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By Mark Michaels
The Quest for Fitness: A rational exploration into the new science of organizations follows the tradition of Frederick Taylor and W. Edwards Deming by rationally applying scientific principles and processes to understanding the nature of organization. The book recognizes that the environment has changed drastically since Taylor applied Newtonian principles to describe the industrial organization. The synthesis forces the reader to change his/her view from considering how an organization can be created to take control of its environment to how one can be created to survive over time in a changing environment. The Quest for Fitness leaves the reader with a vision of organizations as complex adaptive organisms striving to stay fit on an ever-changing landscape. There is an ongoing search to optimize one’s position in an uncharted wilderness. Survival is not dependent upon the strongest but upon the ability to adapt as the landscape changes. The leaders of such organizations are no longer commanders, but explorers, who create network infrastructures enabling information to be received, integrated, and shared throughout the organization so that individual parts can best respond to immediate conditions, without the total system flying apart.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Mark Sasscer
In this compelling leadership fable, The Change Agent illustrates the awesome impact that culture has on desired results and provides a proven methodology for transforming corporate culture! The Challenge: Fewer than 30% of American workers are fully engaged at work. Each year, this disengaged workforce costs corporations and institutions millions of dollars in lost productivity due to absenteeism and poor execution, lost revenue due to dismal customer service, and wasted hiring and training expenses due to high turnover, etc. The Solution: The Change Agent gives leaders the key principles and tools necessary to get discretionary effort ("want-to" rather than "have-to" behavior) from all employees by creating a motivating corporate culture. Praise for Mark Sasscer, Author: "I think Mark is being modest when he uses the term 'culture change' to describe his work. I truly believe it is transformational, because the condition, nature, and character of a company are impacted in a deep way!" Jane Altobelli, Senior Vice President, Culligan International "In the crowded and over-hyped world of change management, Mark Sasscer is the voice that makes sense. With a candid, practical approach to culture change, Mark's insights and coaching allow leaders and organizations to improve performance by working on behaviors that matter." Paul Masterton, President, RR Donnelley Europe "Mark is one of the few individuals who have recognized the connection between behaviors and results. In today's world, an organization that values and rewards positive behaviors will achieve results beyond their wildest dreams. That's what Mark Sasscer is all about!" Peter Butler, Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Medical Center "Mark Sasscer's knowledge of the culture-change process is only exceeded by his passion for teaching it!" Dave Gabriel, President and CEO, Hagemeyer North America
FORMAT: Softcover
By Mark Sasscer
In this compelling leadership fable, The Change Agent illustrates the awesome impact that culture has on desired results and provides a proven methodology for transforming corporate culture! The Challenge: Fewer than 30% of American workers are fully engaged at work. Each year, this disengaged workforce costs corporations and institutions millions of dollars in lost productivity due to absenteeism and poor execution, lost revenue due to dismal customer service, and wasted hiring and training expenses due to high turnover, etc. The Solution: The Change Agent gives leaders the key principles and tools necessary to get discretionary effort ("want-to" rather than "have-to" behavior) from all employees by creating a motivating corporate culture. Praise for Mark Sasscer, Author: "I think Mark is being modest when he uses the term 'culture change' to describe his work. I truly believe it is transformational, because the condition, nature, and character of a company are impacted in a deep way!" Jane Altobelli, Senior Vice President, Culligan International "In the crowded and over-hyped world of change management, Mark Sasscer is the voice that makes sense. With a candid, practical approach to culture change, Mark's insights and coaching allow leaders and organizations to improve performance by working on behaviors that matter." Paul Masterton, President, RR Donnelley Europe "Mark is one of the few individuals who have recognized the connection between behaviors and results. In today's world, an organization that values and rewards positive behaviors will achieve results beyond their wildest dreams. That's what Mark Sasscer is all about!" Peter Butler, Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Medical Center "Mark Sasscer's knowledge of the culture-change process is only exceeded by his passion for teaching it!" Dave Gabriel, President and CEO, Hagemeyer North America
FORMAT: E-Book
By Peter J. Venison
Twenty-two years ago, author Peter Venison's Hotel Management became a best seller in the hotel and tourism industry, labeled a "must read" on the curriculum of every hotel school, and landed on the bookshelf of every hotel manager. Despite many requests for a follow-up volume, Venison declined, on the basis that he had nothing new to say. Now he does. Holed up for several weeks in five star hotels while concluding a complicated business deal, Venison realized that the standards offered by the industry still fall short of perfection. As a result, he has put pen to paper to produce this handy catalogue of suggestions to hoteliers, based upon his considerable personal experience as a hotelier and perpetual hotel guest. 100 Tips for Hoteliers guides you from the inception of a hotel to its opening and operation, offering practical tips for each stage of the journey. It should prove equally useful to hotel school students as a checklist of what they can expect, and also to practicing hotel managers as a reminder of their responsibilities. Proceeds from the sale of 100 Tips for Hoteliers will be donated to the Duke of Edinburgh Cup charity.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Peter J. Venison
