How can companies perform so well that their industry counterparts are competitors in name only? Although they operate in the same industry, serve the same market, and even use the same suppliers, these “rabbits” lead the race and, more importantly, continually widen their lead. In Chasing the Rabbit, Steven J. Spear describes what sets high-velocity, market-leading organizations apart and explains how you can lead the pack in your industry.
Spear examines the internal operations of dominant organizations, including Toyota, Alcoa, Pratt & Whitney, the US Navy's Nuclear Power Program, and top-tier teaching hospitals--organizations operating in vastly differing industries, but which share one thing in common: the skillful management of complex internal systems that generates constant, almost automatic self-improvement at rates faster, durations longer, and breadths wider than anyone else musters. As a result, each enjoys a level of profitability, quality, efficiency, reliability, and agility unmatched by rivals.
In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. Emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction. This "other kind of smart" is the #1 predictor of success both personally and professionally. But knowing what it is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things.
For the first time, Drs. Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves reveal TalentSmart's proven strategies for increasing EQ. The authors unveil a detailed blueprint that shows you step-by-step how to increase your emotional intelligence via 66 proven strategies that target self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
From business scandals to government corruption, to questionable choices and behavior, from those we hold up as examples; people have had enough! The country's recent history of integrity lapses has proven that our mutual success is in question unless leaders at all levels of every organization, community, and family get the integrity question correct. In this heralded work, award-winning author and corporate consultant Randy Pennington shows why integrity is crucial to every leader's success and how anyone who aspires to a position of leadership can accomplish that goal.
Leadership could be defined in many ways, but “you don’t have to be Gandhi to be a great leader.” This book discusses the importance of gratitude in the workplace, and how saying “thank you” can help any leader boost employee morale and feeling of worth to their company.
As we hurtle towards the future at break neck speed, we need tools, success stories and best practices that make sense. Workplace Evolution offers groundbreaking information and innovative ways to infuse productivity into workplaces and harvest the potential of everyone. Gayle Gregory has captured the new rules of engagement for successful leadership in the 21st century.
"Workplace Evolution causes us to reexamine the way we do business, including practices we have taken for granted that no longer serve people, the bottom line, or the planet. It provides original and straight-forward, yet practical solutions that breathe new life into ethics, community and sustainable profitability." Jackie Barretta, CIO Con-way
Is there really One Grand Key that makes all the difference...that gives you the power to take control of your circumstances - any circumstances - and your life?
Yes! There is!
And there is really no limit to the number of doors you will open for yourself through the principles, skills, and tools you will gain from this book.
You can turn the Key that...
•Unlocks the door to success and solutions in any circumstance •Makes the dramatic difference between individuals and teams who consistently achieve extraordinary results and those who don't •Allows you to triumph over daunting challenges to attain your goals, no matter what
Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less was originally self published in soft cover by the author in April 2008 and had modest distribution as it was sold only via the author s website. ''Work'' was picked up by Greenleaf Book Group in the Fall of 2008, thoroughly re-edited, and released to book stores in hard cover May 1, 2009.
So you can live your life, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less will guide you in streamlining the interlaced systems that drive every aspect of your work. The key is to dramatically increase the efficiency of the business you own or the department you manage, while standing ''outside and slightly elevated'' from the processes. While providing exact direction for creating a culture of ''system improvement,'' the author interlaces his own story of moving from 100-hour workweeks to 2-hour workweeks, while multiplying his monthly income by a factor of 20.
Even the healthiest organizations are threatened by ''silent problems.'' These are issues that are so embedded, touchy, uncomfortable, or seemingly beyond help, they either go undetected or simply get ignored. But, left to their own devices, their impact will be felt--it's just a matter of time. Without Warning finally makes these problems visible to the people who can do something about them. With great optimism, now anyone in your organization can have the ability to see these silent problems for what they are and take simple steps to solve them... without risk, penalty, or politics. The first leadership book to point out the problem, then hand-deliver the solution.
Go from manager to coach--and motivate your staff to unprecedented success!
Since the original publication of this classic guide, organizations have recognized that sales coaching is a sales manager's most important role. Now, author Linda Richardson has completely updated and revised Sales Coaching to include the latest tools and techniques, as well as a refined sales coaching process for increasing performance.. .
Sales Coaching will help you make the essential transition from boss to coach so you can help salespeople achieve their goals. In this new role, you will empower your people to reach their highest potential by removing obstacles while fostering self and peer coaching, allowing direct reports to take responsibility for their own development. Richardson's broader objective is to help build and sustain a sales culture of continuous improvement and sales excellence. Inside you'll find a clear, practical, five-step approach to sales coaching that will result in dramatic changes in behavior.
Supervisor’s Training Guide is a book for first-time and veteran managers. Author Joyce Karnes promises to teach her readers how to be effective and confident managers.
It is a promise that she keeps. In this lively discussion of personality types and how they influence individual work behavior, Karnes relies upon her years of success as a trainer. She is the founder of a consulting firm, Positive Options for Productivity, which conducts supervisory development workshops for Fortune 500 companies in the United States.
The Guide is organized into eight "classes" that lead the reader through fascinating real-life case studies from Karnes's practice. Key principles are highlighted, and the author includes exercises and questions for discussion. Supervisor's Training Guide is that rare how-to manual that succeeds in being a fun read while sharing insights and practical advice. The author's keen understanding of human nature and her belief in positive options shines through.
Karnes's book is highly recommended for supervisors and managers in the industrial and services sectors, and business owners and CEOs who want to improve management down the line.
