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

Face to Face

The Art of Human Connection

by Brian Grazer ...

Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more.“Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this is how you become Hollywood’s best producer.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to StrangersLegendary Hollywood producer and ... ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more.“Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this is how you become Hollywood’s best producer.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to StrangersLegendary Hollywood producer and ...
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Better, Not Perfect

A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness

by Max H. Bazerman ...

*** Distinguished Winner for the Responsible Research in Management Award ***Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect.Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. Bazerman argues ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

*** Distinguished Winner for the Responsible Research in Management Award ***Negotiation and decision-making expert Max Bazerman explores how we can make more ethical choices by aspiring to be better, not perfect.Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. Bazerman argues
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Online and Effective: 9 Ways To Get More Done Online

by J.R. Adams ...

Do you have too much time on your hands? Or perhaps you know people who say they have too much time? Personally, I don’t know any. It is possible that there are some people out there who claim to have too much time and nothing to do with it, but I’m betting that you’re not one of them.Time is our most precious commodity, so before you read this book, which I invite you to do, let me tell you what ... Read more

$1.36 CAD

Do you have too much time on your hands? Or perhaps you know people who say they have too much time? Personally, I don’t know any. It is possible that there are some people out there who claim to have too much time and nothing to do with it, but I’m betting that you’re not one of them.Time is our most precious commodity, so before you read this book, which I invite you to do, let me tell you what
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Analytics for Managers

With Excel

by Peter Bell, Gregory Zaric ...

Analytics is one of a number of terms which are used to describe a data-driven more scientific approach to management. Ability in analytics is an essential management skill: knowledge of data and analytics helps the manager to analyze decision situations, prevent problem situations from arising, identify new opportunities, and often enables many millions of dollars to be added to the bottom line ... Read more

$152.52 CAD

Analytics is one of a number of terms which are used to describe a data-driven more scientific approach to management. Ability in analytics is an essential management skill: knowledge of data and analytics helps the manager to analyze decision situations, prevent problem situations from arising, identify new opportunities, and often enables many millions of dollars to be added to the bottom line
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TRIZ For Dummies

by Lilly Haines-Gadd ...

Use TRIZ to unlock creative problem solvingAre you new to TRIZ and looking for an easy-to-follow guide on how you can use it to enhance your company's creativity, innovation and problem-solving abilities? Look no further! Written in plain English and packed with tons of accessible and easy-to-follow instruction, TRIZ For Dummies shows you how to use this powerful toolkit to discover all the ways ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Use TRIZ to unlock creative problem solvingAre you new to TRIZ and looking for an easy-to-follow guide on how you can use it to enhance your company's creativity, innovation and problem-solving abilities? Look no further! Written in plain English and packed with tons of accessible and easy-to-follow instruction, TRIZ For Dummies shows you how to use this powerful toolkit to discover all the ways
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Winning with Data

Transform Your Culture, Empower Your People, and Shape the Future

by Tomasz Tunguz, Frank Bien ...

Crest the data wave with a deep cultural shiftWinning with Data explores the cultural changes big data brings to business, and shows you how to adapt your organization to leverage data to maximum effect. Authors Tomasz Tunguz and Frank Bien draw on extensive background in big data, business intelligence, and business strategy to provide a blueprint for companies looking to move head-on into the ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Crest the data wave with a deep cultural shiftWinning with Data explores the cultural changes big data brings to business, and shows you how to adapt your organization to leverage data to maximum effect. Authors Tomasz Tunguz and Frank Bien draw on extensive background in big data, business intelligence, and business strategy to provide a blueprint for companies looking to move head-on into the
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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

$42.99 CAD

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
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Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

International Case Studies and Practice

Edited by Ken Banks ...

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often ... Read more

$64.89 CAD

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship look for creative and affordable solutions to specific societal problems. Fuelled by the spread of the internet and the ubiquity of mobile phones, there are more people working to solve pressing social and environmental problems in the world today than ever before. Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents the journeys of pioneering - and often
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Big Bets

How Large-Scale Change Really Happens

by Rajiv Shah ...

“Encouraging…Uplifting...Meeting apparently insurmountable goals requires thinking big…this will inspire.” —Publishers Weekly“Raj Shah has written a practical guide to making the world a better place. He knows what he’s talking about, because he’s done it himself. Anyone who wants to make a change in the world, or their own lives, will benefit from this book.” —Bill Gates, Cochair, Bill & Melinda ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

“Encouraging…Uplifting...Meeting apparently insurmountable goals requires thinking big…this will inspire.” —Publishers Weekly“Raj Shah has written a practical guide to making the world a better place. He knows what he’s talking about, because he’s done it himself. Anyone who wants to make a change in the world, or their own lives, will benefit from this book.” —Bill Gates, Cochair, Bill & Melinda
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The Law of Respect

Lesson 7 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

by John C. Maxwell ...

