Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

The Yellow Pad

Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World

by Robert E. Rubin ...

Robert Rubin, former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares thoughts on decision-making developed over more than six decades in markets, business, government, and politics, and offers readers an astute and original guide for navigating uncertain timesIn 1958, as a college sophomore, Robert Rubin took a class that changed his life. The class was introduction to ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Robert Rubin, former secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares thoughts on decision-making developed over more than six decades in markets, business, government, and politics, and offers readers an astute and original guide for navigating uncertain timesIn 1958, as a college sophomore, Robert Rubin took a class that changed his life. The class was introduction to
... Read more
Perfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Encouraging a More Productive and Efficient Work Environment (EBOOK)

by Lawrence Polsky,Antoine Gerschel ...

Series series Perfect Phrases Series
$12.99 USD
See, Solve, Scale

How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem into a Breakthrough Success

by Danny Warshay ...

Inspired by Brown University’s beloved course—The Entrepreneurial Process—Danny Warshay’s See, Solve, Scale is a proven and paradigm-shifting method to unlocking the power of entrepreneurship.The Entrepreneurial Process, one of Brown University’s highest-rated courses, has empowered thousands of students to start their own ventures. You might assume these ventures started because the founders were ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Inspired by Brown University’s beloved course—The Entrepreneurial Process—Danny Warshay’s See, Solve, Scale is a proven and paradigm-shifting method to unlocking the power of entrepreneurship.The Entrepreneurial Process, one of Brown University’s highest-rated courses, has empowered thousands of students to start their own ventures. You might assume these ventures started because the founders were
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What We Value

The Neuroscience of Choice and Change

by Emily Falk ...

A neuroscientist reveals the hidden calculations that shape our daily decisions—and how to make more fulfilling, impactful choices in our work, relationships, and lives.With so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day—family, friends, work, our health—it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with what we care about most. Especially in the moment, we ... Read more

$20.59 USD

A neuroscientist reveals the hidden calculations that shape our daily decisions—and how to make more fulfilling, impactful choices in our work, relationships, and lives.With so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day—family, friends, work, our health—it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with what we care about most. Especially in the moment, we
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HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically (HBR Guide Series)

by Harvard Business Review ...

Series series HBR Guide
The essential guide for managers to learn how to think strategically, focus on the big picture, and develop the mindset they need to be ready to step up to leadership.Shows managers how to develop their strategic thinking skills and integrate strategic thinking into their daily work.Provide key insights and practical advice from a variety of experts to help managers develop and implement this kind ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The essential guide for managers to learn how to think strategically, focus on the big picture, and develop the mindset they need to be ready to step up to leadership.Shows managers how to develop their strategic thinking skills and integrate strategic thinking into their daily work.Provide key insights and practical advice from a variety of experts to help managers develop and implement this kind
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The Success Equation

Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

by Michael J. Mauboussin ...

Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.” - From the IntroductionThe trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each-and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time.In most domains of life, skill and luck seem hopelessly entangled. Different levels of skill and varying degrees of good and ... Read more

$25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck.” - From the IntroductionThe trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each-and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time.In most domains of life, skill and luck seem hopelessly entangled. Different levels of skill and varying degrees of good and
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So, What's Your Proposal?

Shifting High-Conflict People from Blaming to Problem-Solving in 30 Seconds

by Bill Eddy LCSW Esq. ...

Blame abounds! People confront us at work, the store, and online. Nerves get on edge. We get stuck blaming others for anything that goes wrong. With high-conflict people increasing in society, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, and social media, we hear constantly about the worst behavior. The temptation is to react and blame. Instead, consider using the simple methods taught in this book for ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Blame abounds! People confront us at work, the store, and online. Nerves get on edge. We get stuck blaming others for anything that goes wrong. With high-conflict people increasing in society, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, and social media, we hear constantly about the worst behavior. The temptation is to react and blame. Instead, consider using the simple methods taught in this book for
... Read more
My Boss Is a Moron

Strategies to Manage Up and Thrive in Any Workplace

by Ben Askins ...

A bold, funny, and deeply practical playbook to navigate toxic workplaces, outsmart bad bosses, and take control of your career—no matter who’s in charge.“Annoyingly funny, phenomenally helpful” - Chris DonnellyMy Boss Is a Moron is the book every frustrated employee didn’t know they were waiting for—a bold, hilarious, and genuinely helpful guide to navigating bad management with your sanity and ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A bold, funny, and deeply practical playbook to navigate toxic workplaces, outsmart bad bosses, and take control of your career—no matter who’s in charge.“Annoyingly funny, phenomenally helpful” - Chris DonnellyMy Boss Is a Moron is the book every frustrated employee didn’t know they were waiting for—a bold, hilarious, and genuinely helpful guide to navigating bad management with your sanity and
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Lean Six Sigma For Dummies

by John Morgan, Martin Brenig-Jones ...

