Editorial Reviews
Every year, companies spend billions of dollars on training programs and management consultants, searching for ways to improve. But it’s mostly all talk and no action, according to Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton, authors of The Knowing-Doing Gap. “Did you ever wonder why so much education [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
By burying their titular 10 rules in a small final chapter, Govindarajan and Trimble commit the first deadly sin of business writing: ambiguity. Before that, readers can be forgiven for believing there are only three fundamental principles for stewarding innovative projects within established [...]
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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 organic, differentiated, and sustainable.
For many, growth is about “home runs”-the big bold idea, the next new thing, the product that will revolutionize the marketplace. While obviously attractive and [...]
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From Booklist
This is the second volume in the publisher’s Wisdom to Action series. As in the previous volume, the editors gather a collection of articles written by well-respected businesspeople from around the world. The articles focus first on the heart of innovation–people, that is–and progress [...]
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�An exciting read, you won�t want to put Motivate Like a CEO down until you�ve mastered all of its secrets!�. Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of What Got You Here Won�t Get You There
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“Motivated leaders are rare, yet everyone seeks to become one. The greatness of this book [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
The importance of teams has become a cliche of modern business theory, but few have a clear idea of what it means. In this new edition of their best-selling primer, Katzenbach and Smith try to impart some analytical rigor to the concept. Drawing [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
McCoy, chief encouragement officer of Act Now Inc., a personal development organization, and founder of Woman Act Now, has dedicated herself to coaching women to achieve their highest potential in the workplace in particular and in life in general. McCoys can-do spiritedness has [...]
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“If more companies were to act like this, there might be less demand for off-the-peg strategies from consultants.” — The Economist, July 11, 1998
Here is an experience-rich book on how companies can create value by becoming smart organizations. Based on [...]
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“a rounded account of…how to turn stale strategies into moist, wealth-creating business models.” — Financial Times, May 12 2003
“argues that good firms go bad when they suffer from ‘active inertia’…their values become dogmas, and their resources millstones.” — Economist, May 31 2003
“chock-full of compelling insights [...]
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�An exciting read, you won�t want to put Motivate Like a CEO down until you�ve mastered all of its secrets!�. Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times bestselling author of What Got You Here Won�t Get You There
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The most successful leaders seem to possess a remarkable gift for inspiring and motivating people. [...]
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