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

Decide and Deliver

Five Steps to Breakthrough Performance in Your Organization

by Marcia Blenko, Paul Rogers, Michael C. Mankins ...

Dithering. Decisions that turn out wrong. Decisions that people sabotage or don't know how to implement. If your company's experiencing these problems, it's not alone. Most organizations don't know how to make and execute good decisions. And they're paying a high price-as profitability and competitiveness erode.It doesn't have to be this way. In Decide and Deliver, the authors draw on Bain & ... Read more

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Dithering. Decisions that turn out wrong. Decisions that people sabotage or don't know how to implement. If your company's experiencing these problems, it's not alone. Most organizations don't know how to make and execute good decisions. And they're paying a high price-as profitability and competitiveness erode.It doesn't have to be this way. In Decide and Deliver, the authors draw on Bain &
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The Myth of Management

by Achraf Tiouali ...

Why do widely accepted management theories so often fail in practice? This book offers a rigorous and unconventional answer: because organisations are not machines, but complex adaptive systems.Drawing on the history of physics and social sciences, complexity science, evolutionary thinking, ergodicity economics, and computational models, the book examines the epistemological foundations of modern ... Read more

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Why do widely accepted management theories so often fail in practice? This book offers a rigorous and unconventional answer: because organisations are not machines, but complex adaptive systems.Drawing on the history of physics and social sciences, complexity science, evolutionary thinking, ergodicity economics, and computational models, the book examines the epistemological foundations of modern
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Success is Just the Beginning

6 Timeless Lessons to Achieve More in Business, Love, and Legacy

by Stephanie P. Kemp ...

Say goodbye to the status quo.Gone are the days of believing we have to choose between business and family, impact and income, or even quality and rapid growth. The real question is:How does one go about creating a life of sustained success?The same year Stephanie P. Kemp launched her first business and set out to establish a new industry standard, she married her high school sweetheart and ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Say goodbye to the status quo.Gone are the days of believing we have to choose between business and family, impact and income, or even quality and rapid growth. The real question is:How does one go about creating a life of sustained success?The same year Stephanie P. Kemp launched her first business and set out to establish a new industry standard, she married her high school sweetheart and
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Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement, and Performance

by Alan Kolp, Peter J. Rea, James K. Stoller ...

The antidote to navigating turbulent times isn’t more rules. It is timeless virtue that creates sustainable value.Thoughtful leaders are keenly aware of the enormous challenge they face to drive high performance in a world that continues to ratchet up pressure and uncertainty. Some leaders respond by getting tough and establishing strict rules. They get people in line, but they don’t inspire ... Read more

$22.39 USD

The antidote to navigating turbulent times isn’t more rules. It is timeless virtue that creates sustainable value.Thoughtful leaders are keenly aware of the enormous challenge they face to drive high performance in a world that continues to ratchet up pressure and uncertainty. Some leaders respond by getting tough and establishing strict rules. They get people in line, but they don’t inspire
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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
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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
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Anchor System Thinking: How to Make Life Changing Decisions

by A. I. Shoukry ...

Decision-making in uncertain times requires a fresh approach. A deeper understanding of our problems and ourselves to make life-changing decisions.Dalai Lama declared that critical thinking is the most needed tool for our society today, and Shoukry has shared a system for critical thinking explained in simple terms.A. I. Shoukry is a bestselling author and founder of The Decisions Academy, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Decision-making in uncertain times requires a fresh approach. A deeper understanding of our problems and ourselves to make life-changing decisions.Dalai Lama declared that critical thinking is the most needed tool for our society today, and Shoukry has shared a system for critical thinking explained in simple terms.A. I. Shoukry is a bestselling author and founder of The Decisions Academy,
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The Growth Advantage

A Business Blueprint for the Ultimate Competitive Edge

by Bob Lisser ...

Provides a blueprint for your company’s sustained and profitable growth.Let’s face it: sustained business growth doesn’t just happen. Growth must be planned for and executed, cultivated from a strategic standpoint and applied tactically at the frontline, led by the right people, and focused on the right objectives. The Growth Advantage provides a blueprint for sustained and profitable growth for ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Provides a blueprint for your company’s sustained and profitable growth.Let’s face it: sustained business growth doesn’t just happen. Growth must be planned for and executed, cultivated from a strategic standpoint and applied tactically at the frontline, led by the right people, and focused on the right objectives. The Growth Advantage provides a blueprint for sustained and profitable growth for
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Investigating Performance

Design and Outcomes With Xapi

by Sean Putman, Janet Laane Effron ...

Through conversations with Learning & Development professionals about the need for better data, it’s become clear that good design is not only about designing for data, but also designing from data. Investigating Performance comprehensively looks at designing to get valuable data needed to understand both course and user performance via data collection and analytics. The authors present tools and ... Read more

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Through conversations with Learning & Development professionals about the need for better data, it’s become clear that good design is not only about designing for data, but also designing from data. Investigating Performance comprehensively looks at designing to get valuable data needed to understand both course and user performance via data collection and analytics. The authors present tools and
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Formulation of Functional Level Strategy

by Hiriyappa B ...

