Do you remember where the deed to your house is, what you paidfor the painting hanging over your mantle, where your lifeinsurance documents are? Have you photographed your belongings?Have you thought through your estate planning? Does anyone knowwhat to do if something happens to you? Does everyone know whatyour wishes are? Life Organizer: The Essential Record Keeper Estate Planneris the perfect place for storing all essential information, andfinding lots of personal planning advice. Learn how an estate planis, well…planned, and what you need to get started. In one handylocation, find reader-friendly explanations, definitions, tips,worksheets and storage space for everything you need to organizeyour wishes and assets, and get on with your life! Nancy Randolph Greenyway, the extraordinary co-author of Pass itOn: A Practical Approach to the Fears and Facts of Planning YourEstate (Hyperion), combines clear and friendly prose with legalexpertise to make Life Organizer the definitive resourc

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf. Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses. What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you. With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing i

In this engaging and invaluable “mentor in your pocket,” threedynamic and successful black female executives share theirstrategies to help all black women, at any level of their careers,play the power game—and win. Rich with wisdom, this practical gem focuses on the buildingblocks of true leadership—self-confidence, effective communication,collaboration, and courage—while dealing specifically withstereotypes (avoid the Mammy Trap, and don’t become the Angry BlackWoman) and the perils of self-victimization (don’t assume thatevery challenge occurs because you are black or female). Some leaders are born, but most leaders are made—and The LittleBlack Book of Success will show you how to make it to the top, onestep at a time.

The book that catches the crest of Web 2.0 and shows how anybusiness can harness its power by increasing whuffie, the store ofsocial capital that is the currency of the digital world. Everyone knows about blogs and social networks such as Facebookand Twitter, and has heard about someone who has used them to growa huge customer base. Everyone wants to be hands-on, grassroots,and interactive, but what does this mean? And more to the point,how do you do it? As one who has actually launched a company using the power ofonline communities, and who now advises large and small companies,Tara Hunt (named by the San Francisco Chronicle, along withluminaries Jimmy Wales and Tim O’Reilly, as a digital Utopian) isthe perfect person to do this book. While The Whuffie Factor will traverse the landscape of Web 2.0and show how to become a player, it is not just another book aboutonline marketing. People see the huge business potential of theonline world and the first impulse is: Let’s throw a bunc

Themosttrustedresourceonbecomingaleaderisnowupdatedandrevisedforanewgeneration. Thisleadershipclassiccontinuestobeabestsellerafterthreeeditionsandtwentyyearsinprint.Itisthegoldstandardforresearch-basedleadership,andthepremierresourceonbecomingaleader.Thisnewedition,withstreamlinedtext,moreinternationalandbusinessexamples,andagraphicredesign,ismorereadableandaccessiblethaneverbefore. TheLeadershipChallenge,FourthEdition,hasbeenextensivelyupdatedwiththelatestresearchandcasestudies,andoffersinspiringnewstoriesofrealpeopleachievingextraordinaryresults.Theauthors'centralthemeremainsthesameandismorerelevanttodaythanever:"LeadershipisEveryone'sBusiness."Their"fivepractices"and"tencommitments"havebeenprovenbyhundredsofthousandsofdedicated,successfulleaders.Thisedition,withalmostone-thirdnewmaterial,emphasizestheglobalcommunityandrefocusesonbusinessleaders. 《领导力（第4版）》讨论的是领导者如何激励他人自愿地在组织中做出卓越的成就；讨论的是领导者如何通过实际行动

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the answer to the global crisis ofbusiness and American-style capitalism. Out of the ashes of conventional business models arises a set ofcompanies using their power not only for profits and sustainablegrowth but also social good. If you think business corporations are doomed to be lumbering,bloated, and corrupt, think again. Based on an extraordinary three-year investigation, interviewingmore than 350 key people at major companies around the world,Rosabeth Moss Kanter provides encouraging and astounding evidencethat this assumption is completely outdated. The businesses thatare agile, keeping ahead of the curve in terms of market changesand customer needs, are the businesses that are also progressive,socially responsible human communities. Take IBM. When the tsunami and earthquake struck Asia, IBM didn’tjust cut a check for relief funds and call it a day. The companyused its technological expertise and skilled people to create whatgovernment and relief agencies could not: infor

In this compelling new book, Michael E. Raynor, coauthor ofthe national bestseller The Innovator’s Solution, shows thatDisruption, Clayton M. Christensen’s landmark theory that explainshow fringe ideas come to redefine entire markets, not only explainswhy new businesses emerge and mature companies fall – it actuallyhelps to predict the future success of new ventures moreaccurately. Raynor’s groundbreaking research, and deeperunderstanding of the mechanisms and drivers of Disruption make thisapproach to innovation more powerful and more useful thanever. Despite the groaning shelves of books offering advice oninnovation, most managers continue to struggle to create theprofitable growth their companies need. The reason? Thevast majority of management theories base their pre*ions onexplanations of the past. When it comes to predictingsuccessful innovation, a willingness to apply the empirical andtheoretical rigor of the scientific method to prove what will workin the real world has been n

How often have we heard “It’s nothing against you, it’s notpersonal—it’s just business”? But in fact, at work it’s never justbusiness—it’s always personal. In this groundbreaking look atwhat’s really going on from 9 to 5—the crying, yelling, andbullying, as well as the friendship and laughter borne of creativecollaboration—journalist and former corporate executive AnneKreamer shows us how to get rational about our emotions, andprovides the necessary new tools to flourish in an emotionallycharged workplace. With women now the majority of the workforce and the linesbetween office and personal life blurring as never before, thedynamics of work have shifted profoundly. It’s Always Personalcombines the latest information on the intricacies of the humanbrain, candid stories from employees, and the surprising results oftwo new national surveys, reported here for the first time, whichreached out to workers from all walks of life about their emotionson the job.

