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

Big Data

Using SMART Big Data, Analytics and Metrics To Make Better Decisions and Improve Performance

by Bernard Marr ...

Convert the promise of big data into real world resultsThere is so much buzz around big data. We all need to know what it is and how it works - that much is obvious. But is a basic understanding of the theory enough to hold your own in strategy meetings? Probably. But what will set you apart from the rest is actually knowing how to USE big data to get solid, real-world business results - and ... Read more

$15.00 USD

Convert the promise of big data into real world resultsThere is so much buzz around big data. We all need to know what it is and how it works - that much is obvious. But is a basic understanding of the theory enough to hold your own in strategy meetings? Probably. But what will set you apart from the rest is actually knowing how to USE big data to get solid, real-world business results - and
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Big Little Breakthroughs

How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results

by Josh Linkner ...

The pressure to generate big ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up.Instead of shooting for a $10-billion payday or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on Big Little Breakthroughs—small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. By ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The pressure to generate big ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up.Instead of shooting for a $10-billion payday or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on Big Little Breakthroughs—small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. By
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Mind Maps: Quicker Notes, Better Learning, and Improved Memory 3.0

Mind Hack, #4

by Kam Knight ...

Series Book 4 - Mind Hack
The Book that Revolutionized Mind MapsThis is the go-to book to help students, teachers, planners, organizers, decision makers, and life-long learners to better study, teach, organize, and learn information - regardless of difficulty or complexityMind maps are a note taking system that allows you to take better, faster, and more efficient notesWith traditional notes, information is written line by ... Read more

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The Book that Revolutionized Mind MapsThis is the go-to book to help students, teachers, planners, organizers, decision makers, and life-long learners to better study, teach, organize, and learn information - regardless of difficulty or complexityMind maps are a note taking system that allows you to take better, faster, and more efficient notesWith traditional notes, information is written line by
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Unleash Your Primal Brain

Demystifying how we think and why we act

by Tim Ash ...

Understand what makes you human!This book is about the commonalities all 8,000,000,000 people on earth share.Drop a rock. It falls and hits the ground.Once you understand brain evolution, many of our behaviors will become more predictable. To a scary degree, we are reactive animals ruled by passions, and not the rational geniuses with free will that we like to imagine.First the bad news: The ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Understand what makes you human!This book is about the commonalities all 8,000,000,000 people on earth share.Drop a rock. It falls and hits the ground.Once you understand brain evolution, many of our behaviors will become more predictable. To a scary degree, we are reactive animals ruled by passions, and not the rational geniuses with free will that we like to imagine.First the bad news: The
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Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success

by Dr Stan Beecham ...

ELITE MINDS THINK ALIKE.Discover the winning secrets of the world’s most successful people.As a top-level sport psychologist and performance consultant, Dr. Stan Beeham knows what it takes to succeed—on the playing field, in the board room, and in all aspects of life. This award-winning book takes you inside the minds of major-league athletes, Olympic medal winners, and world-class business ... Read more

$20.09 USD

ELITE MINDS THINK ALIKE.Discover the winning secrets of the world’s most successful people.As a top-level sport psychologist and performance consultant, Dr. Stan Beeham knows what it takes to succeed—on the playing field, in the board room, and in all aspects of life. This award-winning book takes you inside the minds of major-league athletes, Olympic medal winners, and world-class business
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The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work

by Jacinta M. Jiménez ...

Winner of getAbstract’s Readers' Choice Award 2021Named a Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing TherapyFeatured on Business Insider as a top book to help you overcome burnoutAn evidence-based resilience toolkit to help you find better, more sustainable ways to succeed at work and lifeIn The Burnout Fix, the award-winning psychologist and board-certified leadership coach Dr. Jac... ... Read more

$18.19 USD

Winner of getAbstract’s Readers' Choice Award 2021Named a Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing TherapyFeatured on Business Insider as a top book to help you overcome burnoutAn evidence-based resilience toolkit to help you find better, more sustainable ways to succeed at work and lifeIn The Burnout Fix, the award-winning psychologist and board-certified leadership coach Dr. Jac...
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Decision Making

by Lesley Morrissey ...

