Performance Leadership

High performance isn’t forced. It’s felt. And the leaders who understand that don’t just build teams–they create movements. The People Puzzle is written for leaders who know their team can be more. They want connection, commitment, and collective energy that drives results from the inside out. In a world where performance is often pushed, this book offers a refreshing challenge: stop trying to force it, and start building it, piece by piece.

If you or someone you love has ever been caught in the vise-like grip of anxiety, you understand how painful and debilitating it can be. The frustration of the physical, mental, and emotional interference caused by anxiety is devastating. For many people, anxiety becomes the dragon they cannot slay. It doesn't have to be that way any longer. It’s time to break the chokehold anxiety has on your performance goals and your life.

In The Adventure of Sustainable Performance, the authors share their many years of experience serving clients and driving performance as the world transitions to a net zero carbon future. A future that uses resources sustainably and that seeks social justice. Perfect for executives, managers, directors, and other business leaders, The Adventure of Sustainable Performance is an actionable guidebook for the implementation of value-add sustainability programs.

Internationally renowned business guru, Bill Schwarz explores the way organizations work, the impact of human nature's reactive state, the governing principles that determine why a company believes the way it does.

Companies need to grow, innovate, and adapt to changing needs. But stressed-out employees rarely go the extra mile, chaos rarely produces agility or speed, and it’s hard innovate or grow while bleeding talent to turnover and quiet quitting. This is how change stymies the very progress that it seeks. Drawing on decades spent leading HR operations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall explores the essential nature of human performance and offers a radical new alternative to the constant turbulence that defines corporate life.

In order to be successful as an IT manager, you need to be able to show the company that under your leadership your team is able to deliver high quality products on time and under budget. If you want to have any chance of being able to pull this off, then you are going to have to discover ways to build a high performance IT team.

The second in the Enhanced Series, Enhanced Executive Performance is quickly becoming the "how to" guide of becoming the type of executive many dream to be. It picks up where Enhanced Life Performance leaves off. Enhanced Executive Performance takes that state of well-being to executive leadership conference rooms, board rooms, and offices of the world. Want to execute at work like never before and do so while maintaining a near constant state of fulfillment? Then Enhanced Executive Performance is a must listen for you.

I am comedian/author/dudeman Marshall Chiles, and I will show you step-by-step proven methodologies to help add humor to your presentations in order to increase your persuasion and maximize your impact.

The performance review is an important part of your job as a manager or coach. But it is only a part. In order to develop team members effectively, you have to be proactive on a daily basis. This means having conversations - and not just about the weather or the game last night. Create ongoing conversations throughout the year. Conversations for Creating Star Performers is a vital tool for keeping team members motivated, engaged, and moving ahead every day - not just the days before an annual review.

For too long, humans have been following others based largely on that person's sense of physical strength, appearance, and dominance. It's a model that dates back to the Neanderthals and which, incredibly, we continue to apply—consciously or not. The Power of Evolved Leadership establishes a new standard for leadership. It shifts you away from a leadership profile of power, command, and control to move your toward the nuance of motivation, inspiration, and, most critically, the shedding of "ego."

Are you highly motivated by the work you are doing? Are you are performing at your best? Are your employees highly motivated and performing at their best? For some people, Steve's book will be about helping organizations improve performance by tapping into the heart and soul of their employees. For others, it is a book about finding a place in this world where they can feel productive and alive, where what they do has meaning, satisfaction, and a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Others might apply what is learned to family and loved ones. Through Steve's book, you will learn concepts and ...

Culture guru and best-selling author, Chris McGoff, allows you to journey along with Carolyn, a composite character based on real-life people, to learn and see how it’s up to everyone to work through the struggles and find a way to redefine company culture and achieve peak performance. By the end of Carolyn’s story, you will be equipped to break down that default culture and build a culture of peak performance.

The ultimate business coaching book, Coach: Coaching for Business Performance is an operation manual for all business coaches and leaders to leverage their relationships with clients or team members who depend on their leadership or guidance. Learn how to increase production and performance with detailed models for effective goal setting, about accountability practices, and how to troubleshoot common obstacles coaches encounter. This book is a must-have for anyone looking for a system to implement to help others succeed and reach their goals.

In his work consulting to major corporations for more than 30 years, Gerald Kraines consistently hears that 60-70 percent of business organizations' potential effectiveness goes unrealized. He shares how to engage, align, and develop employees in order to leverage and encourage optimal performance and long-lasting results.

A powerful book that shows the step-by-step evolution of a new kind of global technology powerhouse, The Lenovo Way is an indispensable guide for leaders and managers who deal with strategy, innovation, branding, and HR at any kind of company. It also tells the remarkable story of how two women from very different backgrounds rose to become leaders in Lenovo's journey to the top.

Why are the New Zealand All Blacks the best rugby team in the world? How does the Kirov Ballet produce generation after generation of exceptional ballerinas? How did Southwest Airlines evolve from being an idiosyncratic Texan airline to become one of the most successful businesses internationally? How does the Finnish School Education System deliver great results by breaking conventions? Powerhouse uncovers the performance secrets of some of the most impressive organizations around the world and reveals the key principles they have in common....

Taking Charge! 52½ Years of Anecdotes and Advice for Aspiring Executives This book is a practical guide for what they don’t teach you in business school or on the job. As Henry Ford once said, “you can’t teach experience,” and Osborn speaks with over a half century of experience in one of the most volatile industries of the last decades – telecommunications and broadband. From developing people skills to mastering strategic planning for forecasting, Taking Charge is easy to read and full of advice that can be put to work the next day at the office. Whether you are an up and comer...

Bill Lucia and Deb Kelly embarked on a journey to transform their company. Together with the best executive team in the business, a workforce with unparalleled passion and commitment to serve, and a handful of really smart partners, they have proven that anything is possible when you truly unleash the power of your people. This book tells you how they did that and how you can too.

Business profitability and growth are primary factors in determining business strategy and goals. By utilizing and integrating the two power tools of risk management and key performance indicators you can position your organization to move toward a proactive management style that supports these goals. This book provides practical guidance on how your company can incorporate this approach without utilizing large dollar expenditure for consulting fees and/or internal resources.

Rédigé par les experts de la HBR, cet ouvrage inspirant met à votre disposition toutes les techniques et les outils nécessaires pour mener votre carrière avec sérénité, en gérant parfaitement vos émotions et en tirant au mieux parti de votre personnalité. Comment s'affirmer dans son travail pour progresser et gagner la confiance de ses collègues ? Comment tisser des relations équilibrées avec son manager ou ses collaborateurs pour éviter incompréhensions, frustrations et conflits ?