The first installment in a new series offering straightforward,practical wisdom from a top business guru John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Management is thefirst in a new series of titles from the noted business expert.Focused on concise, practical, and straightforward business wisdom,the series offers the kind of real-world insight that businessleaders thrive on. Short, punchy, and packed with real solutions, this bookprovides 100 proven and effective ideas for business managers,whether they manage a few people or a few hundred, and whether theywork for a small firm or a Fortune 100 giant. Proven, practical business wisdom for managers The first in a new series from renowned business authority JohnAdair Quick bites of business wisdom for everyday managementsuccess For real management wisdom from a proven expert, John Adair's100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Management offers everything youneed to be your brilliant best.
Most learning on the job is informal. This book offers advice on how to support, nurture, and leverage informal learning and helps trainers to go beyond their typical classes and programs in order to widen and deepen heir reach. The author reminds us that we live in a new, radically different, constantly changing, and often distracting workplace. He guides us through the plethora of digital learning tools that workers are now accessing through their computers, PDAs, and cell phones.
A top business consultant and speaker lights the path to a positive, productive work environment What do the best leaders do to achieve greatness in the modern workplace that is muddled by fear, pressure for productivity, overwork? Inspire! offers business leaders a clear vision of what a positive, productive, inspiring organization looks like in these challenging and chaotic times, and how to get there. The key to extraordinary long-term performance lies in a transformational commitment to inspiring people rather than motivating them. Lance Secretan's Higher Ground Leadership concepts have been widely used to increase profits and quality, slash staff turnover, and achieve record organizational and personal performance. Inspire! describes Lance's breakthrough thinking, often in the words of the pace-setting leaders who are implementing them and building legacies. Countless examples, stories, and case studies demonstrate the magic of these brilliant ideas. Six essential values form the foundation of posi
Risk control and derivative pricing have become of majorconcern to financial institutions, and there is a real need foradequate statistical tools to measure and anticipate the amplitudeof the potential moves of the financial markets. Summarisingtheoretical developments in the field, this 2003 second edition hasbeen substantially expanded. Additional chapters now coverstochastic processes, Monte-Carlo methods, Black-Scholes theory,the theory of the yield curve, and Minority Game. There arediscussions on aspects of data analysis, financial products,non-linear correlations, and herding, feedback and agent basedmodels. This book has become a classic reference for graduatestudents and researchers working in econophysics and mathematicalfinance, and for quantitative analysts working on risk management,derivative pricing and quantitative trading strategies.
Why are you doing what you're doing when you're doing it?” If you can account for one-hundred percent of time spent in the workplace, you're more organized than most people; if not, you need to rethink your day. Getting Organized at Work provides 24 proven tips, tools, and strategies that will help you analyze your use of time, root out inefficiencies, and change bad habits. Address the practical, realistic challenges inside and you'll soon see measurable differences in your productivity. This constructive, high-speed guide offers all the information you'll need to: Organize and prioritize the elements of your day Develop and use a master list to keep your mind clear and the work flowing Set realistic goals by anticipating unplanned, time-wasting obstacles Plan, schedule, and conduct meetings so you don't waste your-and everyone else's-precious time Convert your telephone and email inboxes from time-wasters into time-savers These simple tips will help you elimi
In Turning Passions into Profits，Chris Howard，a leading authority on personal influence and effec-tiveness，helps readers break through boundaries to achieve wealth and power.He gives eye-opening insight into the playing field and the rules of the game of life，and provides innovative techniques and con-crete tools for expanding the playing field，rewriting the rules，and winning the game. Each individual’s personal rule book is based on learned behavior and personal experiences that shape his or her perspectives.Turning Passions into Profits helps readers recognize and overcome their stifling,self-imposed rules and limitations and move toward a more fulfilling and rewarding future. “Change your focus and take charge of your life”is Howard’s mantra.He provides actionable techniques to get readers on the fast track from today’s frustrating status quo to tomorrow’s infinite possibilities.This inspiring，empowering book includes thought-provoking exercises to complete and strategies
The greatest motivational book of all time! Napoleon Hill's thirteen step programme will set you on the pathto wealth and success. Think and Grow Rich reveals the money-makingsecrets of hundreds of America's most affluent people. By thinkinglike them, you can become like them. This powerful 1937 classic,with analysis from self-development authority Tom Butler-Bowdon,will continue to be read through the decades of economic boom andbust, proving that the magic formula for making money neverchanges.
