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Keep Your Customers shares why loyalty in the business world matters and walks companies through the strategies and tactics that boost long-term customer value. It costs five to 25 times more for companies to acquire a new customer versus retaining an existing one. That means a company’s process to keep their customers is tied directly to their revenue and profitability.

Is your workplace working for you and your employees? Studies show that unhealthy work habits, like staring at computer screens and rushing through fast-food lunches, are taking their toll in the form of increased absenteeism, lost productivity, and higher insurance costs - but it doesn't have to be that way. Companies such as Google, Apple, Aetna, and Johnson & Johnson have used innovative techniques to incorporate healthy habits and practices into the workday and into their culture - with impressive ROI.

Self-restraint shows up in different structures, for example, persistence, limitation, continuance, thinking before acting, completing what you start doing, and as the capacity to do one's choices and plans, disregarding bother, hardships, or obstructions. Self-control likewise implies restraint, the capacity to keep away from undesirable abundance of anything that could prompt negative results.

In the book, you'll learn how the world’s best charitable organizations employ lean risk management to prioritize, mitigate, and eliminate the most significant risks facing nonprofits today.

Ever felt tongue-tied in conversations? You're not alone. Many of us struggle to express ourselves, connect with others, or handle tricky discussions. But imagine being able to chat confidently with anyone, anywhere. Picture yourself resolving conflicts effortlessly, building stronger relationships, and feeling heard and understood. This book is your roadmap to becoming a conversation master. Inside, you'll discover five simple yet powerful rules that will transform the way you communicate.

In Data-Driven DEI: The Tools and Metrics You Need to Measure, Analyze, and Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dr. Randal Pinkett, a renowned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) thought leader, delivers a practical and evidence-based blueprint to achieving lasting impact with your DEI initiatives. Dr. Pinkett has created a simple, step-by-step process to assess the current state of your DEI, analyze that data to create a personal and organizational action plan, and implement data-driven, science-based, and technology-enabled interventions for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Company culture influences the roles and responsibilities of every employee within the organization, from executive leadership down to the front lines. A strong, healthy company culture drives productivity and raises profitability, and disengaged employees cost companies billions, yet many executives rarely associate their culture with their bottom line. Today, employee engagement stakes are higher than ever because executives have to consider the impact their company culture has on external stakeholders as well.

Leadership Lessons, Volume 2 is a book that is all about how to improve organizational performance. The central focus of all these essays is improving the ability to understand the dynamics at play that are impacting their organizations. The purpose is to help organizations and the people within them to be able to realize their individual and collective potential. Many of the essays are titled in the form of a question because if you don’t learn to ask better questions, you will never get the answers you really need.

"The Leadership Upgrade: Unleashing Potential in the Business You Own or ManageKey Leadership Exercises That Trigger Success in The Business You Own or Manage" is not your average leadership manual. Authored by Ken Cupka, this book cuts through the fluff to deliver a potent, straight-shooting guide for those ready to elevate their leadership game. Crafted with Cupka's signature blend of blunt honesty and seasoned insights, it offers a no-nonsense approach to transforming both your business operations and team dynamics. This book is concise yet remarkably effective, designed to deliver ...

The book Critical Thinking: An Ultimate Guide to Master Critical Thinking will help improve your life with intelligent reasoning, effective decision-making, and independent thinking.

Shut the F*ck Up and Listen: Mastering the Art of Active Communication Are you tired of conversations that go nowhere? Do you find yourself speaking but not truly connecting? It's time to change the game. Shut the F*ck Up and Listen is your no-nonsense guide to transforming your communication skills and unlocking the power of authentic connection. Packed with real-world strategies, hard-hitting insights, and refreshingly blunt advice, this book cuts through the noise to teach you the secret of impactful conversations: listening. Whether you're navigating relationships, advancing your career...

During the past few years, companies have focused on supply chain improvements with initiatives centered on operational excellence and cost cutting. But have they worked? In today's on-demand environment, companies are facing growing challenges around market volatility, costs, long lead times, and unpredictable forecasts. Your inventory management decisions can make or break your firm's financial bottom line.

Der Gedanke an Meetings verursacht bei den meisten Managern und Mitarbeitern Bauchschmerzen. Aber sie sind nun mal ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil der Arbeit. Anhand einer Leadership-Fabel, der dazugehörigen Theorie und praktischen Tipps zeigt Lencioni, wie Meetings von einer anstrengenden und nervenaufreibenden Angelegenheit zu produktiven, fesselnden und energiergeladenen Ereignissen werden können.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on training in organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. Employee training is common in many organizations because employers want educated workforces. Properly conducted training provides workers with information that helps them perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently, and this helps organizations grow and prosper. This eBook examines the advantages and disadvantages of employee training. It analyzes the benefits it provides organizations and the challenges it ...

This book opens the door to a new way to be. The practical mindfulness meditative techniques described in this book, will help you get more done in less time. You will discover how to generate ideas off the top of your head and how to be lucky in life and business. Many people discover mindfulness as a way to deal with anxiety, depression, illness or stress. Some people use it to seek answers to the meaning to life, the universe and everything!

In today’s fast-changing world, the greatest challenge for any organisation isn’t technology, competition, or market shifts - it’s leadership. The Open Executive is a call to action for apex executives - CEOs, managing directors, and business owners -who recognise that true organisational transformation starts from within. If you are in such a role, or if you are on a career arc towards it, this book is for you. Using modern management thinking proven in hundreds of organisations, we reveal how leaders can embrace openness, trust, and adaptability to create workplaces that thrive in ...

Discover how to improve your skills by learning how to motivate staff, improve performance and create positive relationships. Learn to build confidence, communicate clearly and establish trust for navigating situations such as giving feedback, settling conflicts and managing teams remotely.

In this book, you'll get fresh takes on well-beaten topics such as leadership, accountability, and a step-by-step approach to innovation. It contains a simple way to build winning strategies and align efforts across the entire enterprise. All of these breakthrough insights are based on the same set of principles. Discover how these principles make air travel safer, employees happier and smarter, weight loss easier, health care better, and business meetings shorter.

¿Te sientes estresado por tu próxima presentación? Tanto si estás nervioso por cómo organizarás tus ideas como por la forma en que las articularás en el gran día, Cómo realizar presentaciones te ofrece las pautas rápidas y los consejos de los expertos que necesitas.

Improve your organization’s odds of succeeding with artificial intelligence. Managers struggle to determine whether they have the right people, knowledge, data, and tools to compete in a new business landscape―a landscape revolutionized by AI. Although most leaders ‘hope’ that they have the ‘right stuff’, hope is not a strategy. Organizations must critically assess where they are currently and what gaps they must fill to be competitive in this new environment. Through questionnaires and assessments covering eight critical dimensions, this book will help you build the foundation ...