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BOOKS

The Corporate Wolf Pack

(Book)

by David Cartney, Kurt Rieger

The Corporate Wolf pack is aimed at all business and other organization leaders strugling to come to terms with the realities of vigourous competition and needing to develop their corporate cultures to survive and perform. The book tells a simple story which is used on an executive retreat to train and develop the leaders of tomorrow. Questions and anwsers are used at the end of each chapter to stimulate discussion on each topic, such as how should leaders behave, who should be the leaders. It uses a story based around the struggles of a wolf pack to encourage leaders and aspiring leaders to think, feel and consider how to build enduring and successful organizations, that can compete and survive and build a better future for all of society.

Good to Great:
Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

(Book)

by Jim Collins

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards

Maximum Leadership: The World's Top Business Leaders Discuss How They Add Value to Their Companies

(Book)

by Charles Farkas, Philippe de Backer, Allen Sheppard

From Publishers Weekly
For people who wonder what the CEOs of the world's largest corporations do to earn their multimillion-dollar salaries? and for those who would walk in their footsteps? here is an inside glimpse of life at the top. Farkas and De Backer, directors of an international consulting firm, trekked across North America, Europe and Japan, interviewing the heads of 157 multinational companies to learn how they define their jobs and what they do with their time. They found that those high-ranking macro-managers are expected to add discernible value to their companies and deliver consistently or get out. They work in distinct ways the authors have narrowed to five strategies. Stories told by the CEOs (how Ogilvy & Mather manages IBM's worldwide advertising, for instance) paint vivid pictures of the companies and their leaders. 75,000 first printing.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Five Rings for Executives

(Book)

by Donald G. Krause

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The Book of Five Rings for Executives, by international management consultant Donald G. Krause, is his third volume on classic battle philosophies that can help today's businesspeople compete more effectively. Based on an epic five-part letter to students written in 1643 by legendary samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the book has enthusiastically transplanted long-revered instructions in the martial arts from the Eastern battlefield to the Western boardroom. Musashi's stirring but difficult original treatise on "achieving competitive dominance" is given a more digestible update here by Krause, who shrewdly reorients its fundamental "five rings" into a set of seven practical principles centred on the requisite modern traits of preparation, discipline, skill, and fluidity. Along the way, he demonstrates how historical leaders such as George Washington and Lawrence of Arabia, in addition to contemporaries like Bill Gates and Howard Schultz, have embraced Musashi's ideas. The combination ultimately creates, as Krause explains, "a competitive sword which is capable of winning in all phases of business." --Howard Rothman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Jack Welch on Leadership

(Book)

by Robert Slater

Jack Welch's innovative, breakthrough leadership strategies as CEO transformed GE into a highly productive, labor-efficient powerhouse.

Jack Welch on Leadership reveals the strategies and secrets that led to Welch's stunning success. Read it now, and learn for yourself the management wisdom and actions that Jack Welch used to create the most valuable corporation--and become one of the greatest corporate leaders--in history.

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

(Book)

by Larry Bossidy

The ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute and the biggest obstacle to success is the absence of execution.

The authors describe the building blocks--leaders with the right behaviors, a culture that rewards execution, and a reliable system for having the right people in the right jobs--that need to be in place to manage the three core business processes of people, strategy, and operations.

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

(Book)

by Michael E. Gerber

Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business - from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growing pains to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed - Most importantly, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business.
The E-Myth Revisited will help you grow your business in a productive, assured way.

Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

(Book)

by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis

Focusing on the four domains of emotional intelligence-self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management-they explore what contributes to and detracts from resonant leadership, and how the development of these four EI competencies spawns different leadership styles.

Vision in Action:
Putting a Winning Strategy to Work

(Book)

by Benjamin B. Tregoe, John W. Zimmerman, Ronald A. Smith, Peter M Tobia, Inc Kepner-Tregoe, Tregoe Kepner

What distinguishes this book is its mix of formulation & Implementation, and the fact that roughly fifty percent of its content is devoted to analyses by practicing executives. My chief irritation with management literature is that it suffers from the same thing that afflicts our firm- the failure to integrate strategy/ purpose/ market/ customers with the operations/ implementation/ organisation/ systems/ people. Vision in Action takes a giant and long overdue step to meet this criticism and, thus, to respond to a critical need. To my mind, vision in action is the first of its kind, a book that does all of the above and yet is manageable in length

Managing by Values

(Book)

by Kenneth H. Blanchard

An important component for long-term success is establishing a company culture based on values. Managing By Values describes how companies of all types can achieve a new level of organizational success by committing to a common purpose and a set of values enhancing the quality of service available to customers and the quality of life accessible to the employees. Managing By Values provides a clear methodology for defining and implementing such values to achieve organizational, group, team, and individual objectives. Managing By Values is highly recommended reading for anyone charged with a managerial responsibility.

