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Organizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field; in this book, he analyzes and illustrates through cases the abstract concept of culture and shows its importance to the management of organizational change.

Executives from The Second City—the world’s premier comedy theater and school of improvisation—reveal improvisational techniques that can help any organization develop innovators, encourage adaptable leaders, and build transformational businesses. For more than fifty years, The Second City...

Whether you run a Fortune 500 company or serve as CEO of your household, negotiating effectively is crucial to leading wisely and living well. Leading and living are a series of constant negotiations. Consider what goes on during your typical week: Can you influence your client to accept your...

Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritize one over the other to build a culture of exceptional accountability. You don’t have to choose between being the hard-charging task master and being the easy-going people pleaser. By expanding your awareness to create deliberate intentions, take informed actions, and be responsible for your impact, you can achieve better business outcomes and experience greater satisfaction in doing so.

In this eye-opening, essential guidebook for the new world of work, John Winsor and Jin Paik, leaders at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, show how the massive reset of the pandemic allowed talented workers everywhere to exit their jobs without leaving the workforce. Now some are freelancing for multiple companies or starting small businesses, leaving hiring managers scratching their heads over a workforce gone AWOL. What's more, talent has more power than ever using platforms such as Freelancer.com, Fiverr, and Upwork, setting their own terms for work.

The only user-friendly beginner’s guide to Six Sigma Six Sigma is the most common—and perhaps least understood—methodology for streamlining processes in manufacturing, service delivery, management, and almost any other business activity. For business leaders seeking increased efficiency...

Are you leading a team and wondering why some members feel harder to work with than others? Or why your team just isn’t clicking no matter what you try? What if there was a way to make teamwork easier, smoother, and more productive without trying to change anyone?I’m Robbin Kent, and welcome to Teamwork Made Easier. I’m a mom of two, wife of one, Enneagram 7, and Team Development Coach. I hold a Master’s Degree in Counseling and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology, and I’ve been applying these strategies in real workplaces for decades. Building teams that work better ...

New and revolutionary ideas and perspectives on the central management issues of tomorrow by the man Warren Bennis calls ""the most important management thinker of our time."" In this major new work, Peter F. Drucker discusses how the new paradigms of management will change our basic assumptions...

Discover the key to positive workplaces and better results from one of Britain's most successful leaders. A Waterstones Book of the Month and Paperback of the Year 2025 'Mr Timpson is a role model as an employer. Other businesses could learn from his approach.' The Guardian The Happy Index: a...

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world that’s changing faster than ever, successful leaders realize that a genuine willingness to change their own minds is the ultimate competitive advantage. Drawing on evidence from social science...

Welcome to Development Futures – a podcast brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Development Centre at the Lowy Institute. In this podcast, our researchers and some of the world’s leading experts discuss fresh policy insights and ideas on the most pressing development issues in the world today.

Facing a Setback? Searching for Clarity or Inspiration? Real change doesn’t come in the blink of an eye. It’s the small, deliberate steps that carve out the significant impacts we see in our lives. Hosts Stephen and Sharlene have decades of experience as coaches, mentors, and professional counselors who have helped hundreds of people just like you find more clarity and success in their lives. Each episode is crafted with you in mind, tackling real challenges from real people who’ve been right where you are. Join them every week and get a step closer to the person you were meant to be. ...

Charity Case: Disrupting Nonprofits for Good - is the podcast for every nonprofit professional, volunteer, or funder looking to make powerful change in the way 501 organizations are created, led, and measured. We are out to disrupt nonprofits for GOOD! In this podcast we are exploring real stories about the crazy, painful, dangerous, outrageous experiences that keep nonprofits from succeeding. Whether it is poor leadership, boards behaving badly, or outrageous donor demands; these stories have a way of shocking us while also making us feel right at home in some super-secret society of ...

A podcast dedicated to the hidden voices of rural life, thriving small-town infrastructure and more in Nebraska. Brought to you by the York County Development Corporation.

Host Stephanie Bradley Wilson talks to a variety of guests about the work being done by Common Wealth Development. Our mission is to support and preserve the vitality of neighborhoods in the Madison Metropolitan area. Our work serves as the foundational bedrock of healthy community and economic development, with projects aimed at improving the housing and business climate of our neighborhoods through a people-first approach centered on racial equity and community level health improvement.