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

Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality

by James Adams ...

What is the secret behind every successful product? Why are people willing to pay more for a BMW than a Chevrolet? How could Apple iPhones represent only 4% of the world’s cell phone market in 2011 but take in 50% of the profits? The answer is quality.In this provocative new book, bestselling author James L. Adams provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can ... Read more

$19.99 USD

What is the secret behind every successful product? Why are people willing to pay more for a BMW than a Chevrolet? How could Apple iPhones represent only 4% of the world’s cell phone market in 2011 but take in 50% of the profits? The answer is quality.In this provocative new book, bestselling author James L. Adams provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can
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Go Big or Go Home

5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal

by Diana Kander, Tucker Trotter ...

How do underdogs close huge deals they have no business winning? How do rainmakers pull off a sale before the RFP is ever issued? They don't do it with a logical argument or even the best PowerPoint presentation. They do it by turning their pitch into an emotional experience that makes the customer think, "This just feels right." This book is your blueprint for tapping into a client's gut feeling ... Read more

$6.99 USD

How do underdogs close huge deals they have no business winning? How do rainmakers pull off a sale before the RFP is ever issued? They don't do it with a logical argument or even the best PowerPoint presentation. They do it by turning their pitch into an emotional experience that makes the customer think, "This just feels right." This book is your blueprint for tapping into a client's gut feeling
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Real-Time Leadership

Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High

by David Noble, Carol Kauffman ...

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business ... Read more

$21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business
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Flow

Get Everyone Moving in the Right Direction . . . and Loving It

by Ted Kallman, Andrew Kallman ...

Simple is seldom easy to implement.However, as a recent Flow trainee puts it, "Flow 'plays nice' with everyone! And, it will enable you to successfully customize and implement whatever solution you choose."Flow is the distillation of over fifty years of successful, hands-on experience that has delivered more than 100 million US dollars in value-add to companies in Europe, the United States, and ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Simple is seldom easy to implement.However, as a recent Flow trainee puts it, "Flow 'plays nice' with everyone! And, it will enable you to successfully customize and implement whatever solution you choose."Flow is the distillation of over fifty years of successful, hands-on experience that has delivered more than 100 million US dollars in value-add to companies in Europe, the United States, and
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The Sixth Sense

Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios

by Kees van der Heijden, Ron Bradfield, George Burt, George Cairns, George Wright ...

This book helps managers move beyond the idea that the future of business will resemble the past and allows them to use scenarios to imagine multiple perspectives. The concepts of organizational realities, experience, and beliefs are explored to encourage and embrace change in business organizations for a successful future. ... Read more

$47.00 USD

This book helps managers move beyond the idea that the future of business will resemble the past and allows them to use scenarios to imagine multiple perspectives. The concepts of organizational realities, experience, and beliefs are explored to encourage and embrace change in business organizations for a successful future.
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The Transparent Leader

How to Build a Great Company Through Straight Talk, Openness and Accountability

by Herb Baum, Tammy Kling ...

Drawing on his experience as a leader in some of the nation's largest corporations, Baum issues a convincing call for honest, ethical, "transparent" dealing throughout the business world. Baum outlines the management techniques he uses within and without the company to get outstanding results without skirting the rules or bending the truth. Baum maintains that by fostering trust, integrity and ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Drawing on his experience as a leader in some of the nation's largest corporations, Baum issues a convincing call for honest, ethical, "transparent" dealing throughout the business world. Baum outlines the management techniques he uses within and without the company to get outstanding results without skirting the rules or bending the truth. Baum maintains that by fostering trust, integrity and
... Read more
The Leader Lab

Core Skills to Become a Great Manager, Faster

by Tania Luna, LeeAnn Renninger ...

What if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster?The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way.Through painstaking research and training over 200,000 managers, authors Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger, PhD (co-CEOs of LifeLab Learning) identified the ... Read more

$13.00 USD

What if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster?The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way.Through painstaking research and training over 200,000 managers, authors Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger, PhD (co-CEOs of LifeLab Learning) identified the
... Read more
Lead from No

A Systematic Approach to Leadership Negotiation

by Jim Camp Jr ...

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead ... Read more

$6.99 USD

When you hear the word "negotiation," what comes to mind? Do you imagine a business agreement where both sides reach a mutually beneficial solution? Maybe you picture big deals such as sales, contracts, procurement, mergers, and acquisitions? Perhaps you also think of compromise, win-win, or getting someone to say "yes"?Would you consider "leadership" as a critical type of negotiation? If you lead
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Language That Leads

Communication Strategies that Inspire and Engage

by Kasia Wezowski ...