Maximise the quality and efficiency of your organisation with Lean Six SigmaAre you looking to make your organisation more effective and productive? If you answered "yes," you need to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level—and this friendly and accessible guide shows you how. The third ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Maximise the quality and efficiency of your organisation with Lean Six SigmaAre you looking to make your organisation more effective and productive? If you answered "yes," you need to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level—and this friendly and accessible guide shows you how. The third
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Designing Experiences

by J. Robert Rossman, Ph.D., Mathew D. Duerden, Ph.D. ...

In an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly ... Read more

$21.99 USD

In an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly
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Narrative Change

How Changing the Story Can Transform Society, Business, and Ourselves

by Hans Hansen ...

Texas prosecutors are powerful: in cases where they seek capital punishment, the defendant is sentenced to death over ninety percent of the time. When management professor Hans Hansen joined Texas’s newly formed death penalty defense team to rethink their approach, they faced almost insurmountable odds. Yet while Hansen was working with the office, they won seventy of seventy-one cases by changing ... Read more

$19.49 USD

Texas prosecutors are powerful: in cases where they seek capital punishment, the defendant is sentenced to death over ninety percent of the time. When management professor Hans Hansen joined Texas’s newly formed death penalty defense team to rethink their approach, they faced almost insurmountable odds. Yet while Hansen was working with the office, they won seventy of seventy-one cases by changing
... Read more
Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager (Updated and Revised Edition)

by Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore ...

No project management training? No problem!In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects—you’re an unofficial project manager.FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon and Suzette Blakemore understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

No project management training? No problem!In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects—you’re an unofficial project manager.FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon and Suzette Blakemore understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the
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Make Work Fair

Data-Driven Design for Real Results

by Iris Bohnet, Siri Chilazi ...

Financial Times Best Business Book of 2025 • Winner of SABEW Best in Business Book Award Two leading gender experts and Harvard researchers reveal a new paradigm for fairness at work and offer professionals at every level, in any kind of organization, immediate, proven, and evidence-based ways to do their everyday work better and smarter—and more fairly.To make organizations more fair, many well ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Financial Times Best Business Book of 2025 • Winner of SABEW Best in Business Book Award Two leading gender experts and Harvard researchers reveal a new paradigm for fairness at work and offer professionals at every level, in any kind of organization, immediate, proven, and evidence-based ways to do their everyday work better and smarter—and more fairly.To make organizations more fair, many well
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The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality

by W. Edwards Deming, Joyce (edited by) Orsini, Diana (edited by) Deming Cahill ...

The name W. Edwards Deming is synonymous with the most insightful views, ideas, and commentary on management and quality control. Referred to as "the high prophet of quality" by the New York Times, Deming was instrumental in the spectacular rise of Japanese industry after World War II and influenced many of the world's most innovative managers in the ensuing decades. His original ideas led ... Read more

$27.29 USD

The name W. Edwards Deming is synonymous with the most insightful views, ideas, and commentary on management and quality control. Referred to as "the high prophet of quality" by the New York Times, Deming was instrumental in the spectacular rise of Japanese industry after World War II and influenced many of the world's most innovative managers in the ensuing decades. His original ideas led
... Read more
The 4 C's Formula: Your building blocks of growth

commitment, courage, capability, and confidence.

by Dan Sullivan ...

Have you ever wondered why some people are super-achievers and seem to go from success to success while others never seem to get out of the starting blocks?In my 40 years of coaching high-achieving entrepreneurs, I've noticed that they all go through a process to help them break through to the next level of success. I call this process The 4 C's Formula.The 4 C's Formula is a universal process ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Have you ever wondered why some people are super-achievers and seem to go from success to success while others never seem to get out of the starting blocks?In my 40 years of coaching high-achieving entrepreneurs, I've noticed that they all go through a process to help them break through to the next level of success. I call this process The 4 C's Formula.The 4 C's Formula is a universal process
... Read more
Damage Control (Revised & Updated)

The Essential Lessons of Crisis Management

by Eric Dezenhall, John Weber ...

