Leadership

Download The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner PDF

By James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

The twenty fifth anniversary version of the bestselling enterprise vintage, thoroughly revised and updated.

For greater than 25 years, The management problem has been the main depended on resource on changing into a greater chief, promoting greater than 2 million copies in over 20 languages due to the fact that its first ebook. in response to Kouzes and Posner's wide learn, this all-new version casts their enduring paintings in context for today's global, proving how management is a dating that needs to be nurtured, and most significantly, that it may be discovered.

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Download True Believer: John Howard, George Bush & The American by Robert Garran PDF

By Robert Garran

A well timed and provocative exam of Australian top Minister John Howard's devotion to the international coverage doctrine of President George W. Bush, this inquiry appears to be like on the harmful foreign trip that Australia has launched into for this reason. studying Howard's dependable trust within the radical and dicy doctrines of Bush, this ebook argues that during his eagerness to affix the yank president within the conflict opposed to Iraq, Howard did not understand the perils his squaddies could face. the writer extra contends that Howard has hijacked Australia's nationwide tale together with his conservative nationalism and is now utilizing that tale to take Australia on a perilous trip that might take his state deeper into foreign clash.

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Download Accounting Information Systems (13th Edition) by Marshall B. Romney, Paul J. Steinbart PDF

By Marshall B. Romney, Paul J. Steinbart

For undergraduate and graduate classes in AIS

The market-leading textual content with the main finished, versatile assurance of AIS available.

This market-leading textual content can provide the main accomplished and versatile assurance of the our significant techniques to instructing AIS, whereas permitting teachers the pliability to reorder chapters and concentration the fabric to fit their person direction wishes. This new version has been up-to-date to hide all the most modern advancements in AIS and to teach AIS has replaced the jobs of an accountant.

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Download Presidential Leadership: From Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. by Robert H. Ferrell PDF

By Robert H. Ferrell

  Ever because the presidency of Richard M. Nixon, students were in a concern over how a lot they truly find out about our country’s presidents. Nixon, as is now understood, used to be risky in character. The indicators seemed good prior to the invention of the notorious Watergate tapes, an appalling instance of what the presidency may well come to. Many american citizens have trouble penetrating the general public personality in their leaders. yet to understand the non-public aspect of such figures—the cores in their being—is very important, simply because this facet usually governs what they do publicly.             In Presidential management, Robert H. Ferrell examines 4 occasionally maligned, occasionally misunderstood presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Harry S. Truman. besides those pictures, Ferrell contains reviews on Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt in addition to key figures in every one president’s management. additionally incorporated during this quantity is historian John A. Garraty’s interview with Ferrell on American international coverage from 1919 to 1945.             As is his variety, Ferrell attracts from many assets formerly untapped. in terms of Wilson, Ferrell is dependent upon the diary of Colonel Edward M. condo, who served below Wilson in the course of his presidency. Ferrell makes use of White condo healthcare professional Joel T. Boone’s diary to supply an insider’s examine Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. In facing those presidents, Ferrell debunks long-held myths and methods the presidencies with clean insights into what drove them to make the selections they made.             during the publication, Ferrell emphasizes the non-public types of every one president. He not just exhibits how they made their very own determinations but additionally evaluates these whom they appointed to special positions. students of yank historical past will welcome this insightful examine the lads who observed the U.S. in the course of the first half the 20th century.  

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Download Agiler führen: Einfache Maßnahmen für bessere Teamarbeit, by Svenja Hofert PDF

By Svenja Hofert

Svenja Hofert stellt zahlreiche agile Ideen vor und zeigt, wann und wie diese in der Praxis eingeführt und umgesetzt werden können. Ob Visualisierung von Arbeitsprozessen, konsultativer Einzelentscheid oder Retrospektiven: Sie lernen, wie Sie Instrumente nutzen und sich Stück für Stück dem agilen Gedanken nähern. Ein Wertecheck hilft Ihnen einzuschätzen, welche Methode für Ihr Unternehmen wirklich passt.
Wenn Sie agiler führen, schaffen Sie die Voraussetzung, damit Ihre groups und Mitarbeiter komplexe Anforderungen besser bewältigen und innovativer sein können. Dabei müssen Sie nicht gleich das ganze Unternehmen neu aufstellen und erfinden. Agile Ideen und Maßnahmen lassen sich sowohl in shape kleiner als auch großer Experimente ausprobieren und einführen. Völlig unabhängig von der jeweiligen Branche und der Größe des Unternehmens.
Den Ausführungen der Autorin liegt jahrelange Praxis und eine Studie zugrunde, die zeigt, dass schon wenige agile Maßnahmen geeignet sind, das Teamklima für Leistung und Innovation entscheidend zu verbessern. Für Personaler und Führungskräfte, die erst einmal ein Stück Agilität testen wollen, bevor sie (vielleicht) aufs Ganze gehen.

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Download From the Center to the Edge: The Politics and Policies of by William C. Berman PDF

By William C. Berman

From the heart to the sting is the 1st ancient interpretation of the politics and public regulations of the Clinton management. Eminent political historian William C. Berman describes in penetrating element the origins, evolution, and transformation of Clinton's courses for switch in addition to the explanations for its quite a few successes and screw ups. Berman sheds new gentle on either household matters--such as welfare reform, deficit aid, and the impeachment process--and key international coverage matters, together with American kinfolk with Russia and China, and the conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo. From the heart to the sting presents a balanced yet severe viewpoint of the Clinton management, and is strongly prompt for a person attracted to presidential politics and up to date American historical past.

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Download Fearless Leadership: How to Overcome Behavioral Blindspots by Loretta Malandro PDF

By Loretta Malandro

Do you must movement your group, leaders, or corporation in a brand new direction? Fearless Leadership provide you with the instruments to effectively force switch, conquer stumbling blocks, and have interaction and align humans in operating successfully jointly to accomplish your corporation objectives.
management guru Dr. Loretta Malandro has built a groundbreaking behavior-based technique that's used worldwide to create top-performing leaders and high-performance organisations. it's in response to an easy yet profound inspiration: which will switch your company, you want to be keen to change your habit and support others make the alternative to alter their habit. this suggests not easy a hundred% responsibility out of your people--and yourself.
In brand new ultra-competitive company setting, a brand new management process is required. Fearless Leadership takes you step-by-step in the course of the strategy of elevating behavioral criteria that without delay effect the base line. you are going to research the secrets and techniques behind:

  • Confronting the blind spots that sabotage good fortune
  • Overcoming the success-strangling "need to be correct"
  • Eliminating silo mentality and development dedicated partnerships
  • Ending compliance and gaining complete help and alignment
  • Talking directly and confronting tough events head on
  • Building a tradition of a hundred% accountability

Too many of us in management positions try and enact switch via systemic capability, corresponding to restructuring or changing approaches. the key to genuine and lasting switch lies in altering behavior--how humans interact. switch the extent of possession and function of individuals and you'll rework your organization.
Leaders who're capable of act courageously whilst confronted with uncertainty or worry, take daring stands, and interact with humans in very genuine methods are those that generate nice and long-lasting effects. Fearless Leadership indicates you ways.

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