You can't ask for more than efficient, effective operations.Or can you? Given today's business landscape--increasing customerdemand, global competition, lower trade barriers--being good isn'tenough. This groundbreaking guide provides the knowledge and toolsyou need to transform your organization from a well-run company toa relentlessly innovative company. Innovation expert JeffreyPhillips has helped businesses around the world achieve thedream--the implementation of innovation as a consistent businessdiscipline. In Relentless Innovation, he reveals his secrets forthe first time. Phillips argues that today's typical businessmodels actually impede innovation because they place so much focuson efficiency, cost cutting, and short-term gain. Does thisdescribe your business model? If it does, you need to revisit yourapproach and redefine your idea of what success actually is. Youmay find that your "business as usual" processes actively rejectinnovation efforts. Relentless Innovation has everything you needto

In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done , veteran coach and management consultantDavid Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-freeperformance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of peopleacross the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity isdirectly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our mindsare clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effectiveproductivity and unleash our creative potential. In GettingThings Done Allen shows how to:

Corporate guru Charan (The Game Changer) and Conaty, a 40-yearHR leader at General Electric, reveal how successful companies stayon top by developing leaders at every level of operation. Headingthe list is GE under the leadership of Jack Welch. Nicknamed"Neutron Jack" for his ruthless willingness to fire non-performers,Welch created a new culture at GE by transforming the criteria forexecutive performance so that management had to get to know theirworkers, which allowed them to choose future leaders to develop ina series of room-to-grow jobs. The authors offer suggestions foradopting Welch's methods for today's global environment, examiningnot only GE but also Novartis, Hindustan Unilever, and Proctor andGamble to suggest that today's leaders need to manage multiplebrands in one country, shepherd a single brand across the globe,and spend time working abroad. A liberal use of jargon ("Hesearches for discontinuities in the external landscape") willdistance general readers, but business types will find th

In his bestselling first book, Getting Things Done ,veteran coach and management consultant David Allen presented hisbreakthrough methods to increase efficiency. Now "the personalproductivity guru" ( Fast Company ) shows readers how toincrease their ability to work better, not harder—every day. Basedon Allen’s highly popular e-newsletter, Ready for Anything offers readers 52 ways to immediately clear your head forcreativity, focus your attention, create structures that work, andtake action to get things moving. With wit, inspiration, and know-how, Allen shows readers how tomake things happen—with less effort and stress, and lots moreenergy, creativity, and effectiveness. Ready for Anything isthe perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at his or hervery best.

"Oh, screw it, let's do it." That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, inslightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successfulventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), tomusic (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail(Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging fromfinancial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track recordsecond to none. Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageousautobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time.When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friendsdecided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's callit just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own"rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a globalpresence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, andminimal bureaucracy. Many of Richard Branson's companies--airlines, retailing, andcola are good examples--were started in the face of

With corporate scandals dominating the headlines on aregular basis, business ethics are more important than ever. Thisamusing primer highlights everything an aspiring CEO should knowabout maintaining integrity in corporate America. You llfind: - Guidance on making fair and honest business decisions - A quiz to test your own ethics - Advice on promoting ethical behavior - Simple lessons for making your workplace a positiveenvironment - And much, much more. It's the perfect gift for office newbies, seasoned executives,and college graduates everywhere!

Meet John and Peter, two young business school graduates aboutto become frustrated foot soldiers for the world of high finance.20 hour days, inflated salaries, senseless prospects, outlandishcharacters and strip club lap dances make escaping with theirsanity sound like the best deal of all.

An international sensation—and still the talk of the relevantblogosphere—this Wall Street Journal and New York Times businessbestseller examines the "power" in numbers. Today more than ever,number crunching affects your life in ways you might not evenimagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make thegrade. In order to succeed—even survive—in our data-based world,you need to become statistically literate. Cutting-edge organizations are already crunching increasinglylarger databases to find the unseen connections among seeminglyunconnected things to predict human behavior with staggeringlyaccurate results. From Internet sites like Google and Amazon thatuse filters to keep track of your tastes and your purchasinghistory, to insurance companies and government agencies that everyday make decisions affecting your life, the brave new world of thesuper crunchers is happening right now. No one who wants to stayahead of the curve should make another keystroke without readingIan Ayre

Managing people is fraught with challenges even if you're aseasoned manager. Here's how to handle them. If you read nothingelse on managing people, read these 10 articles. We've combedthrough hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selectedthe most important ones to help you maximize your employees'performance. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People will inspireyou to: Tailor your management styles to fit your people Motivatewith more responsibility, not more money Support first-timemanagers Build trust by soliciting input Teach smart people how tolearn from failure Build high-performing teams Manage your boss

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormoustalent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments ina simpler way: through self-discipline. No Excuses! shows youhow you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life,including your personal goals, business and money goals, andoverall happiness. Each of the 21 chapters in this book shows you how to be moredisciplined in one aspect of your life, with end-of-chapterexercises to help you apply the "no excuses" approach to your ownlife. With these guidelines, you can learn how to be moresuccessful in everything you do--instead of wistfully envyingothers you think are just "luckier" than you. A littleself-discipline goes a long way…so stop making excuses and readthis book!

Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreamsof having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time whenwomen didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of thefledgling USA Today ; and, in her current position as thepresident of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to launch amagazine. In 2006 she was named one of Fortune’s “50 Most PowerfulWomen in American Business” for the seventh consecutive year. Now,in the exuberant, down-to-earth voice that is her trademark, Cathieexplains how she achieved “the 360° life”—a blend of professionalaccomplishment and personal contentment—and how any woman can seizeopportunity in the workplace. No matter where you are in your career, Basic Black offersinvaluable lessons that will help you land the job, promotion, orproject you’re vying for. At the core of the book are Cathie’scandid, personal stories. She walks us through her decision to riskdropping a huge ad agency that handled the USA Today campaign in favor of a small bo

From two leaders in executive education at Harvard BusinessSchool, here are the mental habits and proven strategies you needto achieve outstanding results in any negotiation. Whether you’ve “seen it all” or are just starting out,Negotiation Genius will dramatically improve your negotiatingskills and confidence. Drawing on decades of behavioral researchplus the experience of thousands of business clients, the authorstake the mystery out of preparing for and executingnegotiations—whether they involve multimillion-dollar deals orimproving your next salary offer. What sets negotiation geniuses apart? They are the men andwomen who know how to: ?Identify negotiation opportunities where others see noroom for discussion ?Discover the truth even when the other side wants toconceal it ?Negotiate successfully from a position of weakness ?Defuse threats, ultimatums, lies, and other hardballtactics ?Overcome resistance and “sell” proposals using proveninfluence tactics

One of the most popular and respected style guides ever written,this handbook by a seasoned writer with more than forty years ofexperience offers ten principles and seven axioms that professionalwriters use to express their thoughts clearly and effectively. Thislatest edition is expanded to include an extensive glossary ofAmerican idiomatic expressions, developed to assist users fromother backgrounds and cultures; new chapters with tips onlittle-known facts of usage, such as compound words, hyphenation,numeration, and capitalization; and explanations of technicalproblems encountered in writing and editing with tips and exercisesto help solve them. For anyone faced with the challenges of writtenEnglish, Writing with Precision can help readers write moreclearly, more effectively, and more precisely than they everhave. Previous editions of Writing with Precision have beenselected by the Writer's Digest , McMillan , Fortune , and Reader's Digest book clubs.

A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. Aninternational conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprisingscientific revolution. Albert-László Barabási, the nation'sforemost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on anintellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations,and living organisms are more similar than previously thought.Grasping a full understanding of network science will someday allowus to design blue-chip businesses, stop the outbreak of deadlydiseases, and influence the exchange of ideas and information. Justas James Gleick brought the discovery of chaos theory to thegeneral public, Linked tells the story of the true science of thefuture.

Customize your delivery for maximum persuasive power. If you need the best practices and ideas for communicatingeffectively--but don't have time to find them--this book is foryou. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in oneplace. This collection of HBR articles will help you: - Pitch your brilliant idea successfully - Connect with your audience - Establish credibility - Inspire others to realize your vision - Adapt to your listeners' decision-making styles - Frame goals around common interests - Build consensus and win concessions - Neutralize stressful conversations

During Toyota’s highly publicized recalls of 2009 and 2010,the legendary carmaker’s 60-year-old reputation for operationalexcellence was put under the microscope. Business pundits wonderedout loud if Toyota’s quality levels had decreased dramatically,while the harshest critics predicted the end of the company as weknow it. For the most part, the government’s fi ndings absolvedToyota of serious defects and accidents, and Toyota recoveredrapidly—but mistakes were made, which showed that Toyota is notperfect. In fact, there is always opportunity for improvement inevery process. In his bestselling business management classic The ToyotaWay , Jeffrey Liker introduced the world to the foundationalprinciples that have made Toyota the envy of companies around theworld. Now, in The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement ,Liker teams up with former Toyota production engineer James Franzto explain the underlying thinking behind continuous improvementand why any company needs a disciplined approach

