Practice Management

Guides on leadership are often either abstract or anecdotal - they focus on concepts and theories or the stories of others. But leadership is a performance art. It’s about taking action, utilizing your skill set, and getting results. Craig Miller has crafted a no-frills, pragmatic guide to helping you design the practices you need to become a strategic, visionary leader who can effect immediate change. All you have to do is take the first step in the process.

Encapsulating over 60 years of combined professional experience working with successful leaders worldwide, authors Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura provide a proven collection of universal best in class leadership beliefs and behaviors labeled THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF LEADERSHIP. Despite the old adage, leaders are made not born. They are made with integrity, discipline, commitment, and hard work. Truly effective leadership is developed by learning and refining specific skills and applying those skills according to sound principles and time-tested guidelines. Providing you and your colleagues ...

Management has the important job of teaching and helping people get better. But they also need to give support, listen, motivate, give power, and give challenges. If you want people to do what you want them to do and do it well and passionately, you have to find the way to encourage and motivate them.

The most important thing in standardized work is finding a balance between giving employees strict rules to follow and allowing them to be creative and come up with new ideas to consistently meet difficult goals like cost, quality, and delivery. The secret to finding the right balance depends on how standards are written and who helps create them.

Our state of emotional health can be affected by the simplest things in our lives. This can then lead to a downward spiral of negatives thoughts about ourselves and our relationships with others. Depression and anxiety are an extremely common problem, all too easily diagnosed by a "medical professional" and then treated with very powerful and addictive medications.

"Mindfulness Exercises for the Shower" is a series of guidebooks by Jenny Garufi that delves into the transformative power of mindfulness within the everyday setting of your shower routine. With a focus on gratitude, the healing properties of water, and empowerment techniques, these books offer a unique and accessible way to weave mindfulness into your daily life. Each chapter provides a range of exercises designed to enhance self-awareness, promote relaxation, and deepen your connection to yourself. These books offer an innovative, easy-to-adopt practice.

We live in a world of vast collaborative potential. Yet all too often, powerful boundaries create barriers that can splinter groups. And this can lead to uninspiring results. To transform borders into frontiers in today's global, multistakeholder organizations, you need Boundary Spanning Leadership. Powered by a decade of global research and practice by the top-ranked Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), this book takes you from rural towns in the US to Hong Kong's skyline, showing you how to build bridges across boundaries.

Are you familiar with the concept of NLP? If yes, then you probably know how to use it to succeed in life. If not, this book provides all the information on how to get rid of fears and bad habits, cultivate one's strengths, to control other people and even to copy someone else's success. Get ready to listen to the book "NLP.

Written for HR professionals and smaller organizations, this book will cover a gamut of common HR mistakes that companies make. Learn how to troubleshoot and avoid these issues with ease. And if you're an HR practitioner in a small or mid-size business stretching to cover HR functions, this eBook can keep you from making common, easily avoided mistakes in your people practices.

Data and analytics have been reshaping countless industries as they turn from anecdotal to evidence-based practices. The recruiting and hiring processes, however, have been intuition-based. That changes today. Evidence-Based Recruiting introduces an entirely new approach - one that relies on irrefutable facts and data, enabling you and your organization to thrive in the new era of talent acquisition.

In today's fast-paced, technology-driven world, the ability to manage one's attention has become a critical skill for success. This is especially true for technical professionals, who face unique challenges as they juggle complex tasks, tight deadlines, and the constant bombardment of information. The Attention Architect: Techniques to Boost Productivity and Build Better Focus Habits is a practical, research-based guide designed specifically for engineers, developers, data scientists, and other technical professionals. This book will help you harness the power of your attention to maximize ...

Are you unsure where you are meant to be going in your career? Why do you do what you do? Do you want to move forward in your career? It’s time for you to find your purpose and your WHY and achieve the career success you have been seeking. In a world where the average person changes jobs twelve times in their lifetime, it's more important than ever to know not only what you want to do but WHY you want to do it. Author and educator Phil Charles wants to help you identify your unique purpose so that you can be satisfied and successful in your career. Why It Matters is a step-by-step guide ...

Embark on a remarkable exploration into the realm of empowerment and personal growth with "Practice of Coaching: Mastering the Art of Empowering Others to Fulfill Their Potential." This audiobook is your gateway to unlocking the profound impact that coaching can have on individuals seeking to reach new heights.

Follow along as Dr. Liker explains the Lean Leadership Development Model (LLDM), and how it aligns with the accepted principles of operational excellence. Learn about the behaviors required to sustain it long-term. Understand how leadership must walk the talk of True North. Find out how to actively engage in developing lean leader skills.

Millennials and future leaders no longer have to make the mistakes of yesterday in order to learn valuable lessons tomorrow; they can have the answers they need today! Laser brilliantly combines her expertise in risk reduction, human behavior and strategy with existing "better" practices and experiences from others, in this entertaining, easy-to-follow, solution-packed beginner's guide to leadership essentials.

Some leaders make it look easy. Others who have every opportunity to lead effectively make it appear impossible. One thing is certain with leadership: People notice it when it is absent. W. James Weese, a professor of leadership at one of Canadas top universities, advances the concept of leadership in his exciting book. In doing so, he argues that the best leaders exhibit 5C qualities: credibility, compelling vision, charismatic communicator, contagious enthusiasm, and culture builder.

Increasingly, organizations count on project teams to develop products and deliver services to their customers. Consequently, effective teamwork and team leadership are integral components of an organization's success. Authors Stephen E. Kohn and Vincent D. O'Connell define the essence of superior performance by project teams at work and identify nine attributes of team membership and team leadership that set the stage for accomplishment of group objectives. Kohn and O'Connell bring these proven strategies to life with real-world examples drawn from decades of experience.

This is an A-to-Z guide to the sales process and will provide you with a solid foundation to help you become an expert sales executive and master the art of closing deals. Sales isn’t a "by the book" process, but this guide will provide you with the insights, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that will make all the difference in your career in sales. It’s divided into three parts: the science, the deal-making process, and the practicality.

"Conquer the DAWIA Level II Exam: Your Guide to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Intermediate/Journeyman Level Exam" is an essential resource for aspiring defense acquisition professionals. This comprehensive guide covers advanced acquisition topics such as policy, program management, contracting principles, financial management, logistics, systems engineering, risk management, performance-based contracting, and strategic sourcing. Each chapter delves into critical areas, providing detailed explanations, practical examples, and study strategies to enhance understanding and ...

Da concepção de um sonho à sua concretização, este audiolivro apresenta dicas sobre onde e como aplicar conceitos teóricos da Qualidade, seja em uma grande empresa, em um pequeno negócio ou em suas metas pessoais.