Success requires more than hard work and good ideas: you need to be able to understand, inspire, and motivate those around you. -- Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader ¿ -- Your leadership style? ¿ -- Take advantage of exercises and self-assessment tools that allow you to effectively and efficiently improve your abilities.

Henry Mintzberg first became a star with his 1973 classic book, The Nature of Managerial Work, which overturned many standard views of what managers do and how they do it. Since then, Mintzberg has written many other important and bestselling books, such as The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning and Managers Not MBAs. In this new book Mintzberg provides the most comprehensive, most authoritative, and most revealing examination of managing yet written....

"Naming a business or product has always been challenging--and sometimes costly--for entrepreneurs and inventors, but it's one of the most important decisions they have to make. Alexandra Watkins presents a foolproof model that anyone can use to create and evaluate brand names like a pro"-- Provided by publisher.

Entrepreneur Susan Solovic, an expert in business survival tactics, explains how to continually grow, improve, and move the business forward. With hundreds of strategies, examples, and a six-step process, The One-Percent Edge explains how to: Put energy into profitable areas and trim dead weight * Raise prices by selling value instead of things * Access new markets by adapting products or services * Hire the right team players * Turn customers into...

"The bestselling guide to the field, updated with the latest innovations Essentials of Supply Chain Management is the definitive guide to the field, providing both broad coverage and necessary detail from a practical, real-world perspective. From clear explanation of fundamental concepts to insightful discussion of supply chain innovation, this book offers students and professionals a comprehensive introduction with immediately-applicable understanding....

Anyone can start a business. But only leaders can succeed. Most entrepreneurs know the long odds: only a fraction of them will lead their enterprises through the rocky stages of growth to launch self-sustaining companies. Very few know how to outflank the failures that await them at every turn, including the most painful--being abandoned by key members of their team or getting pushed out by their board just as their business starts to generate real...

Offers management advice, explaining how to juggle the needs of one's employees with those of the company, the art of budgeting and communicating, how to delegate authority, how to manage office politics, and how to deal with job stress.

An Overview of Project ManagementWhat Is a Project? Why Project Management?Project Management Process GroupsProject Management Knowledge AreasBoundaries of Project ManagementWho Is a Project Manager?Programs versus PortfoliosWhat Is Lessons Learned?Who Is a Lessons Learned Project Team Member? What Project Knowledge Is Required? What Competencies Are Essential? Team Development ProcessOrganizational StructuresOrganizational CulturesWho Are Project...

You have too many projects, and firefighting and multitasking are keeping you from finishing any of them. You need to manage your project portfolio. This fully updated and expanded bestseller arms you with agile and lean ways to collect all your work and decide which projects you should do first, second, and never. See how to tie your work to your organization's mission and show your managers, your board, and your staff what you can accomplish and...

"In Leading at a Higher Level, Ken Blanchard and his colleagues have brought together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. He teaches readers to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line"; and shows them how to make sure people know who they are, where they're going, and what will guide the journey. Blanchard then turns to the customer, extending his breakthrough work on delivering legendary service, creating...