Business Practice

Edward Lawler is one of the world's most eminent organizational scholars. In this new book he identifies a comprehensive and integrated set of talent management practices that fit today's rapidly evolving workplace.

The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It's beautiful and erratic, hard to catch, and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that helps you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client. To succeed, you need both modes to work together - your inner butterfly to be active and free, but your inner net to be ready to spring at the right time and create that "aha!" moment. But is there any way to trigger these insights, beyond dumb luck?

Introducing "Paint Your Way to Success" - the ultimate guide to launching and growing your own eco-friendly house painting business! With a focus on sustainability and excellence, this eBook provides a comprehensive roadmap for embracing the green revolution within the home improvement industry. Step by step, you'll learn how to build and operate a successful, environment-friendly painting business that sets you apart from the competition. Discover the secrets behind finding your unique market value, as you dive into the world of eco-friendly and sustainable painting solutions. "Paint Your ...

E-Commerce Success Blueprint: A Comprehensive Guide for Aspiring Entrepreneurs By J.R. Glenn Are you ready to take the leap into the world of e-commerce and transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale your existing business, E-Commerce Success Blueprint is your ultimate roadmap to building and sustaining a successful online venture.Why This Book is a Must-Read: Packed with actionable strategies and expert insights, this guide is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to thrive in the competitive world of e-...

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding Marines over a career spanning three decades of service. Dealing with the complexities and challenges of the contemporary operating environment requires an internal moral compass fixed true. These maxims focus on developing inner citadels of character, moral courage, and the resilience to persevere in a contested domain where information is key. Its purpose is to provide future leaders with a professional development plan that will enable them to lead with honor.

All types of organizations, for profit, not-for-profit, lawful, and unlawful, must be relentless in highly competitive, and constantly evolving environments. Every day iconic brands like Sears, Kodak, and Blockbuster vanish. Managers in lawful companies face disruptive technologies, groundbreaking new products, and competition from new entrants. Every organization must manage its way through a rapidly shifting world, or else fail. Yet some organized crime syndicates last decades despite massive law enforcement efforts and rival gangs directed at their daily demise. The American Mafia, which...

Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects trust into the network, cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function and disrupting how they operate. Metaphorically, blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers. Once launched, they never go down, and offer an incredible amount of resiliency. The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before.

Integrating proven mindfulness practices and world-class leadership theory, The Mindful Leader is the essential guide for self-aware leadership. The book provides a practically grounded template for leaders to develop unprecedented levels of self-awareness, wellbeing, and effectiveness. Mindfulness provides practical tools for self-awareness, mental wellbeing, stress reduction, and more. When practiced through a leadership lens, it becomes much more than just another leadership guide.

The Freelance Way is THE business audiobook for independent professionals. It presents the best available and fully up-to-date freelance know-how, compiled from hundreds of quality sources, including surveys, the latest market data, advice from world-class experts, as well as real-life experiences and stories from hundreds of professionals in different fields and countries, which makes the book highly relevant to freelancers worldwide.

The premise of What If There Is Nothing Wrong with You questions our interpretation of right and wrong and aims to replace judgment, blame, and criticism of yourself and others with just "what is". This will open a pathway toward more creativity, less stress, and more self-love. Most of us let self-doubt and all we think is wrong with us stand in the way of accomplishing what we came here to do or even discovering what that is. There are simple exercises and suggestions to open yourself up to this provocative question: What if there is nothing wrong with you?

Your voice says a lot about you. Based on the tone and expression of your voice alone, your listeners may make up their minds about you before they even process the meaning of your words. And if what you say is at odds with how you say it, they can miss your message altogether. As important as our voices are, few of us know how to use them to their full potential. Full Voice offers a fun, tested method to harness the power of your voice to become a more effective and flexible communicator.

The nonprofit sector of our society is growing rapidly, creating a major need for guidelines and expert advice on how to manage these organizations effectively. Management guru Peter F. Drucker provides excellent examples and explanations of mission, leadership, resources, marketing, goals, people development, decision-making, and much more. Included are interviews with nine experts that address key issues in the booming nonprofit sector.

Introduction: In today's rapidly evolving business environment, managing environmental risks effectively is not just an option—it's a necessity. This book serves as a comprehensive guide for organizations aiming to understand and implement ISO 14001:2015, the international standard for environmental management systems. The guide provides a thorough understanding of environmental risk assessments, risk registers, root cause analysis, and the continuous improvement process that businesses need to integrate into their operations. Through step-by-step explanations and actionable tools, this ...

This no-frills guide to public relations is everything you wish you learned in college about launching a PR career or adding new skills to your marketing position. In an honest, boots-on-the-ground account of two decades working in PR, I’ll teach you how to work with bloggers, podcasters, and traditional media to gain press coverage, organic SEO, and better working relationships.

When faced with complex challenges or uncertain outcomes, many leaders believe that if they are smart enough, work hard enough, or turn to the best management tools, they will be able to find the right answer, predict and plan for the future, and break down tasks to produce controllable results. But what are leaders to do when this isn't the case? Rather than offering one-size-fits-all tips and tricks drawn from the realm of business as usual, Simple Habits for Complex Times provides three integral practices that enable leaders to navigate the unknown.

By the end of this audiobook, you’ll be able to plan, implement, and communicate a sustainable IT strategy, setting yourself apart as a progressive technology leader.

In Go Big Now, Pimsleur distills two decades of studying complex mindset practices into eight essential “mindset keys” that can be used by anyone to get the Go Big Mindset and achieve ambitious professional and life goals. Pimsleur shares personal stories of how she used these keys to raise venture capital and build multimillion-dollar companies, and illustrates each key with an example from a leader, CEO, or celebrity whose mindset catapulted them to success.

Sustainable Business Practices: Integrating ISO 14001 for Long-Term Environmental Success Achieving Profitability & Sustainability Through ISO 14001 Best Practices Introduction Sustainability is no longer just an ethical choice—it is a business necessity. Companies that integrate ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) into their operations not only reduce risks and comply with regulations but also improve profitability, efficiency, and brand reputation. "Sustainable Business Practices: Integrating ISO 14001 for Long-Term Environmental Success" is a complete guide to implementing...

Running a Small Business is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Your livelihood, as well as the livelihood of your employees, depends on the success or failure of your business. Every day brings new challenges and obstacles that you as a Small Business owner need to overcome. The goal of this book is not to help eliminate those financial headwinds, but rather to provide you with the foundational financial knowledge to help you understand their cause and how to work towards mitigating them. By having this foundational knowledge not only can you speak the lingo when it comes to finance, but ...

Often, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Unusually Excellent is an essential resource for leaders that brings these fundamentals together in a new and comprehensive way.