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

Future Ready

How to Master Business Forecasting

by Steve Player, Steve Morlidge ...

The recent crisis in the financial markets has exposed serious flaws in management methods. The failure to anticipate and deal with the consequences of the unfolding collapse has starkly illustrated what many leaders and managers in business have known for years; in most organizations, the process of forecasting is badly broken. For that reason, forecasting business performance tops the list of ... Read more

$25.00 USD

The recent crisis in the financial markets has exposed serious flaws in management methods. The failure to anticipate and deal with the consequences of the unfolding collapse has starkly illustrated what many leaders and managers in business have known for years; in most organizations, the process of forecasting is badly broken. For that reason, forecasting business performance tops the list of
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The Power of Agency

The 7 Principles to Conquer Obstacles, Make Effective Decisions & Create a Life on Your Own Terms

by Paul Napper, Anthony Rao ...

Introducing The Power of Agency, a science-backed approach to living life on your own terms. Agency is the ability to act as an effective agent for yourself—reflecting, making creative choices, and constructing a meaningful life. Grounded in extensive psychological research, The Power of Agency gives you the tools to help alleviate anxiety, manage competing demands and help you live your version ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Introducing The Power of Agency, a science-backed approach to living life on your own terms. Agency is the ability to act as an effective agent for yourself—reflecting, making creative choices, and constructing a meaningful life. Grounded in extensive psychological research, The Power of Agency gives you the tools to help alleviate anxiety, manage competing demands and help you live your version
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What's Your Problem?

To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve

by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg ...

"The author makes a compelling case that we often start solving a problem before thinking deeply about whether we are solving the right problem. If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book." -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO, GoogleAre you solving the right problems? Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong ... Read more

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"The author makes a compelling case that we often start solving a problem before thinking deeply about whether we are solving the right problem. If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book." -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO, GoogleAre you solving the right problems? Have you or your colleagues ever worked hard on something, only to find out you were focusing on the wrong
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Judgment

How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls

by Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis ...

“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters.”Whether we’re talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the quality of a leader’s judgment determines the fate of the entire organization. That’s why ... Read more

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“With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters.”Whether we’re talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, the quality of a leader’s judgment determines the fate of the entire organization. That’s why
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No More Gold Stars: Regenerating Capacity to Think for Ourselves

by Carol Sanford ...

Cultivate a new generation of self-reliant thinkers in this powerful approach to education and learning.Nothing short of a re-alignment of the heavens. Virtually a new and liberating way of looking at civilization. A BIG IDEA for big challenges.—Tom Peters, best-selling author of In Search of ExcellenceIn this groundbreaking shift to how we approach learning, best-selling author and business ... Read more

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Cultivate a new generation of self-reliant thinkers in this powerful approach to education and learning.Nothing short of a re-alignment of the heavens. Virtually a new and liberating way of looking at civilization. A BIG IDEA for big challenges.—Tom Peters, best-selling author of In Search of ExcellenceIn this groundbreaking shift to how we approach learning, best-selling author and business
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Genius at Scale

How Great Leaders Drive Innovation

by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, Jason Wild ...

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving—and scaling—innovation.Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen
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Come Out Stronger

Embrace Crisis to Stack the Odds, Keep People on Your Side, and Buy Time

by Christine M. Pearson ...

Remember when crises seemed rare? Most organizations thought they were immune. Crises were handled by top executives who usually had days, weeks or more to respond. Improvisation was common. Often, those approaches worked.Now hazards can lurk anywhere in your organization’s footprint or among your suppliers or customers across the globe. A tiny virus can devastate people and economies. One hacker ... Read more

$12.95 USD

Remember when crises seemed rare? Most organizations thought they were immune. Crises were handled by top executives who usually had days, weeks or more to respond. Improvisation was common. Often, those approaches worked.Now hazards can lurk anywhere in your organization’s footprint or among your suppliers or customers across the globe. A tiny virus can devastate people and economies. One hacker
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How to Get to Great Ideas

A system for smart, extraordinary thinking

by Dave Birss ...

