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

Professional Services Leadership Handbook

How to Lead a Professional Services Firm in a New Age of Competitive Disruption

by Nigel Clark, Ben Kent, Alastair Beddow, Adrian Furner ...

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services ... Read more

$53.09 USD

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services
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Design Thinking Meets Change Management

by Lena Ross ...

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate
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The Art of Business and Military Warfare

English and Simplified Chinese Bilingual Edition

by Sun Tzu ...

The Art of Business and Military Warfare is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, the text is composed of thirteen chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on business, military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's ... Read more

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The Art of Business and Military Warfare is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC. Attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, the text is composed of thirteen chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on business, military strategy and tactics. It was placed at the head of China's
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Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction

Simple Introductions, #2

by K.H. Erickson ...

Series Book 2 - Simple Introductions
Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction offers an accessible guide to the central theories and methods of choice theory, with examples and calculations, empirical evidence, and over 20 diagrams to support the analysis.Examine expected value theory, with the two envelopes problem and St. Petersburg paradox which challenge it. Understand expected utility theory and learn how to create a utility ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Choice Theory: A Simple Introduction offers an accessible guide to the central theories and methods of choice theory, with examples and calculations, empirical evidence, and over 20 diagrams to support the analysis.Examine expected value theory, with the two envelopes problem and St. Petersburg paradox which challenge it. Understand expected utility theory and learn how to create a utility
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Con la misma piedra

Los 10 errores que todos cometemos al decidir

by Miguel Ángel Ariño Martín, Pablo Maella Cerrillo ...

En “Iceberg a la vista”, los autores nos explicaron cuáles eran los diez principios para tomar decisiones acertadas. Ahora nos traen los diez errores que todos cometemos al tomar decisiones. Errores en los que recurrimos una y otra vez por no tener clara la forma en la que nos afectan al momento de decidir.Un libro sencillo y directo ideal para tener a mano cada vez que tengamos dudas sobre ... Read more

$6.53 USD

En “Iceberg a la vista”, los autores nos explicaron cuáles eran los diez principios para tomar decisiones acertadas. Ahora nos traen los diez errores que todos cometemos al tomar decisiones. Errores en los que recurrimos una y otra vez por no tener clara la forma en la que nos afectan al momento de decidir.Un libro sencillo y directo ideal para tener a mano cada vez que tengamos dudas sobre
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The Framemaking Sale

Sell More by Boosting Customer Confidence

by Brent Adamson, Karl Schmidt ...

This essential guide reinvents selling for today’s B2B market, showing sellers how to overcome stalled deals and customer indecisionBusiness-to-business commerce is broken. Today’s customers find themselves overwhelmed by too many options, too much information, and too many obstacles. The result is often an inability to execute any but the safest of purchase decisions, frequently resulting in no ... Read more

$18.99 USD

This essential guide reinvents selling for today’s B2B market, showing sellers how to overcome stalled deals and customer indecisionBusiness-to-business commerce is broken. Today’s customers find themselves overwhelmed by too many options, too much information, and too many obstacles. The result is often an inability to execute any but the safest of purchase decisions, frequently resulting in no
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Risk:To Take or Not to Take? Or, Once You Take a Risk, Your Probability of Success Goes from 0% to 50%

SHORT STORY # 24. Nonfiction series #1 - # 60.

by Alla P. Gakuba ...

Series Book 24 - Nonfiction series
That was beginning of the 1970s when the author started her engineering career. Surprisingly, she was hired, but she was the 1st woman structural engineer in a company. Men engineers revolted, they thought that now their engineering career is going down—a woman is going to design a bridge.The first 3-4 days the author was reading volumes of federal and state codes, requirements, and regulations. ... Read more

$1.00 USD

That was beginning of the 1970s when the author started her engineering career. Surprisingly, she was hired, but she was the 1st woman structural engineer in a company. Men engineers revolted, they thought that now their engineering career is going down—a woman is going to design a bridge.The first 3-4 days the author was reading volumes of federal and state codes, requirements, and regulations.
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The Strategy Book

How To Think And Act Strategically To Deliver Outstanding Results

by Max Mckeown ...

Thinking strategically is what separates managers and leaders. Learn the fundamentals about how to create winning strategy and lead your team to deliver it. From understanding what strategy can do for you, through to creating a strategy and engaging others with strategy, this book offers practical guidance and expert tips. It is peppered with punchy, memorable examples from real leaders winning ... Read more

$12.39 USD

Thinking strategically is what separates managers and leaders. Learn the fundamentals about how to create winning strategy and lead your team to deliver it. From understanding what strategy can do for you, through to creating a strategy and engaging others with strategy, this book offers practical guidance and expert tips. It is peppered with punchy, memorable examples from real leaders winning
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Managing Benefits: Optimizing the return from investments

by Steve Jenner ...

