Corporate Management

The twists and turns of the last 15 years of the Qantas story contain all the ingredients of a corporate thriller, with constant shocks to the system, and boardroom dramas and disasters narrowly avoided. During this tumultuous period, as CEO of Australia's iconic airline, Alan Joyce became one of the best-known corporate figures in Australia, and one of the most polarising. Global aviation expert Peter Harbison tells the full and unvarnished story of this fascinating period of the Qantas journey.

BENEFITS TO READING THIS BOOK • Understanding your business role and responsibilities • Managing expectations for yourself and your team • Setting short-term and long-term goals and reaching them • Creating a blueprint for taking any size company or entity to the NEXT LEVEL • Building accountability and discipline in any and all improvement processes • Engaging with a plethora of stories and exercises to build your self-esteem • Adding a wide scope of “lessons learned” to your skill set going forward • Developing a TOOL BOX to handle any leadership or management issue ...

This ebook was designed to give CSR Practitioners the key elements and deep insight for developing or improving, and implementing their Corporate Social Responsibility programs. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept that has gained increasing prominence in recent years as businesses recognize the importance of not only generating profits, but also acting in a socially responsible manner. At its core, CSR refers to a company's commitment to operating in an ethical and sustainable manner, taking into account the interests of all stakeholders, including employees, customers, ...

The Corporate Coup is not your go-to business guide. It is the journey of a businessman who took over a failing business and claimed it through his hard work and determination. The book also talks about how Kevin Pawlowski believed that everyone in the company is equally important in creating success.

Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial analysts, brokers, and fund managers, making it hard to tell financial fantasy from reality, salesmanship from honest advice. In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt—former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission—shows how you can take matters into your own hands.

Bolstered with archival and original data, including the first complete count of American business corporations before the Civil War, Corporation Nation makes a compelling argument for improved internal governance and more effective external government regulation.

Are you stuck working for a boss who makes The Office look like a utopia? Welcome to the club. Middle-Finger Management is your go-to survival guide for dealing with toxic managers, stolen credit, and the soul-crushing absurdities of modern corporate life.

In "Dark Psychology & Mind Control Tactics for Making More Money," Dan Cohen explores the murky realms of mind control and psychological manipulation. This captivating book offers the keys to being a great persuader in the commercial and financial worlds. Cohen, a well-known behavioral psychology specialist, breaks down intricate ideas and gives listeners a toolkit of nuanced strategies that can swing any negotiation in their favor.

As companies mature, their underlying growth naturally slows-this is called the 'growth curse'. It's a pervasive problem that plagues companies, CEOs, and board members alike. In order to safeguard a company's future, a strategic form of governance in which the board plays a more active role on behalf of all stakeholders, must be activated.

“A forensic manual on why companies fail.”— Kirkus Reviews "A savage peek behind the corporate curtain. The power of Aversa's storytelling is undeniable. Corporate Undertaker truly is a gripping read." — Self-Publishing Review Filled with more than fifty business lessons and dozens of stories of companies in a fight for their lives, Corporate Undertaker takes readers on a hero’s journey through the eyes of an entrepreneur. It is both a compelling memoir of life at the extremes and a hard-hitting survival handbook for business. If you are looking for answers in today’s tumultuous...

Learn the 25 keys to the role of the Board of Directors and the important points in helping to guide the Board's policy and strategy. The Board of Directors is part of the New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a 12-volume reference tool for all businesspersons.

A major investor is on line one, CNN is on line two, and social media is exploding in anger. When you're a "leader under fire", the next few moments can be an incredible opportunity...or they can destroy your career. In the past, companies prepared for crisis with expensive, static crisis communications plans. The pace was slower. You had time to process and plan a response with your senior team and lawyers. But those old-school plans don't work anymore.

This captivating investigation into Dark Psychology and Psychopathic Manipulation by Dr. James Jordon takes you into the secret labyrinths of corporate control. His groundbreaking treatise exposes the dark side of business, outlining 50 effective strategies used by psychopaths to accumulate wealth and hold onto power.

A humorous yet practical five-step guide to ridding ourselves - and our companies - of the bureaucratic bottlenecks and red tape that plagues every office. How often in your life do you spend time following a rule or a procedure that makes no sense, offers little or no advantage and slows you down in the process? In a world of work governed by a system of well-intentioned rules, that's something that happens all too often.

The manner in which corporations are run globally is over. The author examines how corporations worldwide have failed when it comes to inclusion and gender equality and provides ideas on how businesses can address these issues.

In The Ugly Truth About Cash, Ruth King reveals many of the ways thieves steal from hard working entrepreneurs. This audiobook gives business owners what to look out for, and the procedures to implement that will protect their hard earned cash and assets. Through stories and lessons learned from entrepreneurs who have been there, you'll discover how to handle such situations.

The business environment has never been more fast-paced and competitive. Survival, let alone success, depends on an organization’s ability to recognize possibilities, innovate, implement change, and sustain that transformation.

Regardless of company size or industry, leaders are always on the lookout for innovative ways to get work done quickly and efficiently. They need employees on whom they can rely and trust to protect the interests of the company - employees, like you, who will become tomorrow's leaders. To achieve success in the competitive corporate world, you must be willing to embrace these challenges and effectively navigate any organization.

Filing for bankruptcy can save a company, but it’s an onerous and unpredictable process. Bankruptcy costs a lot of money and time. Lawyers are required at every step and management needs to find new financing when the financing is frozen. There’s a chance that the court may not approve the recovery plan or that a third-party management company can take over. Elementary Business has created an alternative to bankruptcy - the “Informal Plan”. We’ve used it over 20 times to save companies in trouble. There’s no court, no trustee, no creditor committees, and far lower legal expenses.

For every corporate commander, business strategist, and market planner, Corporate Combat presents an insightful, realistic view of how competitions are won and lost - on both the military and business battlefields. In the often zero-sum contest for market share, it demonstrates how the principles of war are not only valid, but also wisely applied for greater gain.