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

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3 Steps For Discovering Your Most Valuable Market Opportunities

by Marc Gruber, Sharon Tal ...

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you
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A Mind of Your Own

Independent Thought in the Age of Misinformation

by Warren Smith ...

"This book isn't merely for debaters or even truth seekers. It is for all of us. A Mind of Your Own is a blueprint for authenticity and a sovereign mind."—from the Foreword by PETER BOGHOSSIAN, coauthor of How to Have Impossible ConversationsA Mind of Your Own reveals a simple but transformative truth: Logic is a skill, but most people have never been taught how to use it. This book is more than ... Read more

$19.99 USD

"This book isn't merely for debaters or even truth seekers. It is for all of us. A Mind of Your Own is a blueprint for authenticity and a sovereign mind."—from the Foreword by PETER BOGHOSSIAN, coauthor of How to Have Impossible ConversationsA Mind of Your Own reveals a simple but transformative truth: Logic is a skill, but most people have never been taught how to use it. This book is more than
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Escape Velocity

Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past

by Geoffrey A. Moore ...

“Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple.”—Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of AppleInEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and reorient their organizations to meet a new era ofcompetition. The world’s leading high-tech business strategist, ... Read more

$15.49 USD

“Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple.”—Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of AppleInEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and reorient their organizations to meet a new era ofcompetition. The world’s leading high-tech business strategist,
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One Page Business Strategy, The

Streamline Your Business Plan in Four Simple Steps

by Marc Van Eck, Ellen Leenhouts ...

Imagine if you could fit your business strategy on a single sheet of paper?Imagine having your plans, action points and progress report all in one place?Imagine how easy it would be to share your plans with other people?Now you can, with this innovative 4-step strategic planning tool, known as OGSM. It will help you streamline your thinking as well as your writing and develop a one-page plan that ... Read more

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Imagine if you could fit your business strategy on a single sheet of paper?Imagine having your plans, action points and progress report all in one place?Imagine how easy it would be to share your plans with other people?Now you can, with this innovative 4-step strategic planning tool, known as OGSM. It will help you streamline your thinking as well as your writing and develop a one-page plan that
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Primer on Decision Making

How Decisions Happen

by James G. March ...

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are
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The Illustrated Art of War: Sun Tzu

by Andrew Forbes, David Henley ...

Series series Cognoscenti Books
Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read and appreciated by a host of military men and philosophers down through the ages. More recently, it has become popular as a manual for business success and guide to boardroom battles, seen by many as a lodestar in achieving success in the ruthless world of competitive capitalism – a text so currently fashionable that even Paris Hilton has been photographed ... Read more

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Sun Tzu’s Art of War has been read and appreciated by a host of military men and philosophers down through the ages. More recently, it has become popular as a manual for business success and guide to boardroom battles, seen by many as a lodestar in achieving success in the ruthless world of competitive capitalism – a text so currently fashionable that even Paris Hilton has been photographed
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I Hate People!

Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job

by Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon ...

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to
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Risk Intelligence

How to Live with Uncertainty

by Dylan Evans ...

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks, ... Read more

$13.99 USD

We must make judgments all the time when we can’t be certain of the risks. Should we have that elective surgery? Trust the advice of our financial adviser? Take that new job we’ve been offered? How worried should we be about terrorist attacks? In this lively and groundbreaking book, pioneering researcher Dylan Evans introduces a newly discovered kind of intelligence for assessing risks,
... Read more
Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

Theory and Practice

by Ralph A Gigliotti ...

There was a time when crises on college and university campuses were relatively rare. Much has changed, and it has changed quite rapidly. Rather than being isolated incidents requiring the sole attention of presidents, chancellors, or communication professionals, the proliferation of crises across campuses means that crisis leadership has now become fundamental to the work of university personnel ... Read more

$19.99 USD

There was a time when crises on college and university campuses were relatively rare. Much has changed, and it has changed quite rapidly. Rather than being isolated incidents requiring the sole attention of presidents, chancellors, or communication professionals, the proliferation of crises across campuses means that crisis leadership has now become fundamental to the work of university personnel
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The Professional

Defining the New Standard of Excellence at Work

by Subroto Bagchi ...

A manifesto on what it takes to be a true professional in the modern world.By common definition, a professional is anyone who possesses the skills and knowledge necessary for a career-whether as a surgeon, a software engineer, or a plumber. But according to Subroto Bagchi, our increasingly global marketplace demands more. In a world where the foolish, selfish, and unethical decisions of a few have ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A manifesto on what it takes to be a true professional in the modern world.By common definition, a professional is anyone who possesses the skills and knowledge necessary for a career-whether as a surgeon, a software engineer, or a plumber. But according to Subroto Bagchi, our increasingly global marketplace demands more. In a world where the foolish, selfish, and unethical decisions of a few have
... Read more
The Big Moo

Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable

by The Group of 33 ...

Most organizations are stuck in a rut. On one hand, they understand all the good things that will come with growth. On the other, they’re petrified that growth means change, and change means risk, and risk means death. Nobody wants to screw up and ruin a good thing, so most companies (and individuals) just keep trying to be perfect at the things they’ve always done.In 2003, Seth Godin’s Purple Cow ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Most organizations are stuck in a rut. On one hand, they understand all the good things that will come with growth. On the other, they’re petrified that growth means change, and change means risk, and risk means death. Nobody wants to screw up and ruin a good thing, so most companies (and individuals) just keep trying to be perfect at the things they’ve always done.In 2003, Seth Godin’s Purple Cow
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The Other Side of Innovation

Solving the Execution Challenge

by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble ...