Inspire and motivate your team using powerful verbal and nonverbal communication strategies.Today’s leaders need to use effective, empathetic communication to bring out the best in their team members and let each individual shine.Kasia Wezowski, a leading researcher on body language and communication skills, combines her cutting-edge research with Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership development ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Inspire and motivate your team using powerful verbal and nonverbal communication strategies.Today’s leaders need to use effective, empathetic communication to bring out the best in their team members and let each individual shine.Kasia Wezowski, a leading researcher on body language and communication skills, combines her cutting-edge research with Marshall Goldsmith’s leadership development
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Left Brain, Right Stuff

How Leaders Make Winning Decisions

by Phil Rosenzweig ...

Left Brain, Right Stuff takes up where other books about decision making leave off. For many routine choices, from shopping to investing, we can make good decisions simply by avoiding common errors, such as searching only for confirming information or avoiding the hindsight bias. But as Phil Rosenzweig shows, for many of the most important, more complex situations we face -- in business, sports, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Left Brain, Right Stuff takes up where other books about decision making leave off. For many routine choices, from shopping to investing, we can make good decisions simply by avoiding common errors, such as searching only for confirming information or avoiding the hindsight bias. But as Phil Rosenzweig shows, for many of the most important, more complex situations we face -- in business, sports,
... Read more
An Introductory Guide to Systems Thinking

by David Kerr ...

The world around us is comprised of systems - organisational systems, business systems, political systems, family systems, inter-personal systems, biological systems, economic systems - the list goes on.This eBook, written by an experienced systems thinker and consultant, helps the reader develop an appreciation of the nature of systems - what they comprise of, how they function, how they sustain ... Read more

$4.75 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The world around us is comprised of systems - organisational systems, business systems, political systems, family systems, inter-personal systems, biological systems, economic systems - the list goes on.This eBook, written by an experienced systems thinker and consultant, helps the reader develop an appreciation of the nature of systems - what they comprise of, how they function, how they sustain
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為什麼我們會被騙？：破解金錢騙局、假新聞、政治謊言背後的詐騙機制

Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It

by 丹尼爾．西蒙斯, Daniel Simons, 克里斯．查布利斯, Christopher Chabris ...

Translated by 龐元媛 ...

Series series 財經企管
詐騙常在你的「信以為真」《為什麼你沒看見大猩猩？》作者新作揭發騙局背後的心理操弄人人偶爾都會被騙。──前美國國防部長馬提斯騙子就是騙騙騙，一直騙。──創作歌手泰勒絲謊言飛奔於前，真相只能蹣跚著追趕在後。等人們恍然大悟，卻是為時已晚。鬧劇已成過去，謊言已然奏效。──《格列佛遊記》作者斯威夫特「在騙子、冒牌專家、陰謀論傳播者橫行的時代，本書是投資人、消費者、一般民眾必備的生存指南。」──亨利克（Diana B. Henriques）即使是最聰明的人，難免也有被騙的時候，從銀行帳戶被詐騙一空、政治人物謊言連篇、假新聞、各式不實廣告，到論文造假……等，騙子耍的花招、編造的劇本之所以奏效，是因為利用我們的「四大認知習慣」。這些習慣是生活思考捷徑，有時也會帶我們走向死巷：1.專注：只專注眼前的資訊，忽略你沒看見的資訊<... ... Read more

$11.99 USD

詐騙常在你的「信以為真」《為什麼你沒看見大猩猩？》作者新作揭發騙局背後的心理操弄人人偶爾都會被騙。──前美國國防部長馬提斯騙子就是騙騙騙，一直騙。──創作歌手泰勒絲謊言飛奔於前，真相只能蹣跚著追趕在後。等人們恍然大悟，卻是為時已晚。鬧劇已成過去，謊言已然奏效。──《格列佛遊記》作者斯威夫特「在騙子、冒牌專家、陰謀論傳播者橫行的時代，本書是投資人、消費者、一般民眾必備的生存指南。」──亨利克（Diana B. Henriques）即使是最聰明的人，難免也有被騙的時候，從銀行帳戶被詐騙一空、政治人物謊言連篇、假新聞、各式不實廣告，到論文造假……等，騙子耍的花招、編造的劇本之所以奏效，是因為利用我們的「四大認知習慣」。這些習慣是生活思考捷徑，有時也會帶我們走向死巷：1.專注：只專注眼前的資訊，忽略你沒看見的資訊<...
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The 3-Minute Mindset

Choose Your Thoughts. Change Your Life.

by Jon Acuff ...

