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The premise of 'Above the Fray' is that the Information Age is creating a turbulence most business owners fail to acknowledge or take steps to profitably manage. 'Above the Fray' offers a method of creating a vision that produces clarity. It teaches how to create plans with a bias toward action and speed of implementation. It suggests a systems approach to hiring the right team members who can handle today's fast-paced environment. Readers will discover...
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Meet Jim Barton, new CEO of Santa Monica Aerospace. Jim's job won't be easy: the company's hemorrhaging cash, struggling to regain investors' trust after an accounting scandal, and striving to transform its military and manufacturing culture to become a global aerospace integrator.
Jim isn't real: Harder Than I Thought is a novel. But his story--developed in consultation with seasoned, actual CEOs--contains crucial lessons for all chief executives....
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Business analysis is a crucial discipline for organisational success, it enables organisations to rise to the challenges presented by today's increasing pace of change. It is a broad field and has matured into a profession of its own, with its own unique career roadmap.
This practical guide explores the business analyst role including typical responsibilities and necessary skills. It signposts useful tools, commonly used methodologies and techniques,...
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El lector está próximo a conocer la experiencia del Banco Colpatria en el avance directivo y gerencial para la implementación de la "Estrategia CERO", a través de la narración de los aspectos más relevantes de las actividades de innovación "en sus cuatro ámbitos: producto, proceso, mercadotecnia y organización" (OECD, 2006), descritas a partir del método de caso de negocios.
Dicha narración provee al lector las principales lecciones de...
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Excellence in Execution is about how to execute strategy. Leaders today recognize that they need to have the ability to craft strategy and that they require the skills to execute it. But almost all books, blogs, talks, articles and other material discuss "why" execution is important, not how to achieve excellence in execution. Excellence in Execution aims to start where almost all leave off. It takes the reader on the implementation journey and is...
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In the beginning, an entrepreneur's focus is on starting and growing their business. For many, the thrills of overcoming the challenges and hitting those curve balls out of the park become just as important as actually achieving the original goals. And then one day, everything is different and entrepreneurs find themselves ready to leave the business. In Changing Lanes Gina Catalano shows entrepreneurs how to ready their business (and themselves)...
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Are you winning the battle but losing the war?
Every leader has to deliver the goods -- make budget, meet deadlines, and deftly manage people -- to provide the inspirational fuel that keeps their business running day-in and day-out.
But therein lies the danger of winning today's battle and losing the war -- that is the long game of creating sustainable value in a volatile, uncertain world that is becoming ever-more complex and ambiguous.
The...
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Through his book "...I am Tired", author Mr. Michael Nassirian is enlightening the young college graduates, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and anybody working in corporate America with key observations behind dynamic strategies in corporate culture.
"...I am Tired", is a roller coaster ride that will let you experience the American corporate culture prevailing in different parts of the country. This book unfolds the vital essence of struggle behind...
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STRATEGY? TACTICS? CONFUSED?
How many times have you sat in a meeting and heard someone use the word "strategic?"
As in: "We're not being very strategic about X." or "We need a strategic plan for project Y." And, if your organization is like most, everyone in the meeting nods wisely, the meeting drones on, people endlessly debate how to approach the situation at hand, with generally, no one the wiser as to what "strategic" really means.
Next time,...
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Este libro cuenta la historia y delimita los emprendimientos sociales en México. Cubre el marco legal desde una perspectiva estratégica. Explica la teoría y la práctica del liderazgo en las empresas sociales. Asimismo diagrama el ecosistema del emprendimiento social en México incluyendo estrategias, fortalezas y debilidades, desafíos e impacto. También realiza un mapeo de los emprendimientos sociales con fines de lucro. Hacia la parte final...
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You've been charged with growing your business. Incremental growth can no longer deliver the results you need. You need truly dynamic growth - and you need to achieve it without risking a hugely expensive gamble. How can you encourage innovative new ventures and pursue ambitious growth while minimizing risk?
In Discovery-Driven Growth, authors McGrath and MacMillan show how companies can plan and pursue an aggressive growth agenda with confidence....
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Robert Shook's title, How to be the Complete Professional Salesperson:
• Outlines proven selling techniques and how to develop them effectively;
• Can be read and re-read with a new financially-inspiring idea from each reading.
• Serves as a daily guide and inspiration.
• Is for anyone who seeks a long term career in selling.
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International author, business owner, speaker, coach and business growth specialist Sharon Jurd shares her secrets to transforming your life. Having grown businesses to 6 figure incomes within the first 12 months, Sharon will take you by the hand and show you how easy it is to control your time, money and life. Read this book and you will have the knowledge, skills and tools to grow your business faster than you ever thought possible.
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It's been over a decade since Verne Harnish's best-selling book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits was first released. Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) is the first major revision of this business classic which details practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. This book is written so everyone - from frontline employees to senior executives - can get aligned in contributing to the growth of a firm. Scaling Up focuses...
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Wake up and take control of your life and business! Darren Stephens and Spike Humer, two of the world's most Brilliant Business minds, reveal the secrets to how to transform your business and make it survive and thrive in any economic climate. What separates companies in any economy, any market or any industry is your ability to adapt, adjust and execute. Business owners who know where they are, where they want to go, and then take effective action...
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Hoy en día nacen con frecuencia innovadores modelos de negocio, e industrias totalmente nuevas sustituyen a otras que se van desmoronando. Las empresas emergentes (startups) desafían a la vieja guardia, que se esfuerza febrilmente por reinventarse.
¿Cómo te imaginas el modelo de negocio de tu empresa dentro de dos, cinco o diez años? ¿Te encontrarás entre los principales jugadores? ¿Podrás hacer frente a los competidores que tengan entre...
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Too many companies limit their strategic thinking by focusing on what they already know how to do. Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create detailed, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best. As a result, the business can find itself in a performance plateau that it cannot seem to...
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El tradicional enfoque de la estrategia asume un entorno predecible y estable. Sin embargo, hoy en día el mundo está caracterizado por factores de turbulencia, incertidumbre, innovación y ambigüedad que provocan cambios disruptivos. Estos requieren de un replanteamiento estratégico y nuevos enfoques que deben ser diseñados y testados.
El objetivo de este libro es convertirse en una guía principal que muestra cómo la planificación con escenarios...
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A buy-sell agreement (BSA) must set the rules of transition for a closely-held business. Author L. Paul Hood, Jr. shares 30+ years of experience writing BSAs to help business owners avoid the ugly consequences of a poorly drafted BSA. You'll learn about:
• Types of BSA agreements
• BSA trigger events
• Tax consequences of BSAs
• Best practices for best outcomes
Filled with expert information, handy checklists, and useful templates, “Buy-Sell...
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What makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar definition: "a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise." Others might point to the qualities of today's so-called celebrity CEOs-charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident management style. But what really matters when you run an organization? What is the hallmark of exceptional CEO performance? Quite simply, it is the returns for the shareholders of that company...