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Excerpt from The Frontier of Control: A Study in British Workshop Politics The first condition of answering these questions is an impartial survey of the actual facts as they exist...

We all know that American business needs fixing, and there is no shortage of prescriptions: imitate the Japanese, or follow the example of successful firms, or practice right-sizing. But these...

Take the next step toward the corner office using the art of perception management! Taking the ideas mapped out in his New York Times bestselling The Confident Speaker to their...

"Executive Intelligence" is about the substance behind great leadership. Justin Menkes has isolated the qualities that make for the 'right' people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by...

Creative thinking is about finding a way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective to conceive of something new or original. It then becomes inventive thinking when...

Called "today's hottest financial idea and getting hotter" by fortune magazine, Economic Value Added (EVA) is the topic of conversation in financial circles around the world, from Germany and Japan...

Successful negotiators do not take language for granted. Spoken and written language is the instrument of negotiation. Understanding and using its power is central to managing and influencing the process...

InaWe-Commerce, visionary marketing strategist Billee Howard lays out her plan for a new vision of success and long-term, purposeful profitability in the new global, sharing economy. Today, the most successful...

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and...

Bestselling author Dr John Medina turns his expertise to the professional world, guiding the reader through what brain science and evolutionary biology have to say about topics ranging from office...

p>br />Do you want to polish your personal skills and be more successful at whatever you do? If you want to get to the top in the business world, you...

Plenty of people are intelligent and have the right qualifications. But in business, to be successful, you also have to be smart and creative. This book contains 60 pieces of...

All businesses today face increasing pressure from customers and legislation to improve their sustainability credentials. Moreover, companies' employees and shareholders are demanding the same. Yet, many companies are playing catch-up...

More than ever, people crave new ideas, new ways of seeing and interpreting behaviour; of changing their companies and lives and of being more creative. Insight today has become an...

Compounded by the pandemic-induced economic recession, many companies find themselves operating in declining markets markets that have no real long-term prospects for growth, and where the demand for certain goods...

In this practical and savvy guide, Dan White describes the soft skills that anyone in today's world of work needs to learn, absorb, and demonstrate if they are to progress...

In order to thrive in these worrying times, this fascinating book proposes we head, uncomfortably, towards the unknown, rather than away from it. By developing a unique relationship with Not...

"The first biography of a management phenomenon, Tom Peters - guru, corporate messiah, author and fashion accessory - Corporate Man to Corporate Skunk uncovers the truth behind the hype, the...

In the Loop and Up to Speed uncovers the origins and meanings of many useful--and some not so useful--phrases that can be heard in the workplace and in everyday life....

Agile is a vast global movement and it's transforming the world of work. From beginnings in software development it's now appealing to mainstream business because it helps them be more...

James Wallace brings readers up to date on the Gates saga to 1997 and reveals the inside story of the struggle to keep Microsoft on top in the World Wide...

From the creator of CNN comes an inside, unauthorised look at the tumultuous launch of the world's first 24-hour, all-news network. Reese Schonfeld, often referred to as the "father of...

Inspire others and achieve brilliant results. Explore the ideas, strategies and skills of famous leaders who achieved great things against all odds, and learn how to apply these to the...

Discover how to unleash the full potential of your meetings Inefficient meetings plague even the most well-run organizations. In 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings, productivity and games expert Sivasailam...

Do you own your own business? Are you happy with the growth profit? Are you profits sliding? Is it time to crank up your business from successful to very successful...

Workshop leaders play a central role in your company's efforts to implement TPM. Once your workers have been divided into small groups to learn the fundamentals of TPM, it is...

Vital tools for implementing Lean Six Sigma--what they are, how they work, and which to use The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook is today's most complete and results-based reference to...

Studies show that office workers spend the equivalent of six weeks a year just looking for things. Add to that all the time spent trying to organize and prioritize work...

If we do what is right, everything else will follow: happiness, success, meaning, reputation, love. This is central to Stoic wisdom. The path isn't always easy, but it is essential,...

The 40-year story of the creation and demise of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age, explaining in detail how a particular culture can become so embedded that...

The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White chronicles the meteoric rise of Informix Software, how it became a billion-dollar software giant, and the scandal that ultimately led to...

In pre-1990s Las Vegas, casino marketing executives were all cut from the same cloth; sharply-dressed and smooth-talking with street-savvy. They rose through the ranks of operations - dealer, floor-man, pit...

A business novel focusing on project management. The novel aims to provoke readers to examine and reassess their business practices and transform the thinking and actions of managers.

Mike Wilson has interviewed more than a hund red of Ellison''s friends and enemies - as well as Ellison hi mself - to create an entertaining and provocative portrait o...

The fault line -- that dangerous, unstable seam in the economy where powerful innovations and savage competition meet and create market-shattering tremors. Every company lives on it; no manager can...

Are you curious? Are you curious enough to unearth your organisation's most valuable problem? The problem that will unlock abundance, possibility and growth. You can probably articulate your business problems...

The follow-up to the 2 million-copy-selling autobiography Losing My Virginity, documenting the incredible truth of the last twenty years in Sir Richard Branson's life. 50 years ago, Sir Richard Branson...

The economic restructuring that has gone on since the 1980s has produced a new economic space in which service and high tech firms are at the forefront of innovation. One...

Look around your business. Are your people committed to your goals? Or are they merely complying with them? Imagine how much further you could go if everyone knew where they...

Prada stores carry a few obscenely expensive items in order to boost sales for everything else (which look like bargains in comparison). People used to download music for free, then...

In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly...

Backed by five years of research, David Marcum and Steven Smith's 'Egonomics' informs readers that the key to great leadership is understanding exactly what ego is - and what it...

Howard Tullman has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech businesses in his 50 year career and created more than $1 billion in investor value as well as thousands of...