Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Organizational Development

Guidance for Leaders, Managers, and Graduate Students, purchasing degree in leadership and management fields

Anatomy of the World of Business: Theories, Models, Practical Applications is a book, designed as the hands-on program to provide business executives with a chance to refresh and up-date their knowledge to succeed in running, managing, and operating practically any business with a little adjustment to business size and type. Discussions lead leaders and managers to deep...

Four Typical Responses
Based on our experience, we know that the Decide One Thing concept will get four different responses.
Some organizations will categorically reject the idea that they need to become great at One Thing.
Some will think it is cool, but get distracted by the next cool idea or fad that comes along.
Some will embrace the concept for a time,...

Generate Better, Faster Results-- Using Less Capital and Fewer Resources

" The High-Velocity Edge] contains ideas that form the basis for structured continuous learning and improvement in every aspect of our lives. While this book is tailored to business leaders, it should be read by high school seniors, college students, and those already in the workforce. With the broad societal application of these ideas, we can achieve levels of accomplishment not even imagined by most people."
The Honorable Paul H. O'Neill, former CEO and Chairman, Alcoa, and Former...

This book explains how to organize and manage modifications during the solution realization phase of problem solving so improvements become the new way of life. The nine steps detailed in the books chapters, although applied to solution implementation, can be used on their own to manage many types of system modification. These transition activities are framed in a three stage model first proposed by Kurt Lewin the father of change theory. It packages a strategy for sustaining improvements that is easy to understand and apply - unfreeze, change, and refreeze.

Fundamental...

What if every single employee-every single one-worked in their dream job, utilized their best talents, worked with an inspirational leader and was fully engaged in their role?

For companies, this scenario leads to breakthroughs in productivity, customer service, profitability, and shareholder value. For individuals, it means better health, stronger relationships with family and friends, and greater happiness. We sketches the landscape of today's changing job environment and gives managers and individual employees alike a road map to...

Praise for Look At More

"Andy Stefanovich is a masterful storyteller and a true 'curator of inspiration.' Look At More gives you a dose of Andy's adrenaline and creative can-do spirit, and it provides you with a powerful how-to guide for inspiring workplace innovation that lasts."--Beth Comstock, chief marketing officer, GE

"Andy Stefanovich has always exhorted his clients to 'look at more stuff, think about it harder.' With this inspired and inspiring book, he shares dozens upon dozens of ways to put that principle to work. Look At More offers a way to real business...

Complete Training looks at the employee life cycle and suggests a series of training challenges and opportunities relevant for diverse employees at each stage - from new hires to the veterans of the organization....

Achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness have always been very important for both for-profit and public sector organizations. Many organizations and government agencies mandate Lean programs in the hope of achieving these objectives, but often these programs underperform and result in resistance.

Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma helps increase the level of employees' engagement with Lean initiatives by shifting the conversation from "what is not efficient or non-value-add and needs to be removed/reduced" to "what is already efficient/value adding and can be built upon or...

Some ideas are bigger than others, and the Master Idea--your company's purpose--is the biggest. Whether addressing communication between leadership and associates, suppliers to manufacturers, sales force to customers, or brand to consumers, The Story of Purpose details a proven methodology for businesses, small to large, how to build a purpose-inspired organization to positively impact employees, customers, and the bottom line. It reveals the process for uncovering what makes a company distinctive and guides you...

Is radical reinvention the key to winning in today's fast-paced world? Not judging by the results of some of the world's best-performing companies.

In Repeatability, Chris Zook and James Allen--leaders of Bain & Company's influential Strategy practice--warn that complexity is a silent killer of profitable growth. Successful companies endure by maintaining simplicity at their core. They don't stray from, or regularly discard, their business model in pursuit of radical renovation....

Bad company communication can result in high staff turnover, poor results and low morale. Internal Communications draws on examples of best practice in the private, public and non-profit sectors, with case studies of high profile international organizations. The book defines and explains internal communications (IC), providing practical, ready to implement guidance on planning and organizing the IC function and IC teams; understanding audiences; deciding and developing messages; channels, outcomes and approaches; line managers and leadership; evaluating and reporting;...