In their first book, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators, the authors provided a better model for executing disruptive innovation. They laid out a three-part plan for launching high-risk/high-reward innovation efforts: (1) borrow assets from the existing firms, (2) unlearn and unload certain processes and systems that do not serve the new entity, and (3) learn and build all new capabilities and ... Read more

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In their first book, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators, the authors provided a better model for executing disruptive innovation. They laid out a three-part plan for launching high-risk/high-reward innovation efforts: (1) borrow assets from the existing firms, (2) unlearn and unload certain processes and systems that do not serve the new entity, and (3) learn and build all new capabilities and
... Read more
Creating Business Plans (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

by Harvard Business Review ...

Series series 20-Minute Manager
Craft winning business plans and get buy in for your ideas.A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success—whether you're proposing a new initiative within your organization or starting an entirely new company. Creating Business Plans quickly walks you through the basics. You'll learn to:Present your idea clearlyDevelop sound financial plansProject ... Read more

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Craft winning business plans and get buy in for your ideas.A well-crafted business plan generates enthusiasm for your idea and boosts your odds of success—whether you're proposing a new initiative within your organization or starting an entirely new company. Creating Business Plans quickly walks you through the basics. You'll learn to:Present your idea clearlyDevelop sound financial plansProject
... Read more
Lean Manufacturing Process

by V.T. ...

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of
... Read more
The Joys of Compounding

The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated

by Gautam Baid ...

Series series Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series
Value investing is not just a system for success in the market. It is also an intellectual toolkit for achieving a deeper understanding of the world. In The Joys of Compounding, the value investor Gautam Baid builds a holistic approach to value investing and philosophy from his wide-ranging reading, combining practical approaches, self-cultivation, and business wisdom.Distilling investment and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Value investing is not just a system for success in the market. It is also an intellectual toolkit for achieving a deeper understanding of the world. In The Joys of Compounding, the value investor Gautam Baid builds a holistic approach to value investing and philosophy from his wide-ranging reading, combining practical approaches, self-cultivation, and business wisdom.Distilling investment and
... Read more
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

by Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston ...

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value,
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Powerhunch!: Living An Intuitive Life

by Marcia Emery Ph.D. ...

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of
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The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills

The Systems Thinker Series, #2

by Albert Rutherford ...

Series Book 2 - The Systems Thinker Series
Enhance your logic, reason, judgment, and wisdom. Increase your ability to create concise and reasoned arguments using data and evidence, to get a genuine conclusion.The Systems Thinker – Analytical Skills aims to raise the level of your mental performance by focusing on the fundamentals of how to use your mind effectively. This book will show you how to:•Increase your ability to analyze problems ... Read more

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Enhance your logic, reason, judgment, and wisdom. Increase your ability to create concise and reasoned arguments using data and evidence, to get a genuine conclusion.The Systems Thinker – Analytical Skills aims to raise the level of your mental performance by focusing on the fundamentals of how to use your mind effectively. This book will show you how to:•Increase your ability to analyze problems
... Read more
LIFT

Innovation Lessons From Flying Machines That ALMOST Worked And The People Who NEARLY Flew Them

by Dan Ward ...

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight ... Read more

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LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight
... Read more
The New Edge in Knowledge

How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business

by Carla O'Dell, Cindy Hubert ...

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and ... Read more

$27.00 USD

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and
... Read more
Data

Harness Your Numbers to Go from Uncertain to Unstoppable

by Mark O'Donnell, Angela Kalemis, Mark Stanley ...

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third
... Read more
How Successful People Win

Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward

by John C. Maxwell ...

Series series Successful People
#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.No one wins at everything they try. But any setback, whether professional or personal, can become a step forward with the right tools and mindset to turn loss into a gain. Drawing on nearly 50 years of leadership experience, Maxwell provides a roadmap for winning by examining the ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.No one wins at everything they try. But any setback, whether professional or personal, can become a step forward with the right tools and mindset to turn loss into a gain. Drawing on nearly 50 years of leadership experience, Maxwell provides a roadmap for winning by examining the
... Read more
ISO 9001 in Plain English

by Craig Cochran ...

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people ... Read more

$26.95 USD

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people
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Learn to Think in Systems

The Systems Thinker Series, #4

by Albert Rutherford ...

Series Book 4 - The Systems Thinker Series
Would you like to have better solutions to your problems? Struggling to understand why things went wrong when you did everything right?Learn to Think in Systems can help you with these problems.Systems surround us and we might not even be aware of it. Your household is a system. The bakery on the corner is a system. Your class at school, your department at work, and your weekend soccer team made ... Read more

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Would you like to have better solutions to your problems? Struggling to understand why things went wrong when you did everything right?Learn to Think in Systems can help you with these problems.Systems surround us and we might not even be aware of it. Your household is a system. The bakery on the corner is a system. Your class at school, your department at work, and your weekend soccer team made
... Read more

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