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

Ascent

by Scott Joseph ...

Most capable leaders don't stall because they lack talent, discipline, or ambition.They stall because the environments they're in no longer force better thinking.ASCENT is about the invisible gap that forms between what you're capable of and the progress you're actually making, and why that gap has far less to do with effort than with the rooms you operate in.This book is not about motivation, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Most capable leaders don't stall because they lack talent, discipline, or ambition.They stall because the environments they're in no longer force better thinking.ASCENT is about the invisible gap that forms between what you're capable of and the progress you're actually making, and why that gap has far less to do with effort than with the rooms you operate in.This book is not about motivation,
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Creative Strategy

A Guide for Innovation

by William Duggan, , Ph.D. ...

William Duggan's 2007 book, Strategic Intuition, showed how innovation really happens in business and other fields and how that matches what modern neuroscience tells us about how creative ideas form in the human mind. In his new book, Creative Strategy, Duggan offers a step-by-step guide to help individuals and organizations put that same method to work for their own innovations.Duggan's book ... Read more

$19.99 USD

William Duggan's 2007 book, Strategic Intuition, showed how innovation really happens in business and other fields and how that matches what modern neuroscience tells us about how creative ideas form in the human mind. In his new book, Creative Strategy, Duggan offers a step-by-step guide to help individuals and organizations put that same method to work for their own innovations.Duggan's book
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Hiring and Firing (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

by Brian Tracy ...

Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager.Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side.Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager.Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side.Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful
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The Necessary Goodbye

How Great Leaders Fire with Clarity, Confidence, and Compassion

by Peter D. Banko ...

Every Great Leader Must Face the Hardest Part of the JobThe Necessary Goodbye is a practical, eye-opening guide to one of leadership’s most misunderstood and avoided responsibilities: firing someone. Written for new and emerging leaders, aspiring executives, and anyone navigating real-world team challenges, this book delivers a confident, compassionate roadmap for leading through tough transitions ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Every Great Leader Must Face the Hardest Part of the JobThe Necessary Goodbye is a practical, eye-opening guide to one of leadership’s most misunderstood and avoided responsibilities: firing someone. Written for new and emerging leaders, aspiring executives, and anyone navigating real-world team challenges, this book delivers a confident, compassionate roadmap for leading through tough transitions
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Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction

Simple Introductions, #2

by K.H. Erickson ...

Series Book 2 - Simple Introductions
Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction offers an accessible guide to the central theories and methods of choice theory, with examples and calculations, empirical evidence, and over 20 diagrams to support the analysis.Examine expected value theory, with the two envelopes problem and St. Petersburg paradox which challenge it. Understand expected utility theory and learn how to create a utility ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction offers an accessible guide to the central theories and methods of choice theory, with examples and calculations, empirical evidence, and over 20 diagrams to support the analysis.Examine expected value theory, with the two envelopes problem and St. Petersburg paradox which challenge it. Understand expected utility theory and learn how to create a utility
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Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It)

A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of H

by Roger Von Oech ...

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't ... Read more

$13.99 USD

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't
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Habit Stacking: How To Beat Procrastination In 30+ Easy Steps (The Power Habit Of A Go Getter)

by The Blokehead ...

Series series The Blokehead Success Series
Are you a procrastinator? How do you know? You may be surprised to realize that it is possible for people to have a problem with procrastination without fully realizing that the problem exists. This can cause a number of problems for you if you happen to be one of those individuals because it is very likely that your habit of procrastinating has caused you to miss some important opportunities in ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Are you a procrastinator? How do you know? You may be surprised to realize that it is possible for people to have a problem with procrastination without fully realizing that the problem exists. This can cause a number of problems for you if you happen to be one of those individuals because it is very likely that your habit of procrastinating has caused you to miss some important opportunities in
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Mastering Uncertainty

How Great Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Business Leaders Thrive in an Unpredictable World

by Matt Watkinson, Csaba Konkoly ...

What separates the world’s most successful founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from the rest?It’s not visionary ideas or superhuman intelligence. It’s something more fundamental: their relationship with uncertainty.Most people are blown off course by unexpected events. Top performers, by contrast, know how to navigate our unpredictable world. Not just that: they know how to thrive in it. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

What separates the world’s most successful founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from the rest?It’s not visionary ideas or superhuman intelligence. It’s something more fundamental: their relationship with uncertainty.Most people are blown off course by unexpected events. Top performers, by contrast, know how to navigate our unpredictable world. Not just that: they know how to thrive in it.
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How the Best Leaders Lead

Proven Secrets to Getting the Most Out of Yourself and Others

by Brian Tracy ...

The world’s greatest business leaders make it all look easy because they keep it simple: measurable, repeatable methods that generate exceptional results in both strong markets and weak, good economies and bad.Leadership expert Brian Tracy has guided countless thousands of professionals, executives, and leaders of all stripes to truly startling results through his business books, seminars and ... Read more

$14.49 USD

The world’s greatest business leaders make it all look easy because they keep it simple: measurable, repeatable methods that generate exceptional results in both strong markets and weak, good economies and bad.Leadership expert Brian Tracy has guided countless thousands of professionals, executives, and leaders of all stripes to truly startling results through his business books, seminars and
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Learn New Skills Here. How to Solve External and Internal Problems

.SHORT STORY #44. Nonfiction series #1 -# 60.

by Alla P. Gakuba ...