No one knows this better than Eric Dezenhall and John Weber, who help companies, politicians, and celebrities get out of various kinds of trouble. In this brutally honest and eye-opening guide, they take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest public relations successes-and debacles-of modern business, politics, and entertainment.You’ll discover: Why the 1982 Tylenol cyanide-poisoning case is ... Read more

$8.99 USD

No one knows this better than Eric Dezenhall and John Weber, who help companies, politicians, and celebrities get out of various kinds of trouble. In this brutally honest and eye-opening guide, they take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest public relations successes-and debacles-of modern business, politics, and entertainment.You’ll discover: Why the 1982 Tylenol cyanide-poisoning case is
... Read more
Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization

With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem

by Éric D. Taillard ...

Series series Graduate Texts in Operations Research
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a ... Read more

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This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a
... Read more
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense

Profiting from Evidence-based Management

by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton ...

The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management wisdom” isn’t wise at all-but, instead, flawed knowledge based on best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this ... Read more

$25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management wisdom” isn’t wise at all-but, instead, flawed knowledge based on best practices” that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this
... Read more
Seeing What Others Don't

The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

by Gary Klein ...

“No one has taught me more about the complexities and mysteries of human decision-making than Gary Klein.” —Malcolm GladwellInsights -- like Darwin's understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick's breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNA -- can change the world. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more ... Read more

$11.99 USD

“No one has taught me more about the complexities and mysteries of human decision-making than Gary Klein.” —Malcolm GladwellInsights -- like Darwin's understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick's breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNA -- can change the world. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more
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Radical Uncertainty

Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers

by John Kay, Mervyn King ...

Much economic advice is bogus quantification, warn two leading experts in this essential book, now with a preface on COVID-19. Invented numbers offer a false sense of security; we need instead robust narratives that give us the confidence to manage uncertainty.“An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Much economic advice is bogus quantification, warn two leading experts in this essential book, now with a preface on COVID-19. Invented numbers offer a false sense of security; we need instead robust narratives that give us the confidence to manage uncertainty.“An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is
... Read more
Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk

by Denise Shull ...

Seize the advantage in every trade using your greatest asset—“psychological capital”!When it comes to investing, we're usually taught to “conquer” our emotions. Denise Shull sees it in reverse: We need to use our emotions.Combining her expertise in neuroscience with her extensive trading experience, Shull seeks to help you improve your decision making by navigating the shifting relationships among ... Read more

$22.69 USD

Seize the advantage in every trade using your greatest asset—“psychological capital”!When it comes to investing, we're usually taught to “conquer” our emotions. Denise Shull sees it in reverse: We need to use our emotions.Combining her expertise in neuroscience with her extensive trading experience, Shull seeks to help you improve your decision making by navigating the shifting relationships among
... Read more
Creating Great Choices

A Leader's Guide to Integrative Thinking

by Jennifer Riel, Roger L. Martin ...

Move Beyond Trade-Off ThinkingWhen it comes to our hardest choices, it can seem as though making trade-offs is inevitable. But what about those crucial times when accepting the obvious trade-off just isn't good enough? What do we do when the choices in front of us don't get us what we need? In those cases, rather than choosing the least worst option, we can use the models in front of us to create ... Read more

$23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Move Beyond Trade-Off ThinkingWhen it comes to our hardest choices, it can seem as though making trade-offs is inevitable. But what about those crucial times when accepting the obvious trade-off just isn't good enough? What do we do when the choices in front of us don't get us what we need? In those cases, rather than choosing the least worst option, we can use the models in front of us to create
... Read more
Friend & Foe

When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

by Adam Galinsky, Maurice Schweitzer ...

What does it take to succeed? This question has fueled a long-running debate. Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive, and that pursuing self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others claim that humans are born to cooperate and that we are most successful when we collaborate with others.In FRIEND AND FOE, researchers Galinsky and Schweitzer explain why this debate misses the ... Read more

$10.99 USD

What does it take to succeed? This question has fueled a long-running debate. Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive, and that pursuing self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others claim that humans are born to cooperate and that we are most successful when we collaborate with others.In FRIEND AND FOE, researchers Galinsky and Schweitzer explain why this debate misses the
... Read more
The Business Model Canvas

Let your business thrive with this simple model

by 50minutes ...

Series series Management & Marketing
Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the Business Model Canvas with this practical guide.An increasing number of people are taking the plunge and creating their own businesses, choosing to be their own boss and create their own profits. Yet this is no mean feat, which is why it is essential to have a solid business plan. This guide will teach ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ready to take your business to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the Business Model Canvas with this practical guide.An increasing number of people are taking the plunge and creating their own businesses, choosing to be their own boss and create their own profits. Yet this is no mean feat, which is why it is essential to have a solid business plan. This guide will teach
... Read more

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