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If Aristotle Ran General Motors - The New Soul of Business
Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge that he has garnered from a lifetime of studying the writings and teachings of history's wisest thinkers and shows how to apply their ideas in today's business environment. Although he frequently draws on the wisdom of Aristotle, Morris also finds inspiration in the teachings of a wide array of thinkers from many different traditions and eras.
Tom Morris, Copyright 1997, Henry Holt & Co |
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If You Haven't Got The Time To Do It Right, When Will You Find The Time To Do It Over?
A unique approach to staying afloat in a sea of paperwork provides quick, practical ways to become organized and efficient. A nationally known expert on time management, Mayer offers more tips guaranteed to save up to an hour a day.
Jeffrey J. Mayer, Copyright 1990; Fireside
Review: A basic look at how to increase your efficiency in the work place by using some simple techniques. This book has some good suggestions to implement and contains light reading. |
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Implementing Your Strategic Plan - How to Turn "Intent" Into Effective Action for
Sustainable Change
How to Turn 'Intent' Into Effective Action for Sustainable Change Planning is easy, but implementing a plan is tough--often involving the coordination and direction of numerous people, resources, programs, and actions over a sustained period of time and across many organizational boundaries. Implementing Your Strategic Plan is packed with action-oriented principles, tools, and techniques designed to help CEOs, managers, consultants, or anyone who needs to make a strategic plan a reality-not just a pipe dream. It shows how to:
- turn strategic priority issues into assigned, measurable actions
- foster creative leadership,
- overcome resistance to change,
- provide an environment in which people can excel,
- fix broken core processes, and much more.
C. Davis Fogg, Copyright 1999; AMACON |
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Improving Peer Relationships - Acheiving Results Informally
Information, resources, and influence go from side-to-side in organizations, as well as up-and-down. This book describes how the information network should connect all the players-how to effectively communicate-in order to complete what needs to be done. It discusses why peer relationships can be difficult, and how to effectively negotiate and persuade team members and customers to successfully meet the group's goals.
Norman C. Hill, Copyright 1996, Crisp Publications |
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Improving Workplace Performance Through Coaching
In a self-study format, this book presents an easy model to follow that will help managers, supervisors, and coworkers coach employees to achieve their best. (softbound)
Karen Lawson, Ph.D., Copyright 1996; American Media Publishing (How-To Series)
Review: This is a short (64 pages), workbook style set of how-to lessons in coaching, something akin to a playbook for a sales or personnel manager. Lessons are theme based using scenarios accompanied by step by step analysis and suggested solutions.
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The Individualized Corporation - A Fundamentally New Approach to Management
This book explores the emergence of a fundamentally different management philosophy - one that focuses on the power of the individual as the driver of value creation in the company and the importance of individuality in management. This book does not try to propose a quick-fix prescription or universal solution, but provides an invaluable guide for company management. The authors show, through extensive research and interview of top corporate executives, that managers must embrace a philosophy based on purpose, process, and people that focus on developing and leveraging the individual's unique talents and skills. (softbound)
Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher A. Bartlett, Copyright 1997, Harper Business |
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Infinite Organization - Celebrating the Positive Use of Power in Organizations
Broom, an executive coach, consultant, and organizational psychologist, debunks the notion that power is fundamentally scarce and finite, and demonstrates that it is unlimited when accrued through partnering and learning. He presents six key principles of infinite power and shows how to apply the principles to create the culture of the infinite organization.
Michael F. Broom, Copyright 2002, Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc |
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