Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Dialogic Organization Development

The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Edited by Gervase R. Bushe, Robert J. Marshak ...

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of ... Read more

$55.49 USD

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of
... Read more
What I Didn't Learn in Business School

How Strategy Works in the Real World

by Jay Barney, Trish Gorman Clifford ...

Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon ... Read more

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Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon
... Read more
The Little Black Book of Innovation, With a New Preface

How It Works, How to Do It

by Scott D. Anthony ...

In The Little Black Book of Innovation, long-time innovation expert Scott D. Anthony draws on stories from his research and field work with companies like Procter & Gamble to demystify innovation. Anthony presents a simple definition of innovation and illuminates its vital role in organizational success and personal growth. Anthony also provides a powerful 28-day program for mastering innovation’s ... Read more

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In The Little Black Book of Innovation, long-time innovation expert Scott D. Anthony draws on stories from his research and field work with companies like Procter & Gamble to demystify innovation. Anthony presents a simple definition of innovation and illuminates its vital role in organizational success and personal growth. Anthony also provides a powerful 28-day program for mastering innovation’s
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Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

A compelling exploration of human thought processes

by 50minutes ...

Series series Book Review
It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.Thinking, Fast and Slow, by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, explores the fallacies that can impair human decision-making and the biases that may lead us to act in an irrational way. Kahneman posits that the human mind is governed by ... Read more

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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.Thinking, Fast and Slow, by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman, explores the fallacies that can impair human decision-making and the biases that may lead us to act in an irrational way. Kahneman posits that the human mind is governed by
... Read more
The Art of Creative Thinking: How to be Innovative and Develop Great Ideas

How to be Innovative and Develop Great Ideas

by John Adair ...

Series series The John Adair Leadership Library
The Art of Creative Thinking provides clear, practical guidelines for developing your powers as a creative thinker. Using examples of entrepreneurs, authors, scientists and artists, John Adair illustrates a key aspect of creativity in each chapter. Stimulating and accessible, this book will help you to understand the creative process, overcome barriers to new ideas, learn to think effectively and ... Read more

$28.99 USD

The Art of Creative Thinking provides clear, practical guidelines for developing your powers as a creative thinker. Using examples of entrepreneurs, authors, scientists and artists, John Adair illustrates a key aspect of creativity in each chapter. Stimulating and accessible, this book will help you to understand the creative process, overcome barriers to new ideas, learn to think effectively and
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The Bankruptcy Alternative

Close Your Business Your Way, Without Bankruptcy. Save Time, Save Money, Save Your Sanity!

by Bruce Bowler ...

The purpose of the book is to give, to those who have a failing or failed business on their hands, helpful information in knowing when to close it down; encouragement in taking that step if needed; and that if they choose to close it down, to let them know that they have more options available than just declaring bankruptcy. It shows how a "self-managed liquidation" very well may be a better ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The purpose of the book is to give, to those who have a failing or failed business on their hands, helpful information in knowing when to close it down; encouragement in taking that step if needed; and that if they choose to close it down, to let them know that they have more options available than just declaring bankruptcy. It shows how a "self-managed liquidation" very well may be a better
... Read more
Customer Service Training for Service Technicians

Customer Service Training Series, #9

by Kimberly Peters ...

Series Book 9 - Customer Service Training Series
Repairing the equipment is just part of the job for a good technician. You must also "repair" the relationship with the customer.Customer Service Training for Service Technicians provides you with customer service training focused on the role of the technician. Learn how to use your interpersonal skills to create long lasting customers.Even more important, learn how to leverage service to bring in ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Repairing the equipment is just part of the job for a good technician. You must also "repair" the relationship with the customer.Customer Service Training for Service Technicians provides you with customer service training focused on the role of the technician. Learn how to use your interpersonal skills to create long lasting customers.Even more important, learn how to leverage service to bring in
... Read more
HOW TO INVEST IN RENTAL PROPERTIES

THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO RENTAL PROPERTY INVESTING

by Keith E. Price ...

