Self-Leadership September 6, 2012
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Self-Leadership
How to Become a More Successful, Efficient, and Effective Leader from the Inside Out
Authors: Andrew Bryant, Ana Kazan
ISBN: 9780071799096
©2013 | 1st Edition | 224 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: AUG-12
Price: US$ 25.00
An effective new approach for leading yourself and others to ultimate business success
With the flattening of hierarchies and global teams and the need for empowered and engaged employees, a new style of leadership is required. Self-Leadership gives managers and other business leaders the tools for greater self-observation, self-confidence, self-management, and decision-making.
Lead yourself to success—and others are sure to follow
“For leaders looking for a plan of ‘Why, What, and How’ to become a better leader, the answer is between the covers of this book.”
—Chester Elton, New York Times bestselling author of The Carrot Principle, The Orange Revolution, and All In
“Ever wish you could be more confident, more engaged, or more productive in your life? Look no further. All the concepts and tools are right here.”
—Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D., Psychologist and Education Director, VIA Institute on Character
“Self-reliance, courage, confidence, emotional self-awareness, and perseverance encompassed into one leadership concept.”
—Garee W. Earnest, Ph.D., Professor, The Ohio State University
“Bryant and Kazan’s groundbreaking work challenges us to take the first small steps of what will be for many a lifelong journey of self-discovery from the inside out.”
—R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D., Professor, North Carolina State University
“Andrew and Ana’s . . . research, insights, and experience provide a practical tool-kit on how you can choose to live your life and your work and influence others to do the same.”
—Philip Beck, Chairman, Dubeta
“It is generally accepted in the business literature that the heart of leadership is leading self. I believe that leading self is also the path to being a ‘responsible’ leader. The important contribution made by Self Leadershipis that it tells you what to do if you want to get better at leading self. Read this book if you desire to be more effective as a leader and remember, “You don’t have to be bad at leadership to get better.”
—Stephen C. Lundin Ph.D., author of the bestseller, Fish!
About the Author
Andrew Bryant, CSP, PCC is an international thought leader specializing in Self-leadership, the power of influence and developing leaders for the future with an emphasis on Asia specifically. He is the founder of Self Leadership International as well as an executive coach and leadership consultant.
Ana Kazan, PhD is a university professor and a researcher in Brazil and Research and Data Analysis Director of Kazan & Associates Consultants. She teaches Organizational Communication, Organizational Psychology and Leadership, Research Methods, and Self-Leadership courses in the state of Sao Paulo.
The Employee Engagement Mindset May 1, 2012
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The Employee Engagement Mindset
The Six Drivers for Tapping into the Hidden Potential of Everyone in Your Company
Authors: Tim Clark
ISBN: 9780071788298
©2012 | 1st Edition | 272 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUN-12
Price: US$ 26.00
The Employee Engagement Mindset shifts the paradigm of engagement from an employer-centered model to an employee-centered view. By putting an emphasis on shared manager and personal responsibility coupled with intrinsic motivation in order to increase engagement, companies can reach the levels of engagement necessary to outperform their competitors.
Based on years of research and based on a popular seminar with the same name, The Employee Engagement Mindset outlines a simple six-part shared manager/employee model for increasing engagement: Shaping, Connecting, Learning, Stretching, Achieving, and Contributing. The authors present research proving that companies with employee-engagement programs enjoy measurably greater profits, growth, productivity, and retention than those without.
About the Author
Timothy R. Clark is founder and CEO of TRClark Partners, a consultancy that provides advisory services in strategy, large-scale change and transformation, and executive development. He writes the syndicated column, “On Leadership” for the Salt Lake Deseret News, which holds the largest circulation in the state. He is a leading authority in the field of change leadership and organizational transformation. He is the author of the critically claimed book, Epic Change: How to Lead Change in the Global Age (John Wiley/Jossey-Bass), The Leadership Test: Will You Pass (2009). Some of his clients include Accenture, American Express, Chevron, Disney, Dow Chemical, Microsoft, NASA, and Wells Fargo Bank.
The Virtual Executive March 12, 2012
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Leadership.Tags: blog, executive, goals, Innovation, lead, Leadership, management, motivate, Optimize, Organization, performance, shareholder, Social Media, stakeholder, Strategy, tag, team, virtual communication
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The Virtual Executive
How to Act Like a CEO Online and Offline
Author: D. A. Benton
ISBN: 9780071787154 / 0071787151
©2012 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-12
Prive: US$ 25.00
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Master digital platforms to deliver powerful messages and build your personal brand
When was the last time you were in a meeting and every participant was in the room? How many people do you know who work from remote sites? How many e-mails did you receive and send at work today?
