Business and Management

Presents a scientific five-step paradigm that aims to increase the success rate of new products in the market place.

In Reaching for the Stars, VA advocate and mentor Rosie Shilo reveals the steps, tips and tricks used by Australia's most successful Virtual Assistants. Featuring dozens of VA stories and...

A must read book for anyone who currently owns a small/medium business or is about to start a new business venture. It is a straightforward guide to protecting business and...

All management styles have their own advantages and drawbacks. The task of the chief executive is to select and successfully implement a style that fits the needs of a corporation's...

"The antidote to bland writing and bland thinking" Tom Peters Funky Business tells us that difference rules, and difference comes from the way people think. In this world, we can...

Reengineering's new methodologies for business process improvement are much in demand with managers in every industry. This resource explains the whats, whys and hows of business reengineering. Comprehensive and pragmatic,...

With the publication of his best-selling books "Competitive Strategy (1980) and "Competitive Advantage (1985), Michael E. Porter of the Harvard Business School established himself as the world's leading authority on...

Struggling with cash flow? Slow growth? Slim profits? No time? Stress? Lack of fulfilment? Chronicling the true story of one entrepreneur's journey, The Mindful Entrepreneur provides a raw, brutally honest...

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television...

Firms with superior IT governance have more than 25% higher profits than firms with poor governance given the same strategic objectives. These top performers have custom designed IT governance for...

10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning The coauthor of the international bestseller Execution has created the how-to guide for solving today's toughest business challenge- creating profitable growth that is...

The HR Answer Book addresses 200 questions that every employer and manager needs to deal with, from recruiting and hiring to discipline and termination, compensation and benefits to training and...

Over the last 5 years, the content marketing industry has shifted from a $165 billion dollar industry to what will be a $412 billion dollar industry within the next 12...

The business world is facing a new era of turbulence. How can individuals thrive now that all the roles are changing? how can they develop the initiative required to make...

Is it cost-effective to add staff in a given area? Does a training program have a positive impacton costs and sales? In this era of increasing cost and budget justification,...

National Bestseller CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of the Year It's the biggest revolution you've never heard of, and it's hiding in plain sight. Over the past...

FRAGILE POWER provides the knowledge, confidence, and power to improve your leadership performance and achieve your goals in life, business, and sport. However, 'power is fragile' and should be used...

Over the years we've seen too many well-intentioned leaders and managers attempt and fail to implement values into their workplace. Don't repeat their mistakes. Understand values and their impact on...

Well-motivated people who are happy with their work and where they work are more likely to deliver high performance. People who work for organisations whose purpose they believe in are...

For most managers, the normal round of hectic schedules, tricky staff issues and impending deadlines are well within their management capabilities. It is the financial issues that give them headaches....

Life is a Choice and the Choice is Yours - Have you ever wondered if you are truly living life within choice or within a mould you believe you have...

Time and time again, executive women wake up and realise they've spent their entire careers making everyone else look good and have forgotten about themselves. Are you one of these...

I recommend this book to any leader wanting to build an exciting and dynamic organisation founded on great customer service. David Thodey If you re looking to transform the customer...

Trusted advice on successful consulting from the authors of the bestselling Guerrilla Marketing series Consulting is entering the era of the guerrilla client-buyers with a glut of information at their...

What do Citicorp, UPS, and Marriott have in common? They are "breakthrough" service providers, firms that changed the rules of the game in their respective industries by consistently exceeding customer...

Leaders everywhere are faced everyday with the tyranny of the urgent - everyone wants things done yesterday. These same leaders are battered with the surge of information that enters their...

A top business consultant and speaker lights the path to a positive, productive work environment What do the best leaders do to achieve greatness in the modern workplace that is...

Star and executive producer of the hit TV show Bar Rescue and New York Times bestselling author of Don't Bullsh*t Yourself, Jon Taffer reveals the transformational power of conflict, sharing...

Like many entrepreneurs, Ryan Blair had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly...

The Leader's Guide to Presenting is a highly practical guide to delivering engaging and influential presentations.

'This story literally has what it takes: the anecdotes, the insights and, most of all, the values to guide the next generation of entrepreneurs' - Mark Carney Blackstone chairman, CEO...

Ignore radical social changes by clinging to hopes of restoring a past that can never be revisited or embrace change and find ways to use our new realities to create...

An intelligent, inspiring book about the author's quest to find purpose with profit for his company, helping readers with businesses of all sizes to see the value of ethical policies...

Program Evaluation is a straightforward introduction to evaluation for beginners and practitioners. Drawing on current research, it presents an original framework for the identification of appropriate forms and approaches. It...

This is a streamlined version of De Wit and Meyer's text, "Strategy: Process, Content, Context". It contains a range of key articles with text contextualizing the debates around key issues,...

How do you maximize your success and impact as a leader while maintaining your stamina and sanity The answer doesn't lie in simple "efficiency." It's not about making better use...

Cofounder of Fast Company magazine and bestselling author of Mavericks at Work and Practically Radical shows how true business innovation can spring from the unlikeliest places. Far away from Silicon...

This sweeping business history shows the dramatic movement of power from East to West, providing an expansive global view of choice moguls across various industries, including finance, transportation, communication, and...

Whether you're thinking about starting a consulting business or have been coaching for a while, Coach Builder will give you the 8-step plan every self-employed coach needs to be successful....

Women & Success will take you on a journey of self-discovery. In this ground breaking book, you will read stories from successful and inspiring women and will begin to reflect...

The Diaries Of A Corporate Princess tells the tale of a woman who thinks she has it all. The first third of the book covers some of her corporate adventures,...