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Written by a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive community of contributors and business experts, this book is about leading transformational change on an individual, team, organizational, and societal level.

Leading in a Non-Linear World leads listeners through a groundbreaking set of science-based strategies to help them face rising demand, uncertainty and change posed by disruptive technologies and seismic shifts in globalization. The book shows how our mindset, more than our knowledge and expertise, has the potential to be our greatest asset in facing the future. Jean Gomes reviews the latest brain research revealing that our mindset is the interplay of feeling, thinking, and seeing, and how we can build it to significantly increase our wellbeing and performance.

Un ex ingeniero espacial revela los hábitos, las ideas y las estrategias que te permitirán convertir lo aparentemente imposible en posible. La ciencia espacial suele considerarse el logro culminante de la tecnología. Pero no lo es. Es más bien la culminación de un determinado enfoque, una forma de imaginar lo inimaginable y de resolver lo irresoluble.

Disability Friendly is a clarion call to businesses around the world to realize the opportunities presented by employing people with disabilities. It explains the potential of disabled employees, how to create a culture of inclusion, and, in the process, help people with disabilities become proud contributors.

In Meta-Leadership, Dierickx draws on a vast body of research from psychology and business to show how great leaders can improve their judgment for stronger, more profitable results. Incorporating leading-edge data and research on the science of thinking, emotional regulation, and behavior, Meta Leadership offers fascinating stories, incisive insights, and useful takeaways for better leadership and better outcomes.

In her first book, What Your Customer Wants and Can't Tell You, author and behavioral economics specialist Melina Palmer, applies the science of behavioral economics to unlocking what is behind customer decisions. Behavioral economics combines elements of economics and psychology to understand how and why people behave the way they do in the real world. Now, in her sequel, What Your Employees Need and Can't Tell You, she offers a highly actionable roadmap for business executives and managers faced with the task of instituting successful organizational change.

We are in the midst of a leadership crisis that is derailing business success, and it's time to get rigorous about talent. This book will show you how, with an effective and consistent framework to help galvanize decision-makers around leadership potential.

Every year America becomes more diverse, but change in the makeup of the management ranks has stalled. The problem has become an urgent matter of national debate. How do we fix it? Arguing that it's time to focus on changing systems rather than individuals, two of the world's leading experts on workplace diversity show us a better way in the first comprehensive, data-driven analysis of what succeeds and what fails. The surprising results will change how America works.

Impacto positivo explica de forma corajosa como as empresas do futuro vão lucrar solucionando os problemas do mundo, não os criando. Pela primeira vez, o ex-CEO da Unilever Paul Polman revela como fez para aumentar o retorno de seus acionistas em 300% e ainda assim garantir que a empresa fosse a número 1 do mundo em sustentabilidade por onze anos consecutivos.

A legendary performance coach shares his simple, proven and fun methods for cultivating motivation – and keeping it. In Motivation, Stefan Falk is your expert guide to success. 'The very best insights, tools and tips for managing yourself and your goals in high-pressure situations' – Daniel...

En Humanocracy, Gary Hamel y Michele Zanini presentan un argumento apasionado yapoyado en investigaciones para suprimir la burocracia y reemplazarla por una nueva flosofía de gestión.

In Say More About That, veteran inclusion strategist, coach, writer, and speaker Amber Cabral delivers an incisive and practical guide to assertively addressing inequitable treatment you see at home, work, school, and other settings. The book offers a complete communications toolkit for equity advocacy you can deploy on your own behalf and on behalf of others.

With talented and dedicated people, any business can succeed. Without great people, every business will fail. Yet many managers recruit only when they have a job opening, often settling for those who are only “good enough”. Yet hiring the right people is an ongoing process, not a one-time activity. Unfortunately, many managers often hire those who are most like them instead of who are best suited for the open position. But great managers “hire slow, fire fast.” They interview effectively and check a candidate’s past performance before making an offer.

Der Bewerbermarkt hat sich in den letzten Jahren radikal gedreht. Das bekommen HR-Manager, Recruiter und Personaldienstleister deutlich zu spüren. Dabei ist es ein Ammenmärchen, dass es "keine Bewerber" mehr gibt und der Fachkräftemarkt "völlig leergefegt" ist. Es gibt nach wie vor gute Leute, nur bewerben die sich möglicherweise woanders oder verharren in einem ungeliebten Job, weil die Alternativen ihnen zu wenig attraktiv erscheinen.

Hast du das Zeug dazu, dein Unternehmen zum Vorreiter zu machen? Frage dich einmal: Ist dein Unternehmen auf die unaufhaltsame Digitalisierung vorbereitet? Eine der folgenden Situationen kennst du bestimmt: Starre Hierarchien, fehlende Strategie und Entscheidungsschwäche verlangsamen drastisch den Fortschritt und die Innovationsfähigkeit. Die Reporting-Strukturen schaffen eine derartige Komplexität, dass man Wochen braucht, um ein simples Problem zu lösen. Die Abteilungen kommunizieren kaum miteinander und man gönnt den anderen keinen Erfolg, weshalb wichtige Informationen nicht fließen.

Todos nos afectamos mutuamente. "Estamos juntos" incluso sin darnos cuenta. Este audiolibro ayudará a entender por qué las mismas personas, con distintos métodos para ponerse de acuerdo, pueden alcanzar resultados tan diferentes. Este audiolibro es el fruto de más de diez años de investigación, en el que participaron ciento catorce personas. A través de muchos ejemplos, responde a preguntas tan urgentes como: ¿Es posible saber el grado de inteligencia de un colectivo?, ¿qué factores contribuyen a aumentar esa inteligencia?

Desta vez, Lencioni conta a história de Jeff Shanley, que assume o comando da empresa da família em meio a um turbilhão de problemas. Ele acredita que só conseguirá salvar o negócio se consolidar uma cultura empresarial forte de contratação e desenvolvimento de pessoas com base nessas virtudes. Para isso, arrisca-se a perder pessoas talentosas que não sabem trabalhar em grupo e precisa convencer um executivo de que, mesmo sob pressão, não vale a pena admitir profissionais abaixo dos padrões da organização.

Ambidextrie beschreibt die Gleichzeitigkeit einander widersprechender Bestrebungen unternehmerischen Handelns: Sowohl das Bewahren und Optimieren des Bewährten (Exploit) als auch das Erkunden neuer Wege, Produkte oder Geschäftsmodelle (Explore) sind Aufgaben jeder Organisation. Beide Modi sind jedoch widersprüchlich in Methodik, Instrumenten, Zielsetzung und impliziten Überzeugungen. Um langfristig bestehen zu können, müssen beide Bestrebungen bedient, koordiniert und mit passenden Ressourcen ausgestattet werden.

How is it that some leaders win brilliantly and repeatedly, while others struggle to reach their full potential? Over a decade, Robert Jordan and Olivia Wagner set out to answer this question, interviewing thousands of leaders and matching top executives with struggling or high-growth organizations, learning first-hand what separated the rockstars from the rest. In Right Leader Right Time they identify four unique leadership styles that when applied to the right role at the right time, skyrocket success for both the leader and the organization.

In Driving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company, now-retired chief executive officer Gary Garfield delivers an incisive and eye-opening road map of how to transform any organization, department, or group. Through a series of massive changes, Garfield drove record results as CEO. By sharing his learnings on driving change in this insightful book, you'll learn how you can use the six essential elements to drive results through change at your organization or with your team.