically whether you're being subtle or direct Recognize deception and manage it Position and persuade artfully Effectively negotiate one-on-one and in teams Deal constructively with your own and others—heated emotions

Although its brown vans are on every block and its delivery service reaches more than 200 countries, UPS is among the world’s most underestimated and misunderstood companies. For the first time, a UPS “lifer” tells the behind-the-scenes story of how a small messenger service became a business giant. Big Brown reveals the remarkable 100-year history of UPS and the life of its founder Jim Casey—one of the greatest unknown capitalists of the twentieth century. Casey pursued a Spartan business philosophy that emphasized military discipline, drab uniforms, and reliability over flash—a model that is still reflected in UPS culture today. Big Brown examines all the seeming paradoxes about UPS: from its traditional management style and strict policies coupled with high employee loyalty and strong labor relations; from its historical “anti-marketing” bias (why brown?) to its sterling brand loyalty and reputation for quality.

On your rise to the top, hard work and experience are important, but they can take you only so far. To lead in your industry or profession, you must be ready to assume the leader's speaking role. In survey after survey, the number-one skill determined to be indispensable to leaders is communication. Must you be born with this talent, or can you learn how to command a room? In Speak like a CEO Suzanne Bates proves that you don't have to be a natural-born speaker to develop a compelling communication style all your own. Whether you're in the corner office or the Oval Office, at the dining room table or before an audience of millions, you'll find a blueprint to speak like a leader and get results. Not another one-size-fits-all guide to better presentations or public speaking, Speak like a CEO is a sophisticated approach based on the philosophy that successful leaders have their own unique communication styles. Its self-assessments, exercises, and customizable self-improvement plans let you zero in on your

If your life needs spicing up, this is your new bible. With over 400,000 copies sold, Benrik's brand of unhinged self-help has changed countless lives worldwide, some of them even for the better. "This Book Will Change Your Life" collects together the 365 best extreme life-changing tasks from the cult series "This Diary Will Change Your Life", and constitutes the definitive version. Road-tested by thousands of devotees, if this book doesn't change your life, you're most probably dead. Enjoy! 'Hip, visually delightful and almost endlessly engaging' - "The Guardian". 'Cheerfully nihilistic' - "The Times". 'Wonderful, zany, absorbing' - "The Observer". 'Will put a smile on even the gloomiest Monday-morning face' - "Glamour". 作者简介： Benrik are Ben Carey and Henrik Delehag, authors of A Book for People Who Want to Become Stinking Rich But Aren't Quite Sure How, This Diary Will Change Your Life and other books in a similar inspirational vein. Their aim is to twist everyday reality into a more plea

This second edition of Rosemary Caffarella's classic book, Planning Programs for Adult Learners, offers a concrete how-to guide and resource book for planning educational and training programs for adults in a variety of settings, from the corporate sector to educational organizations. This thoroughly revised and expanded resource includes a wealth of new material and fresh examples including the significance of discerning the planning context, the importance of addressing power dynamics and ethical issues encountered in the planning process, and current information about incorporating technology into the development and practice of adult education and training programs.

"Now there is a single source - this book - that gives you thestep-by-step, word-by-word instructions you need to get in front ofmore people and make more sales than ever before. Keith Rosen hasbrought together, in one book, the very best techniques for gettingmore and better appointments ever written in the field ofsales." —Brian Tracy, author, Advanced Selling Strategies

The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking. The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquir

Microfinancing is considered one of the most effective strategies in the fight against global poverty. And now, in Small Loans, Big Changes, author Alex Counts reveals how Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus revolutionized global antipoverty efforts through the development of this approach. This book presents compelling stories of women benefiting from Yunus’s microcredit in rural Bangladesh and urban Chicago, and recounts the experiences of different borrowers in each country, interspersing them with stories of Yunus, his colleagues, and their counterparts in Chicago.

It's great to be a woman . . . most of the time. Lisa Birnbach, Ann Hodgman, and Patty Marx have come up with 1,003 hilarious reasons why it's great all of the time. Pantyhose, high heels, lipstick, maxi pads, chocolate-all things feminine are covered. These three witty and wise women have delivered yet another hysterical list of 1,003 great things. Each writer has a unique (and much appreciated) take on being a modern-day woman. After all, today's females need to be tough, talented multitaskers with an amazing sense of humor-and that's just to compete with the males in grade school!

Drawing upon forty years of experience from his own sports andcelebrity management practice, Mark H. McCormack is back withcommon-sense advice aimed at business owners and would-be CEOs.McCormack's tips include: End your day on time People who say they can keep a secret usually can't It pays to overestimate your competition The best ideas cannot be stolen Know when to say "It's none of your business" Get paid for thinking rather than doing Time in front of the customer is the best time of all Be wary of unanimous agreement Not every budget deserves your respect Learn the art of picking up the check In ninety brief chapters that range in topic from getting aheadto staying competitive, McCormack makes clear that doing businessin today's climate still involves the same basic elements of humaninteraction-intelligence, creativity, and efficiency-that havealways meant the difference between success and failure.

"Logos and No Gos ought to be mandatory reference material for all managers of branded products and services. It is a concise, easy read, jammed with crucial information on how to survive and thrive in the I.P. Jungle. It shows how to add brand value and how to guard that value with your life. When Kangol moved out of manufacturing and distribution into brand licensing it took us a while to realise that brand value lies as much in the quality and protection of the I.P. portfolio as it does in the image and trading performance. With Logos and No Gos on your desk there can be no excuse for sloppy I.P. management."—David M. Heys, C.E.O., Kangol Holdings Ltd "Geoff Steward is a highly experienced practitioner in the field of Intellectual Property and Trade Marks in particular. Logos and No Gos embodies his wide experience and is a very readable guide to what is otherwise a tortuous and, often, near impenetrable legal mine-field for the unwary brand owner and brand developer. Anyone thinking of laun

THE TIPPING POINT is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This bestselling book, in which Malcolm Gladwell brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

Regarded as one of the pioneers of modern investment theory, Philip A. Fisher's investment principles are studied and used by contemporary finance professionals including Warren Buffett. Fisher was the first to consider a stock's worth in terms of potential growth instead of just price trends and absolute value. His principles espouse identifying long-term growth stocks and their emerging value as opposed to choosing short-term trades for initial profit. First published in 1958, this investment classic is considered a must-read as the foundation for many of today's popular investment beliefs.

Do you delight in planning and taking action? Do you revel in facts and data? Do you crave new ideas and experiences? Do you feel more complete when you are aroundothers? In other words, are you a spade, diamond, club,or heart? Find out by taking one of the quickest, easiest,and most entertaining personality tests to ever hit the businessmarket. Over 25,000 people in dozens of Fortune 500 companies haveplayed Personality Poker to spur innovation and optimizegrowth. Use the included cards and Steve Shapiro'sinsightful techniques to identify your personality "strong suit,"revealing where you really belong in an organization and how tomaximize your contribution. You will also discover: --Why the person you like the least is the oneyou need the most --How your greatest strength can limit yoursuccess --Why homogenous teams are more efficient, butend up limiting innovation