Leadership and motivation

Stay focused. Stick to your knitting. Go with what works. In today's volatile economic environment, filled with uncertainty and sudden change, the forces pushing us to keep focused on the core business become extremely powerful. And, of course, profiting...

Leaders already know that innovation calls for a different set of activities, skills, methods, metrics, mind-sets, and leadership approaches-it is well-understood that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally...

Conducting a performance review can be a stressful task for any manager. But these formal conversations are an important way to communicate how a direct report is performing relative to his or her goals. Performance Reviews provides practical advice on...

Don't leave creativity up to the "creatives" in your organization. Fostering creativity within your team can help your organization solve problems, create innovative products, break out into a new market, and even communicate...

Being Essential presents the seven questions that will help any leader discover an authentic path to the true self and master a virtuous cycle of self-awareness that fosters purpose, value, and joy at work and in life.Leaders often know what they need to...

This Book Will Motivate You by master life coach, Steve Chandler, helps you create an action plan for living your vision, in business and in life. It features more than 100 proven methods to positively change the way you think and act - methods based on...

Bruce Lee was a brand well before that became commonplace. Step into the Dragon's mind and explore how he thought about business, goals, and life.The Bruce Lee Code focuses on the business strategies prevalent in Lee's life and teachings that helped...

Harness Your Digital Empathy and Learn Skills to Be a Better Boss, Employee, and Colleague in a Virtual or Hybrid OfficeHow do you manage a poor performer over Zoom? How do you casually deliver positive feedback via Slack? What's the most professional...

Roger Dawson changed the way business thinks about negotiating.Secrets of Power Negotiating covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice, from beginning steps to critical final moves: how to recognise unethical tactics,...

Are you making it difficult for your potential customers to buy from you?Today's buyers are overloaded - overwhelmed by too much information and suffering from decision fatigue. Across industries, customers are delaying purchasing decisions or even...

Advice and words of wisdom from the greatest American businessman and philanthropist. John D. Rockefeller is considered to be the wealthiest man to have ever lived, after adjusting for inflation. An American businessman who made his wealth as a cofounder...

'What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.'- Napoleon HillA user's guide to applying Napoleon Hill's success principles!In this breakthrough new book, the world's foremost expert on...

Why, after more than three decades, is Winning through Intimidation still one of the most talked about personal-development books of all time? Because it teaches you, in straightforward, easy-to-understand terms, how to defend yourself against the...

Silicon Valley's popular approach to creating new ventures is rooted in trial and error-test markets with new concepts and a minimum amount of capital, and hope for valuable businesses to emerge. But this fail-fast, hit-or-miss, step-and-pivot, or...

What approach does your company use to develop and execute its strategy?We are confronted with a plethora of different approaches and frameworks which purport to answer this question-from the classic Michael Porter approach to Kim and Mauborgne's blue...

There's always more work to be done. How do you make sure you'll finish your most important tasks and make progress in your key projects by the end of the day? This book runs you through the basics of prioritizing your work, staying focused, delegating...

When you're swamped with your own work, it's hard to make time to coach your employees--and to do it well. But if you don't help them build their skills, they'll keep coming to you for answers instead of finding their own solutions. In the long run,...

In a recent survey of executives, two thirds of the respondents said they didn't think their organization could execute the company's defined strategy. Why is the strategy execution gap so pervasive? And what...

A global phenomenon now published in a record 44 languages. Over 3.5 million copies sold. A bestseller across five continents. Your Guide to Creating Uncontested Market Space-and Making the Competition Irrelevant This international...

Now in paperback, this bestseller proves more than ever, your success as a leader isn't just about beinggreat at business. You must be a great person, performing well in all domains of your life-including work,home, community, and your private...

In 2001, Jim Collins published research findings that identified the "blend of personal humility and professional will" that enabled the Level 5 Leader to drive an otherwise unremarkable organization to greatness. Now, in Return on Character,...

An authentic, engaging, and practical guide to help college grads thrive personally and professionally.The rules have changed; the traditional workplace is dead. To BOOM in employment today, the secret is to alter the approach, andFrom Classroom to...

In Leadership and Training for the Fight, MSG Paul R. Howe, U.S. Army Retired, shares ideas on leadership that he has developed through extensive combat experience. Howe tells riveting stories of military operations and analyzes leadership concepts. He...