Blogging, commenting, tagging, e-mailing, texting, video chatting. Everywhere you turn these days, there’s a new way to communicate ideas and opinions. Whether you’re a C-suite executive or a mid-level manager, you have to be able to move seamlessly among all the available digital platforms in order to communicate your message effectively.
In The Virtual Executive, world-renowned CEO coach and bestselling author Debra Benton teaches you everything you need to know to navigate today’s seemingly endless choices of social media and virtual communication tools in order to stay relevant in a sea of competition. From videoconferencing, instant messaging, and webinars to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, Benton explains how and when to use each platform to:
- Differentiate yourself from others in the vast digital world
- Deliver a clear, powerful message
- Make people remember you for the right reasons
- Build trust with colleagues and customers
- Achieve more than ever—with less effort and lower costs
Digital communication isn’t the way of the future—it’s the way of now. And even more change is inevitable. If you don’t face it head-on, the future will be a time of chaos and lost opportunities. But if you reinvent yourself into a true virtual executive, you will make your mark with surprising speed and effectiveness.
The Virtual Executive is your guidebook to boldly leading your organization into the future by embracing digital communication platforms, tailoring them to your needs, and using them to build your personal brand for the long run.
Endorsement
“In the virtual world, every voice mail, e-mail, or tweet is fraught with the danger of misunderstanding or misdirection, which can be disastrous for results and/or relationships. For those on the rise or recently thrust into this very different world, this book is an exceptional resource . . . and entertaining too!”
—Hal Johnson, Chairman, Global Human Resources Practice, Korn/Ferry International
“Benton’s insights on being seen as a leader remain as relevant as ever, even though the tools with which we work have changed dramatically. . . . The Virtual Executive provides a guide for making yourself and those around you successful in a rapidly evolving, connected, and virtual world.”
—Brian Fabes, CEO, Civic Consulting Alliance
“Benton teaches us all the protocol for success in a digital age. What worked yesterday won’t work today . . . and what will work tomorrow is in this book.”
—Rulon Stacey, Chairman, American College of Healthcare Executives; CEO, Poudre Valley Health Systems; author, Over Our Heads
“Benton’s book empowers you to play at the top of your game—not just in person, but from afar.”
—Paola Bonomo, Head of Online Services, Vodafone Omnitel N.V.
“A must-read as applicable to the novice new hire as it is to the CEO.”
—John Odegaard, Executive Director, U.S. Naval War College Foundation
“A remarkably focused tool for the successful executive striving to be better in the digital age. I literally could not put the book down once I started it.”
—Stan Payne, CEO, Canaveral Port Authority
About the Author
Debra Benton (Livermore, CO) is an internationally known speaker, consultant, bestselling author, and founder of Benton Management Resources. She has written eight books and numerous articles in business publications, including Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal; her books have been translated into fourteen languages.
Running the Gauntlet November 30, 2011
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Running the Gauntlet
Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits
Authors: Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, Jim Eber
ISBN: 9780071784092 / 0071784098
©2012 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 26.00
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Change your ATTITUDE. Change your BUSINESS. Change your FUTURE.
What’s stopping you from making the changes your business needs to thrive? The most dangerous move in business is the failure to make a move at all. The history of business is filled with companies that are no more because their leaders refused to enact change when the writing was on the wall. Fear. Apathy. Lack of personal responsibility. These simple human flaws can turn a good company into a dead company.
The writing on the wall has never been clearer than it is now—and marketing phenomenon Jeffrey Hayzlett is on a mission to make you see it, understand it, and heed it. Today’s business environment is so competitive and volatile that you can’t afford to be satisfied with business as usual. You must make changes now to compete in the future.
Building on the principles and concepts in his first book The Mirror Test, Hayzlett takes you on a step-by-step journey to:
- Develop a “takeover mentality” for your business
- Summon the vision and courage necessary for driving change
- Sharpen the mental and emotional toughness to make strategic, lasting change
- Execute the right changes and deal with any disruptions they might cause
- Sustain and manage your company’s new-found momentum
Change is already happening all around you—to products, to organizations, to entire industries. Eventually, it will happen to your company, whether from outside forces or your own initiative.
You’ve always had the ability to institute positive change in your company. Now, with Running the Gauntlet, you have the inspiration and knowledge to make it happen and take control of it—instead of letting it control you.
Praise for Running the Gauntlet
“If the shoe fits, wear it! Jeff’s advice fits any hard-charging business owner and leader.”
—Tony Hsieh, New York Times bestselling author of Delivering Happiness and CEO, Zappos.com
“I’ve seen a lot of sharks, and Hayzlett’s advice comes like a Hammerhead. He can smell blood from a mile away, so when Hayzlett jumps in big waters, some sharks have to jump out.”