The purpose of this guide is to provide managers and practitioners from multiple disciplines, working in a wide variety of organizations, with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques. It includes an overview of benefits management, descripsions of the seven principles upon which successful benefits management practices are built, details ... Read more

$58.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The purpose of this guide is to provide managers and practitioners from multiple disciplines, working in a wide variety of organizations, with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques. It includes an overview of benefits management, descripsions of the seven principles upon which successful benefits management practices are built, details
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The Edge

Business Performance Through Information Technology Leadership

by Manoj Garg, Michael Scheuerman ...

Most business executives know that technology is a key ingredient for business success. At the same time, they are baffled by the complexity, costs and challenges in implementing technology methods they are not skilled in. In most mid-size businesses, executives think of technology as a necessary evil and a cost to be minimized. However, with the right application, technology can increase speed of ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most business executives know that technology is a key ingredient for business success. At the same time, they are baffled by the complexity, costs and challenges in implementing technology methods they are not skilled in. In most mid-size businesses, executives think of technology as a necessary evil and a cost to be minimized. However, with the right application, technology can increase speed of
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The Investor's Guidebook to Equities

Equity Pricing, Trading, and Investing

by Stuart R. Veale ...

A concise, yet comprehensive, guidebook to understanding equity investments.This authoritative guide provides all the information that both the professional and individual investor will need to succeed in today’s equity market, including:• The role that equities play in a company's capital structure and in a portfolio• Determining and optimizing a company's weighted average cost of capital• The ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A concise, yet comprehensive, guidebook to understanding equity investments.This authoritative guide provides all the information that both the professional and individual investor will need to succeed in today’s equity market, including:• The role that equities play in a company's capital structure and in a portfolio• Determining and optimizing a company's weighted average cost of capital• The
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Collaborate or Perish!

Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World

by William Bratton, Zachary Tumin ...

In Collaborate or Perish! former Los Angeles police chief and New York police commissioner William Bratton and Harvard Kennedy School’s Zachary Tumin lay out a field-tested playbook for collaborating across the boundaries of our networked world. Today, when everyone is connected, collaboration is the game changer. Agencies and firms, citizens and groups who can collaborate, Bratton and Tumin argue ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In Collaborate or Perish! former Los Angeles police chief and New York police commissioner William Bratton and Harvard Kennedy School’s Zachary Tumin lay out a field-tested playbook for collaborating across the boundaries of our networked world. Today, when everyone is connected, collaboration is the game changer. Agencies and firms, citizens and groups who can collaborate, Bratton and Tumin argue
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The 6 Pillars of Decision Making: 65 Techniques & Strategies to Make Smart and Strategic Choices, Quickly. Design the Life That You Want by Taking Calculated Risks Using Data and Logical Judgment

by Patrik Ian Meyer ...

Unlock the Power of Smart Decision Making With This Game-Changing Guide — Design Your Life with Confidence, Data, and Logical Judgment!Do you often feel overwhelmed when faced with important decisions?Are you struggling to find clarity and direction in your life?Is poor decision-making holding you back from achieving your goals?Get ready to optimize your decision-making processes and shape your ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the Power of Smart Decision Making With This Game-Changing Guide — Design Your Life with Confidence, Data, and Logical Judgment!Do you often feel overwhelmed when faced with important decisions?Are you struggling to find clarity and direction in your life?Is poor decision-making holding you back from achieving your goals?Get ready to optimize your decision-making processes and shape your
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Done Right: How Tomorrow's Top Leaders Get Stuff Done

by Alex Shootman ...

Work is getting whipsawed. Teams are geographically distributed, digital strategies are shattering organizational hierarchies, competition is multi-directional, and digital natives are overturning long-time company norms. Modern work needs new masters to rise up and lead.Done Right pulls from over thirty original interviews with experienced leaders across a variety of industries to show how ... Read more

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Work is getting whipsawed. Teams are geographically distributed, digital strategies are shattering organizational hierarchies, competition is multi-directional, and digital natives are overturning long-time company norms. Modern work needs new masters to rise up and lead.Done Right pulls from over thirty original interviews with experienced leaders across a variety of industries to show how
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Intuition

How to Develop it and Use it in Everyday Life

by Dr Cate Howell, OAM, CSM, CF ...

Series Book 7 - Empower
Intuition is something most people would have experienced at one time or another; it’s that gut-feeling or ‘sixth sense’. It’s instinctive by nature, independent of rational analysis or deductive thinking. But can we actively develop our intuition and learn how to better utilise it? Author Dr Cate Howell believes we can, and sets about to empower us to use intuition in everyday life. Intuition is ... Read more

$8.69 USD

Intuition is something most people would have experienced at one time or another; it’s that gut-feeling or ‘sixth sense’. It’s instinctive by nature, independent of rational analysis or deductive thinking. But can we actively develop our intuition and learn how to better utilise it? Author Dr Cate Howell believes we can, and sets about to empower us to use intuition in everyday life. Intuition is
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The Book of Choice

by Kim DeYoung ...