Strong customer-focused companies have a clear, relevant promise which they obsessively deliver day-in, day-out. At the same time, they relentlessly drive the market by evolving the offer in the face of market developments and opportunities. Because they meet customer needs better than the competition, again and again, they are able to generate sustainable, profitable, market-leading organic growth. The problem the book addresses is how to achieve this. The authors identify five key steps using their framework for success: Offer a clear, relevant customer promise Build customer trust by reliably delivering that promise Continuously improve the promise, while still reliably delivering it Drive the market by innovating beyond the familiar Support all this with an open organization that promotes frank discussion based on clear facts and market feedback. Above all the book runs counter to the fashionable claim that the starting-point for business success should be to find a 'blue-sky', 'out-of-the-box' bre
"If more business books were as useful, concise, and just plain fun to read as THE MCKINSEY WAY, the business world would be a better place." --Julie Bick, best-selling author of ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT. "Enlivened by witty anecdotes, THE MCKINSEY WAY contains valuable lessons on widely diverse topics such as marketing, interviewing, team-building, and brainstorming." --Paul H. Zipkin, Vice-Dean, The Fuqua School of Business It's been called "a breeding ground for gurus." McKinsey & Company is the gold-standard consulting firm whose alumni include titans such as "In Search of Excellence" author Tom Peters, Harvey Golub of American Express, and Japan's Kenichi Ohmae. When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. In THE MCKINSEY WAY, former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem so
Another extraordinary business fable from the "New York Times"bestselling author Patrick LencioniWritten in the same dynamicstyle as his previous bestsellers including "The Five Dysfunctionsof a Team," Lencioni illustrates the principles of inspiring clientloyalty through a fascinating business fable. He explains thetheory of vulnerability in depth and presents concrete steps forputting it to work in any organization. The story follows a smallconsulting firm, Lighthouse Partners, which often beats outbig-name competitors for top clients. One such competitor buys outLighthouse and learns important lessons about what it means toprovide value to its clients. Offers a key resource for gainingcompetitive advantage in tough times Shows why the quality ofvulnerability is so important in business Includes ideas forinspiring customer and client loyalty Written by the highlysuccessful consultant and business writer Patrick LencioniThis newbook in the popular Lencioni series shows what it takes to gain areal and lastin
Michael Moe was one of the first research analysts to identify Starbucks as a huge opportunity following its IPO in 1992. And for more than fifteen years, he has made great calls on many other stocks, earning a reputation as one of today’s most insightful market experts. Now he shows how winners like Dell, eBay, and Home Depot could have been spotted in their start-up phase, and how you can find Wall Street’s future giants. He forecasts the sectors with the greatest potential for growth, and explains his four Ps of future superstars: great people, leading product, huge potential, and predictability. Moe also includes interviews with some of the biggest names in business—like Howard Schultz, Bill Campbell, and Michael Milken—who reveal their own insights into how they discover the stars of tomorrow.
Praise for "Banker to the World" ""Rhodes's recollections are lively and richly detailed, repletewith glimpses of top-ranking personalities from the world ofbanking and government interacting under pressure, and they providea rare window into how these important but normally secretiveoperations of high-level international finance actually work. . . .Whether America's bankers will run their firms more responsibly inthe future remains an open question. They would do well to havepeople like William Rhodes in their senior management--and, nexttime around, to listen to them."" --The New York Review of Books ""Mr. Rhodes was one of the few members of the financialestablishment to sense that the world was on the brink of acalamity in 2007 (most of the prophets of doom were either academictheoreticians or maverick financiers) . . . . In "Banker to theWorld" . . . Mr. Rhodes succeeds in hammering home three lessonsthat we need to take to heart if we are to have any chance ofnavigating t
This book gives an account of the creative work of theorists at the largest Soviet secret laboratory, now the Russian Federal Nuclear Center at Arzamas-16, and concrete situations where some famous results on the essentials of theoretical physics emerged, so to speak, in the intermissions of the quest for bombs. The collection contains about 30 papers with brief comments. Some of them have received international recognition. But few people can conceive where they were written, since the publication of a paper by a secret physicist in a Soviet journal was supported by fictitious affiliations. Other papers are less well known, particularly because Soviet journals were not always translated into European languages. However, pioneer results contained in them merit more attention.
"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with yournew skills." -- Larry King"The lost art of verbal communication maybe revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of “How toSwim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive” What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved andrespected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, theirlover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporateladder. What is their "Midas touch?" What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing withpeople. The author has spent her career teaching people how tocommunicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone(Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy andeffective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader fromfirst meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used bythe big winners in life. In this information-packed book you’llfind: 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk,"
Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge gathers together in one place a remarkable collection of leaders who share insights on faith and leadership. Well-grounded in research, this reflective and practical book shows how Christian leaders - no matter the setting - put into place The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart.
