Extraordinary Leadership

creating strategies for change

The author argues that leadership is about converting vision into reality via strategic thinking and co-ordinated action. His book offers a synthesis of key concepts from his 18 years of international experience in leadership development

Leadership Unplugged

the new renaissance of value propositions

For managers, talk is action. This book argues that what senior executives do should rest squarely on what they say. The logical conclusion is that organizations are a network of conversations between employees, employers, suppliers and customers the only thing executives can influence is the ...

Management

lo que se aprende en la Harvard Business School

Introducción: Historia del Programa de alta dirección. Los principios del Programa de alta dirección. Sobre este libro. El sanctasanctórum: detrás del telón del Programa de alta dirección. 1. El régimen del Programa de alta dirección. 1.1. Primera y segunda semana. 1.2. De la ...

Liderazgo de equipos con entusiasmo estratégico

Este libro muestra el resultado de varios años de trabajo en procesos de cambio y en el desarrollo y construcción de equipos en muy diversas empresas y organizaciones. Está compuesto por diverso material recopilado a lo largo del tiempo y que ha sido profusamente utilizado ...

Fifty key figures in management

This text presents the life and ideas of influential people who have helped redefine the way we think about management. It covers well known and controversial figures from around the world and from the Renaissance onwards, including: Edward Cadbury, Lao Tzu, Mary Parker Follett, Machiavelli ...

Leadership

theory and practice

The Third Edition of this bestselling text reviews and analyzes the foremost leadership theories, giving special attention to how each theoretical approach can be applied in real-world organizations

The inspirational leader

how to motivate, encourage & achieve sucess

The Inspirational Leader, a new classic from the pen of John Adair, reinforces his argument that leaders are not born but made. Taking the form of conversations between a young chief executive and the author, it explores the nature and practice of leadership. Each aspect ...

Inside the business schools

the content of European business education

This book fills an important gap in the literature on business education by exploring the content of European business education. Based on thorough studies of several European business schools it shows that the formation of the content is a complex issue that only can be ...

The fusion manager

Managers of today seem stuck on single issues or themes in the way they run and plan for their companies. Total Quality Management, Shareholder Value, the Digital Revolution, Business Process Re-engineering # such single-issues in management in this age of uncertainty and change, when companies are ...

Management

inventing and delivering its future

The MIT Sloan School of Management, as conceived by the legendary General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan, was founded in 1952 to draw on the scientific and technical resources of MIT and approach the problems of management with the rigorous research practices for which MIT ...

La visión de conjunto del director de empresa

la estrategia y la toma de decisiones a través de casos reales

La capacidad esencial de los directores excelentes es la aptitud y la perspicacia para la práctica de la visión de conjunto. Y esto es tanto más cierto cuanto más elevado sea el nivel directivo que se considere. Incluso, en la actualidad, tan caracterizada por constantes ...

Authentic leadership

rediscovering the secrets to creating lasting value

In the wake of continuing corporate scandals there have been few, if any, CEOs that have stepped forward as models of "doing things right" -- except the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Bill George. George has become the unofficial spokesperson for responsible leadership -- in business ...

The concise Adair on leadership

As management fads come and go, John Adair's work remains a beacon of practical advice and shrewd insights. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The concise Adair on leadership encapsulates his writing on how to develop your own leadership potential, to ...

The concise time management and personal development

There are many books on time management and personal development. However, John Adair's wide experience of management development in the business, military and academic spheres adds a rare degree of insight, depth and context to practical advice. John Adair's books have sold hundreds ...

The incompetent manager

the causes, consequences and cures of management failure

A surprisingly large number of people claim to have worked for a manager who was clearly incompetent. Some people even believe, that in certain sectors, the incompetent outnumber the competent.

Gerencia y liderazgo

Un rol fundamental que debe ejercer un gerente es el de líder. Además, aparte de la gerencia, el liderazgo es una función clave en muchos otros ordenes. GERENCIA Y LIDERAZGO es un abordaje sistémico, es decir, integrado, de ambos temas. Mas que examinar tal o ...

The fish rots from the head

the crisis in our boardrooms : developping the crucial skills of the competent director

In this book -now fully revised and updated- Bob Garratt clarifies and integrates the roles and tasks of the director. He argues that directors must develop a broader mindset to deal with the uncertainty of higher- level issues such as policy formulation, strategy, supervision of ...

Qué es el management

cómo funciona y por qué nos afecta a todos

Este libro es un completo mapa, sencillo pero no simplista, de los principios y puntos clave de la dirección de todo tipo de empresas y organizaciones. Joan Magretta, que fué durante años la editora de la prestigiosa harvard Business Review, repasa con conocimiento de causa ...

El buscavidas

un relato clásico que cuenta cómo llegar a ser el número uno

Una pieza clásica de la ficción motivadora. Este libro cuenta la historia de un veterano de guerra lisiado que incorpora su lema de nunca darse por vencido a su brillante carrera profesional. Ofrece un tipo de motivación lógica y estimulante. Los motivadores como Kyne fomentan ...

Las 12 habilidades directivas clave

El mundo actual pide de los empleados, jefes y directivos, y en general de cualquier persona que trabaje o desee hacerlo, una gran habilidad en la dirección de uno mismo y de los demás. Y no siempre se encuentra el tiempo suficiente para profundizar en ...