Twenty-two years ago, author Peter Venison's Hotel Management became a best seller in the hotel and tourism industry, labeled a "must read" on the curriculum of every hotel school, and landed on the bookshelf of every hotel manager. Despite many requests for a follow-up volume, Venison declined, on the basis that he had nothing new to say. Now he does. Holed up for several weeks in five star hotels while concluding a complicated business deal, Venison realized that the standards offered by the industry still fall short of perfection. As a result, he has put pen to paper to produce this handy catalogue of suggestions to hoteliers, based upon his considerable personal experience as a hotelier and perpetual hotel guest. 100 Tips for Hoteliers guides you from the inception of a hotel to its opening and operation, offering practical tips for each stage of the journey. It should prove equally useful to hotel school students as a checklist of what they can expect, and also to practicing hotel managers as a reminder of their responsibilities. Proceeds from the sale of 100 Tips for Hoteliers will be donated to the Duke of Edinburgh Cup charity.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Frank McCluskey
For two hundred years the volunteer fire service has motivated teams, developed leaders, and managed quality, all without spending a dime. This book uncovers the ten secrets of how they do this and shows you how to apply these principles to your business. If you have ever looked for "best practices" for motivating employees and insuring customer satisfaction, look no further. We will show you how to light a fire under your organization and have it Burning for Success.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Jonathan Herman
Declining trust in and for American organizations over many years culminating in the corporate scandals of 2002 has created a multi-front battlefield atmosphere in American business today. Will you survive the trust wars? Within your organization: how strong is trust in your leadership? How strong is your trust among your co-workers? From outside your organization: how strong is trust in your brand among customers, in your stock among your investors, in your reputation among regulators? Find out in the first 20 pages of this book! Let this veteran of trust wars in over 200 organizations worldwide show you how to thrive in the post-Enron landscape of radically altered corporate governance, scrutiny and regulation by Recapturing the Trust.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Jim Stroup
Managing Leadership is an essential guide to understanding what organizational leadership really is and how to harness it to the service of today's organizations. Author Jim Stroup brings to the topic of organizational leadership over 30 years of experience as a student of and participant in leadership in military, civilian, and governmental organizations around the world. In a compellingly drawn argument, Stroup provides a clear and actionable solution to the leadership crisis facing the owners, directors, and managers of contemporary organizations. Learn why today's concept of individual leadership has to be scrapped:
§ It places on "leaders" untenable burdens that irresistibly lead to isolation, loss of direction-and disloyalty.
§ It represents the surrender of our organizations, their owners and stakeholders to the "leaders" and their "vision".
§ Managers must regain control of today's organizations in all fields. Discover how to:
§ Properly understand what leadership in an organization really is.
§ Manage leadership as a resource like any other in the organization.
§ Guide today's organizations out of the individual leadership crisis and into the intelligent management of leadership. Managing Leadership will show owners and managers how to take back control of their organizations and direct them with effective, no-nonsense managerial integrity.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Jim Stroup
Managing Leadership is an essential guide to understanding what organizational leadership really is and how to harness it to the service of today's organizations. Author Jim Stroup brings to the topic of organizational leadership over 30 years of experience as a student of and participant in leadership in military, civilian, and governmental organizations around the world. In a compellingly drawn argument, Stroup provides a clear and actionable solution to the leadership crisis facing the owners, directors, and managers of contemporary organizations. Learn why today's concept of individual leadership has to be scrapped:
§ It places on "leaders" untenable burdens that irresistibly lead to isolation, loss of direction-and disloyalty.
§ It represents the surrender of our organizations, their owners and stakeholders to the "leaders" and their "vision".
§ Managers must regain control of today's organizations in all fields. Discover how to:
§ Properly understand what leadership in an organization really is.
§ Manage leadership as a resource like any other in the organization.
§ Guide today's organizations out of the individual leadership crisis and into the intelligent management of leadership. Managing Leadership will show owners and managers how to take back control of their organizations and direct them with effective, no-nonsense managerial integrity.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Stephen Kohn
What do individuals admire most about bosses for whom they love to work? Research shows that it is their people skills that make the difference. Learn a proven, results-oriented "People Management Formula" that prominent management coaches use to build these people-oriented leadership skills. Then practice these skills using sensible training techniques that make the authors' model come to life in the workplace. The People Management Formula -- your recipe for leadership success!
FORMAT: Softcover
By Stephen Kohn
What do individuals admire most about bosses for whom they love to work? Research shows that it is their people skills that make the difference. Learn a proven, results-oriented "People Management Formula" that prominent management coaches use to build these people-oriented leadership skills. Then practice these skills using sensible training techniques that make the authors' model come to life in the workplace. The People Management Formula -- your recipe for leadership success!