Have you ever struggled with making a decision?Do transitions or choices overwhelm you?Would you like to have an easy way to map your choices?Fear not, for Kim DeYoung's The Book of Choice is here to guide you on a transformative journey of self-discovery. This remarkable book offers a new understanding of how choices shape our lives.Drawing on years of experience and research, Kim unveils a fresh ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you ever struggled with making a decision?Do transitions or choices overwhelm you?Would you like to have an easy way to map your choices?Fear not, for Kim DeYoung's The Book of Choice is here to guide you on a transformative journey of self-discovery. This remarkable book offers a new understanding of how choices shape our lives.Drawing on years of experience and research, Kim unveils a fresh
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What I Didn't Learn in Business School

How Strategy Works in the Real World

by Jay Barney, Trish Gorman Clifford ...

Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon ... Read more

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Meet John Downs. He's a new MBA graduate who's landed a job with a strategy consultancy. His engagement team is on a mission: help HGS Inc., a specialty chemicals firm, define and execute a strategy for exploiting a textile technology the company developed.John and his team deploy state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze the attractiveness of potential markets for the technology. But they soon
... Read more
Drawing on Courage

Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making

by Ashish Goel, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
A practical, illustrated guide to overcoming the challenges of creative work, including where to start, how to give or get feedback, when to change direction, and how to stand up for what matters, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.“Ashish Goel’s magniﬁcently beautiful book illuminates a powerful new way to think about, discover, and act with your own personal courage.”—Dan Roam, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

A practical, illustrated guide to overcoming the challenges of creative work, including where to start, how to give or get feedback, when to change direction, and how to stand up for what matters, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.“Ashish Goel’s magniﬁcently beautiful book illuminates a powerful new way to think about, discover, and act with your own personal courage.”—Dan Roam,
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On Trust and AI

A Blueprint for the Intelligent Enterprise

by Alexander Feick ...

AI can't guarantee its own reliability. Trust in its decisions depends on you.Artificial intelligence is moving into core business processes faster than most organizations can govern it. Leaders are being asked to rely on systems that behave intelligently but fail unpredictably-systems that make opaque decisions, accumulate silent privileges, and drift out of alignment long before anyone notices ... Read more

$9.99 USD

AI can't guarantee its own reliability. Trust in its decisions depends on you.Artificial intelligence is moving into core business processes faster than most organizations can govern it. Leaders are being asked to rely on systems that behave intelligently but fail unpredictably-systems that make opaque decisions, accumulate silent privileges, and drift out of alignment long before anyone notices
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How to Win the Lottery: Simple Lottery Strategies for Beginners and the Very Unlucky

by Jonathan Groves ...

Discover the key to unlocking your inner luck with Jonathan Grove's 'How to Win the Lottery'. This book is full of life-changing insights that will help you understand the power of creativity to give you the edge in any lottery game. With practical advice, inspiring stories, and step-by-step instructions, Jonathan Grove's book will help you to gain the insight and confidence to win the lottery ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the key to unlocking your inner luck with Jonathan Grove's 'How to Win the Lottery'. This book is full of life-changing insights that will help you understand the power of creativity to give you the edge in any lottery game. With practical advice, inspiring stories, and step-by-step instructions, Jonathan Grove's book will help you to gain the insight and confidence to win the lottery
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費米解題推斷：職場即戰場，職涯必備的「問題解決力」，就讓圖像思考幫助你！

by 吉田雅裕, 木本篤茂 ...

業績好難做，到底如何有效提高營業額呢**?**減肥真困難，你知道怎樣降低減重難度嗎**?**只要用對圖解法，任何事都能夠事半功倍！生活中的大小問題如何迎刃而解，重點不只是努力，你更要善用合適的圖像思考力！職場必備「問題解決力」，有效解決方案交給你！職場首重「問題解決能力」，不想成為一個經驗用十年的化石鳥，想當機巧靈活的聰明鳥嗎? 你肯定會遇到「如何提高營業額」、「如何增加遊客量」、「如何提高英語能力」等在商場、社會、日常生活中遇到的問題。不管是哪一類問題都有一個共通點，就是通過合理的假設以及熟練的邏輯推理，在不做任何調查的前提下，短時間內進行模擬推斷。解決問題的能力，是有邏輯的... ... Read more

