Influencing begins with a lot of groundwork. The first thing leaders should do in the process of influencing is to establish the need that is prompting them to exert influence in the first place. It may be a need to secure resources, to look after themselves in regard to their career development, to find out where the organization stands on promoting them, or to receive feedback.

The coaching of executives continues to be a growing industry, but how often and how well do executives themselves coach as well as lead the people in their organizations? The system used by baseball's Johnny Sain offers a starting point for business leaders interested in developing this skill.

Between the time a team is launched and the time the team gets results, leaders need to know whether the team is on course. To do this they need to monitor the effectiveness of the team on an ongoing basis and make course corrections that prevent small problems from becoming major disasters. Assessing a team's performance, zeroing in on areas of weakness, and taking the necessary corrective measures help the team deliver peak performance and the expected...

Why is data integration still a challenge today? And what does data orchestration mean? In this report, Kevin Poskitt and Ginger Gatling from SAP provide in-depth examples that show how companies have evolved from using data integration to data orchestration. By combining streaming data with application data, external data, and social data, data engineers and developers can achieve trusted business outcomes. You'll learn how to use R, Python, TensorFlow,...

Describes fundamental programming concepts in ActionScript 3.0, including the ActionScript language, event handling, object-oriented programming, data types, regular expressions, XML (E4X), networking, and Flash Player security.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) promotes the ability to communicate with external enterprises. But what are the issues in creating these Extended Enterprise communications? This IBM IBM Redbooks publication addresses these issues for Web services implementations of SOA, using the Patterns for e-business. The Patterns for e-business are a group of proven, reusable assets that can be used to increase the speed of developing and deploying e-business...

"Python Programming introduces one of the most rapidly evolving and preferred programming language using the concept of modularity. One of the highlights of the text is its in-depth treatment of basic concepts.

The digital revolution was portending big changes for the practice of leadership when the Internet economy hit a bump in the road. According to leaders surveyed by CCL and Forrester Research, however, this doesn't mean a return to the old ways of doing business. These leaders realize that they face new challenges and must bring new skills to the table to be successful in the networked economy.

¿Cómo se organiza un departamento de innovación? ¿Por qué es importante innovar en mi empresa? ¿Qué perfiles deben contratarse y qué habilidades necesita desarrollar el responsable del departamento? Más de 30 expertos y responsables de innovación han aportado todo su conocimiento y experiencia para dar respuesta a estas y otras preguntas que se debe hacer cualquier responsable del futuro de una empresa. El Libro de la innovación...