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I have been in hospitality management for over 40 years and have been “mismanaging” my own life for over 60. Management One-Point-Oh is the culmination of what I have learned and what I have not learned. It's about both. I wrote it mostly for fun but also with the aim of saving some folks, particularly young managers, from themselves and to describe, in simple detail, what I think are the primary differences between bad, good, and great managers.

Stop wasting energy trying to force your team to change. “The secret to business progress isn’t to stop change, it’s to start facilitating change much, much better. Change Fatigue is the field guide all leaders need to align their teams. Don’t change a thing before reading!” - Jay Baer, author of The Time to Win: How to Exceed Your Customers’ Need for Speed “The authors cover the macro and micro of facilitating change, including the all-important emotional aspects. Change Fatigue leaves no stone unturned and is a must-read for change leaders in a wide range of organizations....

In Dharma Tales for CEOs, author and corporate coach S. Prakash presents stories that originate from ancient Indian scriptures. Backed by timeless wisdom, each story offers valuable insight into leadership, decision making and ethical conduct.

Karen Phelan is sorry. She really is. She tried to do business by the numbers-the management consultant way- developing measures, optimizing processes, and quantifying performance. The only problem is that businesses are run by people. And people can't be plugged into formulas or summed up in scorecards.

As the former chief scientist of Express Scripts, a Fortune 25 health-care company dedicated to making the use of prescription medications safer and more affordable, Bob Nease is an expert on applying behavioral sciences to health care. Now, he applies his knowledge to the wider world, providing important practical solutions marketers, human resources professionals, teachers, and even parents can use to improve the behavior of others around them and get the positive results they want.

The ideas expressed in Emotional Intelligence ten years ago have taken on a life of their own. They spurred a movement, with enthusiastic adherents in the business world, in medicine and healthcare, at home, in the field of education and the world at large. Several million people, including business managers, human resource departments, healthcare workers, teachers, parents and students, have applied the ideas and principles expressed in Emotional Intelligence to their fields with tangible and quantifiable results. Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversations is an ongoing dialogue series that begins with luminaries in the field of business. In the world of business we have only scratched the surface of how principles of emotional intelligence can increase profitability and efficiency in the workplace.

Front-line employees who deal directly with customers are the face of any organization. Not only do they have the most impact on how a brand is perceived, but they are also the most valuable source of insight into what customers want and how to give it to them. Unfortunately, as management experts Chris DeRose and Noel M. Tichy explain, most organizations don't know how to evaluate the risk of giving employees more autonomy. Tichy and DeRose offer powerful examples of front-line leadership.

Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene 10 years ago and revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Since then, millions of people have learned how to hold effective crucial conversations and have dramatically improved their lives and careers thanks to the methods outlined in this book. Now, the authors have revised their best-selling classic to provide even more ways to help you take the lead in any tough conversation.

Elliot Kallen and Adam Torres come together in this insightful and impactful book, filled with their personal perspectives of what it means to become an entrepreneur. Adam says he has had a more traditional approach to his corporate success, which turned toward a media company entrepreneurial path, while Elliot has had a more resilient and creative entrepreneurial path that led him through various companies he began and sold, before landing on the one he owns now. Between these pages, you will find valuable lessons, strategies, teachings, ideas, stories, as well as the ups and downs of ...

The One-Page Project Manager set a new standard as an understandable and easy-to-apply organizational tool, allowing managers to summarize complex projects on a single information-rich page. This audiobook, third in the OPPM series, describes how to combine the OPPM with the Toyota A3 report to create an enhanced, integrated management tool. With a refreshingly clear style, the authors walk users through implementing the OPPM/A3 using a variety of real-world case studies, as well as their own experience at O.C. Tanner Company.

A renowned business innovation leader teams up with a social-personality psychologist to offer that something else—a collection of ten visionary principles to obliterate barriers to change and ignite a whole new level of creative problem-solving. Drawing upon decades of experience working with the world's best-known organizations and their teams, the authors provide practical advice that goes beyond "business as usual" for successfully tackling intractable challenges. The Breakthrough Manifesto explores why these principles are critical for the current times.

Based on his experiences running design sprints for top companies, Douglas Ferguson authored Beyond the Prototype to offer practical advice for people shifting from discovery to realization. Full of stories from companies like Google, Liberty Mutual, and Adobe, this guide outlines six steps that every team should take to launch their vision.

Former consultant Dr. Paul Friga distills the guiding principles first presented in the best-selling The McKinsey Way and the tested-in-the-trenches methodologies outlined in The McKinsey Mind, and combines them with many of the principles and procedures implemented by the military and other organizations. The result is nothing less than the business equivalent of a Special Forces Field Manual.

In today's fast-changing, hyper-competitive market, developing your ability to creatively solve problems is mission critical. Creativity fuels growth, serves clients, and contributes to mission-based pursuits. Across every industry, organizations have an insatiable appetite to find creative problem-solvers, who can crack the code to unlock innovative outcomes and drive measurable results.

Companies stumble when they imagine that innovation is mostly about ideas. The reality is that ideas are only beginnings. Indeed, even a company with the world’s best idea still faces a devilish challenge: it must build the business of tomorrow without endangering the business of today. Beyond the Idea is an essential book for any business that recognizes that innovation always has been, and always will be, the key to long term growth and vitality.

Rewrite your career and design your professional story with the iconoclast’s guide to success. Imagine a career that energizes you, provides financial security, and allows you to live life on your own terms. It’s not about finding the right job—it’s about creating a fulfilling career that aligns with your personal goals and values. Learn how to optimize your most valuable asset on your road to professional freedom—Drawing from over 43 years’ experience in the commercial real estate capital markets.

In these turbulent times, companies can be forced to pivot on a dime to meet new market challenges. But how do you know which move to make? How do you hit on the solution to what’s threatening your bottom line? Ali Davachi draws from his decades of experience turning around companies to detail his innovative and proven system to creating positive change. In addition, Davachi walks the listener through common obstacles that hold businesses back from effectively confronting new challenges—and shows them how to create meaningful transformation that’s both powerful and profitable.

When the pandemic hit, Murphy's reliable industry suddenly ground to a halt. With customers anxious for orders, his team concerned about the future, and his ability to support his family at stake, Murphy wasn’t sure if he’d be able to weather the storm. What he didn’t know is that there is one simple step he could have taken to be prepared for any circumstance—even a global pandemic. Luckily, his cousin Mac introduces him to a team of insightful consultants. Will Murphy be able to change his perspective as a business owner and protect his company, family, and community?

People problems? We've all experienced them. Problems with: performance, leadership, engagement, turnover, clarity and focus, cooperation.... The list goes on. But what if you could turn it around and transform your people into a competitive advantage? Processes and technology have already been optimized. But people remain a largely untapped pool of potential. If you can learn to optimize your workforce, you'll gain the kind of transformational improvement that becomes a success story.

Liderazgo, Motivación y Orientación: Un entrenamiento intensivo de 28 días para nuevos gerentes que abarca una verdadera fuente de conocimiento para cualquier gerente nuevo o experimentado o aspirante a líder. Este recurso enseña a los gerentes primerizos todo lo que necesitan saber para enfrentar los desafíos y asumir nuevas y únicas responsabilidades. Esta es una nueva oportunidad que no querrás desperdiciar a través de pruebas fútiles.