—Daymond John, founder and CEO, FUBU, and star of ABC’s business show Shark Tank
“If Jeff were a wine, it would be strong, sassy, and bold – just like his savvy business advice. This is a wine you want to open again and again.”
—Gary Vaynerchuk, co-founder, Vaynermedia.com
“Running the Gauntlet just played the Trump Card. This book is terrific!”
—Ivanka Trump, EVP Trump Organization
“It’s time someone grabs you (and your business) by the shirt collar and shakes you! Strap on your chaps—business celebrity Jeff Hayzlett is going to take you on a rough-and-tumble ride that just might change the life of your business forever. Muster the courage and buy this book!”
—Darren Hardy, Publisher, SUCCESS magazine, and bestselling author of The Compound Effect
Book Review
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American Chronicle, Jan1, 2012
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800-ceo-read Blog, Jan 12, 2012
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Yahoo! Finance ran a detail profile of the authors Jeffrey W. Hayzlett and Jim Eber.
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Article: Marketing Predictions for 2012 by Jeffrey W. Hayzlett on Huffington Post, Jan 2, 2012
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American Marketing Association published the inteview with Jeffrey W. Hayzlett in their January edition, Pg 18 -21
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Jeffrey W. Hayzlett’s interview on MSNBC-TV’s “Your Business”, Jan 8, 2012. Pls click HERE to watch.
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Forbes.com ran a interview with Jeffrey W. Hayzlett on Jan 11, 2012. To read, pls click HERE
About the Author
Jeffrey Hayzlett is the author of the bestselling business book The Mirror Test, a former Fortune 100 C-Suite Executive, and a leading business expert. Jeffrey has made multiple media appearances on Fox Business, MSNBC’s Your Business, and NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. From small business to international corporations, he puts his extraordinary entrepreneurial skills and creativity into play, launching ventures blending his leadership perspectives, insights into professional development, mass marketing prowess, and affinity for social media.
Jim Eber is a veteran business marketing writer who has worked with many companies and publishing houses. This is his second book with Jeff.
Other book you might be interested:
- 9780071759137 Managers, Can You Hear Me Now
Prescription for Excellence May 18, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Management & Organization.Tags: business communication, Career, chip heath, communicate in business, competition, competitive edge, customer care, customer experience, customer service, dan heath, healthcare, hospital, lead, Leadership, Leadership Center, Made to Stick, manage, management, manager, Market, marketing, motivate, network, Networking, new gold standard, patient care, quality, raving fans, ritz carlton, service, starbucks experience
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Prescription for Excellence
Leadership Lessons for Creating a World Class Customer Experience from UCLA Health System
Author: Joseph Michelli
ISBN: 9780071773546 / 0071773541
©2011 | 1st Edition | 320 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 28.00
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The Secrets to Long-Term Business Health
Joseph Michelli, author of The Starbucks Experience and The New Gold Standard, is among the world’s top authorities on the principles of creating an organizational culture dedicated to service excellence. In these bestselling books, he examines how leading service companies dominate their respective industries with innovative customerexperience strategies.
Now, Michelli turns his attention to one of the most complex, controversial, and critical industries—healthcare.
In Prescription for Excellence, Michelli provides an inside look at an organization that has become the envy of its industry—and explains how you can dominate your own industry by using the same approach.
UCLA Health System is revered worldwide for its top-tier patient/customer care. Great physicians, nurses, researchers, and staff are only part of the equation; UCLA’s overall success is a result of organization-wide collaboration that is driven by leaders with a shared vision of unyielding excellence. Michelli breaks down UCLA’s approach into five simple principles:
- Commit to Care
- Leave No Room for Error
- Make the Best Better
- Create the Future
- Service Serves Us
From administrative offices to operating rooms to research centers, continued adherence to these five principles has guided UCLA to financial strength, social significance, and sustainability.
The best part is that these principles translate to any industry, so you, too, can achieve similar goals. Michelli gives you the tools to adapt UCLA’s ideas, systems, and leadership principles into your own best practices. Whether it is a healthcare organization, a financial institution, or a neighborhood hair salon, good business begins and ends with customer connection. When all workers in an organization focus on providing quality care for those they serve, success inevitably follows.
Business is always personal; UCLA’s leadership ensures that this simple truth drives every UCLA employee, every day. Apply the lessons Michelli spells out in Prescription for Excellence to create a system that ensures that your people take business personally, day in and day out.
Praise
‘Like any business, a hospital must be true to its core values in order to succeed. `Trickle-down values’ start at the top with the best leadership, so that all the stakeholders understand and carry out the institution’s mission. That is the gift that David F einberg has brought to U CLA. I am in awe of his management skills.’
