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"Proven tools to take your team and yourself to the next level Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy SEAL is a practical, no-nonsense guide to elevate your leadership skills and drive your team to their maximum potential. Before you can push your team to the max, you must push yourselfelite teams require elite leaders. This invaluable guide supplies the tools you need to develop effective strategies to motivate, adapt, and...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Discover the leadership lessons presented in The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, an inspirational business novel by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller.
With over 20 million books in print, One-Minute Manager author Ken Blanchard is one of the world's most popular business authors. The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do is an inspirational business novel he wrote with Mark Miller, training and development vice president of the Chick-fil-A restaurant...
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With replacement costs high and start-up time critical, employee retention is more valuable than ever. This best-selling guide provides 26 strategies to keep talented employees happy and productive. Citing research and experience with dozens of organizations, the authors present many examples of how today's companies have applied their retention strategies and increased their retention rates. The chapters are arranged alphabetically, from "Ask" to...
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
2015
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1 online resource (463 pages)
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English
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Learn How to Infuse Leadership into Your Passion for Scientific Research Leadership and Women in Statistics explores the role of statisticians as leaders, with particular attention to women statisticians as leaders. By paying special attention to women's issues, this book provides a clear vision for the future of women as leaders in scientific and technical fields. It also shows how emerging and current leaders of both genders in many disciplines...
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American Management Association
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English
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Foreword by Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone and Who's Got Your Back? The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do any thing is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can't break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business con sultant, and coach, and backed by the latest...
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
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1st edition.
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1 online resource (280 pages)
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English
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Learn the Best Practices That Make the Difference Between Troubled Projects and Consistently Successful Projects There's no better way to learn the nuts and bolts of a profession than by having a mentor at your side. But most project managers and leaders don't have that advantage -- and that's why Neal Whitten wrote this book. Having Neal Whitten's No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects on hand is like having a mentor to guide you at every turn...
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
©2014
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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English
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"Alex Taub and Ellen DaSilva have written the bible for business development in startup land--a well-researched, easily accessible accounting of best practices and tips of the trade from the people who are leaders in opening and closing deals that define some of the most exciting new companies on the landscape.""I never thought I'd read a book that not only explains how nuanced business development can be, but also actually gives you what you need...
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Productivity Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 online resource : illustrations.
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English
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When done well, implementing the principles found in the Cultural Enablers dimension of the Shingo Model leads to an organizational culture that assures a safe environment, places a special emphasis on the development of its people, and engages and empowers everyone in the pursuit of continuous improvement. This fifth book of the Shingo Model series is laid out in a format similar to a Shingo workshop. You'll find chapters devoted to both of the principles,...
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ASTD Press
Pub. Date
©2010
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1 online resource (xxii, 465 pages) : illustrations
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English
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This practical handbook covers best practices of learning evaluation and includes information about using technology and evaluating e-learning. Broad subject areas are evaluation planning, data collection, data analysis, and reporting, how to use data, and several case studies.
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McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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English
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Equal parts instruction and inspiration, The Entrepreneur's Book of Actions provides the tools you need to build a successful company by discarding old habits, thinking in a new way, and focusing your efforts on what's important. You'll learn how to manage your time, your employees, and your money and become the leader you need to be. In the end, you will minimise effort needed to complete basic tasks, freeing up more time for creative and innovative...
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dpunkt.verlag
Pub. Date
2023
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1 online resource (360 p.)
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Deutsch
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Vielleicht arbeitest du schon recht lange als Agile Coach. Vielleicht suchst du nach neuen Impulsen und Ideen. Vielleicht hast du bisher in verschiedenen agilen Settings gearbeitet und beschf̃tigst dich erst seit Kurzem mit Agile Coaching. Egal, aus welchem Grund du gerade dieses Arbeitsbuch in deinen Hñden hl̃tst, eins ist klar: Ich freue mich unheimlich, gemeinsam mit dir auf deine Agile Reise zu gehen. Denn du hast das vielleicht persn̲lichste...
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Today's projects are more challenging than ever--and project managers need all the help they can get to succeed amid shifting priorities, budget cuts, interruptions, and other obstacles. Now in its third edition, The Project Management Tool Kit is a must-have strategic partner, filled with step-by-step guidance that will enable managers to get complex projects completed on time and on budget. Extensively updated and revised to reflect the latest changes...
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AMACOM, a division of American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 online resource (xix, 336 pages)
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English
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Now in this accessible and practical playbook, HR expert and author Paul Falcone shows readers how to: Identify the best and the brightest talent Hire for organizational compatibility Communicate constructively Address uncomfortable workplace situations Create an environment that motivates Retain restless top performers Reengage your team after a layoff or during times of adversity Skillfully conduct performance reviews Take corrective action Sidestep...
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"In the last 25 years we have seen a series of major disruptions to business as usual. There was the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the dotcom bust in 2000, the SARs crisis in 2002, the tsunamis in 2004 and 2011, the global financial crisis in 2008, the Arab Spring of 2011, the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and covid-19 in 2020. All of these were unexpected events that have huge impact. Add in the threat of global warming, oil price volatility and a refugee...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource : color illustrations
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English
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"You may have heard of this field of "executive coaching" by now. Perhaps only 40-ish years old as a profession, coaching has experienced meteoric growth over the past two decades. There are a now estimated 70,000 coaches worldwide. Various estimates place the industry at anywhere from $2 billion up to $15 billion per year (US dollars). In the 1980s to early 90s, coaching was initially used mostly for those "problem children" leaders who were in trouble...
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HRD Press
Pub. Date
©2007
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1 online resource (x, 510 pages).
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English
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This manual of activities is written for support staff - the unsung heroes and heroines of organizations who often are the ones for whom there is no training budget. Or who can not be spared from their work to spend time in training. The book presents a wide range of activities and handouts to help teach and apply the most critical competences for administrative, secretarial and support professionals. Titles include: Delivering Bad News, Getting My...
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Career Press
Pub. Date
©2007
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1 online resource (192 pages)
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English
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Most managers understand the importance of giving their employees recognition and rewards, but when it comes to actually doing so, they often come up empty or use outdated, ineffective strategies. 151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees will help managers stock up. Recognition and rewards are consistently found to be among the most powerful of all motivators for employees at any job level. In fact, when employees are asked to describe their...
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ASTD Press
Pub. Date
©2014
Edition
2nd edition.
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1 online resource
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English
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"In today's parlance, smartboard is the new chalkboard, and for the profession of workplace training and development, the new and completely revised 2nd edition of the ASTD Handbook, launching at ASTD's annual International Conference & Exposition in May 2014, will drive thousands to the single best resource for every practitioner and occasional trainer. The ASTD Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Training & Development, 2nd edition, more than...
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Second edition.
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1 online resource (xxiii, 408 pages) : illustration
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English
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"The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital businessThe Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, the book provides the necessary breadth and depth, simplifies the jargon, and balances the analytical logic with experiential wisdom. Starting with a Foreword by Mark Heesen,...
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