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

om Peters has, for the past 12 years, been telling American business that the rules have changed. Now he goes farther in The Tom Peters Seminar , the first in an exciting new series aimed at helping everyone, Fortune 500 chairmen, middle managers trying to hold onto their place on the ladder (a mistake!), and hotel housekeepers, thrive in the brave new world of business in the 90s. He presents the provocative and sometimes scary analysis and advice that have led thousands from all over the globe to attend his trademark seminars. The bold new ideas vault business people beyond reengineering, beyond total quality management, beyond empowerment, and even beyond change, and toward nothing less than reinvention and revolution. The result is timely audio loaded with "how-tos" for mastering

Everyone has his or her own style at work. But if you look atthe people who are successful, you’ll see similarities. They alwaysdo the most important things first--they know how to prioritize.They can sum up how their company stands out from the pack in onlya few minutes. They work with a sense of urgency, every day. Theseare the kinds of qualities and habits that never go out of style.Moreover, they are crucial to any successful career and life. Bypursuing them regularly, you and your company are more likely toget ahead. In The Six Fundamentals of Success, CEO and business consultantStuart Levine spells out exactly how to practice the constants ofbusiness success--whether it’s satisfying customers, developingstrong relationships, or communicating clearly--through sixfundamental principles, gained from decades of experience workingwith top executives. But it’s the way Levine zeroes in on thesefundamentals--add value, communicate well, deliver results, actwith integrity, invest in relationsh

Six decades ago, Toyota was an embarrassment. Today, they arethe auto- industry leader. The Toyota Leaders: An Executive Guidetells how they did it, and in such a way that allows readers toapply the lessons. Discover how Toyota is more than just a seriesof good business moves, but a culture first put into place by itsfounders and built on through the years. Not a corporate history,Sato uses Toyota's past to contextualize his discussion as hefocuses on the company's unique business strategies. - Find out why an innovative vehicle like the hybrid Prius camefrom Toyota and not the more technologically - advancedHonda. - Learn how General Motors supplied invaluable business know-howto then-provincial Toyota in the early eighties. - Discover why Toyota thinks giving back to Japan and the worldis a smart idea. - Learn how a national healthcare system is a good thing forbusiness. This is the Toyota book for entrepreneurs and executives in allind

Even the actions of a single person can help to change theworld. How? Through simple acts of leadership and compassion. Openup this book, and discover the true stories of people whose actionshave caused a chain reaction at work and in their communities.Among them: A manager who gives an employee some supportive praise, and as aresult literally saves his life (page 231). A small group of bank tellers who spearhead a movement to raisemillions of dollars for breast cancer, making it the biggestfundraiser in North America, and enhancing their company’sreputation (page 213). A sales manager who gets a copy of a groundbreaking book that leadsto a transformation of the company’s operations. As a result,hundreds of millions of pounds of carpet waste avoid the landfill,and the company sparks a revolution in its industry (page 12).

The Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial measures, customer knowledge, internal business processes, and learning and growth--offer a balance between short-term and long-term objectives, between outcomes desired and performance drivers of those outcomes, and between hard objective measures and softer, more subjective measures. In the first part, Kaplan and Norton provide the theoretical foundations for the Balanced in the second part, they describe the steps organizations must take to build their own and, finally, they discuss how the Balanced Scorecard can be used as a driver of change. 被《哈佛商业评论》誉为75年来最伟大的管理工具 卡普兰和诺顿开创性地提出了一个将成长战略转化为日常行为的管理新视角。它代表着一种全面的、可行的公司治理理论的开端。 中国组织需要实用的解决之道去应对各种重要

The American businessman has traditionally turned to topAmerican leaders and academics for information on managementtechniques. But in an increasingly global economy, the lessons tobe learned from the experience of foreign business leaders areessential for all American managers. Reinhard Mohn's revisededition of Success Through Partnership -- expanded with essays onvanity in the life of a manager and new goals in the workplace, andwith a new chapter on freedom for the creative man -- remains animportant addition to the American manager's bookshelf. AlthoughMohn's views do not necessarily represent the majority of Europeanor German management, his opinion is highly respected. One of themost successful businessmen of the postwar era, he has built hiscompany, Bertelsmann, Inc., into one of the biggest mediaconglomerates in the world. Today, Bertelsmann is a $14billioncompany with more than 57,000 employees worldwide. Mohn has developed and practiced some of the most innovativemanagement techniques we have seen