$7.76 USD

業績好難做，到底如何有效提高營業額呢**?**減肥真困難，你知道怎樣降低減重難度嗎**?**只要用對圖解法，任何事都能夠事半功倍！生活中的大小問題如何迎刃而解，重點不只是努力，你更要善用合適的圖像思考力！職場必備「問題解決力」，有效解決方案交給你！職場首重「問題解決能力」，不想成為一個經驗用十年的化石鳥，想當機巧靈活的聰明鳥嗎? 你肯定會遇到「如何提高營業額」、「如何增加遊客量」、「如何提高英語能力」等在商場、社會、日常生活中遇到的問題。不管是哪一類問題都有一個共通點，就是通過合理的假設以及熟練的邏輯推理，在不做任何調查的前提下，短時間內進行模擬推斷。解決問題的能力，是有邏輯的...
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The Stay Interview

A Manager's Guide to Keeping the Best and Brightest

by Richard Finnegan ...

Of all the obstacles and surprises managers know are heading their way each day, the one they least anticipate and prepare for is the resignation of a seemingly happy and extremely valued employee. It’s the cement truck they never saw coming their way--but they could have.This invaluable resource introduces managers to a powerful new engagement and retention tool that they absolutely must begin ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Of all the obstacles and surprises managers know are heading their way each day, the one they least anticipate and prepare for is the resignation of a seemingly happy and extremely valued employee. It’s the cement truck they never saw coming their way--but they could have.This invaluable resource introduces managers to a powerful new engagement and retention tool that they absolutely must begin
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領袖人格力：用PDP看主宰世界大勢的領袖人格特質，川普、拜登、梅克爾、普丁、馬斯克、賈伯斯、任正非、黃仁勳等

by 張曼琳 ...

領導全球趨勢的世界頂尖領袖要具備什麼特質？從川普、拜登、梅克爾、普丁、納坦雅胡、李光耀、李顯龍，到馬斯克、賈伯斯、任正非、黃仁勳、王傳福、王正方，橫跨政治、經濟與文化各大領域，為什麼有的人能成就卓越？一切都從了解自己的人格特質開始！每個人都有屬於自己獨特的天賦特質，你知道自己屬於哪種人格類型嗎？美國領導管理特質系統 PDP，將個人特質劃分為五種動物類型，在全球建立上萬筆個案分析資料庫，大數據精準度高達98%！高支配性的老虎型：具有競爭的、切中核心、掌控與權威的。高表達性的孔雀型：具有說服力的、組織的建構者、善於交際的。高耐心性的無尾熊型：具有堅持的、周全的、可依賴的。高精確性的貓頭鷹型：具有程序的、有系統的、精密準確的。高整合性的變色龍型：具有變通的、不定的、擅長因應變局的。台灣首屈一指的人格特質分析專家張曼琳，致力開發成功人才領袖領導力，借鑑世界政經領袖的天賦特質運用，剖析他們人格的.. ... Read more

$7.09 USD

領導全球趨勢的世界頂尖領袖要具備什麼特質？從川普、拜登、梅克爾、普丁、納坦雅胡、李光耀、李顯龍，到馬斯克、賈伯斯、任正非、黃仁勳、王傳福、王正方，橫跨政治、經濟與文化各大領域，為什麼有的人能成就卓越？一切都從了解自己的人格特質開始！每個人都有屬於自己獨特的天賦特質，你知道自己屬於哪種人格類型嗎？美國領導管理特質系統 PDP，將個人特質劃分為五種動物類型，在全球建立上萬筆個案分析資料庫，大數據精準度高達98%！高支配性的老虎型：具有競爭的、切中核心、掌控與權威的。高表達性的孔雀型：具有說服力的、組織的建構者、善於交際的。高耐心性的無尾熊型：具有堅持的、周全的、可依賴的。高精確性的貓頭鷹型：具有程序的、有系統的、精密準確的。高整合性的變色龍型：具有變通的、不定的、擅長因應變局的。台灣首屈一指的人格特質分析專家張曼琳，致力開發成功人才領袖領導力，借鑑世界政經領袖的天賦特質運用，剖析他們人格的..
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Critical Thinking

Develop Deep Thinking Skills to Make Smarter Decisions (Learn How Reasoning by Logic Improves Effective Problem Solving)

by Manuel Farley ...

Making decisions is not an easy task. When faced with a situation where you have to make a decision, get logical and think smart, do you wisely use your intuition or do you just get stuck in the moment? This book will help you be great at critical thinking, no more overthinking for you once you read this book.Over thinking is often the root of why people get stuck or feel regret about their ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Making decisions is not an easy task. When faced with a situation where you have to make a decision, get logical and think smart, do you wisely use your intuition or do you just get stuck in the moment? This book will help you be great at critical thinking, no more overthinking for you once you read this book.Over thinking is often the root of why people get stuck or feel regret about their
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