FORMAT: E-Book
By Joseph G. Cowley Sr, Robert C. Weisselberg
A classic in its field, The Executive Strategist is a down-to-earth guide to the techniques of scientific decision-making known as operations research or management science for busy executives and managers as well as the general reader. It suggests ways to solve basic problems involving inventory ("When is enough enough?"), competition ("How to tackle a smart opponent"), allocating resources ("Meeting the demand"), waiting lines ("Quicken the queue"), getting things done ("Concepts of control"), and search, information, and replacement ("The needle in the haystack"), plus problems in many other areas. The book begins simply with a case history from mythology (the judgment of Paris), builds gradually, introducing the reader step-by-step to all the complexities of today's management sciences, and concludes with a realistic formula for putting the methods to work. Filled with easy-to-follow charts and diagrams and delightful illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Al Ross, and written with a light touch and an easy-to-understand style, The Executive Strategist has been translated into several languages and been a best-seller overseas as well as in the United States. It is now available for the first time in paperback.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Dick Dadamo
A major limitation to a company's growth is in the organization's culture. Trust remains the first and foremost characteristic issue. Trust starts with delegation, but delegation alone cannot work without controls, checks and balances, and planning. But for managers to advance their leadership abilities, existing limitations have to be understood as well as the constantly changing elements of management that are needed to make the successful transition. Author Richard Dadamo's fifty years in management have provided him with experience to help executives better handle inevitable change and to allow them to grow more easily. The Laws of Management Physics: A Guide for Hands-on Managers presents basic, essential principles, or "laws," to help managers become achievers. Originally directed toward small, growing companies with visions of Busting $10 million in the revenue barrier, the collection of one hundred laws in The Laws of Management Physics can be applied to any company, regardless of size. In the rapidly changing business environment, Dadamo's guide will keep you alert to the changes that are key to successful growth in today's economy. Dadamo's Creed: I do not profess to be an expert, but I do profess to be an observer. So listen to my observations, which are based on years of experience, and accept that there is more one way to do things. Listen to how I have done things wrong as well as I have done them right, and you can avoid the same mistakes. Then if I have challenged your mind-set and encouraged you to consider alternatives, I have accomplished my task.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Dick Dadamo
A major limitation to a company's growth is in the organization's culture. Trust remains the first and foremost characteristic issue. Trust starts with delegation, but delegation alone cannot work without controls, checks and balances, and planning. But for managers to advance their leadership abilities, existing limitations have to be understood as well as the constantly changing elements of management that are needed to make the successful transition. Author Richard Dadamo's fifty years in management have provided him with experience to help executives better handle inevitable change and to allow them to grow more easily. The Laws of Management Physics: A Guide for Hands-on Managers presents basic, essential principles, or "laws," to help managers become achievers. Originally directed toward small, growing companies with visions of Busting $10 million in the revenue barrier, the collection of one hundred laws in The Laws of Management Physics can be applied to any company, regardless of size. In the rapidly changing business environment, Dadamo's guide will keep you alert to the changes that are key to successful growth in today's economy. Dadamo's Creed: I do not profess to be an expert, but I do profess to be an observer. So listen to my observations, which are based on years of experience, and accept that there is more one way to do things. Listen to how I have done things wrong as well as I have done them right, and you can avoid the same mistakes. Then if I have challenged your mind-set and encouraged you to consider alternatives, I have accomplished my task.
FORMAT: Softcover
By G. Caravantes
Whereas many recommend a paradigm change in order to cope with modern complexities, Caravantes and Bjur urge executives not to change their operating paradigms, but rather to become paradigm competent, that is, knowledgeable and competent in several ways of understanding and analyzing the working world. Four major paradigms are described: positive science, quantum physics, oriental mysticism, and existentialism. The authors recognize that executives often are obligated to make important choices despite insufficient data and the inability to predict future outcomes. Hunches that one action is to be preferred over others are examples of high-level managers making use of more-than-rational intuitions defined as knowing without knowing how you know. The authors think of this as a kind of subconscious "magic" not taught or developed in the curricula of schools of management, where the emphasis is on technical rationality and technique. The authors emphasize the importance of subconscious perceptions in enabling an executive's access to infra-conscious, extra-rational, or "magic" capabilities, and discuss some modern techniques that can be used to enhance an executive's magic and charisma. Magic and Management is a fourth book co-authored by Bjur and Caravantes, until now published and marketed in Brazil. Their work is based on three decades of multi-cultural analysis and observation of management theory as it is practiced in many different countries. This work is designed for the experienced manager who desires to enhance personal knowledge and discover inherent, possibly hidden, abilities to excel in leadership.
FORMAT: Softcover
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