Leadership Without Excuses: How to Create Accountability and High-Performance (Instead of Just Talking About It) March 12, 2010
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Leadership Without Excuses
How to Create Accountability and High-Performance (Instead of Just Talking About It)
Authors: Grimshaw, Jeff; Baron, Gregg
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-160004-0
ISBN-10: 0071600043
©2010 | 1st Edition | 288 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 29.95
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Warning: This book will change the way you lead and succeed. No excuses.
In every company there are employees who are star workers, some who barely scrape by—and then there are those with true potential that’s just waiting to be tapped. Using case studies, Leadership Without Excuses divides workers into three groups, “Saints,” “Sinners,” and “Save-ables.” It then provides simple strategies to inspire the best in the Save-ables—-the ones who can grow into powerfully productive assets to any company. Filled with Fortune 500 examples and backed by measurable results this proven system will help you lead your teams to quick, effective, and continually-growing success.
About the Authors
Jeff Grimshaw (Berwyn, PA) is a co-founder and partner in the firm MGStrategy. Over two decades, Jeff has helped hundreds of leaders and dozens of Fortune 1000 companies increase accountability; drive low-hype, high-stakes change; and create environments where people treat mistakes as intellectual capital and reserve the right to get smarter. Jeff co-founded Paul’s Kids Vietnam Children’s Charity, and he is based in Philadelphia.
Gregg Baron (Tampa, FL) is president of Success Sciences and is a certified management consultant with more than two decades of experience
MBA in a Nutshell: The Classic Accelerated Learner Program March 9, 2010
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Management & Organization.Tags: accounting, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), break-even analysis, budgets, business issues, business policy, buyer perception, buyer's remorse, buying process, cash flow, change management, cognitive dissonance, communication, compensation, contracts, corporate objectives, creative accounting, crisis management, cross-selling, crossover analysis, customer focus, customer service, dimensions of market segmentation, discount, discrimination, diversity, economic order quantity (EOQ), Economics, economies of scale, emotional buyer, ethical standards, ethics, evaluating, exponential smoothing, factors in marketing analysis, Finance, financial statements, forecasting methods, funding, human resources, internal control, investment appraisal, key financial ratios, key statistical measures, knowledge management, learning, lease, line manager, linear programming, macroeconomics, macroenvironment, management, management decision making, management information systems, managerial effectiveness, marketing, MBA, MBA programs, microeconomics, Milo Sobel, money, network analysis, nonparametric statistical methods, objectives, operations management, organizational objectives, parametric statistical methods, participants, postpurchase dissonance, product, product management, product positioning, production system, program, project, psychological contracts, queuing theory, rational buyer, regression analysis, relationship-based selling, rent, reorder point (ROP), research, research project, schools of thought, secrets, staff, statistics, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategies, tactics, tax-reduction considerations, technology management, terminology, time series analysis, time value, up-selling, workplace
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MBA in a Nutshell
The Classic Accelerated Learner Program
Authors: Sobel, Milo
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-170172-3
ISBN-10: 0071701729
©2010 | 1st Edition | 336 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: January 2010
Price: US$ 27.95
Master MBA key concepts without stepping foot in a classroom
Save yourself the thousands of dollars it cost for an MBA education. Dr. Milo Sobel presents core concepts taught in prestigious MBA programs such as Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford—without the heavy price tag and heavier classroom hours.
With MBA in a Nutshell, you can quickly and easily implement essential MBA core curriculum into your professional life—stripping away useless theory and focusing on practical application, which is what you really need to be successful in business. In MBA in a Nutshell, you’ll learn how to:
- Accelerate and increase incoming cash flow
- Assess and rank investment opportunities
- Evaluate company performance using financial statements
- Follow step-by-step instruction to draft strategic business plans
- Turn uncertain business forecasts into reliable estimates
- Find ways to increase revenue and profit while dramatically reducing costs
Chock-full of practical examples, formulas, and concepts and skills that can be immediately used and implemented, MBA in a Nutshell is a must-read to build skills to enhance your career and help your company grow and succeed.
About the Author
Dr. Milo Sobel (Weston, CT)earned his doctorate from Columbia University and his MBA from the City University of New York. He has served as Manager of Training for Citibank, and is a member of the Academy of Management. As a journalist, he has regularly authored featured columns in World Executive’s Digest and Chief Executive China. He also serves as Justice of the Peace in his hometown of Weston, Connecticut.
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