Series Book 44 - Nonfiction series
In my others stories on problem solving and how to create innovations I introduced many skills to readers. Here are another set of skills—how to solve external and internal problems. That is: the 1st, I classify a problem by asking: what type of problem is it? There are 2 types of problems: external and internal.External problems (outside problems)—are beyond my control.Internal problems (inside ... Read more

$1.00 USD

In my others stories on problem solving and how to create innovations I introduced many skills to readers. Here are another set of skills—how to solve external and internal problems. That is: the 1st, I classify a problem by asking: what type of problem is it? There are 2 types of problems: external and internal.External problems (outside problems)—are beyond my control.Internal problems (inside
... Read more
Introduction to Consensus

by Beatrice Briggs ...

“Consensus” is a term that many people use to describe a vague process that somehow leads to general agreement. This book, written by Beatrice Briggs, an internationally recognized consultant who has been facilitating group processes for 25 years, clarifies what consensus is, what it is not and how to avoid some of the common traps that groups fall into when using this powerful decision-making ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Consensus” is a term that many people use to describe a vague process that somehow leads to general agreement. This book, written by Beatrice Briggs, an internationally recognized consultant who has been facilitating group processes for 25 years, clarifies what consensus is, what it is not and how to avoid some of the common traps that groups fall into when using this powerful decision-making
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Intellectual Anarchy

The Art of Disruptive Innovation

by Patrick K Sullivan ...

So how do we move the future from the distant horizon to the present day? We need Intellectual Anarchy.The accelerating challenges facing our planet—such as climate change, food scarcity, sustainable energy, overpopulation, nuclear proliferation, income inequality, and rising healthcare costs—are solvable. The question is not if, but when.All these challenges directly impact our lives and our ... Read more

$13.69 USD

So how do we move the future from the distant horizon to the present day? We need Intellectual Anarchy.The accelerating challenges facing our planet—such as climate change, food scarcity, sustainable energy, overpopulation, nuclear proliferation, income inequality, and rising healthcare costs—are solvable. The question is not if, but when.All these challenges directly impact our lives and our
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The Strategist's Handbook

Tools, Templates, and Best Practices Across the Strategy Process

by Timothy Galpin ...

Strategy, an ancient pursuit, has evolved through the centuries and in today's business environment applies to all organizations, across all sectors and geographies. The Strategist's Handbook is a collection of the best materials, insights, tools, and templates that comprise the core Strategy course taught in the undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and Post-graduate Diploma programs at the Saïd ... Read more

$29.69 USD

Strategy, an ancient pursuit, has evolved through the centuries and in today's business environment applies to all organizations, across all sectors and geographies. The Strategist's Handbook is a collection of the best materials, insights, tools, and templates that comprise the core Strategy course taught in the undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and Post-graduate Diploma programs at the Saïd
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A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs

by Tren Griffin ...

A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs shows how the insights of leading venture capitalists can teach readers to create a unique approach to building a successful business. Through profiles and interviews of figures such as Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz of Andreesen Horowitz, and Jenny Lee of GGV Capital, Tren Griffin draws out the fundamental lessons from their ... Read more

$17.29 USD

A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs shows how the insights of leading venture capitalists can teach readers to create a unique approach to building a successful business. Through profiles and interviews of figures such as Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz of Andreesen Horowitz, and Jenny Lee of GGV Capital, Tren Griffin draws out the fundamental lessons from their
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Total Focus

Do More - Achieve More - Earn More!

by Chris Larson ...

Make more money faster than ever. Learn the proven methods of millionaires.Highly popular, Larson’s ‘Total Focus’ is so successful because it’s super-practical.It’s easy to read and provides you with top-notch ideas on how to attain Total Focus – in life, in business and anywhere between. ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Make more money faster than ever. Learn the proven methods of millionaires.Highly popular, Larson’s ‘Total Focus’ is so successful because it’s super-practical.It’s easy to read and provides you with top-notch ideas on how to attain Total Focus – in life, in business and anywhere between.
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Millennials' Guide to Management & Leadership

What No One Ever Told you About How to Excel as a Leader

by Jennifer P Wisdom ...

How can Millennials' become successful managers and leaders?In our 20s and 30s, once we learn the basics of navigating the world of work, many of us start moving into management and leadership positions. Today's Millennials are also striving to identify who they are, what they want, and how to get it. Millennials' Guide to Management and Leadership helps Millennials launch to become skilled ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

How can Millennials' become successful managers and leaders?In our 20s and 30s, once we learn the basics of navigating the world of work, many of us start moving into management and leadership positions. Today's Millennials are also striving to identify who they are, what they want, and how to get it. Millennials' Guide to Management and Leadership helps Millennials launch to become skilled
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Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success

by Scott Davis, Carter Copeland, Rob Wertheimer ...