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book AwardsWhat makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from?The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas.
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The Cycle of Leadership

How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win

by Noel M. Tichy ...

$7.99 USD
Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems

The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement

by Adam Kahane ...

Seven practical habits for people ready to stop observing broken systems and start changing them, whether at the neighborhood level or the global stage.Adam Kahane, bestselling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a veteran facilitator who has worked with presidents, executives, and community organizers across dozens of countries, distills decades of real-world experience into a clear, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Seven practical habits for people ready to stop observing broken systems and start changing them, whether at the neighborhood level or the global stage.Adam Kahane, bestselling author of Collaborating with the Enemy and a veteran facilitator who has worked with presidents, executives, and community organizers across dozens of countries, distills decades of real-world experience into a clear,
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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
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Listen Think Talk - Modern Learning Applied

by Anders Christian Hansen ...

Are you ready to embrace change and adapt in today's fast-paced world? The need for continuous learning is ever-present, whether it's for personal growth or professional development. In the realm of adult learning on the job, particularly within your company, agency, or enterprise, Listen Think Talk offers a modern and practical approach.Listen Think Talk focuses on simplifying and streamlining ... Read more

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Are you ready to embrace change and adapt in today's fast-paced world? The need for continuous learning is ever-present, whether it's for personal growth or professional development. In the realm of adult learning on the job, particularly within your company, agency, or enterprise, Listen Think Talk offers a modern and practical approach.Listen Think Talk focuses on simplifying and streamlining
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Framers

Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

by Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Francis de Véricourt ...

“Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don’t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices—our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use.”—ForbesFrom pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented ... Read more

$11.99 USD

“Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don’t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices—our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use.”—ForbesFrom pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented
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Leading with Strategic Thinking

Four Ways Effective Leaders Gain Insight, Drive Change, and Get Results

by Aaron K. Olson, B. Keith Simerson ...

Be a more effective leader with strategic thinkingLeading with Strategic Thinking reveals what effective leaders do differently. Eschewing the one-size-fits-all leadership model, this helpful guide outlines four general leadership types and demonstrates how each type achieves success – whether through personal vision, structured process, collaboration, or by empowering others. The authors identify ... Read more

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Be a more effective leader with strategic thinkingLeading with Strategic Thinking reveals what effective leaders do differently. Eschewing the one-size-fits-all leadership model, this helpful guide outlines four general leadership types and demonstrates how each type achieves success – whether through personal vision, structured process, collaboration, or by empowering others. The authors identify
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Choose Hard, Live Easy - The Art of War for Decision Making

Command Decisions with Clarity, Confidence and Power— And Live Like a King Who Conquered.

by M.J. DeMarco ...

Breaking News:If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too.It’s time to stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day—from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time.The Art of War ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Breaking News:If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too.It’s time to stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day—from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time.The Art of War
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戰略大歷史：戰略是人類永恆的遊戲規則，懂戰略，你就能理解世界、定位他人，掌握自己的優勢

Strategy: A History

by 勞倫斯‧佛里德曼 ...

★金融時報年度好書★自人類文明以來，從戰場、政界、商場、人生選擇人人都需要擬定戰略，因為戰略無所不在戰略領域最知名學者×最宏大著作首度引進繁中版　　勞倫斯‧佛里德曼展現他是不折不扣的世界級戰略思想先驅，他認為與權力平衡相比，戰略更是源自形勢的核心藝術。──哈佛教授約瑟夫•奈伊　　戰略並非專為面臨生死抉擇、成敗決斷的王侯將相所獨有，更多的世間事物都少不了它。當在實現中，既定目標的過程中遭遇障礙，或者需要判斷資源的有效利用和分配順序，戰略就不可或缺。　　在商業領域，企業CEO負責公司的整體戰略（商業領域通常稱「策略」），其下的採購、市場、人力資源等部門則各有各的策略。醫生需要臨床的策略，律師有起訴的策略，社工人員則得提供諮詢服務的策略。至於個人，不管是職涯發展、購屋、納稅，也都需要具體的策略來協助。事... ... Read more

