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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers. We stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it. We know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don't avoid difficult conversations...
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"The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed bestseller Start With Why Simon Sinek's mission is to help people wake up every day inspired to go to work and return home every night fulfilled by their work. His first book, Start With Why, offered the essential starting point, explaining the power of focusing on WHY we do what we do, before getting into the details of WHAT and HOW. Start With Why became an instant classic, with a loyal following...
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"In too many industries and organizations, the business world is a cutthroat environment that seems to care much more about profits than about the employees who deliver the actual results. And yet, organizations can and do change the world--but never without a great culture. Leaders and managers play the crucial role in shaping and modeling a culture that motivates and inspires every employee to give their best."--
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[First edition].
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1 online resource (18 pages) : illustrations
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English
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Many leaders recognize that their organization's corporate culture needs improvement but don't know where to start. Research on unhealthy corporate cultures points to toxic leadership, toxic social norms, and work design as the three most powerful predictors of toxic workplace behavior. The authors explore evidence-based interventions, organized around these key drivers of toxic culture, that leaders and companies can use to retain employees and create...
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"Daniel Coyle spent three years researching the question of what makes a successful group tick, visiting some of the world's most productive groups--including Pixar, Navy SEALs, Zappos, IDEO, and the San Antonio Spurs. Coyle discovered that high-performing groups relentlessly generate three key messages that enable them to excel: 1) Safety - we are connected. 2) Shared Risk - we are vulnerable together. 3) Purpose - we are part of the same story....
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Libros de Cabecera
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1a. edición.
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1 online resource : illustrations
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Español
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Wa, claves de la cultura corporativa japonesa describe el funcionamiento de las empresas y la filosofía de trabajo en Japón, y proporciona consejos para interactuar con japoneses de forma fundada y eficiente en cualquier entorno profesional. La armonía social --Wa--, que rige todas las dinámicas de grupo en el archipiélago nipón, debe ser la primera consideración de los extranjeros que quieran trabajar de forma fluida con colegas, superiores,...
8) Vanished
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Nick Heller novels volume 1
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English
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After a frantic call from his 14-year-old nephew, Gabe, Nick Heller returns home to Washington, D.C., from a job in California to find Gabe's mother in a coma and Gabe's stepfather, Roger, who is Heller's older brother, vanished without a trace. Though the brothers have been estranged since their father's much-publicized securities fraud conviction years earlier, Nick vows to protect Gabe and his mother and unravel the mystery of Roger's alleged abduction....
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"In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovative, and emulated companies on earth. This book details how Catmull built an enduring creative culture -- one that doesn't just pay lip service to the importance...
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O'Reilly Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
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1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 18 min.)) : sound, color.
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English
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Positioned at the intersection of business, design, and technology, product management has emerged as one of the most critical business roles of the 21st century. But what does a product manager actually do? What impact can a great product manager have on an organization? And why do we need product managers in the first place? This video covers the fundamentals of product management--what it is, who does it, why it matters, and how to do it well....
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McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 online resource
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English
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Distilling Ray Zinns astonishing career as CEO of Micrel; this book's tough-love approach tells you what it takes to succeed in a world where markets are constantly changing; new technologies are emerging; and small startups are going head to head with industry giants. --
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Pearson
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
1st edition.
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1 online resource (208 pages).
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English
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" Inside Arthur Andersen provides a perceptive analysis of the changes in cultural values that took Andersen from the top of the accounting profession to its doom.The authors do a superb job of analyzing the historical Andersen culture and the varied forces that led to dramatic changes in that culture in recent years. In addition, the authors display great insight into what made Andersen great and the changes that led it to fail, while also raising...
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[First edition].
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1 online resource (7 pages) : illustrations
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English
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Typical programs aimed at changing corporate culture to more effectively address organizational challenges often fail to have a lasting effect. Taking a skills-based approach, however, can lead to positive changes in behavior that endure, particularly when it comes to cultivating soft skills like perspective taking. The author explains key attributes of the skills-based approach to culture change and how organizations can leverage it to speed adoption...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations
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English
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"Talent Tectonics is written to help leaders create resilient workforces and organizations that will thrive in a fast-changing world with increasing shortages of skilled labor. It is based on engagements with hundreds of organizations around the world combined with research from industrial-organizational psychology, management science, socioeconomics, and related fields. It is a product of the author's unique experience working at the intersection...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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xiii, 247 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In Leading with Gratitude, New York Times bestselling authors, the "apostles of appreciation" Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick introduce readers to easy ways to add more gratitude to their work environment"--
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HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
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xii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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To Horowitz, culture is how a company makes decisions. It is the set of assumptions employees use to resolve everyday problems. If culture is not purposeful, it will be an accident or a mistake. Here he explains how to make your culture purposeful by spotlighting four historic models of leadership and culture-building, and connecting their leadership examples to modern case-studies. The practical and often surprising advice that results will help...
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