Series Book 11 - Hands On Management: Managing Yourself
We all make decisions every day – shall I get up when the alarm goes off, or stay in bed another 10 minutes; do I want cereal or a cooked breakfast; do I want to walk or get the bus?Whichever decision we make there is an associated negative and positive impact. The decision may be a ‘gut reaction’, but the consequences have also had an effect on that final decision.Deciding what to have for ... Read more

$2.99 USD

We all make decisions every day – shall I get up when the alarm goes off, or stay in bed another 10 minutes; do I want cereal or a cooked breakfast; do I want to walk or get the bus?Whichever decision we make there is an associated negative and positive impact. The decision may be a ‘gut reaction’, but the consequences have also had an effect on that final decision.Deciding what to have for
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Foolproof

Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe

by Greg Ip ...

How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing.We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our ... Read more

$14.99 USD

How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing.We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our
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The Effective Change Manager: The Change Management Body of Knowledge

by The Change Management Institute ...

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has ... Read more

$33.99 USD

'The Effective Change Manager' is designed for change management practitioners, employers, authors, academics and anyone with an interest in the evolving professional discipline of change management. The first edition, 'The Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK(c))', drew on the experience of more than six hundred change management professionals in thirty countries. This second edition has
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Think Bigger

How to Innovate

by Sheena Iyengar ...

Gold Medal Winner, 2024 Axiom Business Book Award, Business Intelligence and InnovationIn Think Bigger, Sheena Iyengar—an acclaimed author and expert in the science of choice—answers a timeless question with enormous implications for problems of all kinds across the world: “How can I get my best ideas?”Iyengar provides essential tools to spark creative thinking and help us make our most meaningful ... Read more

$17.29 USD

Gold Medal Winner, 2024 Axiom Business Book Award, Business Intelligence and InnovationIn Think Bigger, Sheena Iyengar—an acclaimed author and expert in the science of choice—answers a timeless question with enormous implications for problems of all kinds across the world: “How can I get my best ideas?”Iyengar provides essential tools to spark creative thinking and help us make our most meaningful
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Fundamentals of Project Management, Sixth Edition

by Joseph Heagney ...

*Includes News Sections on Working with Virtual Teams and Leveraging Modern TechnologiesEnables project managers to understand priorities, maximize resources, and minimize risks in order to complete projects on time and on budget.For close to three decades, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped managers tackle the complexities of the job. Succinct and easy to read, this handbook simplifies ... Read more

$8.99 USD

*Includes News Sections on Working with Virtual Teams and Leveraging Modern TechnologiesEnables project managers to understand priorities, maximize resources, and minimize risks in order to complete projects on time and on budget.For close to three decades, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped managers tackle the complexities of the job. Succinct and easy to read, this handbook simplifies
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六頂思考帽（全新修訂版）：思考大師狄波諾改變全世界的創新思維工具

Six Thinking Hats

Translated by 劉慧玉 ...

by 愛德華．狄波諾, Edward de Bono ...

★全球銷量超過數千萬冊！創意思考之父狄波諾大師經典之作★全球創新思考課程No.1，風行54個國家，譯成37種語言一個人的思考混亂是瓶頸，一群人的思考混亂是災難。創意思考之父狄波諾的六頂思考帽，能幫助你解決個人與團體的思考難題。這一套創新思考工具，風靡全球近四十年，從六歲兒童到世界級企業高級主管都可以用。以最簡單實際的方式，帶領個人、團隊進行討論，六頂思考帽，六種顏色，分別代表六個觀點，白（客觀）、紅（情感）、黑（批判）、黃（積極）、綠（創意）、藍（控制），帽子摘下戴上，須臾間轉換觀點，一次只思考一件事，每種角度都會被捕捉，每個人的意見都會被聽見，啟動個人思考力，創造團隊共同溝通語言，做出最佳決策！● 六頂思考帽分別是什麼思考風格？白帽：提供客觀事實與數據。<p... ... Read more