$17.99 USD

★金融時報年度好書★自人類文明以來，從戰場、政界、商場、人生選擇人人都需要擬定戰略，因為戰略無所不在戰略領域最知名學者×最宏大著作首度引進繁中版　　勞倫斯‧佛里德曼展現他是不折不扣的世界級戰略思想先驅，他認為與權力平衡相比，戰略更是源自形勢的核心藝術。──哈佛教授約瑟夫•奈伊　　戰略並非專為面臨生死抉擇、成敗決斷的王侯將相所獨有，更多的世間事物都少不了它。當在實現中，既定目標的過程中遭遇障礙，或者需要判斷資源的有效利用和分配順序，戰略就不可或缺。　　在商業領域，企業CEO負責公司的整體戰略（商業領域通常稱「策略」），其下的採購、市場、人力資源等部門則各有各的策略。醫生需要臨床的策略，律師有起訴的策略，社工人員則得提供諮詢服務的策略。至於個人，不管是職涯發展、購屋、納稅，也都需要具體的策略來協助。事...
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The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Lean Six Sigma

by Sheila Shaffie, Shahbaz Shahbazi ...

Series series McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Courses
Use your next three-day weekend to develop valuable Lean Six Sigma skillsWith the integration of Lean and Six Sigma, businesses have a potent tool in the never-ending drive to deliver top-quality service and products. But you don’t need to be a Black Belt to build quality and efficiency into all areas of your operation; you just need The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Lean Six Sigma.Sheila Shaffie ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Use your next three-day weekend to develop valuable Lean Six Sigma skillsWith the integration of Lean and Six Sigma, businesses have a potent tool in the never-ending drive to deliver top-quality service and products. But you don’t need to be a Black Belt to build quality and efficiency into all areas of your operation; you just need The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Lean Six Sigma.Sheila Shaffie
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NIV, Maxwell Leadership Bible, 3rd Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version

by John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson ...

Every believer is a person of influence. In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, leadership expert John C. Maxwell shows you the principles of leadership taught in God’s Word and how to use them. Whether you are an employee, a boss, a parent, or a neighbor, you are a person of influence in your part of the world. Throughout the pages of Scripture, John Maxwell has assembled the time-tested and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Every believer is a person of influence. In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, leadership expert John C. Maxwell shows you the principles of leadership taught in God’s Word and how to use them. Whether you are an employee, a boss, a parent, or a neighbor, you are a person of influence in your part of the world. Throughout the pages of Scripture, John Maxwell has assembled the time-tested and
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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

$13.99 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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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

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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
The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything

by Matthew May ...

The Laws of Subtraction features contributions by over 50 highly regarded thinkers, creatives, and executives.On Law #1: What Isn't There Can Often Trump What Is"When you reduce the number of doors that someone can walk through, more people walk through the one that you want them to walk through." -- SCOTT BELSKY, founder and CEO of Behance and author of Making Ideas HappenOn Law #2: The Simplest ... Read more

$16.99 USD

The Laws of Subtraction features contributions by over 50 highly regarded thinkers, creatives, and executives.On Law #1: What Isn't There Can Often Trump What Is"When you reduce the number of doors that someone can walk through, more people walk through the one that you want them to walk through." -- SCOTT BELSKY, founder and CEO of Behance and author of Making Ideas HappenOn Law #2: The Simplest
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Rebel Ideas

The Power of Diverse Thinking

by Matthew Syed ...

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in
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Charlie Munger

The Complete Investor

by Tren Griffin ...

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"—a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management—allows him to keep his emotions out of ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"—a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management—allows him to keep his emotions out of
... Read more
Team Management

by Rus Slater ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The team management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Team ManagementIncludes how to:• Understand how different personalities interact in a team• Set up clear structures and goals for your team• Implement change effectively and as painlessly as possible• Overcome personality clashes and team difficulties• Manage your ... Read more

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The team management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of Team ManagementIncludes how to:• Understand how different personalities interact in a team• Set up clear structures and goals for your team• Implement change effectively and as painlessly as possible• Overcome personality clashes and team difficulties• Manage your
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