Leadership and motivation Books

Do I focus on accomplishing the mission, or do I take care of my people? How do I do both?This is a practical guide for building dynamic and respectful workplace relationships, while also achieving the loftiest of organizational goals. It's about...

Tired of the normal prescriptions of do more, be more, do it faster, cheaper, better, smarter? Today’s leaders need a break! This book shows leaders a way to be powerful and effective in the midst of it all while retaining (or reclaiming)...

This short, easy-to-read fable reveals the five habits that underlie leadership character and that determine leaders' success - and teaches leaders how to develop these habits. Like Mark Miller's previous books, this one follows the life, learning, and...

Kindness and leadership aren't often synonymous. Ask someone to describe "good leadership" to you and you will hear many adjectives used: authentic, bold, challenging, charismatic, decisive, empowering, fearless, goal-oriented, humble, inspiring,...

Blockchain is the popular name given to the exciting, evolving world of distributed ledger technology (DLT). Blockchains offer equitable and secure access to data, as well as transparency and immutability. Organisations can decide to use blockchain to...

Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder's Syndrome is designed to help today's researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder's Syndrome as an organizational...

Organizations and societies are facing extreme challenges that require action (IPCC, 2021). The UN's sustainability goals, demographic change, and the green shift are knocking on the door, while traditional education, and ways of leading and managing...

Quality healthcare is a cornerstone of any healthy society. In the U.S., we have access to sophisticated medical technology, world renowned physicians, highly trained nurses and hospital personnel, advanced pharmaceuticals, and innovations in diagnosis...

Addressing the challenges involved in achieving standard work in health care, Getting to Standard Work in Health Care, 2nd Edition describes how to incorporate the Training Within Industry (TWI) methods of Job Instruction (JI), Job Relations (JR) and Job...

This book is a leadership guide to the effective implementation of the ISO 45001:2018 standard. It takes the high-level leadership and top management principles put forward in ISO 45001 and develops them into a comprehensive discourse on how, at the very...

Research conducted over many years suggests that between 60 and 85 per cent of all information security incidents are the result of a lack of knowledge and/or understanding amongst an organisation's own people. And yet the great majority of money...

In The Leadership Engine, Noel Tichy showed how great companies strive to create leaders at all levels of the organization, and how those leaders actively develop future generations of leaders. In this new book, he takes the theme further, showing how...

The definition of success changes as you grow in life. As a child, it meant pleasing your parents; in high school, it may have meant good grades or popularity; as a professional, success usually means a good salary and the respect of others. But what...

Throughout the 20th century, American corporations were governed by autocratic, almost unaccountable chief executives. Their word was law, and the only check on their power was a board of directors composed of their friends and allies. Then, in a...

Being an NFL coach is the ultimate high-pressure job. Every Sunday a coach makes split-second decisions that will not only decide the fate of a game, but also his team's season and, ultimately, his own job.Meet Mike Holmgren, Jon Gruden, John Fox, Andy...

Without opportunity, your talent could be one of the world’s best-kept secrets.For a long time, society has focused more on developing expertise than developing opportunity.  Across the world, both young and old are in need of opportunity like...

In his successful, forty-year career in the consulting industry, Tom Hilditch never found much time for self-reflection. But all that changed when a frightening medical diagnosis forced him into a prolonged period of quiet time, which coincided with the...

Andrew Carnegie Speaks for the 99%(formerly The Gospel of Wealth)Before the 99% occupied Wall Street…Before the concept of social justice had impinged on the social conscience…Before the social safety net had even been conceived…By...

How is my 'DRIVING' is a motivational book, full of analogies, quotes, humour and largely true life, inspirational tales that that are thought provoking and profound and that deal with the 'soft skills,' experiences and inherent qualities required to...

You can be the smartest person in the room and even the most experienced, but if you’re not a good person, there’s little chance you’ll succeed as a manager.That’s one of the big takeaways from The Good Manager, which is based on...