Three top Wall Street analysts reveal enduring lessons in sustainable success from the great industrial titans—the high-tech companies of their day—to the disruptors that now dominate the economy.Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were ... Read more

$21.39 USD

Three top Wall Street analysts reveal enduring lessons in sustainable success from the great industrial titans—the high-tech companies of their day—to the disruptors that now dominate the economy.Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were
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Las leyes secretas de los directivos

by Stuart Wyatt ...

40 verdades esenciales para los jefes, verdades esenciales sobre el arte de dirigir a las personas.«Existe un proverbio inglés según el cual no existen los malos alumnos, sino los malos profesores. Estoy convencido de que eso también sirve para las empresas. No existen malos empleados, sino malos jefes.»Dr. T.S. Lin, 1918-2006, CEO durante treinta años de Tatung Company«En este libro se ... Read more

$3.99 USD

40 verdades esenciales para los jefes, verdades esenciales sobre el arte de dirigir a las personas.«Existe un proverbio inglés según el cual no existen los malos alumnos, sino los malos profesores. Estoy convencido de que eso también sirve para las empresas. No existen malos empleados, sino malos jefes.»Dr. T.S. Lin, 1918-2006, CEO durante treinta años de Tatung Company«En este libro se
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Public Relations Ethics

How To Practice PR Without Losing Your Soul

by Dick Martin, Donald K. Wright ...

This book represents a practical guide to ethical decision-making tailored specifically to the needs of those who practice and study public relations. It traces the development of ethical theory from ancient Greece through the works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to modern day public relations executives including Harold Burson, Robert Dilenschneider, and Richard Edelman.This book helps readers ... Read more

$8.99 USD

This book represents a practical guide to ethical decision-making tailored specifically to the needs of those who practice and study public relations. It traces the development of ethical theory from ancient Greece through the works of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to modern day public relations executives including Harold Burson, Robert Dilenschneider, and Richard Edelman.This book helps readers
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The Handbook of Action Learning

The Go-To Source for Individual, Organizational and Social Development

by John Edmonstone ...

Action learning is one of the most prominent individual and organisational development approaches used in all parts of the world, including in over 70 member states of the United Nations. From its early beginnings in the 1970s, it has been adopted in private, public and third-sector organisations and has produced several variations. Used for leadership and management development, to support ... Read more

$36.99 USD

Action learning is one of the most prominent individual and organisational development approaches used in all parts of the world, including in over 70 member states of the United Nations. From its early beginnings in the 1970s, it has been adopted in private, public and third-sector organisations and has produced several variations. Used for leadership and management development, to support
... Read more
Learning Under Pressure

Setting a Baseline for Stewarding Places Through Change

by Brian Applegarth ...

Learning Under Pressure is a reflective nonfiction work about how people, organizations, and places learn while navigating conditions that are still taking shape.Drawing from years of work across destination systems, emerging industries, and evolving civic environments, Brian Applegarth examines how pressure influences attention, decision-making, identity formation, and organizational behavior ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Learning Under Pressure is a reflective nonfiction work about how people, organizations, and places learn while navigating conditions that are still taking shape.Drawing from years of work across destination systems, emerging industries, and evolving civic environments, Brian Applegarth examines how pressure influences attention, decision-making, identity formation, and organizational behavior
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IT (Information Technology) Portfolio Management Step-by-Step

Unlocking the Business Value of Technology

by Bryan Maizlish, Robert Handler ...

Praise for IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step"Bryan Maizlish and Robert Handler bring their deep experience in IT 'value realization' to one of the most absent of all IT management practices--portfolio management. They capture the essence of universally proven investment practices and apply them to the most difficult of challenges--returning high strategic and dollar payoffs from an enterprise's ... Read more

$33.00 USD

Praise for IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step"Bryan Maizlish and Robert Handler bring their deep experience in IT 'value realization' to one of the most absent of all IT management practices--portfolio management. They capture the essence of universally proven investment practices and apply them to the most difficult of challenges--returning high strategic and dollar payoffs from an enterprise's
... Read more
Obsessive Measurement Disorder or Pragmatic Bureaucracy?

Coping with Uncertainty in Development Aid Relations

by Susanna Alexius, Janet Vähämäki ...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications ... Read more

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Complex coordination across time, space, and cultures involves a great deal of uncertainty. This uncertainty may be accepted and handled with judgment and pragmatism, but more often in contemporary modern society, it is treated as a technical problem to be ‘solved’. This is a book about the paradoxical implications
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Streamlined Process Improvement

by H. James Harrington ...

“The Business Process Improvement methodology established by Dr. H. James Harrington and his group brings revolutionary improvement not only in quality of products and services, but also in the business processes.”—Professor Yoshio KondoThe Book That Goes Beyond Six Sigma and Lean . . . The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Process Management“Don’t design for Six Sigma—design for maximum ... Read more

$37.99 USD

“The Business Process Improvement methodology established by Dr. H. James Harrington and his group brings revolutionary improvement not only in quality of products and services, but also in the business processes.”—Professor Yoshio KondoThe Book That Goes Beyond Six Sigma and Lean . . . The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Process Management“Don’t design for Six Sigma—design for maximum
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