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Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Marshall Loeb have scoured the print media and have consulted with editors of major business and general-interest publications and with the deans of several schools of journalism in order to find the 30 best business stories from the past 12 months. Among the articles selected: Ken Auletta on Herb Allen's CEO retreat, from The New Yorker; Diane Brady on Martha Stewart, from Business Week; and Steve Silberman on creating a borderless global cyber-marketplace, from Wired.

This short book condenses the habits and techniques - your tools - that work most of the time for most of the people who write at work and want to be happier in all parts of their lives: nothing more, nothing less . It is also a true and accurate reflection of my 40 years of writing for business and of teaching writing at two prestigious universities and many professional societies and companies. You can trust that what I'm telling you will improve your abilities to communicate and think and make you more productive, promotable, and happy.

How can companies succeed over time? To learn the source of enduring greatness, author Christian Stadler directed a team of eight researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that have survived for more than 100 years and have significantly outperformed the market over the past fifty years. Readers may wonder, "Why European companies?" Yet Europe is the ideal place to seek the key to long-term success; half of the Fortune Global 500 companies that are 100 years old or older can be found in Europe, as can 72 of the 100 oldest family businesses in the world.

Preparation Breeds Professionalism is a consolidated guide to leadership in the United States Army. Leveraging over 50 years of military experience from a trio of first sergeants, Preparation Breeds Professionalism delivers a short and concise breakdown of the leadership attributes, competencies, and values of the United States Army and serves as a must-listen for the professional soldier and aspiring leader.

What is the most important life lesson to pass on when faced with our own mortality? What leadership attributes do you want to instill in your children? Fanny Rules: A Mother's Leadership Lessons That Never Grow Old contains a lifetime of principles broken down into nine lessons passed on to a 12-year-old boy from his mother's bedside.

Menschen abholen, mitnehmen und mitreißen - mit Agilität durch den eigenen Workshop. Erinnern Sie sich mit Grausen an die unerträglich langen, schläfrigen Stunden, die Ihnen schon als Workshop verkauft wurden? Wo man vor Langeweile und Trockenheit den Staub der nicht vergehen wollenden Zeit schon in der Luft schmeckte? Jetzt können Sie es besser machen: Es ist Ihr Workshop, Ihre Bühne - reißen Sie Ihre Teilnehmer von der ersten Sekunde an mit und sorgen Sie mit Flexibilität und Elan dafür, dass sie Ihnen bis zur letzten Sekunde folgen.

Este audiolibro se centra en el pensamiento, en la idea de que los individuos y las empresas necesitan una mentalidad de pensamiento más reflexiva y receptiva. La capacidad de cuestionarse continuamente, influye en la calidad de los pensamientos. Pensar mejor depende de cuán abierto estas a nuevas ideas y también de tomar tus decisiones con base en evidencias. ¡Sueña, decide y ponte en acción!

Wild Success takes you on a thrilling ride into the world of extreme adventurers - extraordinary men and women whose hard-earned wisdom can be applied to any business situation.

Companies and the leaders within them struggle to achieve results. With the advances in technology, companies are either running successfully into this new world or failing to keep up. Is your company beached? Stranded on the sands of past success? Slow and steady no longer wins the race. Beached Whale will equip you to evaluate if your company has become beached. Do you have a coordinated enterprise company, or do you have a company mired down in bureaucracy? You could be a beached-whale company. There is only one way to find out.

Este Libro te guiara desde principio a fin en la Creación de una LLC en Estados Unidos. Estos son algunos de los temas que se tratan en este libro: una introducción a lo que significa realmente la palabra LLC; las ventajas y desventajas asociadas con una LLC; servicio profesional para la Crear una LLC; requisitos para abrir una LLC en Estados Unidos; y mas.

If you haven’t heard of the term before, agile project management is an approach that allows you to break a large project into smaller and more manageable tasks. This way, you and your team will be able to adapt to change quickly and deliver work in a fast and efficient manner. If you’re new to this methodology, it might seem complex and overwhelming at first. But, once you dig deeper and start informing yourself, you will realize that you’re already doing many of the things this type of management is based on.

Packed with extensive enhancements, including new international case studies and more strategies to introduce and maintain action learning programs within an organisation, Optimizing the Power of Action Learning delivers an innovative and fresh perspective - making it a must-have for any organization looking to heighten competitive advantage and sustain success.

People don't always communicate well. It's a fact of life. But you don't have to be a helpless witness or participant in a conversation that steadily unravels into misunderstandings, confusion, and even hostility. You can take charge - and you can make a difference! Breakthrough Communication provides easy-to-implement strategies for virtually any business situation, whether it's one-on-one or within a group.

This audiobook attempts to define leadership. Why? Because, "What is leadership?" is a question I get asked often. When you understand the definition of leadership, you will understand why leadership is everything. In this audiobook, I will define leadership in several ways and highlight how it plays out in practice.

15 Steps to Team Success is a must-listen for any contemporary business owner, team manager or group leader. Short, concise, and to-the-point, it is one of the most effective team building tools ever written. Features of this book include learning how to: improve teamwork, facilitate productivity, build trust, increase revenues and boost morale - no matter the size of your team or company. You will see results almost immediately.

Every business, irrespective of its size, requires maintaining proper accounts regularly. They have to keep track of their bills, expenses, and cash flow, because the success as well as the progress of any business depends on its financial reporting. This book is a comprehensive guide that will help you learn how to set up QuickBooks, and manage and track your business transactions. This guide is suitable for anyone who wants to learn about QuickBooks basics.

Healthcare is a big business and is only continuing to grow. Because of this, technology must adapt and transform to meet the needs of the public. Failed healthcare IT projects are nothing new. However, they surely are something that can be learned from. In every failure is a lesson that can be used for a future project - a lesson that can help to save, or better, someone else's life.

The Hallmark of a Great Leader is a well-developed audiobook for business executives to follow in pursuing their career aspirations. It presents best practices within nine areas of focus: vision, leadership style, social intelligence, strategic thinking, political conscience, influence, information dissemination, education, and emotional wellness. The material comes from the perspective of a chief information officer (CIO), but it is clearly stated that the principles apply to all business executives.

You're never too young to start saving. Manage Your Money Like a Grownup, by best-selling author Sam Beckbessinger, aims to get younger listeners thinking about the basics of money, laying a solid foundation in financial education that most grownups today never had. Informed by discussions with real teens and their parents, this audiobook equips listeners with practical tips for earning and investing money at any age, as well as providing questions to spark lively dinner-table conversations.