House Management

Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.

El reconocido autor de la serie Padre rico, padre pobre nos enseña en estas páginas los pasos indispensables para desarrollar nuestras habilidades financieras y aprender a tomar mejores decisiones con nuestro dinero.

Ask for It explains why it's essential to ask (men do it all the time) and teaches you how to ask effectively, in ways that feel comfortable to you as a woman. Whether you currently avoid negotiating like the plague or consider yourself hard-charging and fearless, Babcock and Laschever's compelling stories of real women will help you recognize how much more you deserve.

Much of what we hear about who gets to the top, and how, is wrong. Those who become chief executives set their sights on the C-suite at an early age. In fact, over 70 percent of the CEOs didn't have designs on the corner office until later in their careers. You must graduate from an elite college. In fact, only seven percent of CEOs in the dataset are Ivy League graduates - and eight percent didn't graduate from college at all. To become a CEO you need a flawless résumé. The reality: 45 percent of CEO candidates had at least one major career blowup.

¿Qué diferencia a quienes hacen algo especial en la vida de quienes no lo hacen? Fuera de serie explora las curiosas historias de los grandes jugadores de fútbol; bucea en la peculiar infancia de Bill Gates; busca qué convirtió a los Beatles en el mejor grupo de rock; y se pregunta qué distingue a los pilotos que estrellan aviones de los que no. A través de su viaje por el mundo de los «fuera de serie», los mejores, los más brillantes y famosos, nos convence de que nuestro modo de pensar en el éxito es erróneo.

Con un estilo claro y ameno, esta obra, de la serie escrita por Robert T. Kiyosaki, te mostrará cómo lograr que el dinero trabaje para ti. Su contenido no sólo refiere a la sorprendente historia de su autor, sino además, te enseñará cuestiones que impactarán tu vida y aprenderás a tomar el tipo de decisiones que te harán rico, aun en la juventud.

En el siglo XXI, la comunicación se ha convertido en la verdadera clave para el éxito. Por ello, las conferencias TED, seguidas por millones de personas de todo el mundo, han redefinido las reglas para cautivar a cualquier auditorio. El reputado especialista en coaching de presentaciones Carmine Gallo ha realizado un estudio exhaustivo de las conferencias TED más vistas y de las técnicas que coinciden en emplear los mejores ponentes.

Completely rewritten for today's business world, What the CEO Wants You to Know, expanded and updated, written by best-selling author Ram Charan, describes the fundamentals behind every business, from street vendors in Mumbai to Fortune 500 companies. Drawing on stories from Uber, Amazon, Apple, Toyota, Netflix, Lyft, The Limited, Walmart, GE, and Starbucks, Charan, in the most accessible language imaginable, explains the ins and outs of how companies work.

Moneyball is a quest for something that money can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected by a brotherhood of baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, and physics professors. These numbers prove that the traditional measure of success for players and teams are fatally flawed. This information has been around for years, and nobody paid it any mind. And then came Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A's.

Informed by meticulous research, field experience, and classroom-tested strategies, Dealmaking offers essential insights for anyone involved in buying or selling everything from cars to corporations. Leading business scholar Guhan Subramanian provides a lively tour of both negotiation and auction theory, then takes an in-depth look at his own hybrid theory, outlining three specific strategies listeners can use in complex dealmaking situations.

A finance book for young adults and recent college grads that should have been taught this in college.

Book 1: Simple Living And Loving It: 50 Proven Steps To Simplify Your Life, Downsize And Get More Done In Less Time Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... How Did My Life Get So Complicated? Important Steps for Simplifying Your Day Learn Step By Step How to Downsize Learn the Secret to Getting More Done In Less Time How to Put it Into Practice Enjoying More Time to Do What You Like Enjoying the Simplicity of Life Much, much more! Book 2: Tidying Up And Loving It: 50 Proven Methods To Get Organized, Declutter Your Home And Simplify Your Space In This Book You Will Learn... Methods for ...

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck, feeling like financial freedom is an elusive dream? Imagine breaking free from the chains of financial struggle and walking in divine abundance. "Poverty is Not an Option" is your ultimate guide to transforming your financial destiny through God's promises and principles. In this groundbreaking book, you'll discover powerful insights and practical steps to overcome financial hardships and unlock the door to God's financial blessings. Written with divine inspiration and backed by biblical truths, "Poverty is Not an Option" will equip you with the...

"No" is sometimes the hardest word to say. It's also the most necessary. How many times have you heard yourself saying yes to the wrong things - overwhelming requests, bad relationships, time-consuming obligations? How often have you wished you could summon the power to turn them down? This program will help you take back your power by showing that a well-placed "No" can not only save you time and trouble, it can save your life.

Sí sabes que NO recibirás una jubilación, ¿verdad? ¿Y que tu afore no te dará ni la tercera parte de lo que hoy ganas?... Afortunadamente, estás a tiempo de evitar una vejez pobre o, en una de esas, ¡incluso de retirarte joven! En este libro, Eduardo Rosas te cuenta, paso a pasito, las decenas de herramientas y opciones que puedes explotar para alcanzar el paraíso en la tierra: la llamada «libertad financiera».

Todos tienen que enfrentarse todos los días a dilemas importantes: ¿Dónde hay que poner las prioridades y por dónde hay que empezar? Ahora ya disponemos de un método seguro para responder: el Sprint. El diseñador Jake Knapp creó este proceso de cinco días en Google, donde los sprints se empleaban para todo tipo de proyectos, desde el Google Search hastaGoogle X. En Google Ventures empezó a trabajar con Braden Kowitz y John Zeratsky y los tres han conducido más de cien sprints con empresas del sector de la telefonía móvil, del comercio electrónico, la sanidad, las finanzas y otros.

Today everyone - whether they know it or not - is in the emotional transportation business. More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action. Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it. And this book tells you how to do both. Peter Guber, whose executive and entrepreneurial accomplishments have made him a success in multiple industries, has long relied on purposeful story telling to motivate, win over, shape, engage, and sell.

In The Scrum Fieldbook, he draws on his firm’s extensive experience in the field to take leaders, managers, and employees deeper into the specific challenges and new opportunities organizations face in an Agile transformation. He shows how the Scrum framework can be successfully applied to any project in any industry, from automobile manufacturers in the US and Europe to nonprofits in Africa, from home renovation contractors in Minnesota to gas exploration companies in South America, from fighter plane builders in Sweden to US Navy Special Forces teams.

As leaders, how we are is as important as what we do. This new edition of a leadership classic shows how to master the inner and outer work needed to build relationships that unleash the transformational creative potential in everyone. Top-down, one-dimensional leadership models are hopelessly outmoded in today’s rapidly changing world. And they waste the leadership ability present throughout an organization, not just at the top.

The 5 A.M. Miracle is a resource guide for high-achievers. It is for anyone who has a wild passion for life and is in search of a structured system that will hone those passions, clarify their big goals, and produce real, amazing results. The bulk of the audiobook breaks down my blueprint for unprecedented progress. From healthy habits and productivity strategies, to review systems and professional-grade daily routines, you will find more actionable content than you could possibly imagine.