Management Consulting

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 The Scrum Master Files, trusted coach and certified scrum trainer Angela Johnson takes you through her journey from project manager to scrum master. She helps you learn through her own failures what it means to coach developers, product owners, and organizations in changing the way they work with scrum. The case studies in this book put you in the scrum master role and help you see what went wrong and how to make things right using real-world scenarios. The secrets shared in this book are not exclusive to scrum masters!

You've been trying to get your solo business off the ground, networking online, sending cold outreaches, creating content, and following the advice of influencers. But time goes by, and you can't seem to break through the noise. Becoming the go-to expert in your field is not easy, but quite possible—if you follow the right path. This audiobook decodes the secrets that successful entrepreneurs have used to become thought leaders and make a lasting impact in their industries. Diego Pineda lays out the strategies and tactics you need to climb to the top of your domain.

Continue to hide or help save the very kin she's hidden from? Welcome to SYN Consulting, the top business strategy consulting firm in Europe, home to a motley crew whose leader has a life changing secret. CEO, Danica Lestrange, is the first female dragon born in the last 800 years. Hidden from the rest of her kin and raised in the human world, she built a life that she would defend until her death. A devious plan is unearthed while working on a new business deal that could plunge the dragons into another war with the humans.

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.

Enter the secret world of executive search consulting...and discover how this influential - but largely invisible - profession is charting the course of global business.

The Future Leader is a business fable that serves as a practical resource, offering guidance to prepare for leadership while navigating the unique challenges of family dynamics and business responsibilities. Follow a candid dialogue between Jordan, a new successor, and Kelly, a family friend who has years of firsthand experience in the trials of succession.

Shifting the Energy: How Love Leads Remarkable Teams is a playbook for those brave enough to break the cycle of toxic cultures in the new era of work. Drawing from her research with more than 200,000 employees, Jessica Walter explains the recent turning point in the evolution of modern leadership and reveals society’s five new requirements for work life.

How humans decide what to believe, in their professional and personal lives, is vital. It applies to organizational change, our interest area, but also critically to life, such as health and medical decisions, fake news, politics, and more. Much of the sifting and winnowing of information, of separating wheat from chaff, that turns information into knowledge, however, is done subconsciously using heuristics (mental shortcuts) to decide whom to trust and what to believe. Once people decide which authorities and evidence to trust, they get on with life without returning to questions such as ...

According to Steve Jobs, "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." The rise of digital technology in business has made this statement truer now more than ever. Today, businesses can be created, marketed, and ready to interact with customers in the blink of an eye, with nothing more than an internet connection! This accelerated pace of business is wreaking havoc on companies that are "too big to fail", sometimes in a matter of months.

Die traditionelle Form der Unternehmensführung hat an vielen Stellen ausgedient. Mit Mitarbeiter-Partizipation und Selbstorganisation zu klar messbaren Erfolgssteigerungen. Die SEMCO Methode zur Demokratisierten Unternehmensführung nach Ricardo Semler. Führungskräften und Mitarbeitern ein besseres und leistungsfähigeres Umfeld bieten.

The Arch is not just another leadership book. Using the metaphor of a Roman arch, police officer, leadership consultant, and Gallup Strengths Coach Jim Uhl provides a simple and practical framework for leadership and life. It is a redemptive tale of surviving failure, lessons learned, and wisdom gained. The Arch uniquely blends psychology, architecture, neurobiology, poetry, the hero’s journey, personal anecdotes, and powerful stories of survival into a down-to-earth mosaic that will transform how you choose to lead.

Straighten the spin of your thoughts from negative to accurate. Imagine a life where you do not believe every story in your head. Imagine controlling your attitude by PUSHing through to accurate and empowering thoughts. Imagine being given permission to quit negative thoughts and think differently. Thoughts spin inside our head at an uncontrollable pace. It’s time to own our spin and master our thought intelligence.

iCoach is not just a book, but a system refined over 35 years of coaching CEOs and other leaders to meet strategic imperatives. Even if you stay in your current job - and especially if you're the CEO - iCoach gives you access to being a successful coach. iCoach is your road map to real power - by unleashing people. The problem is, we know how to fly a robot to Mars, yet we know next to nothing about empowering people - igniting their productivity. If working with others is a mystery (or a pain) to you, iCoach® is the solution.

We've entered a new era. Call it the age of imagination, ideation, conceptualization, creativity, or innovation - take your pick. Creativity, mental flexibility, and collaboration have displaced one-dimensional intelligence and isolated determination as core ingredients of competitive advantage. But these methods and mindsets needed to drive innovation are only found by tapping into the discretionary levels of passion, creativity and initiative within us. This is where Out Think leadership comes in.

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The ultimate guide to managing your career - at every level, through every transition - The McKinsey Edge culls the best practices of an exclusive group of executives and consultants from McKinsey & Company, the legendary consulting firm that services eighty percent of the world's largest corporations. Drawing on his time as an engagement manager with McKinsey, Hattori presents rigorously selected, battle-tested tips that will give you the edge you need to up your game, raise your profile, and take your career to the next level-using a proven four-step program:

The Think Big Movement is a business book filled with invaluable insight on how to grow your business. It gives you the tools, best practices, and step-by-step guidance you've been craving to move your business forward, at any stage in its growth. Follow Jacob, the main character in this business book told as a fable, as he experiences the ups and downs of business like most business owners. He discovers a mentor in Marc Gardner, a wildly successful, humble man who built a thriving dental practice using true grit and tenacity.

Anyone can manage IT employees. Due to the fact that the employees have agreed to work for the company, as their manager you hold the ability to fire them in your hands. If they don't do what you tell them to do, you have the right to terminate them. That's management, not leadership. This audiobook will provide you with numerous examples of good leadership. I'll be showing you the skills and talents that IT leaders must have in order to do a good job of motivating their team.

Waterfall methodology is part of the linear, scope-driven lifecycles family of approaches. As it is the manifestation of the command-and-control organization, it is highly prescriptive. Almost all organizations using the methodology have a similar set of processes, mostly based on the PMBOK (more on that later).