The high-profile accounting scandals of recent years have madeone thing clear: You can't know too much about the company forwhich you work. What are the numbers? Where do you find them? Howdo they affect you and your staff? This fully revised and updated third edition of The McGraw-Hill36-Hour Course: Finance for Nonfinancial Managers provides a firmgrasp on what all the numbers really mean. Designed to let youlearn at your own pace, it walks you through: The essential concepts of finance, so you can ask intelligentquestions and understand the answers Vital statements and reports, with sections on pro formafinancial statements and expensing of stock options The auditing process--what is measured, how it's measured, andhow you can help ensure accuracy and completeness With chapter-ending quizzes and an online final exam, TheMcGraw-Hill 36- Hour Course: Finance for Nonfinancial Managers serves as avirtual professor, providing the curriculum you need to crunch thenumber
In the wake of recent accounting scandals, most managers now realize they need to know more about the inner workings of finance. Many, however, don't know where they will find the time. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers is designed to give readers a working mastery of all finance essentials in just 36 hours and has now been updated to help readers understand the substantial regulatory and practical changes that have taken place in the new world of business accounting. This hands-on workbook delivers its information in accessible and reader-friendly style, including self-study questions and case studies for each chapter. Information new to this edition includes: Key updates to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) Sections detailing what auditing is and what auditors do Entirely new sections on pro forma financial statements, stock options as an expense, and more .
The companion to Drucker's seminal work Management, completely revised and updated Management Cases, Revised Edition is a collection of thought-provoking case studies—each a timeless representative of a challenge that all managers will face at some point in their careers. Longtime Drucker colleague, collaborator, and eminent management professor Joseph A. Maciariello has organized the material to be used in conjunction with Management, Revised Edition, making the book particularly useful in undergraduate, MBA, and executive education classrooms. It contains fifteen completely new cases written especially for this edition plus another thirty-five revised and updated cases, ensuring that the book provides comprehensive coverage of the most important management dilemmas and most timeless leadership wisdom. An essential resource for business students and working professionals alike, the book will help readers test and hone their management skills.
Killing the Imposter God explores the complex religious and spiritual dimensions of the best-selling fantasy series. Donna Freitas and Jason King—scholars of religion and popular culture—reveal how humanity's moral and religious issues play out in Pullman’s literary phenomenon, showing that the trilogy—far from preaching atheism, as many have suggested—actually presents a vision of a universe permeated with divinity and rich with the Christian tradition Pullman himself so publicly rejects. Weaving together critical theory that spans the disciplines of theology, ethics, feminist studies, and philosophy, the authors examine the questions His Dark Materials raises about destruction and salvation, love and redemption, the abuse of power, and the divine—making the case that Pullman the self-professed atheist has created a Christian classic of our times.
This book examines the major contributing factors which catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant service industry in less than two decades. It focuses on KFC China's competitive differentiators, and how they jelled in support of a coherent business strategy, and of each other. The successful execution of KFC China's business strategy has since been rewarded with an unlikely industry leadership position in growth, profitability, market share, and brand recognition in the world's fastest growing economy.
The best guide to using Twitter to market toconsumers-revised and better than ever Since 2006, forward-thinking companies like Apple, JetBlue,Whole Food, and GM have discovered the instant benefits ofleveraging social media site Twitter to reach consumers directly,build their brand, and increase their sales. Some companies havewhole teams of specialists whose only job is to respond to thetweets of consumers. In this revised and updated edition of Twitter Power, online marketing guru Joel Comm explores the latest trends in howbusinesses and marketers can integrate Twitter into their existingmarketing strategies to build a loyal following among Twittermembers, expand awareness of their product or service, and evenhandle negative publicity due to angry or disappointedcustomers. Updated with thirty percent new material, including all thelatest business applications for Twitter Includes new, recent case studies of companies at the forefrontof the Twitter movement Helps you develop your own social netw
"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
How can companies perform so well that their industry counterparts are competitors in name only? Although they operate in the same industry, serve the same market, and even use the same suppliers, these “rabbits” lead the race and, more importantly, continually widen their lead. In Chasing the Rabbit, Steven J. Spear describes what sets high-velocity, market-leading organizations apart and explains how you can lead the pack in your industry. Spear examines the internal operations of dominant organizations, including Toyota, Alcoa, Pratt & Whitney, the US Navy's Nuclear Power Program, and top-tier teaching hospitals--organizations operating in vastly differing industries, but which share one thing in common: the skillful management of complex internal systems that generates constant, almost automatic self-improvement at rates faster, durations longer, and breadths wider than anyone else musters. As a result, each enjoys a level of profitability, quality, efficiency, reliability, and agility unmatched
As running a corporate?or government or not-for-profit?enterprise becomes increasingly complicated, more sophisticated approaches are needed to implement strategy and measure performance. Purely financial evaluations of performance, for example, no longer suffice in a world where intangible assets?relationships and capabilities?increasingly determine the prospects for success. Kaplan, a Harvard Business School professor of accounting, and Norton, president of Renaissance Solutions, make a key contribution by describing and illustrating the balanced scorecard, a multidimensional approach to measuring corporate performance that incorporates both financial and non-financial factors. The concept of a balanced scorecard originated in a study group of 12 companies that met throughout 1990; since then, the authors have worked with several companies, including FMC Corporation, Brown & Root Energy Services, Mobil and CIGNA, to create scorecards and use them as a systematic means to implement new organizational strateg
