Leadership and motivation Books

Education is the single most important factor in determining anindividual's level of social, economic, and political autonomy,making it an indispensable tool in the process of establishing a societythat is equal and just. It not only teaches vital...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This book aims to develop four key challenges that remain unresolved in the boundary-spanning literature, which span from the conceptual, to the practice, to the translational. In doing so, it tackles the question of boundary-spanning from four different...

This book is about how to be a design academic. In another words, how to manage the various challenges, requirements, and processes that come with both the everyday and extra-orginary parts of an academic role in design fields (from architecture, urban...

Praise for The Self-Correcting Organization“A must-read for every manager! Gary’s best work to date.” Doug Moynihan – Hospital CEO“With wisdom and good humor drawn from a life well lived, Gary Phillips has written an...

The book provides a collection of cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research-based chapters on work, workers and the regulation and management of workplace health and safety. Featuring research from Australia, Europe and North America, the chapters...

This book locates the issue of 'vulnerability' in an international context, within public-sector reform processes, and goes beyond the conceptualization of existing concepts of policing and vulnerability to include multi- and intra-agency working. It...

This concise textbook seeks to unpack the real-life complexities of leadership by examining the theories and models surrounding it and encouraging self-analysis in the individual's own contexts.The book:Provides an outline  of the various...

An unprecedented and important reference work, this research companion covers a range of aspects of happiness, an aim everyone aspires to achieve, yet can be easily overlooked in today's demanding and multi-challenged world, or confused with a plethora...

Responsibly led boards of directors make it possible for modern companies to survive and prosper under conditions of change. Despite the importance of boards of directors, their activities are often lionised or vilified by shareholders and stakeholders...

Dancing for money can be a lucrative and fun way to make money.And, if you're smart about your career as a stripper at a club, you could even walk away a millionaire. But, the common pitfalls of dancing for a living can also ruin your life if you don't...

Ever  wonder why your incentive programs under perform? Why employee job  satisfaction remains so elusive? Why, when so many efficiencies are  built into our processes to increase productivity, a powerful current of  employee...

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The essential guide to strengthening your communication skills.

The essential guide to eliminating time-wasting activities from your working day

A completely revised and updated edition of the classic guide from the UK's foremost leadership guru

The essential guide to helping you become the best leader you can be

Part of being human is improving. "The Daily Undoing" makes a case for practicing what the author has defined as our "eight pillar competencies" - attributes we all possess but rarely access. This is a workbook designed to awaken your curiosity, critical...

IS ANYONE SO WISE THAT HE CAN LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER?

This book fill the huge gap between the bites of oversimplified information found in most business magazines and the full-length books that no one has enough time to read. They have chosen very important topics in management.

Not until 1997 did a female become chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 corporation (Jill Barad, at Mattel Toy Co. Women's progress since that time has been in fits and starts, exceedingly slow. The number of women CEOs reached 4 in 1999 only to...

The media is saturated with images of leaders as powerful, headstrong individuals, who are certain of their position and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their organizational goals or personal ambitions. In reality, far too often, a leader's...

City Integration and Tourism Development in the Greater Bay Area, China explores the tourism development related issues of city integration in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).This book starts with a general introduction to the background of the Greater Bay...

For the first time in one volume, the leading proponents and practitioners of action learning define their approach, and describe how action learning and executive and organizational development are practiced in the public, private and 'not-for-profit'...

Through this in-depth look at Abraham Lincoln, both before and during his presidency, we can learn through his leadership in times of confusion, war, and dissent. The set of chapters included in this volume are based on papers that constituted part of...

In this thoroughly revised edition of his classic bestseller, John C. Maxwell reveals how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION is a captivating chronology of the thought leaders—from Plato to Rousseau, Sir Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, Weber to Drucker, McGregor to Peters and Hammer—who have id

¿Qué tan alto quiere llegar? John Maxwell dice que todo depende de su actitud.¿Nariz hacia arriba o nariz hacia abajo ? Al igual que el ángulo de un avión determina su altitud, lo mismo ocurre con el enfoque que damos a la familia, al trabajo, y a la...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of one of the most significant success stories of the development of an entrepreneurial university in recent times as well as its role within society and the economy. Written by leading business school Dean and...

Within Entrepreneurship Education, Team Academy is seen by some as an innovative pedagogical model that enhances social connectivity, as well as experiential, student-centred and team-based learning. It also creates spaces for transformative learning to...

This book comprehensively conceptualises disaster resilience leadership within the macro context of a risk society. Leadership for disaster resilience has gained prominence in the face of global environmental change, and the need for collaboration,...

Lean - Let's Get It Right!: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement (978-0-367-42991-1, 340939)Shelving Guide: Business & Management / Lean ManagementThis book addresses the root causes of why a majority of Lean transformations have not met...

"Unprecedented" is the adjective most often ascribed to everything about Donald Trump. Trump @ Work is about the unprecedented impact that Donald Trump and his Presidency and style has had on attitudes and perceptions of leadership and management. This...