Business Leadership Crisis

The College Devaluation Crisis makes the case that employers and other learning and development entities are emerging to innovate new approaches to training talent that, at times, relies on the higher education sector, but increasingly operates independently in order to satisfy talent needs more agilely and effectively. Targeted primarily toward managers, the book focuses on case studies from leading companies, including Google, Ernst & Young, IBM, and Marriott, to illustrate their innovative strategies for talent development across education, age, and background.

El declive se puede detectar. El declive se puede evitar. El declive se puede revertir. Jim Collins es probablemente el académico más reconocido del mundo de la empresa y del management. Trabajó durante cinco años en "Empresas que sobresalen" que, publicado en 2001, se convirtió rápidamente en un éxito internacional. Los críticos siguen considerándolo el mejor libro de management de la pasada década.

Even if we live within sight of the sea, it is easy to forget that our world is an ocean world. The open ocean, that vast expanse of international waters, begins just a few miles out and spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by one government or another, it is a place that remains radically free.

"Emergency Preparedness in the Corporate World: A Blueprint for Executives" is an essential guide for corporate leaders seeking to establish effective emergency response plans. This comprehensive book provides a step-by-step approach to safeguarding organizations from potential crises, equipping executives with the necessary knowledge and tools to mitigate risks, protect employees, and maintain business continuity. With expert insights, practical strategies, and real-world case studies, this blueprint empowers executives to confidently navigate emergencies and ensure the resilience of their...

In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says.

The Recession Response is one of your greatest assets to understanding and navigating the recession. It gives you both insights on what to expect and specific steps on how to navigate it. This isn't just theory, albeit it is in here to give context. This is full of strategies, steps, and how-tos. Evaluate what will serve you and deliberately execute on it.

It's hard enough to lead in good times. It's even harder to lead in a crisis. This book teaches the art and science of transformative resilient leadership, a unique leadership style that focuses on spotting the opportunities that emerge from times of adversity, and leverages them to foster resilience and growth. With over seventy years of combined experience training leaders in business, military, sports, and other high-pressure settings, psychologists George S. Everly, Jr., and Amy B. Athey have garnered unparalleled insight into how the best leaders navigate the worst.

Author Beth Rashleigh’s Crisis Proof Leadership uncovers what the best leaders do during times of crises. Too often we think that only the strongest, toughest, most cutthroat leaders thrive in a crisis-filled environment. However, extensive research shows that highly empathetic, focused, values-driven leaders actually keep their teams engaged and thriving more effectively during times of crises.

In The Crisis Turnaround, Jeff Hilimire shares 20+ years of success launching and building fast-growing businesses to teach other leaders how to strategically embrace any challenge, so they can not only survive a crisis but thrive while doing it.

In his over twenty-year career leading crisis communications for governments and organizations across the globe, Dallas Lawrence has seen it all. His work has taken him from the communications headquarters for the Iraq War to Yemen in an effort to avert the Yemeni Civil War, from the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facilities in Cuba to the Horn of Africa's command center for anti-pirating activities. Communicating Under Fire provides the needed mindset, strategies, and communication moves that anyone with a reputation worth defending will need when—not if—their crisis moment arrives.

All organizations face crises from time to time, and at a time when news, information (or misinformation), and rumors can spread quickly, a timely and thoughtful response to a crisis, is critical. In this book, two industry insiders offer a primer on how organizational leadership should prepare for and handle crises. The steps, plans, and cautions they offer show how organizations can deal openly and honestly with challenges while continuing to survive and prosper.

Change is inevitable yet feared! How you handle change can define your leadership. Choose to be the leader who embraces change and takes their team to success! In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable landscape, traditional leadership skills are not enough. You have probably already worked on your communication skills, your levels of empathy, and how to handle conflicts within your team…yet there is still something missing. To thrive as a leader in the modern workplace, you will need a unique set of skills that enable you to handle the rapid changes and challenges that are thrown your way.

This myth shattering book reveals the methods Nouriel Roubini used to foretell the current crisis before other economists saw it coming and shows how those methods can help us make sense of the present and prepare for the future. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini electrified his profession and the larger financial community by predicting the current crisis well in advance of anyone else.

Great leadership is a prerequisite for success. It’s about communicating the vision and mission of your organization effectively and creating cultures of innovation, inspiration, and a strong sense of purpose to allow your employees to flourish. In Walking the Leadership Tightrope: How to Balance Career and Family through the Chaos of Crisis, Chris recounts his experiences from his early days of childhood at his local Catholic parish to founding his own executive coaching and consulting company, and all the leadership roles he undertook in between.

Molly McPherson is a nationally recognized expert on crisis public relations management in the age of social media. She helps communicators create the right message, at the right time, and deliver it in the right place. From her years of crisis-management experience and mining news stories and tweets, Molly created frameworks to level up your confidence for communicating with ease in crucial crisis moments, so you can own the conversation.

Leadership is the most important aspect of an organization's success. Leaders lead their teams daily. They communicate the vision, over and over, and point to milestone achievements as well as small wins. They establish the culture and build a team that supports and protects every aspect of that culture. This is expected from leadership during good times when things are being executed and success is evident. But what happens when a crisis occurs? Organizations struggle while some even fall apart. I have heard it stated that organizations with poor leadership fail quickly during adversity. ...

Why is it that when a crisis occurs some people immediately, instinctively step up and lead, as though hearing a calling? Are they just wired that way, born to lead? Or do certain moments in their lives put them on a path to extraordinary leadership? The Call to Leadership: Unlocking the Leader Within in Times of Crisis reveals the true essence of leadership in times of extreme challenge. Beyond the technical aspects of leadership, this book goes deep into the hearts and minds of global decision makers at the highest level.

Family businesses—from massive corporations like Walmart to the mom-and-pop store on your local street—have always been a vital part of the American life and economy. But as these family-owned companies evolve and grow, so too do their unique difficulties and the need for dynamic leadership. And as more women rise into leadership roles within commonly male-dominated organizations, challenges abound in already tense environments, where family members also happen to be one's coworkers—and superiors.

The financial shelves are filled with books that explain how popular carry trading has become in recent years. But none has revealed just how significant a role it plays in the global economy - until now. A groundbreaking book sure to leave its mark in the canon of investing literature, The Rise of Carry explains how carry trading has virtually shaped the global economic picture - one of decaying economic growth, recurring crises, wealth disparity, and, in too many places, social and political upheaval.

In the midst of one of the most serious financial upheavals since the Great Depression, George Soros writes about the origins of the crisis and proposes a set of policies that should be adopted to confront it. Soros places the current crisis in the context of his decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity.

Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.