$7.09 USD

★全球銷量超過數千萬冊！創意思考之父狄波諾大師經典之作★全球創新思考課程No.1，風行54個國家，譯成37種語言一個人的思考混亂是瓶頸，一群人的思考混亂是災難。創意思考之父狄波諾的六頂思考帽，能幫助你解決個人與團體的思考難題。這一套創新思考工具，風靡全球近四十年，從六歲兒童到世界級企業高級主管都可以用。以最簡單實際的方式，帶領個人、團隊進行討論，六頂思考帽，六種顏色，分別代表六個觀點，白（客觀）、紅（情感）、黑（批判）、黃（積極）、綠（創意）、藍（控制），帽子摘下戴上，須臾間轉換觀點，一次只思考一件事，每種角度都會被捕捉，每個人的意見都會被聽見，啟動個人思考力，創造團隊共同溝通語言，做出最佳決策！● 六頂思考帽分別是什麼思考風格？白帽：提供客觀事實與數據。<p...
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The Complete Guide to Sales Force Incentive Compensation

How to Design and Implement Plans That Work

by Andris Zoltners, Prabhakant Sinha, Sally Lorimer ...

A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need.Incentive programs are seductively powerful but complicated instruments. Without careful planning and implementation, they can be too stingy to motivate, too complex to understand, too quick to reward mediocre results, and too difficult to ... Read more

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A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need.Incentive programs are seductively powerful but complicated instruments. Without careful planning and implementation, they can be too stingy to motivate, too complex to understand, too quick to reward mediocre results, and too difficult to
... Read more
The Feiner Points of Leadership

The 50 Basic Laws That Will Make People Want to Perform Better for You

by Michael Feiner ...

**Feiner's candid leadership guide cuts through rhetoric and theory and gives managers and executives a "hands-on" approach to dealing with problems in business."Exceptionally useful." —Entrepreneur**The Feiner Points of Leadership offers fifty insightful laws covering everything from managing tough bosses and difficult subordinates, to dealing with uncooperative colleagues, to overcoming ... Read more

$8.99 USD

**Feiner's candid leadership guide cuts through rhetoric and theory and gives managers and executives a "hands-on" approach to dealing with problems in business."Exceptionally useful." —Entrepreneur**The Feiner Points of Leadership offers fifty insightful laws covering everything from managing tough bosses and difficult subordinates, to dealing with uncooperative colleagues, to overcoming
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Stop Guessing

The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers

by Nat Greene ...

Become the greatest problem solver you can be!Bad problem solving costs individuals and society incalculable amounts of time, money, and sanity. In this book Nat Greene—who's been solving hard problems professionally for over twenty years—shares nine behaviors anyone can adopt to find solutions to even the most seemingly intractable problems.The problem with most problem solving, Greene says, is ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Become the greatest problem solver you can be!Bad problem solving costs individuals and society incalculable amounts of time, money, and sanity. In this book Nat Greene—who's been solving hard problems professionally for over twenty years—shares nine behaviors anyone can adopt to find solutions to even the most seemingly intractable problems.The problem with most problem solving, Greene says, is
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The Long View

Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

by Richard Fisher ...

A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species. Yet modern-day technology and capitalism have supercharged our short-termist tendencies and trapped us in the present, at the mercy of reactive politics, quarterly business targets and 24-hour ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species. Yet modern-day technology and capitalism have supercharged our short-termist tendencies and trapped us in the present, at the mercy of reactive politics, quarterly business targets and 24-hour
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Keeping Up with the Quants

Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics

by Thomas H. Davenport, Jinho Kim ...

Why Everyone Needs Analytical SkillsWelcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)—your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information. You need to be ... Read more

$25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why Everyone Needs Analytical SkillsWelcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)—your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information. You need to be
... Read more
The Sustainable MBA

A Business Guide to Sustainability

by Giselle Weybrecht ...