Formulation of Functional Level Strategy offers a practical, fact-based approach to explain how enterprises formulate marketing, financial, production, logistics and human resources strategy. This book is specially designed for those who are the students of Business, MBA, PGDM & Executives. IT management, middle-level managers across the management consultant and business executives seeking to ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Formulation of Functional Level Strategy offers a practical, fact-based approach to explain how enterprises formulate marketing, financial, production, logistics and human resources strategy. This book is specially designed for those who are the students of Business, MBA, PGDM & Executives. IT management, middle-level managers across the management consultant and business executives seeking to
... Read more
Praxis Framework: An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios

by Adrian Dooley ...

An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios ... Read more

$54.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An integrated guide to the management of projects, programmes and portfolios
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Finanzas de Empresas

Técnicas de Gerenciamiento Financiero

by José María Calderazi ...

“Finanzas de Empresas“ cubre tres ángulos esenciales, el Análisis Financiero, el Planeamiento Financiero y el Manejo del Capital de Trabajo.Es muy común que cuando se menciona la palabra Finanzas todo se resuma a pensar en el manejo del dinero y en cómo obtenerlo. Obviamente esto es importante pero es apenas un aspecto de la palabra Finanzas.En general, en las PyMes los Gerentes o Empresarios le ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

“Finanzas de Empresas“ cubre tres ángulos esenciales, el Análisis Financiero, el Planeamiento Financiero y el Manejo del Capital de Trabajo.Es muy común que cuando se menciona la palabra Finanzas todo se resuma a pensar en el manejo del dinero y en cómo obtenerlo. Obviamente esto es importante pero es apenas un aspecto de la palabra Finanzas.En general, en las PyMes los Gerentes o Empresarios le
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Solvable

by Arnaud Chevallier, Albrecht Enders ...

A 3-step process for solving complex problems of any kind: Frame, Ideate, Decide.Solvable offers practical tools that are both evidence-based and presented in an accessible and visual way to help you improve all aspects of problem solving at work and home. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

A 3-step process for solving complex problems of any kind: Frame, Ideate, Decide.Solvable offers practical tools that are both evidence-based and presented in an accessible and visual way to help you improve all aspects of problem solving at work and home.
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Metronomics

One United System to Grow Up Your Team, Company, and Life

by Shannon Susko ...

As a business leader, you've read dozens of books by the top thought leaders, learning from their research, principles, and tools. Each book dives deep into a specific area of expertise-strategy, execution, cash, people, culture, and leadership. All share powerful concepts on what to do to grow your business. But how do you efficiently unite these tools into a regimen that works for not just one ... Read more

$9.99 USD

As a business leader, you've read dozens of books by the top thought leaders, learning from their research, principles, and tools. Each book dives deep into a specific area of expertise-strategy, execution, cash, people, culture, and leadership. All share powerful concepts on what to do to grow your business. But how do you efficiently unite these tools into a regimen that works for not just one
... Read more
The Importance of Small Decisions

by Michael J. O'Brien, R. Alexander Bentley, William A. Brock ...

Series series Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small ... Read more

$14.99 USD

How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small
... Read more
Agile by Design

An Implementation Guide to Analytic Lifecycle Management

by Rachel Alt-Simmons ...

Series series Wiley and SAS Business Series
Achieve greater success by increasing the agility of analytics lifecycle managementAgile by Design offers the insight you need to improve analytic lifecycle management while integrating the right analytics projects into different frameworks within your business. You will explore, in-depth, what analytics projects are and why they are set apart from traditional development initiatives. Beyond ... Read more

$31.00 USD

Achieve greater success by increasing the agility of analytics lifecycle managementAgile by Design offers the insight you need to improve analytic lifecycle management while integrating the right analytics projects into different frameworks within your business. You will explore, in-depth, what analytics projects are and why they are set apart from traditional development initiatives. Beyond
... Read more
The Startup Rules

by David Murray-Hundley, Kevin Doyle ...

This book is our gift to the entrepreneurial world we cherish so deeply. 'The Startup Rules' is penned by two seasoned entrepreneurs and friends, boasting decades of combined experience spanning from initial ideas to successful exits and IPOs.Inside, you'll find:- **Foundational Principles**: Unearth the bedrock rules that govern 90% of startup successes and challenges.- **Tales from the Trenches* ... Read more

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This book is our gift to the entrepreneurial world we cherish so deeply. 'The Startup Rules' is penned by two seasoned entrepreneurs and friends, boasting decades of combined experience spanning from initial ideas to successful exits and IPOs.Inside, you'll find:- **Foundational Principles**: Unearth the bedrock rules that govern 90% of startup successes and challenges.- **Tales from the Trenches*
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The Work-Life Balance Myth: Rethinking Your Optimal Balance for Success

by David J. McNeff ...