Tired of Rental Rollercoasters? Take Control with Our 40-Year Rental Property Blueprint!Are you a landlord drowning in tenant troubles, spiraling maintenance costs, and sleepless nights?Do you dream of a rental property that generates consistent income, requires minimal headaches, and finally allows you to live the life you deserve?This</str... ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tired of Rental Rollercoasters? Take Control with Our 40-Year Rental Property Blueprint!Are you a landlord drowning in tenant troubles, spiraling maintenance costs, and sleepless nights?Do you dream of a rental property that generates consistent income, requires minimal headaches, and finally allows you to live the life you deserve?This</str...
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The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook: 50+ Frameworks and Prompts to Automate Your Decision Making

AI leadership, #1

by Pierce Sterling ...

Series Book 1 - AI leadership
Master the future of management with The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook.In an era where speed and precision define success, staying ahead means integrating artificial intelligence into your core leadership strategy. This essential guide provides over 50 actionable frameworks and ready-to-use prompts specifically designed to help executives, managers, and entrepreneurs automate complex decision-making ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master the future of management with The AI-Driven Leader's Playbook.In an era where speed and precision define success, staying ahead means integrating artificial intelligence into your core leadership strategy. This essential guide provides over 50 actionable frameworks and ready-to-use prompts specifically designed to help executives, managers, and entrepreneurs automate complex decision-making
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Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget , Fifth Edition

The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget

by James P. Lewis ...

All you need to execute a project perfectlyA new edition of the classic project management book is here, revised and updated with even more guidelines and real-world examples. This expanded fifth edition provides an applications-oriented understanding of the issues you must confront and important tips for passing the Project Management Professional exam.The standard guidebook in the Project ... Read more

$48.59 USD

All you need to execute a project perfectlyA new edition of the classic project management book is here, revised and updated with even more guidelines and real-world examples. This expanded fifth edition provides an applications-oriented understanding of the issues you must confront and important tips for passing the Project Management Professional exam.The standard guidebook in the Project
... Read more
Making Questions Work

A Guide to How and What to Ask for Facilitators, Consultants, Managers, Coaches, and Educators

by Dorothy Strachan ...

This book is an invaluable desk reference for facilitators, leaders, coaches and anyone who wants to engage in more effective learning and decision-making conversations. It offers over 1700 rich questions that you can borrow or adapt to improve your inquiry skills, and provides clear frameworks that point to when, where, and why particular questions are most useful. ... Read more

$50.00 USD

This book is an invaluable desk reference for facilitators, leaders, coaches and anyone who wants to engage in more effective learning and decision-making conversations. It offers over 1700 rich questions that you can borrow or adapt to improve your inquiry skills, and provides clear frameworks that point to when, where, and why particular questions are most useful.
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Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WIll! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the Masters

How to remember peoples names and MORE

by Jamie Best ...

Series series How to remember peoples names and MORE
Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WILL! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the MASTERSLearn from the Memory Masters how you can remember anything at will, including new peoples names.- Direct Memory Strategies to learn faster and more easily- Get More Done in Less Time- And Reach Your Goals Faster ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Memory Dojo: Infinite Memory at WILL! Train Your Mind to Remember Like the MASTERSLearn from the Memory Masters how you can remember anything at will, including new peoples names.- Direct Memory Strategies to learn faster and more easily- Get More Done in Less Time- And Reach Your Goals Faster
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Problem Solving

Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects

by Asian Development Bank ...

This guidebook is a product of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Accountability Mechanism's Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF). Built on the experiences and lessons of OSPF's problem solving with ADB-assisted projects, it spells out a practical approach to solving problems encountered in projects. The value of the OSPF approach to problem solving is recognized in resolving community ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This guidebook is a product of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Accountability Mechanism's Office of the Special Project Facilitator (OSPF). Built on the experiences and lessons of OSPF's problem solving with ADB-assisted projects, it spells out a practical approach to solving problems encountered in projects. The value of the OSPF approach to problem solving is recognized in resolving community
... Read more
IT Governance

How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results

by Peter Weill, Jeanne W. Ross ...

