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Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders-from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "e;I know that complexity and uncertainty are testing my instincts, but I don't know which to trust. Is there some way to know what to do when I can't know what's next?"e;Her newest work is an answer to this plea. Using her background in adult development, complexity theories, and leadership consultancy, Garvey Berger discerns five pernicious and pervasive "e;mind traps"e; to frame the book. These are: the desire for simple stories, our sense that we are right, our desire to get along with others in our group, our fixation with control, and our constant quest to protect and defend our egos. In addition to understanding why these natural impulses steer us wrong in a fast-moving world, leaders will get powerful questions and approaches that help them escape these patterns.

Used by the UK government and extensively throughout the world, PRINCE2(R) uses seven principles, seven themes and seven processes, which the author believes can be tailored to any project, in any environment, at any time and with anyone - be it work-related or not.This step-by-step guide:Explains the principles of PRINCE2 in straightforward, manageable chunks;Emphasises how to apply PRINCE2 in practice, using real-life examples;Is written by an experienced PRINCE2 practitioner and trainer, so you can be sure that the information is based upon approaches that work;Gives clear explanations and practical illustrations in each section;Explains how to effectively apply PRINCE2's principles, themes and processes to your projects and other real-world scenarios; andHas been updated for PRINCE2 2017.A guide to effective project managementThis book will guide you through each step of your project, clearly defining the underlying principles that should be applied to every project, regardless of what is going on inside or outside the project environment. They are sound, proven rules, which can be used as markers on the way to project success.PRINCE2 is principle-based rather than prescriptive. The principles are:Universal in that they apply to every project;Self-validating in that they have been proven in practice over many years; andEmpowering because they give practitioners greater confidence and the ability to influence and shape how a project will be managed.Susan Tuttle has 20 years' experience in project management, programme management and change management, producing exceptional results across diverse industries. She is an accredited trainer in PRINCE2. Her training style is influenced by her strong commitment to human development. She uses learner-centred theories and principles in her training and writing to help explain and communicate difficult topics.

The new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on talent retention in the gig economy, and a new chapter on creating a career development culture in your organization. Study after study confirms that career development is the single most powerful tool managers have for driving retention, engagement, productivity, and results. But most managers feel like they just don't have time for more meetings. This book offers a better way: frequent, short conversations with employees about their career goals that can be integrated seamlessly into the normal course of business. Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni identify three broad types of conversations that will increase employees' awareness of their strengths, weaknesses, and interests; point out where their organization and their industry are headed; and help them pull all of that together to design their personalized career plans. And the new chapter includes an assessment so you can measure how well your current culture supports employee developmentand how to improve it.

Reinvent your supply chain from the outside in leverage customer insight, heuristics and digital tools to meet rising expectations and adapt in a volatile world. Customers have become increasingly demanding, and the operating environment has become more turbulent and complex. Mature companies wishing to survive and thrive in the coming decades must transform themselves to become flexible and market responsive. They need to reconsider their traditional supply chains and find ways to increase the clockspeed of their operation and their decision making without creating more complexity for their staff and partners. But where to start this transformation journey? Most of the worlds largest corporations have logistics networks and supply chains that have evolved over time, many based around systems that drive a one-size-fits-all philosophy, which does not fit anymore. And most have not kept up with the changing cadence of their markets. This book describes the path to a different paradigm; where a set of tailored supply chains are used for in-built flexibility and adaption as the world changes, and where internal capabilities and digital capabilities are consciously aligned with the customers and strategies they serve. Transforming Supply Chains builds on John Gattornas seminal Dynamic Alignment framework; and he and his long-term collaborator Deborah Ellis review the analytics and decision-making tools needed to be effective in the digital age. Case Studies of organisations that excel using the outside-in paradigm that they describe are scattered throughout the book; as are a series of prompts to help kick start your thinking about your own transformation path. Transforming Supply Chains is your guide to designing supply chains that fit, and adapt, and bring competitive advantage - whatever your business and whoever your customers.

No-punches-pulled advice to women who want to stop undermining their own happiness once and for all.

Comprehensive guide to supporting neurodiversity in the workplace. Up to 20% of employees are neurodivergent, and employers need guidance on how to accommodate these variations successfully. Includes advice on recruitment, physical environments and how to interact with neurodivergent individuals to benefit these capable members of the workforce.

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Management research is criticised for poor research practices and not addressing important problems. Tourish proposes fundamental changes to rescue it from crisis. A must read for management and organisation scholars, practising managers, university administrators and policy makers within higher education.

A tool for anyone facing the challenge of taking strategic decisions, this book offers thirty recognised and effective strategic models to choose from, concisely described in a process-led manner, and illustrated with graphics. It will appeal to M.B.A. students, students of corporate or business strategy, and practitioners and managers as well.

Understanding Social Enterprise explores the growth of social enterprise and entrepreneurship, it's popularity, global impact, and sustainability. The 3rd edition includes new case studies and updates to literature, research, policy and legal references.

A The New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era.

Robert Greifeld, CEO of NASDAQ for over ten years, lays out the lessons that helped him through some of the company's most tumultuous and successful times.

Successful startups are rare. More than 80 percent of all early stage startups fail. Most startups can build a product but, sadly, the vast majority stumble when it comes time to take those products to market. Traversing the Traction Gap exposes the reasons behind that scary failure rate and provides a prescriptive how to guide for startups to succeed.

The proven, effective strategy for reinventing your business in the age of ever-present disruption

The book provides a clear framework for managers to improve the onboarding process. The authors have developed an easy to use model and process for onboarding which maps out 6 dimensions which can be used to design and implement a systematic organizational process.

Understand the importance of bringing the power of digital and the omnichannel experience to everyday shopping, and learn how to deliver an instant, profitable, bricks and mortar retail solution.

In The Battle to Do Good, former McDonald's Executive Bob Langert takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the restaurant giant's decades-long battle to do good, tackling tricky societal issues all while feeding 70 million people a day while attending to the bottom line.

This new textbook, authored by a team of expert researchers and lecturers based at the London College of Fashion, is one of the first in the field to examine strategic management in the context of the fashion industry, catering specifically for students hoping to work in the sector.