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The One Page Business Plan for the Busy Executive | Jim Horan and Tom Peters | Finally… a simple business planning process for very busy executives... Bankers and Boards of Directors require them. Business educators advocate them. And venture capitalists won't give you the time of day without one… yet most executives remain frustrated with their business plan process because it is too complex and too time consuming! The One Page Business Plan for the Busy Executive truly simplifies planning! This highly effective process has been used by thousands of senior executives since 1994. This book contains thought-provoking assessments, helpful fill-in-the-blank templates, powerful examples that truly simplify the process of getting an executive's plan out of their head and onto paper! | |
The Heart of Change Field Guide: Tools And Tactics for Leading Change in Your Organization | Dan S. Cohen | In 1996, John P. Kotter's Leading Change became a runaway best seller, outlining an eight-step program for organizational change that was embraced by executives around the world. Then, Kotter and co-author Dan Cohen's The Heart of Change introduced the revolutionary "see-feel-change" approach, which helped executives understand the crucial role of emotion in successful change efforts. Now, The Heart of Change Field Guide provides leaders and managers tools, frameworks, and advice for bringing these breakthrough change methods to life within their own organizations. Written by Dan Cohen and with a foreword by John P. Kotter, the guide provides a practical framework for implementing each step in the change process, as well as a new three-phase approach to execution: creating a climate for change, engaging and enabling the whole organization, and implementing and sustaining change. Hands-on diagnostics--including a crucial "change readiness module"--reveal the dynamics that will help or hinder success at each phase of the change process. Both flexible and scaleable, the frameworks presented in this guide can be tailored for any size or type of change initiative. Filled with practical tools, checklists, and expert commentary, this must-have guide translates the most powerful approaches available for creating successful change into concrete, actionable steps for you and your organization. Dan Cohen is the co-author, with John P. Kotter, of The Heart of Change, and a principal with Deloitte Consulting, LLC. | |
Implementing Organizational Change: Theory Into Practice (2nd Edition) | Bert Spector | Learn how to be a leader in business by spearheading change in your organization, a vital skill for every executive. Implementing Organizational Change-Theory into Practice provides a framework upon which readers can understand and analyze effective change management. The Second Edition has been updated to reflect the latest data and research in organizational change. Chapters have been rewritten and reorganized to improve students’ understanding of the big picture. New technologies have been included in this revision to keep students up to date with current trends.KEY TOPICS: Organizational Change; Theories of Effective Change Implementation; Mutual Engagement and Shared Diagnosis; Organizational Redesign; Developing Human Resources; Reinforcing New Behaviors; Organizational Culture and Change; Leading ChangeMARKET: Organizational change is a vital skill for every executive and business leader. In a fast-paced business world, firms need to be able to respond to fluctuating environments with equally adept changes in their own procedures and goals. | |
The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work | Jon Gordon | Negativity in the workplace costs businesses billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. "In The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work, Jon Gordon, a bestselling author, consultant and speaker, shares an enlightening story that demonstrates how you can conquer negativity and inspire others to adopt a positive attitude." Based on one company’s successful No Complaining Rule, the powerful principles and actionable plan are practical and easy-to-follow, making this book an ideal read for managers, team leaders and anyone interested in generating positive energy. | |
A Sense of Urgency | John P. Kotter | Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change, John Kotter revealed why change is so hard, and provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The book became the change bible for managers worldwide. Now, in Urgency, Kotter shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change. Why focus on urgency? Without it, any change effort is doomed. Kotter reveals the insidious nature of complacency in all its forms and guises. In this exciting new book, Kotter explains:How to go beyond "the business case" for change to overcome the fear and anger that can suppress urgencyWays to ensure that your actions and behaviors -- not just your words -- communicate the need for changeHow to keep fanning the flames of urgency even after your transformation effort has scored some early successesWritten in Kotter's signature no-nonsense style, this concise and authoritative guide helps you set the stage for leading a successful transformation in your company. | |
Bigwig Briefs: Startups Keys to Success - Industry Experts Reveal the Secrets to Launching a Successful New Venture | Aspatore Books Staff, Bigwig Briefs Staff and BigwigBriefs.com | Bigwig Briefs: Startups Keys to Success features knowledge excerpts from some of the leading business executives in every the world including executives from Sequoia Capital (VC), Softbank (VC), Egghead (CEO), webMethods (CFO), Verisign (CTO), Doubleclick (CMO), Prudential (CEO) and more. These highly acclaimed executives explain the secrets behind the financial, marketing, business development, legal, and technical aspects of starting a new venture. This book is a must have for anyone starting a new business venture and contains the best advice for entrepreneurs ever given in one place. | |
Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies | Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff | Corporate executives struggle to harness the power of social technologies. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube are where customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader marketing efforts? It's an unstoppable groundswell that affects every industry -- yet it's still utterly foreign to most companies running things now.When consumers you've never met are rating your company's products in public forums with which you have no experience or influence, your company is vulnerable. In Groundswell, Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li explain how to turn this threat into an opportunity.In this updated and expanded edition of Groundswell, featuring an all new introduction and chapters on Twitter and social media integration, you'll learn to:· Evaluate new social technologies as they emerge· Determine how different groups of consumers are participating in social technology arenas· Apply a four-step process for formulating your future strategy· Build social technologies into your businessGroundswell is required reading for executives seeking to protect and strengthen their company's public image. | |
How Small Business Trades Worldwide: Your Guide to Starting or Expanding a Small Business International Trade Company Now | John Spiers | At some point in most careers one considers the idea of starting a business. Some people want to pursue a dream, some figure they can beat the boss at his or her own game, and for some people unemployment forces the issue. US Customs tells us most international traders are small businesses, and world trade continues to grow rapidly. Given the improvements in transportation and communication worldwide, inevitably now small business in USA has some international component...some more than others. Surely there is no safer investment for your time and money than self-employment. Surprisingly, for many who start their own businesses, making money is not always the prime motivator. Nonetheless, recent studies provide some remarkable information about self-employment: 80% of the millionaires in USA became so in their own career - 2/3rds are self-employed; the self-employed are four times more likely to be millionaires than others. It seems the most common career move in becoming rich is to become self-employed. This book now shows you how to build a business and takes you through the steps so you will know you can do it, and is structured so you may take positive steps after each chapter toward building your business. Surely you will finish the book before your business gets started, but by the time you finish the book, not only should you feel "ready to go", but actually be on your way. World trade is different from the domestic variety, and small is different from large business. Small Business International Trade has some specific challenges which this book illumines and solves. Starting a business is necessarily disruptive... but to what extent? Like the tennis pro who shows you how to get great improvement out of small changes, book assumes you can stand minimal disruption and risk. For those who desire to engage directly in world trade, and for those who are hired to do so, this book explains how small business trades worldwide. | |
Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal | Mark W. Johnson | This title presents a practical approach to fuel game changing growth through business model innovation. Transformational new growth remains the Holy Grail for many organizations. But a deep understanding of how great business models are made can provide the key to unlocking that growth. This landmark book describes how companies can achieve transformational growth in new markets Or, simply put, how they can seize the white space. To step out into the unknown and seize the white space requires a new language - and a framework with which to understand an existing enterprise and the white space it hopes to conquer. This book - from Clay Christensen's firm Innosight - is devoted to making game-changing business model innovation a possibility. Leaving the rhetoric to others, it provides the building blocks for creating business model innovation: first, by showing executives how to discover new business models and then by showing them how to bring these innovations to market. With road-tested frameworks, analytics, and diagnostics, this book gives executives everything they need to reshape their business and achieve fantastic growth. Mark Johnson is cofounder and Chairman of Innosight, an innovation-based consulting and executive-training firm focused on helping companies and institutions innovate for new growth and transformation. | |
The Transformational CIO: Leadership and Innovation Strategies for IT Executives in a Rapidly Changing World | Hunter Muller | The Transformational CIO is chock full of stimulating thought leadership and useful knowledge that will help you leverage new and existing technologies to create business value, generate more revenue, increase profits and improve customer relationships in rapidly changing global markets. This book is a practical guide for senior executives seeking optimal returns on technology investments, now and in the future.Hot-button issues and essential topics covered in the book include:Vision and OrganizationCulture and ChangePartnering with the BusinessThe Art and Science of IT LeadershipTeam BuildingCloud ComputingEnterprise CollaborationStrategic SourcingExecutive Career DevelopmentThe Transformational CIO features real-world stories and revealing anecdotes from CIOs and IT thought leaders at leading organizations as Disney, Kimberly-Clark, Kaiser Permanente, Dell, Flextronics, Wipro, Boston Scientific, Salesforce.com, General Motors, Shell Oil, Pitney Bowes, IBM, Cisco, Siemens, Citigroup, Microsoft, CVS Caremark, Frontier Communications and the U.S. Tennis Association.Written in straightforward business language, The Transformational CIO is a concise guide for staying ahead of the competition and seizing opportunities for success in a turbulent global economy. |
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