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Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders – from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "I know that complexity and uncertainty are testing my instincts, but I don't know which to trust. Is there some way to know what to do when I can't know what's next?"
Her...
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Not your average cookbook. This is a research-based recipe for innovation!
This book is for anyone wanting to kick start innovation in their organization. It is ground-breaking in two ways:
• It is based on data, combining empirical research, literature reviews, business cases, and interviews.
• It tells a story of two friends in diametrically opposite business predicaments due to COVID. Their story is complex and layered, making for engaging...
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Do you struggle to wake up before the sun rises? Do you roll out of bed and rush through your day? Do you allow things to just happen to you? Are you finding it difficult to find a clear purpose in each day? Life does not have to be this way. You can regain control of your life with simple changes to your evening routine. In Devoted Dreamers, you will learn how to create an evening routine to help you gain control of your life. There are countless...
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L'apprentissage et ses théories couvre des sujets tels que l'apprentissage et ses composantes, les déterminants de l'apprentissage, le processus d'apprentissage, les principes d'apprentissage, le système de récompense organisationnelle et les types d'apprentissage. Ce lecteur de livre sera capable de: Comprendre le domaine de l'apprentissage et ses théories et discuter du scénario réel des applications des principes d'apprentissage dans les...
45) Passive Addiction or Why We Hate Work: An Investigation of Problems in Organizational Communication
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This work examines various organizational problems that contribute to the phenomenon of passive addiction, problems so entrenched and quotidian that they no longer register in the organizational consciousness as problems. Passive addiction refers to the phenomenon in which the individual is addicted to various forms of passivity (e.g., procrastination, effortless and vacuous behaviors) as refuge from work one dislikes. Xin-An Lucian Lu and Matthew...
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Will your next leader be insignificant-or indispensable?
The importance of leadership and the impact of individual leaders has long been the subject of debate. Are they made by history, or do they make it?
In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda offers an enticingly fresh look at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference. By identifying and analyzing the hidden patterns of their careers, and by exploring...
47) Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
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A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.
Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations?
In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and...
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A book for all. A book for existing and future leaders. A book for all those involved in managing people, in any capacity. John Dembitz has set down all the key ingredients for effective management and leadership in one easily readable book. As he emphasizes, there is no magic formula, just a willingness to engage, to be aware of others, to listen and to act. All his actions require is an attitude of mind, not capital investment. This is the only...
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At some point, every small business will have to take on a contract with a large organisation if they are going to grow. But less than 15% of small companies are actually ready to take this step.
Over more than 20 years in business, Bronwyn Reid has seen time and time again how winning one, initial contract with a big name" can be the spark that lets a small company realise its potential growth. But as Bronwyn knows from first-hand experience, becoming...
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Ever wonder how to achieve extraordinary results in a disruptive world? Exceed your own expectations and those of your competitors by unleashing your superpower. Learn how to develop your best self, build your brand, influence, engage others and transform your team and organization's results.
In Transform to Outperform: 7 powers to transform you, your team and your results, Susie Robinson reveals practical steps towards personal, team and organization...
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Is your once-thriving organization stuck? Is your team on life support, unable to deliver on its potential? Is your initiative or campaign limping along instead of sprinting ahead? Lisa Gable, turnaround mastermind, offers a clear-headed, straightforward method for getting you back on track.
For more than 30 years, Lisa Gable has been called to turnaround failing organizations-businesses, teams, nonprofits, political campaigns, and government projects-and...
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The 360 Degree CEO provides the tools and insights to successfully navigate your personal and professional journeys while, elevating your health, your relationships, your results, and your organization's performance.
Where are the courageous and CEOs, leading with integrity and generating notable business returns? This is the question Lorraine A. Moore wanted to highlight-for herself and her clients.
This book provides an amalgamation of lessons...
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Your first job isn't all it's cracked up to be . . . You just spent $100,000 on a college degree to make photocopies. And your manager probably isn't even happy with them. Life at the entry level isn't about what school you graduated from, or even who you know. It's actually about paying dues and brownnosing and keeping your foot out of your mouth during meetings.
You're Too Smart For This explains everything your college professors didn't:
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Drawing inspiration from quantum physics, innovative management thinker Danah Zohar offers a powerful new model for business thinking and practice. "Quantum leaders," she says, like the systems they have to manage, are poised at "the edge of chaos." They thrive on the potential latent in uncertainty and are adept at unleashing the creativity of self-organization. More important, they are vision-and value-led; they adapt quickly, are unafraid to play...
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The design of an organization--the accountability system that defines roles, rights, and responsibilities throughout the firm--has a direct impact on the performance of every employee. Yet, few leaders devote focused attention to how this design is chosen, implemented, and adjusted over time. Robert Simons argues that by viewing design as a powerful and proactive management lever--rather than an inevitable outcome of corporate evolution--leaders can...
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From Sigmund Freud's defense mechanisms to Gordon Allport's trait theory, the author has dexterously mapped the importance of a successful personality on to the contemporary work situations. The balance between the traits that we inherit and the skills that we acquire is a part of our societal and workplace development. Whatever we see influences us! Dr. Hiriyappa outlines the workplace requirement when it comes to extroverts and introverts and the...
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Ten years ago, when Theory U was first published, Otto Scharmer invited us to see the world in new ways and in so doing discover a revolutionary approach to leadership. But at over 500 pages, that book was a bit daunting. Now Scharmer has created a concise guide to its key concepts and applications, making his vital work and its methods and tools accessible to a wider audience. Scharmer argues that our capacity to pay attention coshapes the world....
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Are you at risk of being trapped in an uncompetitive business?
Chances are the strategies that worked well for you even a few years ago no longer deliver the results you need. Dramatic changes in business have unearthed a major gap between traditional approaches to strategy and the way the real world works now.
In short, strategy is stuck. Most leaders are using frameworks that were designed for a different era of business and based on a single...
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The definitive classic on high-performance teams
The Wisdom of Teams is the definitive work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a half million copies and been translated into more than fifteen languages, the authors' clarion call that teams should be the basic unit of organization for most businesses has permanently shaped the way companies reach the highest levels of performance.
Using engaging case studies...
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