‘Lynda Resnick, owner of Pom Wonderful, Fiji Water, Teleflora, and Wonderful Pistachios
‘With clear purpose, unwavering principles, and steadfast leadership, the people at UCLA have established a new bar, a compelling promise, for what healthcare can and should be.’
‘David M. Lawrence, M.D., former CEO, Kaiser Permanente
‘An absorbing and educational account of a large institution’s astonishing transformation. The strong, courageous, and focused leadership of David Feinberg and his outstanding team is evident on every page. A tremendous lesson for all large enterprises.’
‘William E. Simon, Jr., cochairman, William E. Simon & Sons
‘Most leadership authors describe how to apply common-sense principles. Michelli is a notable exception. He artfully describes the compelling, uncommon leadership practices that transformed UCLA Health System. The resulting lessons are plentiful and powerful for today’s business leader.’
‘Lee J. Colan, Ph.D., author of Sticking to It: The Art of Adherence
Publicity
- Prescription for Excellence is poised to hit FOUR Bestseller Lists:
- The New York Times: #1 Hardcover Advice & Misc, Week Ending June 12
- USA Today: #1 Money Best Sellers
- Publishers Weekly: #2 Hardcover Nonfiction Best Seller
- The Wall Street Journal: #8 Hardcover Nonfiction and #1 Hardcover Business (based on Nielsen Bookscan ratings
About the Author
Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D. (Falcon, CO), is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant. His book, The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary, published by McGraw-Hill, regularly achieved bestseller status on the Wall Street Journal (6 weeks), BusinessWeek (5 months), and USA Today (8 weeks) lists. He has been featured on television programs such as The Glenn Beck Show and CNBC’s “On the Money” and has conducted hundreds of radio and print interviews. His other books include The New Gold Standard about service excellence at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and When Fish Fly: Lessons for Creating a Vital and Energized Workplace which was co-authored with the owner of the “World Famous” Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.
Other books you might be interested:
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9780071478151 The Disney Way
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9780071477840 The Starbucks Experience
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9780071548335 The New Gold Standard
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9780071590730 Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic
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9780071592086 The Innovator’s Prescription
Full Engagement! May 11, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Management & Organization.Tags: Business, Business motivational, human resources, industries & professions, inspire, investment, Leadership, management, motivate
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Full Engagement!
Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People
Author: Brian Tracy
ISBN: 9780814416891 / 0814416896
©2011 | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 22.00
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How do you light a fire under every employee? Brian Tracy, the Master of Motivation, shows how!
In these tough economic times, everyone is expected to produce more with less. And yet, studies have shown that on average, employees are working at only a fraction of their potential. What are managers to do? How can they inspire their people to perform at their absolute best?
Whatever the situation, a good manager can quickly organize a group of average performers into a high-functioning team capable of achieving tremendous results for the company. The secret is knowing how—and anyone can learn.
In Full Engagement!, business success expert Brian Tracy shows managers how they can supercharge their employees’ efforts.
Packed with powerful, practical ideas and strategies, this eye-opening guide explains how to:
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Unlock the potential of each person
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Motivate and inspire employees to peak performance
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Trigger the “X Factor” that maximizes productivity
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Drive out the fears that hold people back
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Create a high-trust work environment
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Set clear goals and objectives
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Recognize, reward, and reinforce in a way that energizes every employee
A manager’s role is to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental effort that his or her people put forth. It’s not a return on investment…it’s a return on energy. And when managers fail at that, they fail at their own job.
With this essential guide, all managers can now hold the keys to unlocking superstar performance from their teams
About the Author
BRIAN TRACY is one of the top business speakers and authorities in the world today. He has spoken in almost every city in the US and Canada, and in 56 other countries. He addresses more than 250,000 people worldwide each year. He has written 50 books and produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on management, motivation and personal success. He is the president of Brian Tracy University and Business Growth Strategies, the pre-eminent internet business learning portal in the world today.
Praise
If you’re ready to empower your people to be more do more and achieve more, then read and use the strategies in this brilliant book by my friend Brian Tracy. Anyone in a leadership position must read this book!
- James Malinchak, Featured on ABC’s Primetime TV Show, Secret Millionaire, Founder, http://www.BigMoneySpeaker.com
Full Engagement is the most complete and practical tool book I have read that shows managers show to treat each person so well that they perform at higher levels than ever before.
- Jack Canfield, Best-selling coauthor of the #1 NYT best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul
Brian Tracy’s Full Engagement! is an extraordinary book, loaded with practical tools and ideas that every manager needs to be more effective and make the team feel terrific about themselves.