The odds were stacked against her in just about every possible way, but thousands and thousands of people called her their leader. Why? Because they could not escape the power of the Law of Respect. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The odds were stacked against her in just about every possible way, but thousands and thousands of people called her their leader. Why? Because they could not escape the power of the Law of Respect.
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Selling the Wheel

Choosing the Best Way to Sell For You, Your Company, and Your Customers

by Jeff Cox, Howard Stevens ...

Selling the Wheel is a fascinating story about sales and marketing written in the form of an ancient parable: Once upon a time, long ago, a resourceful fellow named Max came up with a brilliant idea and invented the Wheel. But human beings, who had been getting along without the Wheel for thousands of years, did not instantly appreciate their need for this clever invention....This is the challenge ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Selling the Wheel is a fascinating story about sales and marketing written in the form of an ancient parable: Once upon a time, long ago, a resourceful fellow named Max came up with a brilliant idea and invented the Wheel. But human beings, who had been getting along without the Wheel for thousands of years, did not instantly appreciate their need for this clever invention....This is the challenge
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Outside In, Inside Out

Unleashing the Power of Business Strategy in Times of Market Uncertainty

by Lance Mortlock ...

“A must-read for all strategy enthusiasts and novices alike. Dr. Mortlock’s significant experience in strategy is evident.” — Rocky Vermani, SVP Innovation & Sustainability, Nova Chemicals“A masterful guide for navigating the complexities of modern business.” — Mary Moran, Board Director, Kudos Inc.The business world continues to be fraught with immense risk, uncertainty, and complexity. Post ... Read more

$21.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

“A must-read for all strategy enthusiasts and novices alike. Dr. Mortlock’s significant experience in strategy is evident.” — Rocky Vermani, SVP Innovation & Sustainability, Nova Chemicals“A masterful guide for navigating the complexities of modern business.” — Mary Moran, Board Director, Kudos Inc.The business world continues to be fraught with immense risk, uncertainty, and complexity. Post
... Read more
IT Savvy

What Top Executives Must Know to Go from Pain to Gain

by Peter Weill, Jeanne W. Ross ...

Digitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed.These challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT ... Read more

$41.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Digitization of business interactions and processes is advancing full bore. But in many organizations, returns from IT investments are flatlining, even as technology spending has skyrocketed.These challenges call for new levels of IT savvy: the ability of all managers-IT or non-IT-to transform their company's technology assets into operational efficiencies that boost margins. Companies with IT
... Read more
The Power to Get Things Done

(Whether You Feel Like It or Not)

by Chris Cooper, Steve Levinson Ph.D. ...

Turn your good intentions into action."This book contains a ton of practical and easy-to-implement techniques and strategies for getting yourself to do whatever needs to be done." --Jack Canfield, coauthor of The Success Principles and the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series.Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you’ve probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the ... Read more

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Turn your good intentions into action."This book contains a ton of practical and easy-to-implement techniques and strategies for getting yourself to do whatever needs to be done." --Jack Canfield, coauthor of The Success Principles and the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series.Whether you run your own business or work for someone else, you’ve probably got a lot on your plate. Along with the
... Read more
Applied EI

The Importance of Attitudes in Developing Emotional Intelligence

by Tim Sparrow, Amanda Knight ...

A decade on from its birth, emotional intelligence is attracting more attention than ever before. Why? Because of its proven connection to performance. Tomorrow's leaders will have to be facilitators who work collaboratively to help others develop their potential, and this will require emotionally intelligent skills and attitudes. Against this landscape, Applied EI provides the tools and advice ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

A decade on from its birth, emotional intelligence is attracting more attention than ever before. Why? Because of its proven connection to performance. Tomorrow's leaders will have to be facilitators who work collaboratively to help others develop their potential, and this will require emotionally intelligent skills and attitudes. Against this landscape, Applied EI provides the tools and advice
... Read more
La matrice BCG

Un outil d'analyse stratégique

by Thomas del Marmol, Carmela Milano, 50minutes ...