Adaptive leadership is a style that encourages sharing, listening to suggestions, seeking out uncomfortable opinions and ideas. Sometimes, saying, "Tell me what you think I do not want to hear." With collective wisdom decision-making, the combined...

From a Forbes Top 50 recognized leader, this book is filled with a multitude of insightful stories, lessons, and experiences in leadership & character. It gives you the secrets in his CEO/Entrepreneurs' Toolbox that was used to scale business...

This is a book for our times. It is for leaders, coaches and other practitioners who are searching for inspiration as they reflect on their leadership experiences and practice.Each of the fifty two short pieces in this collection is shaped by the...

Everything about work changed in 2020. Billions of people were sent home from the office, unsure of what they'd be coming back to, or when. Organizations crammed decades of transformation into weeks. And every leader was asked for the same, impossible...

Are you a leader of a small-to-medium sized team?  In Leadership Skills Reduce The Bills, you will learn how to navigate the minefield of leadership and evolve your understanding of leadership from being possibly difficult and complicated to a...

In How to Have Tough Conversations, we cut straight to the chase-because, let's face it, you don't have time for fluff. This book is your ultimate resource for transforming the dreaded tough talks into opportunities for growth and success. Whether it's a...

In this book R. Scott Rodin offers a unique and profoundly theologically informed model of leadership forged out of his extensive experience and theological studies. This model is personal, dynamic and transformative for the leaders themselves, for the...

MaryKate Morse looks at how leaders can exhibit presence, openness and power through the way they take up physical space in group situations. Through greater awareness of their use of personal space, leaders can effectively invite others in.

Drawing on his own experiences of running a business, managing employees, and dealing with crisis, John Beckett shows how your work can be filled with meaning and purpose. Bringing together all of life-work, belief, value, character, relationship, truth,...

In this eleven-lesson workbook, bestselling author John C. Maxwell shares how to become a leader who not only develops leaders but also helps those leaders to develop their own followers into leaders.

This book seeks to inform the public value thory literature by drawing upon interesting lenses that have emerged in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It will be of use to both academics and practitioners of public administration...

This book is worth one hours of your time if you want to learn why your agile (or waterfall) project isn't meeting your expectations.Although this book is not formatted like a PHD thesis, it is based on research we conducted for more than 55 different...

Combining the control theory of William Glasser with the wisdom of W. Edwards Deming, this indispensable management resource explains both what quality is and what lead-managers need to do to achieve it."A new management approach that will lead to...

From Transactions to Relationships: Your Roadmap to CX SuccessToo often, businesses get so caught up in their own processes that they forget that their success depends on the people they serve. When you neglect your customers, you risk losing them to...

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of community reinvestment and fair lending problems and policies currently available. It outlines the history of lending discrimination and redlining in U.S. mortgage and small business lending...

There are three fundamental pillars of success for your funeral home— and any organization, for that matter.  Every funeral home that is succeeding is successful in these three pillars.  Every funeral home that is failing is doing so...

'In this moment, we need leaders more than ever. But, as Alicia McKay helps us understand, waiting two years for a piece of paper isn't required to make a difference. Start where you are and start now.'SETH GODIN, author of This is MarketingMBAs are...

When we tell people what to do, they may listen, but they are unlikely to commit to action and are even less likely to remember. When we ask great questions that lead to insight, an emotional component is triggered in the brain that leads to commitment...

Imagine if every manager in your organisation spent five minutes each day genuinely connecting with their teams. A year from now, how might things be different?Most people and culture leaders know that conversation starters are the ultimate connection...

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In today's globalized business era, multinationals all share the same customers and suppliers, need to adapt to the same technological revolution, face the same environmental threats and are exposed to the same risks. The burdens they bear are different...

Are you struggling to get those involved in conflicts to sit down and listen? Do you feel like every time you try to resolve a conflict; it just makes it worse?  "How to Manage Conflicts" is a great guide to help you make a move from putting...

Embark on a transformative journey with Alexander, an ambitious young individual yearning for change in his stagnant community. Tired of the monotonous life that surrounds him, Noah dares to venture into the unknown, setting sail to the mystical NexGen...