The Quest for Value:
The Eva Tm Management Guide

(Book)

by G. Bennett, III Stewart, Joel M. Stern (Preface)

Editorial Reviews
Mark C. Ubelhart, practice leader, corporate finance/compensation, Hewitt Associates
"The Quest for Value is a superb reference for students and researchers in finance, operating managers, corporate planners, consultants, and deal doers. It is so chock-full of practical advice that each chapter is virtually a book unto itself. The anecdotal style is as entertaining as it is informative."
First, few books put the two topics (value, investment) in one theoretical system. Even the books or articles about "value investment" can be separated into two categories: these about "investment art", talking about, or written by investment experts (who's names on the Money Master and New Money Master); the other about the "valuation scientific methods". People talked about value investment ideas by totally separated way, the art, or the science.
If you have this kind of questions, you must read this book. The author's capital efficiency view and five categories of business accordingly put the "value" and the "investment" two topics into one system to discuss.
And, The Economic Value Added (EVA) investment method is independent from the any accounting system. The accounting system as a standard record of business activities is only an object of study, criticize or judgment for investment decision but not a constriction of decision mine field. Contrary to "but" "if" talking, this book puts everything on this way: it is the one (EVA), so you should....

Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

(Book)

by Stephen C. Lundin

Addresses today's most pressing work issues (including employee retention and burnout) with an engaging metaphor and an appealing message that applies to anyone in any sector of any organization.

Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life

(Book)

by Stephen C. Lundin

FISH! told the story of a fictional company which transformed itself by applying lessons learned from Seattle’s famous Pike Place Fish market. Now, with FISH! TALES, readers can learn how real-life businesses and individuals energized their workplaces -- and their lives -- by implementing the lessons from FISH!

FISH! TALES focuses on diverse companies,. It features dozens of short takes - quick and easy ways to apply the FISH! - philosophy right now. And it includes a detailed program with specific steps and action plans.

Corporate Governance and Chairmanship:
A Personal View

(Book)

by Adrian Cadbury

Book Description
Corporate Governance and Chairmanship: A personal view presents a practical guide to the way in which companies should operate. The author presents these two interrelated themes and explains how corporate governance does influence the overall structure and operation of businesses and organizations.

The Conative Connection : Acting on Instinct

(Book)

by Kathy Kolbe

Kathy Kolbe has developed a method by which she is able to identify and categorize the conative (action) elements of individuals. Called the Kolbe Conative Index, it provides a new way of focusing creative energy, dealing with change, and of predicting performance. Kolbe’s system is based on research and quantifying the probability of your success in any particular endeavor. This insightful book discusses the index, the four basic action modes and their characteristics, and her theories regarding conation

The One Minute Manager

(Book)

by Kenneth Blanchard

An easily read story, which quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques, it also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the behavioral sciences, which help readers understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. The book is brief, the language is simple, and best of all...it works

The Richest Man in Babylon

(Book)

by George S. Clason

Millions of readers have been helped by the famous Babylonian parables, hailed as the greatest inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning and personal wealth. This books holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money and making money make more money!

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

(Book)

by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard

From Library Journal
This is a brief tale of two mice and two humans who live in a maze and one day are faced with change: someone moves their cheese. Reactions vary from quick adjustment to waiting for the situation to change by itself to suit their needs. This story is about adjusting attitudes toward change in life, especially at work. Change occurs whether a person is ready or not, but the author affirms that it can be positive. His principles are to anticipate change, let go of the old, and do what you would do if you were not afraid.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

(Book)

by Stephen R. Covey

True success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

(Book)

by Stephen R. Covey

Covey's new book will transform the way we think about ourselves and our purpose in life, about our organizations, and about humankind. Just as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helped us focus on effectiveness, The 8th Habit shows us the way to greatness.

The Success System that Never Fails

(Book)

by W. Clement Stone

The Success System The Never Fails examines why some people succeed where others fail. W. Clement Stone tells us of his own inspirational experiences and the approaches we can all adapt to

• Overcome timidity and fear
• Develop the desire to success
• Keep sight of your goals
• Get people to listen to you tear down unseen walls between you and success
• Maintain health and happiness

This is a motivational, credible and absorbing on-going reference for any executive’s library.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

(Book)

by Dale Carnegie

Amazon.com
This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offence or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. --Joan Price