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The Fall of the Alphas explores the sweeping changes in the corporate and social cultures of today's most successful organizations. Utilizing years of experience advising companies of all sizes, from hypergrowth start-ups to Fortune 500 company-management teams, Dana Ardi identifies a pivotal evolutionary moment: the decline of the traditional Alpha model (the top-down, male-dominated, authoritarian, corner-office heirarchy that has ruled organizational...
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These days, it's often easier to avoid face-to-face contact in favor of technological shortcuts. But as Michael Gelb argues in this compelling, entertaining book, the meaningful relationships that come from real interaction are the key to creating innovative ideas and solving our most intractable problems. In The Art of Connection, Gelb offers readers seven methods of developing this essential rapport in their professional and personal lives. Each...
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Abstract: this paper readdresses the founding roots of social science. It presents social model with unified structural parts and measurable force of cohesion. It proves that man is the only valid foundation of any social structure and denounces the group approach of all "isms". Be it communism, socialism. The one and only right is capitalism. It offers us to model social phenomenon with one agent - human. And with two forces that keep the structure...
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On average, a company will lose 25% of its revenue from an organizational disaster – and that's the good news. The average cost to have prevented it? Less than one-tenth of 1%. But that's not the worst of it; in virtually every case, the organization's leadership will already know this…Cultural Calamity: presents Joseph W. Mayo's breakthrough theory on organizational risk culture. Exploring over a century of such disasters, Mayo introduces his...
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Our Time Is Now. We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete 'ego-system' focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system...
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Forms and transforms in people, they become strong, focused, and vibrant-and wonderful things can happen. But when the spirit is down, nothing else seems to make a difference-because not too much happens. Many of us today find ourselves trapped in just such organizations. The spirit in our workplace, to say nothing of our own spirit, is getting a little tattered, showing the early stages of what Harrison Owen calls "Soul Pollution." Those in the advanced...
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What's the number one complaint about the introduction of new collaboration tools into a group or organization? Answer: no one uses them. It's time to do something about this complaint. It's been happening for too long, with too many generations of collaboration tools. What can we do? Become a lot better at user adoption. User Adoption Strategies is written by Michael Sampson (also the author of other books on collaboration strategy), and is published...
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"Meetings are a waste of time" is a sentiment many of us share, which is tragic because meetings bring us together as human beings. To achieve the kind of meaning or breakthrough results most of us really yearn for when we gather, the key quality needed is authentic engagement: a genuine expression of what is true for us, and an attentive listening to what is true for others. Why it so often eludes us can be a matter of habit, distrust, lack of attention,...
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This book shows how to spot the emergence of a new level of order from the seemingly chaotic change that characterizes modern times. Offers practices and principles that will help you align yourself and your organization with the new order. This features real-world examples of individuals and organizations that have successfully navigated disruptive change. 2011 Nautilus Gold Medal in the category of Conscious Business/Leadership. Change is everywhere...
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This is a very accessible, easy-to-read look at innovation in the workplace. The stories from the author's career and personal experiences provide well-chosen, real-world illustrations of how challenging, and ultimately rewarding, it can be to gather a team and establish a culture that is open to change and new ideas, and that is committed to innovation as the way to do business. The short chapters seem to be perfectly tailored to today's time-crunched...
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In "Organizational Management", explore the fundamental concepts and strategies that drive successful organizational management. This concise and comprehensive guide delves into the theories of organizational management, examining the different types of behaviors and the biographical characteristics, abilities, and learning that shape them.Gain insight into the importance of attitudes and job satisfaction in creating a positive work environment, and...
13) Meetings Suck: Turning One of the Most Loathed Elements of Business Into One of the Most Valuable
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We all know that meetings suck, right? You hear it all the time. It's the one thing that almost everyone in business can agree on. Except it's not actually true. Meetings don't suck-we suck at running meetings. When done right, meetings not only work, they make people and companies better. In Meetings Suck, world renowned business expert and growth guru Cameron Herold teaches you how to use focused, time effective meetings to help you and your company...
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It may be a matter of opinion calling a manager 'Godfather'. What one person feels is a great Godfather manager frustrate other employees. Individual personality styles of the supervisor and employee can affect the basis for this description of a supervisor. The results may please an organization yet interfere with individual personal needs. The author observed successful and unproductive approaches over the past fifty years. Styles span from Godfather...
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The Third Wave by Steve Case | Includes Analysis Preview: The Third Wave relates AOL co-founder and former CEO Steve Case's reflections on his career and the future of the technology industry in America. Part memoir, part analysis of the industry, The Third Wave is also a cautionary tale to would-be entrepreneurs who believe the culture of solo founders and tech disruption will always be valued in the future. The book is named for futurist Alvin Toffler's...
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Sí se puede. Esta expresión, que puede suscitar una sonrisa irónica, suele aparecer cuando una causa perdida (sea un partido de beisbol o una campaña política) remonta todos los obstáculos y parece dirigirse hacia una victoria inesperada. La mayor parte del tiempo la frase no pasa del acto de fe. No obstante, sí es posible organizarse y cambiar el rumbo de las historias, tanto personales como colectivas. Ése es el espíritu que anima el pensamiento...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jessica Bennett's Feminist Fight Club by Instaread Preview: Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett is a guide for women to counteract behaviors and trends in the workplace that disproportionately damage their ability to succeed. Bennett's outlook on feminism was shaped early in her career by regular meetings with other women to discuss obstacles and share their successes in what they called a feminist fight club." Women...
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Many of our greatest business thought leaders proclaim that the most powerful way to transform a business is to transform its culture. In Shift: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change, author Glenn Geffcken offers a culturally based process and path to help move companies from stagnation to change, from mediocrity to innovation, and from disconnection to harmony. Geffcken details a set of principles that underlie indigenous societies throughout...
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Thousands of books about business and leadership are published every single year, but we seldom have time to digest that knowledge, let alone put it all into action.
Organisational change is rarely simple, but The Transformational Leadership Compass makes the process as clear, accessible, and practical as possible.
Through simple, jargon-free language, the TLC system helps you bring your peoples' heads and hearts together on the journey towards...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 Boeing's president, William Allen, was a board member for fifteen years before becoming president in 1945. He never traveled without Triscuits and two pairs of eyeglasses.
#2 Boeing was just one of many airplane manufacturers in a business that was dominated by strong-willed founders. The young companies were controlled by dominant, strong-willed founders like Donald...
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