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 their strategies. Just as corporate governance aims to ensure quality decisions about all corporate assets, IT governance links IT decisions with company objectives and monitors performance and ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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 their strategies. Just as corporate governance aims to ensure quality decisions about all corporate assets, IT governance links IT decisions with company objectives and monitors performance and
... Read more
Self Control: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter

by ALLAN DAVIDSON ...

FIND OUT: How to Achieve Willpower & Gain Focus to Achieve your Most Important Goals!According to a 2010 survey made by the American Psychological Association, willpower deficiency is the NUMBER ONE hurdle people face in accomplishing their worthwhile goals.In this book “SELF-CONTROL: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter", learn the strategies and techniques in order to gain ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

FIND OUT: How to Achieve Willpower & Gain Focus to Achieve your Most Important Goals!According to a 2010 survey made by the American Psychological Association, willpower deficiency is the NUMBER ONE hurdle people face in accomplishing their worthwhile goals.In this book “SELF-CONTROL: Developing Amazing Willpower to Achieve Goals that Matter", learn the strategies and techniques in order to gain
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Getting (More of) What You Want

How the Secrets of Economics and Psychology Can Help You Negotiate Anything, in Business and in Life

by Margaret A. Neale, Thomas Z. Lys ...

Two top business professors offer up "the best research and advice on negotiation" (Chip Heath)Do you know what you want? How can you make sure you get it? Or rather, how can you convince others to give it to you? Almost every interaction involves negotiation, yet we often miss the cues that would allow us to make the most of these exchanges. In Getting (More of) What You Want, Margaret Neale and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Two top business professors offer up "the best research and advice on negotiation" (Chip Heath)Do you know what you want? How can you make sure you get it? Or rather, how can you convince others to give it to you? Almost every interaction involves negotiation, yet we often miss the cues that would allow us to make the most of these exchanges. In Getting (More of) What You Want, Margaret Neale and
... Read more
The Classic Collection of Henry George. Illustrated

Progress and Poverty, Social Problems, The Condition of Labour and Others

by Henry George ...

The Classic Collection of Henry George brings together some of the most influential writings of Henry George, whose ideas played a major role in shaping debates about wealth, land ownership, and economic justice in the late nineteenth century. This illustrated edition includes his landmark work Progress and Poverty, as well as important essays and lectures such as Social Problems, The Condition of ... Read more

$0.99 USD

The Classic Collection of Henry George brings together some of the most influential writings of Henry George, whose ideas played a major role in shaping debates about wealth, land ownership, and economic justice in the late nineteenth century. This illustrated edition includes his landmark work Progress and Poverty, as well as important essays and lectures such as Social Problems, The Condition of
... Read more
Bring Your "A" Game

The 10 Career Secrets of the High Achiever

by Robert J McGovern ...

The first 10 years of your career can often be the "make it or break it" period. Bring Your "A" Game shows you how to define your career plan early on, with sound advice on how to acquire the critical building blocks and time-tested workplace skills you need to get ahead.Throughout his career, Rob McGovern has employed and mentored hundreds of young professionals. In Bring Your "A" Game, he shares ... Read more

$14.39 USD

The first 10 years of your career can often be the "make it or break it" period. Bring Your "A" Game shows you how to define your career plan early on, with sound advice on how to acquire the critical building blocks and time-tested workplace skills you need to get ahead.Throughout his career, Rob McGovern has employed and mentored hundreds of young professionals. In Bring Your "A" Game, he shares
... Read more
The Art of Computer Modeling for Business Analytics

Paradigms and Case Studies

by Gerald Feigin, PhD ...