An empowering guide that will show you how to shed the myth of the “work-life balance” by merging the seven key components that make up your life to attain harmony and whole-life success“All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to ... Read more

$20.99 USD

An empowering guide that will show you how to shed the myth of the “work-life balance” by merging the seven key components that make up your life to attain harmony and whole-life success“All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to
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Die Kunst des Krieges

Wahrhaft siegt, wer nicht kämpft

by Sun Tsu ...

Sun Tsus Werk ist ein zeitloser Klassiker der Strategie-Literatur, den jeder kennen sollte. | Psychologische Führung aller Beteiligten, Flexibilität und Taktik gegenüber dem Gegner, äußerste Disziplin in den eigenen Reihen - das sind Prinzipien, die allgemeingültig sind und nicht nur in der Armee, sondern in allen Organisationen, ja sogar im persönlichen Leben und in der Mann-Frau-Beziehung von ... Read more

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Sun Tsus Werk ist ein zeitloser Klassiker der Strategie-Literatur, den jeder kennen sollte. | Psychologische Führung aller Beteiligten, Flexibilität und Taktik gegenüber dem Gegner, äußerste Disziplin in den eigenen Reihen - das sind Prinzipien, die allgemeingültig sind und nicht nur in der Armee, sondern in allen Organisationen, ja sogar im persönlichen Leben und in der Mann-Frau-Beziehung von
... Read more
Done Right: How Tomorrow's Top Leaders Get Stuff Done

by Alex Shootman ...

Work is getting whipsawed. Teams are geographically distributed, digital strategies are shattering organizational hierarchies, competition is multi-directional, and digital natives are overturning long-time company norms. Modern work needs new masters to rise up and lead.Done Right pulls from over thirty original interviews with experienced leaders across a variety of industries to show how ... Read more

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Work is getting whipsawed. Teams are geographically distributed, digital strategies are shattering organizational hierarchies, competition is multi-directional, and digital natives are overturning long-time company norms. Modern work needs new masters to rise up and lead.Done Right pulls from over thirty original interviews with experienced leaders across a variety of industries to show how
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How to Expect the Unexpected

The Science of Making Predictions—and the Art of Knowing When Not To

by Kit Yates ...

A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them rightHow can you be 100 percent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? Are you more likely to work in a kitchen if your last name is Baker? Ever ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them rightHow can you be 100 percent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? Are you more likely to work in a kitchen if your last name is Baker? Ever
... Read more
The Change Agent’s Field Guide

Mastering the Intersections of Change Management and Continuous Improvement

by Kyle Bradley Stone ...

While there are many books specific to change management or continuous improvement, there are few, if any, books that address the intersections between change management and continuous improvement. After 30+ years as a change agent implementing lean and process improvement, the author’s hypothesis on why continuous improvement efforts “stick” sometimes and other times not is that many leaders of ... Read more

$55.99 USD

While there are many books specific to change management or continuous improvement, there are few, if any, books that address the intersections between change management and continuous improvement. After 30+ years as a change agent implementing lean and process improvement, the author’s hypothesis on why continuous improvement efforts “stick” sometimes and other times not is that many leaders of
... Read more
Choice Architecture

A new approach to behavior, design, and wellness

by Avani Parikh, Prashant Parikh ...

From Vitruvius in the 1st century BCE on, there has been an attempt to understand how architecture works, especially in its poetic aspect but also in its basic functions. Design can encourage us to walk, to experience community, to imagine new ways of being, and can affect countless other choices we make that shape our health and happiness.Using the ideas of rational choice theory and behavioral ... Read more

$34.99 USD

From Vitruvius in the 1st century BCE on, there has been an attempt to understand how architecture works, especially in its poetic aspect but also in its basic functions. Design can encourage us to walk, to experience community, to imagine new ways of being, and can affect countless other choices we make that shape our health and happiness.Using the ideas of rational choice theory and behavioral
... Read more
Lateral Thinking: How To Apply Lateral Thinking To Everyday Life

by Chris Smythe ...

The Power of Lateral ThinkingLateral thinking is one of those terms that many people have heard of, but probably very few of us really know what it means. "Lateral thinking is a phrase coined by Dr. Edward de Bono as a counterpoint to conventional or vertical thinking. In conventional thinking, we go forward in a predictable, direct fashion. Lateral thinking involves coming at the problem from new ... Read more

$11.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Power of Lateral ThinkingLateral thinking is one of those terms that many people have heard of, but probably very few of us really know what it means. "Lateral thinking is a phrase coined by Dr. Edward de Bono as a counterpoint to conventional or vertical thinking. In conventional thinking, we go forward in a predictable, direct fashion. Lateral thinking involves coming at the problem from new
... Read more

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