Whether you are an employee, a manager, an entrepreneur or a CEO, The Sustainable MBA Second Edition provides the knowledge and tools to help you ‘green’ your job and organization, to turn sustainability talk into action for the benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole.Based on more than 150 interviews with experts in business, international organizations, NGOs and universities from ... Read more

$33.00 USD

Whether you are an employee, a manager, an entrepreneur or a CEO, The Sustainable MBA Second Edition provides the knowledge and tools to help you ‘green’ your job and organization, to turn sustainability talk into action for the benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole.Based on more than 150 interviews with experts in business, international organizations, NGOs and universities from
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HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions

by Harvard Business Review ...

Series series HBR Guide
Learn how to make better; faster decisions.You make decisions every day--from prioritizing your to-do list to choosing which long-term innovation projects to pursue. But most decisions don't have a clear-cut answer, and assessing the alternatives and the risks involved can be overwhelming.You need a smarter approach to making the best choice possible. The HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions ... Read more

$15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn how to make better; faster decisions.You make decisions every day--from prioritizing your to-do list to choosing which long-term innovation projects to pursue. But most decisions don't have a clear-cut answer, and assessing the alternatives and the risks involved can be overwhelming.You need a smarter approach to making the best choice possible. The HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions
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Leading With NLP

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing People

by Joseph O’Connor ...

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing PeopleLeadership is not something people are necessarily born with – it can be learned. The most effective way to learn leadership is through the techniques of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a set of skills for psychologically influencing people (using body language, verbal techniques and other practical methods).This book will ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Essential Leadership Skills for Influencing and Managing PeopleLeadership is not something people are necessarily born with – it can be learned. The most effective way to learn leadership is through the techniques of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a set of skills for psychologically influencing people (using body language, verbal techniques and other practical methods).This book will
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In Search of Truth: Five Stress-Free Steps to Discover Who You Are, Where You're Going, and How to Get There.

by Jacob Kashiwagi ...

Conquer your fears, unlock your motivation, and simplify your life!Whether you're trying to make it through school, looking for a dream job, or you want to give your life more purpose, the greatest obstacle is your own mind.In Search of Truth is a short book to help you get out of your own head and help you see reality clearly. In this book, you will learn how to:Stop over-thinking and start ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Conquer your fears, unlock your motivation, and simplify your life!Whether you're trying to make it through school, looking for a dream job, or you want to give your life more purpose, the greatest obstacle is your own mind.In Search of Truth is a short book to help you get out of your own head and help you see reality clearly. In this book, you will learn how to:Stop over-thinking and start
... Read more
Management

by Michael Heath ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations ... Read more

$0.99 USD

The management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Management.Includes how to:• Build a goal-oriented team• Successfully manage individuals, teams and projects• Set clear goals and give quality feedback• Get things done on time and on budget• Deal with difficult situations
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Kidding Ourselves

The Hidden Power of Self-Deception

by Joseph T. Hallinan ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Why We Make Mistakes, an illuminating exploration of human beings’ astonishing ability to deceive themselves.To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception—of ourselves and the world around us—is much more malleable than we realize. This self-deception influences every major aspect of our personal and social life, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Why We Make Mistakes, an illuminating exploration of human beings’ astonishing ability to deceive themselves.To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception—of ourselves and the world around us—is much more malleable than we realize. This self-deception influences every major aspect of our personal and social life,
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Leadership Is Overrated

How the Navy SEALs (and Successful Businesses) Create Self-Leading Teams That Win

by Kyle Buckett, Chris Mefford ...

An award-winning pair of executive consultants reveal why to be successful, businesses need self-leading teams, not just good leadership.“In a society so obsessed with leadership, why are we so bad at it?”Despite the countless seminars, courses, and management books designed to hone good leaders, over 79% of employees leave their jobs due to poor leadership. Why is this happening? Award-winning ... Read more

$10.99 USD

An award-winning pair of executive consultants reveal why to be successful, businesses need self-leading teams, not just good leadership.“In a society so obsessed with leadership, why are we so bad at it?”Despite the countless seminars, courses, and management books designed to hone good leaders, over 79% of employees leave their jobs due to poor leadership. Why is this happening? Award-winning
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