- Mark C. Thompson, bestselling author of Now Build a Great Business! and Success Built to Last
Full Engagement! is a fantastic journey that gives the reader great insights into how a manager’s behaviors will affect the intrinsic motivation of staff, and, ultimately, the bottom line.
- Joseph Sherren, President, Ethos Enterprises Inc.; CEO, Gateway Leadership Inc.; author, iLead, Five Insights for Building Sustainable Organizations; coauthor, Vitamin “C” for a Healthy Workplace
Brian Tracy is one of the most practical and helpful advisers that I have ever met. Full Engagement! contains ideas that we can immediately apply–at work and at home.
- Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Leave it up to Brian Tracy to author another brilliant and to-the-point book on investing in people, fueling talent, and inspiring greatness! The magical way in which Brian explains and describes the importance of being happy and fueling happiness is right on target. In this time of recession and some diminished spirit in folks, he inspires and guides us to reflect on our own inner value and reminds us we can recession-proof ourselves by our actions, habits, and commitments. I highly recommend this book for anyone who manages and leads people, or if you are just looking for a great read to motivate and lead yourself!
- Steve Rodgers, President/Owner, Windermere Exclusive Properties,San Diego
Brian Tracy has done it again! He has brought his insightful and intuitive wisdom to Full Engagement!, providing the tools necessary to positively influence and impact the people you lead. Read it, apply it, and rejoice in the results!
- Michael Clayton, President and CEO, The Better Business Bureau inSoutheast Texas
On a scale from 1 to 10, from very unhappy to very happy, I am 10+ with Full Engagement!. Yet another true work of art by Mr. Tracy, this book provides me with a whole host of proven best practices to bring the best out of my people and me. I cannot wait to incorporate these techniques with my department and help make the best people get better while they achieve greatness. Thanks Brian!
- Matt Fenn, Senior Manager, Jostens Memory Book Training and Development
Brian shows managers how to make people feel terrific about themselves and perform at their best.
- Keith Scott, founder, Beachcomber Hot Tubs
Applying the principles in Full Engagement! will fundamentally change the performance and culture of any organization. Brian effectively provides actionable tools that get results through an authentic approach that truly engages people the right way.
- Tim Larson, President and CEO, Jostens
This is an outstanding book, loaded with practical tools and ideas that every manager can use to help employees feel terrific about themselves—and as you know, an engaged, happy employee is the central value in individual performance and productivity. This book shows you how to motivate and inspire your team to achieve their highest potential.
- John Assaraf, author
Leaders and managers can extract the worst or best of what employees have in them. Now more than ever before we need the best quality work and highest productivity from the employees we have–and nobody is better at showing us how than Brian Tracy.
- Lawrence Janesky, President, Basement Systems Inc.; author, The Highest Calling and Think Daily
Brian has done it again! Full Engagement! teaches all of us who manage or lead others how to get the most out of those we work with. In this ever-changing world, Brian Tracy provides an easy-to-follow roadmap to peak performance! This book is a ‘must’ for every leader!
- Tom Alkazin, Royal Ambassador and Top Earner, Vemma
Brian shows you how to tap into the spiritual and emotional energies of each and every person so they are internally motivated to perform at their best every day.
- Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me
Brilliant! Capable of revolutionizing a company from the ground up by revealing the keys to peak productivity and performance in each and every employee, Full Engagement! is hands-down the most outstanding and important business book of 2011!
-Ivan Misner,New YorkTimes bestselling author, and founder of BNI and Referral Institute
Brian’s positive, practical ideas for getting the most out of each person can transform your team and makes you a great leader.
- T. Harv Eker, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Like an award-winning chef, a company CEO needs a recipe for success. In Full Engagement!, Brian Tracy has provided that recipe. All that remains is to find the best ingredients and combine them with passion. This book will certainly ignite any team or individual to achieve greater performance and results.”
- Kim Yost, CEO, Art Van Furniture
I have read every book Brian Tracy has written. Full Engagement! is the best one yet. It’s loaded with practical tools and ideas to show managers how to motivate and inspire their teams. Stop what you’re doing and start reading.
- Pat Williams, Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic; author, Extreme Focus
To succeed in this economy, you need dedicated, motivated people who put their whole hearts into doing a great job every day. Full Engagement! shows you how to instill these feelings in every person.
- Bill Bartmann, self-made billionaire and CEO, Bill Bartmann Enterprises
The way to get people to use their full potential is to stimulate, as my friend Brian Tracy suggests, Full Engagement. Read, absorb, be inspired and use the principles of Full Engagement! to gain full cooperation, full resource utilization, and a full bank account.
- Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator, #1 New York Times bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul; co-author, Cracking the Millionaire Code, The One Minute Millionaire, and Cash in a Flash; author, Richest Kids in America
Brian’s book, Full Engagement, is full of proven management strategies for getting people to perform at their highest levels so your firm can have the competitive human capital advantage.
- Anne M. Bachrach, Author of Live Life with No Regrets and Excuses Don’t Count; Results Rule
Timing is everything and Brian’s timing on F ull Engagement is masterful. He is laser accurate in his premise that the best organizations in the world have the best working environments, and he brilliantly shows us why and how.
- Denis Waitley, Author, Winning The Game of Life
Books by Brian Tracy:
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9780814416976 Now, Build a Great Business!
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9781605094113 Goals!
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9780814414347 How the Best Leaders Lead
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9781605092751 Flight Plan
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9780814413463 Reinvention
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9780814401576 Speak to Win
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9781599181523 The Way to Wealth Workbook, Part III
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9780814474709 Time Power
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9780814473719 Crunch Point
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9781599180298 Million Dollar Habits
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9780814473573 The Power of Charm
Drucker’s Lost Art of Management April 14, 2011
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Drucker’s Lost Art of Management
Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations
Authors: Joseph A. Maciariello, Karen Linkletter
ISBN: 9780071765817 / 0071765816
©2011 | 1st Edition | 464 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-11
Pages: US$ 35.00
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A framework for improving managerial effectiveness—based on the timeless principles of Peter Drucker
While corporate malfeasance was once considered the exception, the American public is increasingly viewing unethical, immoral, and even criminal business behavior as the norm. According to the authors of Drucker’s Lost Art of Management, there is some truth behind this new perception. Business management has lost its bearings, and the authors look to Peter Drucker’s vision of management as a liberal art to steer business back on course.
Recognized as the world’s leading Drucker scholar, Joseph Maciariello, along with fellow Drucker scholar Karen Linkletter, provides a blueprint for making corporate American management more functional and redeeming its reputation. Throughout his career, Peter Drucker made clear connections between the liberal arts and effective management, but he passed away before providing a detailed exposition of his ideas. Maciariello and Linkletter integrate their Drucker expertise in management and the liberal arts to finally define management as a liberal art and fulfill Drucker’s vision.
In Drucker’s Lost Art of Management, Maciariello and Linkletter examine Drucker’s contention that managers must concern themselves with the foundational concepts of political science, history, economic theory, and other liberal arts, such as:
- Societal values and standards
- The use and abuse of power
- Individual character development
- Innovation and technology
- The nature of good and evil
- The role managers play in a healthy society
The authors create a new philosophy of management based on the principles leaders throughout history have relied on to be effective both individually and as custodians of civilized society and healthy economies.
Our future executives, professionals, managers, and entrepreneurs are on track to learning (and perpetuating) the idea that only the bottom line matters in business—a concept that benefits no one in the end. It’s up to us to instill the ageless verities that make for good management, good society, and good business results.
A passionate call for radical change in today’s management practices, Drucker’s Lost Art of Management provides the ideas, concepts, and practical advice to make that change happen before it’s too late.
Endorsement
“Maciariello and Linkletter provide a very thoughtful and challenging journey in understanding Drucker’s profound insights into the meaning of management as a liberal art.”
—C. William Pollard, Chairman Emeritus, The ServiceMaster Company
“Linkletter and Maciariello have done a masterful job in bringing into focus the connections between Drucker’s visions of management as a liberal art, of leadership dominated by integrity, high moral values, a focus on developing people, an emphasis on performance and results, and on balancing stability and continuity vs. the discontinuities created by change.”
—Kenneth G. Wilson, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1982, 20-year disciple of Drucker’s writings
“Maciariello and Linkletter provide a must-read for a new class of managers and academics who see beyond the bottom line.”
—David W. Miller, Ph.D., Director Princeton Faith & Work Initiative and Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University, and President, The Avodah Institute
About the Authors
Joseph Maciarello (Claremont, CA) was a colleague of Peter Drucker for 26 years and taught Drucker’s courses once Peter Drucker reduced his teaching load. He coauthored The Daily Drucker and The Effective Executive in Action with Peter Drucker. He is the Director of Research and Academic Director at the Drucker Institute and Horton Professor of Management at The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management.
Karen Linkletter (Newport Beach, CA) teaches American Studies at California State University at Fullerton. The first archivist at the Drucker Institute, she has experience in the financial services industry. She holds a Ph.D. and M.B.A. from Claremont Graduate University.