Series Book 10 - Gestion & Marketing
Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre la matrice BCGPuisque gérer son portefeuille d’activités et allouer les ressources nécessaires à leur développement n’est pas toujours évident, la matrice BCG propose des repères pour faciliter la prise de décision. Que les managers se rassurent donc, car le cadran développé par le cabinet de consultation Boston Consulting Group est clair, imagé et ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre la matrice BCGPuisque gérer son portefeuille d’activités et allouer les ressources nécessaires à leur développement n’est pas toujours évident, la matrice BCG propose des repères pour faciliter la prise de décision. Que les managers se rassurent donc, car le cadran développé par le cabinet de consultation Boston Consulting Group est clair, imagé et
... Read more
The Art of Focused Conversation, Second Edition

More Than 100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in Your Organization

Edited by R. Brian Stanfield, Jo Nelson ...

Master conversation techniques that unlock group wisdom and drive better organizational decisions. Over 100 proven methods for facilitating productive discussions, resolving conflicts, and accessing collective intelligence in workplace teams, community groups, and family meetings.Why Most Group Conversations Fail:Without structure, group discussions drift, dominant voices take over, and valuable ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master conversation techniques that unlock group wisdom and drive better organizational decisions. Over 100 proven methods for facilitating productive discussions, resolving conflicts, and accessing collective intelligence in workplace teams, community groups, and family meetings.Why Most Group Conversations Fail:Without structure, group discussions drift, dominant voices take over, and valuable
... Read more
The Heart of Leadership

Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow

by Mark Miller ...

Are you the type of leader people want to follow? You can be—but first, you've got to understand what sets great leaders apart from all the rest.Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability to articulate a vision, and more—they must be competent—but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What's below the waterline? What's deep inside the ... Read more

$20.59 CAD

Are you the type of leader people want to follow? You can be—but first, you've got to understand what sets great leaders apart from all the rest.Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability to articulate a vision, and more—they must be competent—but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What's below the waterline? What's deep inside the
... Read more
The New Rational Manager

Effective Action Begins With Clear Thinking

by Charles H. Kepner, Benjamin B. Tregoe ...

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a ... Read more

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

One of the best-selling business books of all time, The New Rational Manager, describes Kepner-Tregoe critical thinking processes for effective leadership and issue-resolution management that have been pressure tested across the world for over 60 years. Whether you're troubleshooting a major IT system outage, solving a manufacturing equipment problem, deciding to expand the capacity of a
... Read more
The Book of Hard Choices

How to Make the Right Decisions at Work and Keep Your Self-Respect

by James A. Autry, Peter Roy ...

“There are a thousand acts of duplicity and dishonesty every day, some large and some small, some of which undoubtedly take place in your workplace. The question for all of us is, ‘Are we going to resist or just play along the path of least resistance?’ The first hard choice a person of integrity must make is to choose to live, both personally and professionally, in a way that embodies integrity. ... Read more

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“There are a thousand acts of duplicity and dishonesty every day, some large and some small, some of which undoubtedly take place in your workplace. The question for all of us is, ‘Are we going to resist or just play along the path of least resistance?’ The first hard choice a person of integrity must make is to choose to live, both personally and professionally, in a way that embodies integrity.
... Read more
Crafting Engineering Strategy

How Thoughtful Decisions Solve Complex Problems

by Will Larson ...

Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and organizational complexity through structured, intentional strategy ... Read more

$34.39 CAD

Many engineers assume their organization doesn't have an engineering strategy—when in fact, they often do. It just may not be working. In Crafting Engineering Strategy, Will Larson (author of An Elegant Puzzle, Staff Engineer, and The Engineering Executive's Primer) offers a practical, example-rich guide to navigating technical and organizational complexity through structured, intentional strategy
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The Regenerative Business

Redesign Work, Cultivate Human Potential, Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes

by Carol Sanford ...

"The work that Carol Sanford describes in The Regenerative Business profoundly changed my life, and I'm confident it will change yours too." - Jeffrey Hollender, Founding CEO, Seventh GenerationWhat if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organization to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new-something so responsive, so ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

"The work that Carol Sanford describes in The Regenerative Business profoundly changed my life, and I'm confident it will change yours too." - Jeffrey Hollender, Founding CEO, Seventh GenerationWhat if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organization to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new-something so responsive, so
... Read more
Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

by Stephen Covey ...

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and ... Read more

$10.19 CAD

The one certainty in any business is uncertainty. You can always be sure of change. Still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of ever-changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance from business and yourself in both good times and bad. 1. Excellent Execution: Winning companies have clear goals and
... Read more
Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects

Shifting Processes for Competitive Advantage

by Barbee Davis ...

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide
... Read more

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