What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everydaytruths so eminently forgettable? How do newspapers set aboutensuring that their headlines make you want to read on? And why dowe remember complicated stories but not complicated facts? In thecourse of over ten years of study, Chip and Dan Heath haveestablished what it is that determines whether particular ideas orstories stick in our minds or not, and "Made to Stick" is thefascinating outcome of their painstaking research.Packed full ofcase histories and thought-provoking anecdotes, it shows, amongother things, how one Australian scientist convinced the world he'ddiscovered the cause of stomach ulcers by drinking a glass filledwith bacteria, how a gifted sports reporter got people to watch afootball match by showing them the outside of the stadium, and howhigh-concept pitches such as 'Jaws on a spaceship' ("Alien") and'Die Hard on a bus' ("Speed") convince movie executives to investvast sums of money in a project on the basis of almost noinformati

In this remarkable New York Times bestseller, Joel Osteenoffers unique insights and encouragement that will help readersovercome every obstacle in their lives.

The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle ofPixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternityof geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius JohnLasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become thegold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a shortspecial effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way upthrough the landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others. David A. Price goes behind the scenes of the corporatefeuds between Lasseter and his former champion, Jeffrey Katzenberg,as well as between Jobs and Michael Eisner. And finally he exploresPixar's complex relationship with the Walt Disney Company as ittransformed itself into the $7.4 billion jewel in the Disneycrown.

"[A]...breakthrough for the genre....Peters is not onlythe father of the postmodern corporation...he may well haveproduced the first piece of postmodern management literature."--LosAngeles Times "No matter where you are in your career, this book is a mustread. The younger your thinking the more you'll get out ofit." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer "A manual for businesses that want to survive and thrive in aworld continually undergoing change." --St. PetersburgTimes "Tom Peters has done it again."--J.W. Marriot, Jr., CEO, MarriotInternational, Inc. "[Peters] yields potent insights...his keen attention to thehuman element in organizational growth and change shinesthrough...No cutting-edge manager can afford to ignoreit."--Publishers Weekly -- Review

THE REMARKABLE AND INSPIRING TRUE STORY OF ONE GUY WHOTRANSFORMED HIS UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE INTO ACTION A year and a half after he graduated from college, Sean Aikenfound himself struggling to answer the question “What should I dowith my life?” His mother suggested teaching. His older sister toldhim to apply for an entry-level corporate position. His fathersaid, “It doesn’t matter what you do, just make sure it’s somethingyou’re passionate about.” Taking his father’s advice to heart, Seancreated the One-Week Job Project and launched himself on an epicjourney to find his passion. His goal: to work fifty-two jobs infifty-two weeks. After the launch of his website, oneweekjob.com, the offers beganpouring in. Sean’s first gig was—literally—jumping off a bridge, asa bungee operator in British Columbia. From there he traveledacross Canada and the United States, reinventing himself as afirefighter, an aquarium host, a radio DJ, a martial artsinstructor, an NHL mascot,

Do you think it's possible to truly enjoy your job? No matterwhat it is or where you are? Timothy Gallwey does, and in thisgroundbreaking book he tells you how to overcome the innerobstacles that sabotage your efforts to be your best on thejob. Timothy Gallwey burst upon the scene twenty years ago with hisrevolutionary approach to excellence in sports. His bestsellingbooks The Inner Game of Tennis and The Inner Game ofGolf , with over one million copies in print, changed the way wethink about learning and coaching. But the Inner Game that Gallweydiscovered on the tennis court is about more than learning a betterbackhand; it is about learning how to learn, a critical skill that,in this case, separates the productive, satisfied employee from therest of the pack. For the past twenty years Gallwey has taken hisInner Game expertise to many of America's top companies, includingAT T, Coca-Cola, Apple, and IBM, to teach their managers andemployees how to gain better access to their own internalresourc

Catapulted onto the world stage by a daring reform agenda, present-day China represents an experiment unique in human history. Its astonishing economic ascent and rapidly expanding consumer market has captured the global imagination. Bristling with amazing opportunities which may conceal considerable risks, engaging with China is inescapable for many firms. How to Do Business in China highlights 24 lessons that will facilitate your entry into China. Tips on avoiding common mishaps and enhancing your preparedness are outlined. This book provides valuable insights into：The nature of business environment、Strategic thinking、Negotiation、Cultural awareness、Anticipating problems、Understanding the bigger picture. This exhilarating and mostly untapped marketplace replete with idiosyncrasies is a dominant force shaping the 21st century. How to Do Business in China will sensitise you to the issues as it clearly depicts the challenges ahead. 作者简介： Nick Dallas, PHD, is a China watcher and we