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Toyota Under Fire March 7, 2011
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Toyota Under Fire
Lessons for Turning Crisis into Opportunity
Authors: Jeffrey Liker, Timothy N. Ogden
ISBN: 9780071762991 / 007176299X
©2011 | 1st Edition | 208 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-11
Price: US$ 20.00
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TOYOTA UNDER FIRE has been awarded the prestigious Shingo Prize. Author Jeff Liker was recognized for providing new knowledge and understanding of lean operation excellence
The definitive inside account of Toyota’s greatest crisis—and lessons you can apply to your own company
For decades, Toyota has been setting standards that are the envy—and goal–of organizations worldwide. Its legendary management principles and business philosophy, first documented by Jeffrey K. Liker in his influential book The Toyota Way, changed the business world’s approach to operational excellence.
Granted unprecedented access to Toyota’s facilities worldwide, Liker, along with Timothy N. Ogden, investigated the inside story of how Toyota faced the challenges of the recession and the recall crisis of 2009–2010. In both cases, the company was caught off guard—and found that a root cause of the challenges it faced was its failure to live up to its own principles. But the fundamentals were still there, and the company has ultimately come out of the most challenging years of its postwar existence even stronger than before.
Toyota Under Fire chronicles all the events of the recession and the recall crisis in detail, providing valuable lessons any business leader can use to survive and thrive in a crisis, no matter how large:
- Crisis response must start by building a strong culture long before the crisis hits.
- Culture matters far more than decisions made by top executives.
- Investing in people, even in the depths of a recession, is the surest path to long-term profitability.
Because it had founded its culture on such principles, Toyota didn’t need to amass an army of public relations, marketing, and legal experts to “put out the fire”; instead, it redoubled efforts to live up to its founding tenet, going “back to basics.” Toyota began solving this crisis more than 70 years ago, when its organizational culture was first established.
Apply the lessons of Toyota Under Fire to your company, and you’ll meet any future management challenge calmly, responsibly, and effectively— the Toyota Way.
Praise for Toyota Under Fire
“Those who write off Toyota in the current climate of second guessing and speculation are making a profound mistake and need to read this book to get the facts. Toyota is a company that will channel the current challenges to push themselves to even more relentless continuous improvement.”
—Charles Baker, former Chief Engineer and Vice President for R&D, Honda of America
“Toyota Under Fire is a superb book and should prove very helpful to American industry’s understanding of the problems faced and how any company can prevent similar occurrences in the future.”
—Norman Bodek, author, founder of Productivity Press, and inductee in 2010 Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame
“As a former automotive supplier executive and student of Toyota, I was concerned to see the many negative reports and investigations into the quality and safety of its vehicles. Toyota Under Fire tells the story of how this great company is growing wiser and stronger by living its culture and values.”
—Michael Fisher, CEO, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
“Just as Toyota has put itself through excruciating soul-searching in order to understand what went wrong, so should we all take advantage of the opportunity for learning presented to us by Toyota’s misfortune. In these pages, you will find that the actual circumstances were far more complex, nuanced, and uncertain than you saw reported in the news.”
—John Y. Shook, Chairman and CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute
Publicity
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Article “From Recalls to Redemption: Toyota Did Not Lose its “Way” on Process Excellence Network, Feb 18. to read, please click HERE
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Article “Toyota’s Recall Crisis: What Have We Learned?” on Harvard Business Review, The Conversation, Feb 11. to read, please click HERE
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Review on Business Standard – The Strategist, New Delhi. To read, please click HERE
About the Author
Jeffrey K. Liker, Ph.D., author of the bestselling The Toyota Way, is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and coowner of lean consulting firm Optiprise, Inc. His Shingo-Prize winning work has appeared in The Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and other leading publications.
Timothy Ogden is Executive Partner at Sona Partners, a thought leadership communications firm. He has written for Harvard Business Review, Miller-McCune magazine, and Alliance magazine and he blogs regularly for Harvard Business Review and for the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He is frequently quoted in the New York Times, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.
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Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns September 24, 2010
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Management & Organization.Tags: Christensen Thinkers50, Education, Harvard, innovate, Innovation, inspiration, inspire, inspiring, Latter Day Saints, lead, manage, management, managing, motivate, Motivation, The McKinsey Way
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Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition
How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Authors: Christensen, Clayton; Johnson, Curtis W.; Horn, Michael B.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174910-7
ISBN-10: 0071749101
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 272 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: October 2010
Price: US$ 34.95
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Clay Christensen’s groundbreaking bestselling work in education now updated and expanded, including a new chapter on Christensen’s seminal “Jobs to Be Done” theory applied to education.
According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn’t always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning. In other words, we need “disruptive innovation.”