As the definitive voice in motivational self-help, Napoleon Hill's words have positively influenced millions of people worldwide. His books, lectures, magazine articles, and audio and video programs have shown them the way to personal and professional...

Discover Your Next Breakthrough Idea Every company starts with one idea-that one passion that keeps you up at night, gets you up every morning, and drives you to create something bigger than yourself. Turning an idea into a thriving business requires...

Companies and their leaders need a new strategy for success because, without it, change is merely substitution, not evolution. Simply put, business is becoming less about the business defining the individual and more about the individual defining the...

Consumers are exposed to as many as 5000 marketing messages via online, social media, and traditional marketing channels. Tapping the playbooks of successful product producers including Nike, Red Bull, Steve Jobs, Dr. Dre and others, successful marketer...

Since 2007, the Gallup World Poll has tracked the mood of the world. The number of people suffering - those who say their present life is miserable and have negative views of the next five years - is on the rise. Every percentage point represents about...

Packed with 52 discoveries from Gallup's largest study on the future of work, It's the Manager shows leaders how to adapt their organizations to rapid change, ranging from new workplace demands to managing remote employees, a diverse...

Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world's greatest managers do differently. With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to...

A collection of over 300 quotes from Bill Gates, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and tech iconGet inside the head of one of the most important leaders of our time with this collection of quotes from-global business icon and philanthropist Bill Gates, the...

The Island of the Four Ps,a spinoff of Ed Hajim's bestselling memoirOn The Road Less Traveled, is a modern fable about a young man, Marketus, who leaves home for the first time and travels to an island on a quest to answer some of life's basic questions...

The only sales process you'll ever needIn Warrior Selling: The 12 Steps to Achieving a 100% Conversion Rate, sales guru Jason Forrest gives sales professionals the process, mindset, and persuasive language they need to find their inner sales warrior. The...

Finally, a new kind of business startup book-packed full ofpractical adviceplus essential legal information you really need but don't get in business school or anywhere else!The 7 Secret Keys to Startup Success is the one book every entrepreneur should...

Expert analysis of the leadership style of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady!The merits of business leaders are under scrutiny more and more these days, whether it's Travis Kalanick, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, or many others. But there's one...

Flow is an important resource not only for procurement and supply chain management professionals, but for any manager concerned with enterprise-level success.This book describes the concept of flow, which evokes physical properties that exist in nature,...

Changing Your Company from the Inside Out offers you the tools you need to champion initiatives that are meaningful to you, socially responsible, and align with your company's mission and strategy. Drawing on the lessons of dynamic social...

Today's breakneck pace of change has an immense impact on leaders-and as a result, on the organizations they run. All too often, people remain stuck in outdated mindsets and modes of operating, even after others recognize the need for change. Leaders...

Essential steps for leaders working to build an antiracist organizationProviding a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional...

From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives.Like much of the world, America is deeply divided over identity, equality, and history...

Leading teams is an essential skill every manager must possess. To do it effectively, you must know how to instill commitment in your team, improve communication among group members, and diagnose common problems that can derail a team. In this book,...

Most people feel at odds with their organizations at one time or another: Managers with families struggle to balance professional and personal responsibilities in often unsympathetic firms. Members of minority groups strive to make their organizations...

When faced with complexity and constant change at work, what do the best leaders and teams do? They iterate. They invent. They improvise. They string together a syncopated and rhythmic way of working that gets the job done but in a way that allows for...

How do you create your own definition of success-and reach your unique potential?Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those...

Based on a decade-long study that separated the skills that produce outstanding leadership performance from those that are inconsequential or harmful, Leadership 2.0 introduces readers to the power of Adaptive Leadership Skills...

Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader.If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles (featuring "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles...

What distinguishes great leaders? Exceptional leaders capture passion. They lead for real: from the heart, smart and focused on the future, and with a commitment to being their very best. As Annie McKee and Richard Boyatzis have shown in their...

In Us Plus Them, Todd Pittinsky argues against the assumption that simply reducing prejudice will improve relationships between different groups. The simple rooting out of what we don't want will only fuel the problem. Instead, his research shows that...