Winning under fire

turn stress into success the U.S. Army way

For the U.S. Army, grace under fire isn't an ideal. It's standard operating procedure. In Winning Under Fire, managers discover Army techniques for managing stress in the heat of battle, and learn how to put them to work in their organizations. Written ...

Managing directors

a BDO Stoy Hayward guide for growing businesses

The essential guide for anyone running a small or medium-sized business who wants to make it grow, avoiding the pitfalls which bring so many companies down. There are hundreds # no, thousands # of books for managers in large corporations or multi-nationals. And there are a handful ...

The big book of leadership games

quick, fun activities to improve communication, increase productivity, and bring out the best in your employess

This book offers managers 50 fun, illuminating experiential activities for building a positive, open, and productive relationship with the people they manage. Unlike ropes courses and other off-site management activities, The Big Book of Leadership Games features activities that can be used in the workplace ...

El despertar del líder

una historia de transformación

El protagonista de esta historia, Bensen Quinn, director general de una destacada multinacional, se enfrenta a una profunda crisis personal y profesional. El autor, Kevin Cashman teje una narración apasionante que despierta en el lector emociones y sentimientos profundos y le predisponen a la reflexión ...

Ghost story

una fábula del mundo de la empresa actual

La mayoría de empresas está obsesionada por el fantasma de los negocios tal como se hacían en otras épocas. El principal activo de la era industrial estaba formado por el equipamiento y las propiedades inmobiliarias. En la era de la información, el principal activo es ...

MBA in a day

what you would learn at top-tier business schools (if you only had the time!)

Contents : Preface. Acknowledgements. SECTION I: PEOPLE, MANAGEMENT, AND POICY. Chapter 1. Human Resources. Chapter 2. Organizational Behavior. Chapter 3. Leadership and Team Building. Chapter 4. Ethics. Chapter 5. Negotiation. SECTION II: MONEY; ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND ACCOUNTING. Chapter 6. Accounting and Finance. Chapter 7. International, National ...

Sun Tzu and the project battleground

creating project strategy from "The Art of War"

The Art of War by Sun Tzu has influenced a generation of business leaders and strategy gurus. Yet for many people in business and students of management this remains a mystery. For the first time the authors provide a fully comprehensive account of this work ...

Qué hacen los líderes

Ampliamente reconocido como la primera autoridad mundial en el campo del liderzgo, John P. Kotter expone en este libro qué hacen los líderes. Qué hacen los Líderes ofrece una gran oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el poder, la influencia, la esencia del liderazgo y las estrategias ...

The wisdom of Alexander The Great

enduring leadership lessons from the man who created an Empire

Exceptional leaders are the ones who are able to analyze problems, optimize resources, inspire loyalty, and execute strategy. There is no more stunning example in history than Alexander the Great, whose leadership skills were so immense that they still resonate some 2,000 years later ...

Madera de líder

claves para el desarrollo de las capacidades de liderazgo

El triunfo del Humanismo en la empresa

Carlos V, Erasmo y la naturaleza del poder

Trata de lo que habría ocurrido si, en los inicios del reinado de Carlos V, Erasmo de Rótterdam hubiera venido a España aceptando la invitación del cardenal Cisneros y manteniendo la relación fraternal con Tomás Moro. Del trabajo en equipo de esos cuatro grandes personajes ...

Flexible leadership

creating value by balancing multiple challenges and choices

If you are a manager or a training and development professional, you need concrete suggestions for guiding your organization through rapidly changing conditions and difficult challenges. Flexible Leadership offers a comprehensive theory that integrates findings from different disciplines and more than a half century of ...

What's your corporate IQ?

how the smartest companies Learn - Transform - Lead

What#s Your Corporate IQ? is the first of its kind to describe the inter-relationships between corporate strategy, CEO attributes, leadership, values, and ethics. Bestselling author Jim Underwood profiled the high IQs of the ten smartest companies in America, and found that they consistently rank ...

The mentoring advantage

creating the next generation of leaders

Mentoring is fast becoming a staple of successful business practices. Companies are realizing the bottom-line benefits to formal programs, and individuals have come to recognize the personal growth that comes from a mentoring relationship. Whether you#re contemplating becoming a mentor or implementing a formal ...

Los 10 mandamientos para la dirección de personas

Es importante comprender cómo construir, integrar y mantener la fuerza laboral en las organizaciones. La premisa de este libro se encuentra en la fuerte creencia sobre la incidencia de la formación del directivo en el rendimiento de las organizaciones. En esta obra se presentan los ...

Un sombrero para su mente

alcance el éxito mediante el pensamiento creativo

Gastamos fortunas en ropa,cosméticos,o incluso en cirugía estética,para conseguir que nuestros cuerpos resulten más agradables.Sin embargo,apenas damos importancia a un fctor mucho más poderoso capaz de realzar nuestro atractivo.No cuesta dinero,no requiere demasiado tiempo,y sin embargo,sin ...

¡Gracias Jack!

(cambiaste mi vida...)

Óscar es un ejecutivo de una multinacional. Víctima de su estrés, recibe un aviso serio de salud. Por prescripción médica ha de tomarse unas vacaciones, que piensa aprovechar para descansar, recuperarse y... pensar. En el Caribe conoce casualmente a Jack, alto ejecutivo de una conocida ...

Claves para el liderazgo

Estamos en una época en que los libros abundan en el mercado como tema de constante interés,algunos de estos libros son excelentes,otros a`portan algunas ideas interesantes y muchos son solamente producto de opiniones, a veces poco contrastadas. "Claves para el liderazgo" no ...

Leading innovation

creating workplaces where people exces so organizations thrive

The talent, creativity and passion of people in an organization are its best source of growth. But how can leaders create an environment of perpetual innovation -- where everyone is commited to excellence? This handbook for leaders shows HOW to create a culture and mindset of ...

The cycle of leaddership

how great leaders teach their companies to win

In The Leadership Engine, Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization, and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders. In this new book, he takes the theme further, showing how great companies and their ...