Companies today routinely utilize computer models to help make decisions. These models take many forms, from simple spreadsheets to sophisticated computer simulations. The chief underlying reason for constructing a model is to assess the impact of a decision on business performance. Based on that assessment, model users will make recommendations and take actions. The tacit assumption is that the ... Read more

$10.79 USD

Companies today routinely utilize computer models to help make decisions. These models take many forms, from simple spreadsheets to sophisticated computer simulations. The chief underlying reason for constructing a model is to assess the impact of a decision on business performance. Based on that assessment, model users will make recommendations and take actions. The tacit assumption is that the
... Read more
ZoeMust-Win Battles

Must-Win Battles: Creating the focus you need to achieve your key business goals

by Peter Killing ...

Must-Win Battles shows in a step-by-step way, how to identify the key goals that need achieving and how to win emotional and intellectual buy-in from the employees who make it all happen. By focusing on the right key short-term efforts you attain the twin benefits of delivering in the here-and-now, and making progress toward larger strategic goals.Businesses around the world are struggling for ... Read more

$20.19 USD

Must-Win Battles shows in a step-by-step way, how to identify the key goals that need achieving and how to win emotional and intellectual buy-in from the employees who make it all happen. By focusing on the right key short-term efforts you attain the twin benefits of delivering in the here-and-now, and making progress toward larger strategic goals.Businesses around the world are struggling for
... Read more
Labyrinth: The Art of Decision-Making

by Pawel Motyl ...

The next decision you make could change your life.Every day, we make countless choices, yet we rarely stop to consider how we arrive at those decisions as we speed through our lives. In Labyrinth, leadership expert Pawel Motyl believes it's time to take a closer look at how we make decisions—and learn how to decide better. Motyl digs into the series of decisions that led to some of the modern ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The next decision you make could change your life.Every day, we make countless choices, yet we rarely stop to consider how we arrive at those decisions as we speed through our lives. In Labyrinth, leadership expert Pawel Motyl believes it's time to take a closer look at how we make decisions—and learn how to decide better. Motyl digs into the series of decisions that led to some of the modern
... Read more
Making Big Decisions Better

How to Set and Simplify Business Strategy

by Tim Lewko ...

Making Big Decisions Better is leading a global movement to equip present and next generation leaders with proven strategy tools that enable agile thinking that ignites stronger, more predictable, direct paths to profit.No more academic theories. These are real tools and a system that enables improved strategic thinking and leadership.This book bridges an unspoken gap in strategy thinking that ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Making Big Decisions Better is leading a global movement to equip present and next generation leaders with proven strategy tools that enable agile thinking that ignites stronger, more predictable, direct paths to profit.No more academic theories. These are real tools and a system that enables improved strategic thinking and leadership.This book bridges an unspoken gap in strategy thinking that
... Read more
From Skeptic to Strategist: Embracing AI in Change Management

A practical guide that will get you started using AI in change management instantly

by Jason Little ...

"From Skeptic to Strategist" is not your typical AI handbook. It’s a lighthearted yet informative guide to understanding and utilizing AI in the ever-evolving field of change management. Whether you're a non-technical change manager, an agile coach, or just AI-curious, this book is your compass in the AI landscape.As a change manager, you might think AI is just a fancy search engine incapable of ... Read more

$7.27 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"From Skeptic to Strategist" is not your typical AI handbook. It’s a lighthearted yet informative guide to understanding and utilizing AI in the ever-evolving field of change management. Whether you're a non-technical change manager, an agile coach, or just AI-curious, this book is your compass in the AI landscape.As a change manager, you might think AI is just a fancy search engine incapable of
... Read more
Changemakers

How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World

by Maria Giudice, Christopher Ireland ...

Today's radically complex problems require people to lead with design.Changemakers is an essential playbook for designers and nondesigners who want to drive change at work, at home, and in their communities. Groundbreaking designers Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland—armed with insights from some of today's top minds in business, tech, and social justice—offer a pragmatic, people–centered ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Today's radically complex problems require people to lead with design.Changemakers is an essential playbook for designers and nondesigners who want to drive change at work, at home, and in their communities. Groundbreaking designers Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland—armed with insights from some of today's top minds in business, tech, and social justice—offer a pragmatic, people–centered
... Read more

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