It's Good To Be King, the new leadership book by James Kerr, explores some important leadership challenges along with suggestions for how to overcome them in an easy to read business parable form.
Why do companies in the same sector pursuing near-identical strategies perform so differently? 'Accelerating Performance' sets out to find answers based on data and empirical evidence rather than anecdotes and theory.
The Trusted Executive is one of those books that changes the way you think about leadership. It’s not the first to extol the importance of trust as the essential trait of leaders, but few other authors have expounded such a comprehensive framework for building trustworthy organisations.
Many of the established principles of business management are outdated and counter-productive, yet still organisations cling onto them. This books sets out to shoot those scared cows and get us to rethink how companies are managed and our work is designed.
Don't be fooled by the title. This book offers systematic approaches for for making and communicating decisions and integrating analytical data and intuitive intelligence to solve the paradoxical problems of digital-age businesses.
About 100 pages into Marshall Goldsmith's new book, I picked up a pen and began to write down some “engaging questions” for myself. I read dozens of business books a year, and can’t remember the last time I took action that quickly (or at all, to be honest).
Sanity at work. Is that really possible? This ground-breaking book sheds new light on the factors contributing to our psychological wellbeing and personal effectiveness at work, drawing on insights from the dual disciplines of psychology and psychotherapy.
Based on 30 years of research, 5 Conversations aims to identify and draw out those vital two-way conversations between line managers and staff members and develop them in ways that build trusting relationships rather than antagonism.
This book will strike a chord with anyone frustrated by bungling bosses, complacent companies or those well-meaning managers trapped in a long-established but outdated way of working.
This books represents a powerful tool to help executives elevate their companies, their employees and themselves to new levels of performance. And it works because it's suited to the rational approach to problem-solving that successful executives employ.
Dont Be A Cant attempts to cover an entire ethos for life, in this case, taking responsibility for your own happiness. It is Frank Bastow's first book, and the first book I've read that comes with a money-back guarantee if you don't get anything out of it!
This book provides a completely different approach to leadership in the 21st century. I'm not spiritual, never have been, but this was one of those books I just could not put down because it explores so many aspects of what we need to flourish in our own lives as well as in our leadership positions.
Your project has hit a bottleneck, the team is spread too thinly and Gant charts aren't helping. Do you through up your hands in despair? Or pick up a copy of 'Commitment - A Novel About Managing Project Risk'? Which option sounds better?
As its title suggests, this is not your typical business book. But in showing that Trappist principles can be successfully applied to a variety of worldly business settings, it can inspire thoughtful leaders to evaluate their current approach to management and strategy.
Extreme Trust is another important contribution to the betterment of management thinking from the team of Peppers and Rogers., who argue that businesses must deliberately act to protect the interests of customers proactively, before they have a chance to spread negative buzz.
Light Footprint Management draws inspiration from two unconventional sources; Barack Obama's 'light footprint' military doctrine, and what the author has elsewhere called China's 'management revolution,' discussing how both have evolved as responses to our often complex and turbulent world.
In a fast-changing world, the ability to adapt quickly to any situation is becoming a vital asset for everyone. Adaptability tells you all you need to know about the art of strategy in a series of powerful survival rules and lessons from 50 top brands.
'Faire la trace', by Rémi Engelbrecht, contains seven lessons for managers which can be learnt from guiding aspiring climbers in the European Alps. The author is both a qualified, alpine mountain guide and a management consultant so he writes with authority.
Sustainability has moved from being the 'right thing to do' to being the optimal driver of business strategy. This book articulates the drivers for innovation and how to practically think through and then act to embed sustainability into your organization's DNA.
If you want to know what lies behind all the hype about cloud computing and what it means for your business but don't want to be blinded by technical detail, this surprisingly readable book by Christopher Barnatt is a great place to start.
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