Around the globe, people are facing the same problem - that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. The author debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness. It also draws on interviews with world leaders.
Speak up, you can become a Beyonder! <a href='http://www.e-boek.org/store/beyonders-p-192728.html'>Ook verkrijgbaar als e-boek</a> <a href='http://itunes.apple.com/be/book/beyonders/id479871726?l=nl&mt=11'>Ook verkrijgbaar in de iBookstore</a> In many organisations and countries people are desperately searching for leaders that can provide solutions to transcend the many financial, political and environmental problems that the world is facing. Sadly, such leaders are few and far between. But fortunately there is hope: Beyondership. Leaders who aspire to Beyondership possess and radiate a deep-seated vision, anchored in a clear set of values. What others see as obstacles, they welcome as challenging opportunities. They create environments that inspire passion, and persevere until their goals are reached. Even when not supported by powerful parties, they have the courage to be a minority of one and steadfastly fight for what they genuinely believe. For a Beyonder, it is not about being the best in the world, bu
In a world of permanent crisis, where change is the norm, Lean becomes fashionable. Yet, companies who have chosen to fundamentally transform it self, following the Lean principles and investing first on women and men, have, globally, and in the long term, the best economic results. This book, with simple concepts and illustrated with many examples, analyzes the main misconceptions about Lean, taking each time the views of managers and operational concerned. (Version anglaise de Petit guide Lean à l'usage des managers).
Peu de sujets ont inspiré autant d'études, d'articles, de thèses et d'ouvrages que le leadership. Le propos de cet ouvrage, alliance authentique de la réflexion à l'action, de la pratique à l'analyse, est une réflexion exigeante et novatrice nourrie d'une vaste expérience du leadership au plus haut niveau et appuyée par une rigoureuse approche pluridisciplinaire. Car si l'on ne peut parler de leadership sans l'avoir vécu, un véritable leader ne saurait faire l'économie de la réflexion : c'est cela, le leadership en action. (Articles en français et en anglais).
We make decisions, and these decisions make us and our organisations. And in theory, decision-making should be easy: a problem is identified, the decision-makers generate solutions, and choose the optimal one - and powerful tools are available to facilitate the task. This guide to decision making aims to improve decision-making in organisations.
How does a good manager become a superb leader? Ask around in business circles, and you'll get as many different answers as you ask people. This title features seven stories for leadership transformation. It provides a fresh look at leadership, based on hard data and serious research.
The must-read summary of Jason Fried and David Hansson's book: "Remote: Office Not Required".
This complete summary of the ideas from Jason Fried and David Hansson's book "Remote" shows that now is the right time for allowing more workers to do their work remotely, rather than keeping watch over them in a centralised office. Therefore, if you get your mindset right and put in place some robust operating rules for how remote work will happen, you position your organisation to take full advantage of the benefits of the growing remote work phenomena.
Added-value of this summary:
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To learn more, read "Remote" and find out how you can expand your business all around the globe.
Shows how you can manage your time better with strategies to ensure success. This book includes solutions to key issues from understanding what time is to focusing on goals and priorities, 5-minute fixes and high-impact techniques, and a simple self-assessment exercise to help monitor progress.
Develop your skills, realise your full potential and make your life work All the stress-busting strategies you need, from coping with everyday concerns to making the life changes that will improve your long term well being. Includes practical techniques, effective tips, 5-minute fixes and case studies to equip you to succeed in the real world, plus set your goals and check progress with simple self-assessment exercises.
Follow as a complete course, or dip in and out of topics of particular interest.
A long-time market leader in this discipline, Slack has set the standards in Operations Management which other textbooks seek to emulate. Expert authorship, an engaging writing style, and an interesting collection of cases combine to communicate the importance of managing operations and processes within a successful organisation.
Operations Management provides a strategic perspective, whilst also examining the practical issues which organisations face on a day to day basis. It uses over 120 examples from all over the world, reflecting the balance of economic activity between service (c.75%) and manufacturing (c.25%) operations.
A guide to how to build spreadsheet models for assessing business risks and opportunities. It provides practical help on how to build the best, most flexible and easy-to-use business models for analysing the upside or potential downside of various business projects, however small or large.
In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of 'collaborative consumption' which will change forever the ways in which we interact both with businesses and with each other.
The sequel to the international #1 bestseller, Wikinomics. Wikinomics showed how mass collaboration was changing businesses around the world. MacroWikinomics takes it beyond the boardroom to show how the mass collaboration is revolutionizing the way we live, work, and create.
Ask around in business circles, and you'll get a thousand different answers. But now, internationally-renowned leadership expert Dr Peter Fuda has created a single, coherent roadmap for greatness: after more than a decade's research and practice, Fuda shares the seven common threads that have enabled hundreds of CEOs across the world to transform themselves into effective, inspiring leaders.
Leadership Transformed uses seven easy-to-remember metaphors to distil Fuda's research into a pathway for real, lasting change. The Fire metaphor, for example, will help you shift from burning platforms (fear-driven leadership) to burning ambition (purpose-driven leadership).
Fuda has helped leaders on four continents achieve greatness. Previously available only to the select clients of his industry-leading consultancy, now Fuda's expert knowledge can help kick-start your own leadership transformation.
For students, managers and senior executives studying Brand Management.
Keller, Strategic Brand Management, 3e provides insights into how to create profitable brand strategies by building, measuring, and managing brand equity.
For introductory undergraduate courses, and MBA-level MIS and Information Systems courses that want to integrate business with technology.
This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.
Laudon and Laudon continue to define the MIS course with their latest comprehensive text.
Management Information Systems, provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision making in an exciting and interactive manner.
The latest revision of this text focuses on MIS and business with greater clarity and depth.
Core strategic management concepts without the excess.
Just the essentials-Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage strips out excess by only presenting material that answers the question: does this concept help students analyze cases and real business situations? This carefully crafted approach provides students with all the tools necessary for strategic analysis.
The third edition continues to be integrated around the highly successful VRIO framework while incorporating new opening cases and an entire chapter devoted to international management.
For undergraduate or graduate courses with titles such as «Risk Management» and «Financial Risk Management» and courses on Financial Institutions focusing on regulation and risk management.
Written by a respected author in the professional market, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 2/e is the only text that explains risk management theory in a «this is how you do it» manner, encouraging practical application in today's world.
Professors need a text that offers the latest information available, yet is written for application in a real work environment. Hull helps students gain knowledge that will stay with them beyond college.
Thoroughly updated, the Second Edition incorporates new information regarding Stress Testing, liquidity risks, ABSs, CDOs, and the credit crunch of 2007.
