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Hiring and firing are difficult to get right . . . and potentially costly to get wrong both for your career and for the business. Do you really want to take that kind of risk? Business expert Brian Tracy says you don't have to!
Hiring and Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side. This handy resource breaks down the simple but powerful strategies you can use to both bring better employees on board and weed the weaker...
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What is the right leadership approach to transform a company from outdated, sluggish, and unprofitable to an industry darling? When Cheryl Bachelder was named CEO of Popeye's in the Fall of 2007, the stock price had slipped from $34 in 2002 to $13. The brand was stagnant, team members were discouraged, and the franchise owners were just plain angry. By the end of 2016, average restaurant sales were up 45%, operating profits had doubled, market share...
3) Pick Up the Gum Wrapper: How to Create a Workplace That Increases Performance While Improving Lives
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Why is it that most people start a job with high hopes but eventually become disillusioned? With mounting pressure for results, companies can't afford employees who are going through the motions. The truth is, most employees want to do their best at something they enjoy, feel valued for their contributions, and make an impact. The majority of leaders understand this, but making it happen can be a mystery.
In Pick Up the Gum Wrapper, Joe Bertotto...
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The business and self-help shelves may be overflowing with success books, but author Libby Gill has found a totally fresh perspective on the topic of leadership: hope. "Libby Gill offers us a roadmap to be positive and hopeful for the future. This is a must-read for those of us ready to embrace true hope!" -Marshall Goldsmith, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Triggers Zeroing in on what she sees as the defining issue of creating a more purposeful...
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This balanced guide to Agile transformation gets past all the hype and jargon to help project leaders tailor Agile to their unique organizational setting.
Agile transformations are supposed to make organizations modern, competitive, and relevant. But in the rush to jump on this latest bandwagon, many leaders make the mistake of adapting superficial versions of Agile techniques, only to find that their organizations are just marginally better versions...
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Discover a more agile, democratic, and effective model of leadership, from legendary business scholar Edgar Schein and Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein.
Legendary organizational scholar Edgar Schein and former Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein say leadership today requires that people transcend their hierarchical roles and relate to each other as human beings-what they call humble leadership. In such relationships new ideas can flow freely,...
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Find out how bold actions by visionary leaders can inspire powerful stories that drive culture change.
Data indicates that most strategic efforts to change a company's culture fail. So how do companies succeed in this endeavor?
A top strategy professor and two highly successful CEOs found that, in companies that had successfully changed their culture, leaders had taken dramatic actions that embodied the new cultural values. These actions inspired...
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New York Times bestselling author Dan Lyons exposes how the "new oligarchs" of Silicon Valley have turned technology into a tool for oppressing workers in this "passionate" (Kirkus) and "darkly funny" (Publishers Weekly) examination of workplace culture.
At a time of soaring corporate profits and plenty of HR lip service about "wellness," millions of workers--in virtually every industry -- are deeply unhappy. Why did work become so miserable? Who...
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Can a magnetic culture elevate you to unparalleled performance?
Absolutely! And your journey to a magnetic culture starts by recognizing that good culture simply isn't enough to drive top performance. With uncertainty swirling around every corner in the world today, team members are reevaluating their workplaces and walking out as they look past hollow promises and perks that are a mere temporary bandage. People are searching for teams with purpose,...
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The leaders of a popular agile training program write about the role of self-deception in agile transformation and building high-performance cultures. When you untangle the web of lies and half-truths around you, your organizational change will get a lot more predictable.
The key to surviving organizational change is sorting through the truths, half-truths, and lies-beginning with the ones you tell yourself. That way you don't end up overpromising...
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The Purpose Revolution. How Good Leaders Create Engagement and Competitive Advantage in an Age of Social Good We're in the midst of a purpose revolution. Customers, employees, and investors are making it clear that they want companies to do more than provide good products, good prospects, and good profits-they want companies to do some social good too. Ironically, as this extremely timely book demonstrates, purpose-driven companies do better on nearly...
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It's people who make organizations great, so how can leaders best help their people achieve that greatness? As Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert show in this new edition of their bestseller, you can't just demand greatness-you have to inspire it. The most effective leaders don't just stand in front of their people, they stand behind them too. As one of the characters in the book notes, 'You qualify to be first by putting other people first.' This concept...
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Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author, combines lessons both from history and from modern organizational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help executives build cultures that can weather both good and bad times.
Ben Horowitz has long been fascinated by history, and particularly by how people behave differently than you'd expect. The time and circumstances...
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Two distinguished scholars offer eight steps to help organizations discover and embrace an authentic higher purpose-something that will dramatically improve every aspect of any enterprise, including the bottom line. What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant,...
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What could your company accomplish if it could attract and retain employees who buy into your organization's mission 100%? Culture Wins is a practical yet challenging modern guidebook for organizations that want to own the future. Its firsthand insights into building a contagious culture will drive sustainable growth and innovation for any organization. You will build a healthy workplace, increase revenue, and change the world with the lessons you'll...
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Why accepted management practices don't work-and how innovative companies are changing the rules
Should your employees know each other's salaries? Is your vacation policy harming productivity? Does your hiring process undermine your team? David Burkus argues that the traditional management playbook is full of outdated, counterproductive practices, and he reveals how the alternative management revolution has already started at companies like Netflix,...
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In the hospitality space, Three and Jackie Carpenter know full well the importance of leading teams who are loyal, engaged, and happy. Working in an industry, where customer expectations are at an extreme, Three and Jackie have applied a mindset of treating employees like customers. They've developed a 5-step roadmap to creating positive employee experiences and company cultures where connection is the crux of the team's success. People First will...
19) Positively Energizing Leadership: Virtuous Actions and Relationships That Create High Performance
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This practical guide, the first to show how leaders can achieve extraordinary results through the positive energy generated by virtuous interactions with employees, is written by one of the giants in the study of positive leadership.
This book is about one of the most important factors that leads to spectacular performance in organizations. Kim Cameron, a true pioneer in the study of positive leadership, offers validated scientific evidence that...
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The executive chairman and former CEO of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins reflects on the unique, results-oriented discipline he's developed over decades of leadership, which provides a blueprint for any organization to achieve prosperity.
We live in an era in which successful organizations can fail in a flash. But they can cope with change and thrive by creating a culture that supports positive pushback: questioning everything without disrespecting...
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