Now, in his long-awaited new book, Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time-education-and apply Christensen’s now-famous theories of “disruptive” change using a wide range of real-life examples. Whether you’re a school administrator, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you’ll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories. You’ll learn how:
- Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school
- Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology
- Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student
- Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at school reform
- We can compete in the global classroom-and get ahead in the global market
Filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, Disrupting Class will open your eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential, and get you to think differently. Professor Christensen and his coauthors provide a bold new lesson in innovation that will help you make the grade for years to come.
The future is now. Class is in session.
Endorsement
“Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America’s K-12 education system needs–a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many education ‘reforms,’ this is not small-bore stuff. For that reason alone, it’s likely to be resisted by defenders of the status quo, even though it’s necessary and right for our kids. We owe it to them to make sure this book isn’t merely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation.” — Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
“A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education.” — Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great
About the Author
Clayton M. Christensen (Belmont, MA) is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on innovation and growth. He is author or coauthor of five books including the New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution.
Michael Horn is the co-founder and Executive Director, Education of Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank devoted to applying the theories of disruptive innovation to problems in the social sector. Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. He holds an AB from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.
Curtis Johnson, once a teacher and later a college president, is a writer and consultant. He was head of the public policy research organization that launched the idea of chartered schools and chief of staff to former governor Arne Carlson of Minnesota. Co-author of three books on how metropolitan regions have to adapt to new realities to be successful places, Johnson is a partner with the Citistates Group and the managing partner of Education Evolving, a project of the Center for Policy Studies. He is a graduate of Baylor University with a PhD from the College of Education at the University of Texas.
Publicity
Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition was referenced in a Washington Times article relating to online courses and FCC regulation of the Internet. To read. please click HERE
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Coach Yourself to Win: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life September 7, 2010
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Self-Improvement.Tags: adaptive strategies, career coach, coaching plan, developing, engage, evaluate, evaluation, executive coach, Fundamental elements, goals, Innovative, inspire, James Carville, Marshall Goldsmith, motivate, performance, personal behavior, personal growth, professional development, proven methods, realistic framework, self-coaching, set of actions, Tony Robbins, workable
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Coach Yourself to Win
7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job…and In Your Life
Author: Howard M. Guttman
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-164034-3
ISBN-10: 0071640347
©2011 | 1st Edition | 272 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: October 2010
Price: US$ 25.00
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A proven process for changing the way you behave–used by a renowned executive coach for more than 25 years
Are you able, ready, and willing to permanently change your behavior?
Permanently replacing deeply ingrained behaviors with new ones is one of the hardest challenges to overcome. But in Coach Yourself to Win, master executive coach Howard Guttman combines his own expert insight and deep extensive coaching experience to create a step-by-step process that you can follow to change the behaviors that have been holding you back from what you truly want.
Unlike many self-help books offering advice on how to improve either your career or your personal life, Coach Yourself to Win bridges the two worlds in order to help you improve your performance–whether you’re earning your living or living your life.
Coach Yourself to Win is written for the vast number of people who seek to create a new future for themselves. To help you achieve breakthrough performance on the job and in your life, you will learn to master a practical, tested self-coaching process that will enable you to:
- Clarify, set, and stay committed to realistic intentions
- Zero in on what holds you back
- Find the support you’ve been lacking
- Develop a path for change
- Evaluate yourself along the way
- Make necessary corrections to your plan
- Realize your intention to achieve a “new you”
Coach Yourself to Win provides an easy-to-follow seven-step plan that will generate lasting, positive change in your professional and personal life. To help you implement the plan, Guttman provides a dedicated Web site–www.coachyourselftowin.com–where you will find all the supporting materials you will need as you go through the process, because you are the key to the happy ending you desire.
Review
- Howard Guttman on HR.com, Oct13, 2010. To read, please click HERE
- getAbstract.com. To read, please click HERE
About the Author
Howard M. Guttman (Mt. Arlington, NJ) is founder and principal of Guttman Development Strategies, Inc. (GDS), a management consulting firm specializing in building high-performance teams, executive coaching, strategic and organizational alignment, and project implementation. GDS was ranked #11 among Leadership Development consulting firms by Leadership Excellence, which also named Guttman to its list of “Excellence 100 Top Thought Leaders.” His articles and quotes have also appeared in TIME magazine, American Airlines’ American Way, Amtrak’s Arrive, Business News New Jersey, Investors Business Daily, The Washington Post, The Newark Star Ledger, U.S. News and World Report, and USA Today. Guttman’s book Great Business Teams (Wiley, 2008) was named one of the Top 30 Business Books of 2008 by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. He is also the author of When Goliaths Clash: Managing Executive Conflict to Build a More Dynamic Organization (Amacom, 2003).
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