You Are the Cavalry You've Been Waiting For.Your boss won't eat your healthy lunch for you. Your friend won't write your book. The next-door neighbor won't launch your side hustle. You are always the one who has the best shot at changing your life. No one has as much stake in you . . . as you.Jon Acuff was skeptical when he first encountered mindset. He didn't want silly mantras or motivational ... Read more

$17.99 USD

You Are the Cavalry You've Been Waiting For.Your boss won't eat your healthy lunch for you. Your friend won't write your book. The next-door neighbor won't launch your side hustle. You are always the one who has the best shot at changing your life. No one has as much stake in you . . . as you.Jon Acuff was skeptical when he first encountered mindset. He didn't want silly mantras or motivational
... Read more
Experiments in Reflection

How to See the Present, Reconsider the Past, and Shape the Future

by Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school.While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for imagining and shaping what could be. Through activities based on the science, art, and practice of reflection, ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Notice what matters, sharpen your intuition, and grow personally and professionally by honing your skills of reflection in this illustrated guide from Stanford University's d.school.While we often think of reflection as a way to consider what is or was, it can also be a powerful tool for imagining and shaping what could be. Through activities based on the science, art, and practice of reflection,
... Read more
The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts, Second edition

by Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, Roland Cavanagh ...

The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance,
... Read more
Nicky Hammerlane's Business Lessons from the Road

by Timothy D. Brady ...

What would a solution to your worst problem involving your small motor carrier be worth to you? How about a donation to a local charity, and some hours spent with the popular advisor-on-wheels, Nicky Hammerlane, he of the black Stetson and white International fame? Can't catch up with him? Here's the next best thing.This book is compiled of real-life problems that Nicky's helped solve over many ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What would a solution to your worst problem involving your small motor carrier be worth to you? How about a donation to a local charity, and some hours spent with the popular advisor-on-wheels, Nicky Hammerlane, he of the black Stetson and white International fame? Can't catch up with him? Here's the next best thing.This book is compiled of real-life problems that Nicky's helped solve over many
... Read more
Speed Kills: Leveraging John Boyd's OODA Loop to Build Organizations That Win

by Alex Vohr ...

Most leaders don't struggle with making decisions. They struggle with making them fast enough to matter.In today's world of AI disruption, global competition, and relentless change, slow processes and overanalysis can cripple even the strongest teams. The cost of delay is real: decision paralysis, wasted effort, and the nagging sense that faster competitors are pulling ahead.Speed Kills introduces ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most leaders don't struggle with making decisions. They struggle with making them fast enough to matter.In today's world of AI disruption, global competition, and relentless change, slow processes and overanalysis can cripple even the strongest teams. The cost of delay is real: decision paralysis, wasted effort, and the nagging sense that faster competitors are pulling ahead.Speed Kills introduces
... Read more
Dare to Un-Lead

The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World

by Celine Schillinger ...

2022 PORCHLIGHT LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY BOOK OF THE YEARA transformational book for trying times, Dare to Un-Lead will challenge the way you think and feel about the role of leadership in your life.What is revered as leadership today is often nothing more than a destructive set of obsolete behaviors and systems evolved from the centuries-old industrial theories popularized by Frederick Taylor and ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

2022 PORCHLIGHT LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY BOOK OF THE YEARA transformational book for trying times, Dare to Un-Lead will challenge the way you think and feel about the role of leadership in your life.What is revered as leadership today is often nothing more than a destructive set of obsolete behaviors and systems evolved from the centuries-old industrial theories popularized by Frederick Taylor and
... Read more
The Neo-Generalist

Where you go is who you are

by Richard Martin, Kenneth Mikkelsen ...

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism, ... Read more

$9.26 USD

We live in a world of hyper specialism, losing context and our connection to the surrounding region breaks down. The expertise we valued so highly has served to narrow and shorten our vision. It has blinded us to potential and opportunity.This book argues that there is the need and place for both specialist and the generalist. Currently, it feels the balance is tipped too far towards specialism,
... Read more
Consumer-Centric Category Management

How to Increase Profits by Managing Categories Based on Consumer Needs

by ACNielsen, Al Heller ...

In some parts of the world, especially in developing markets, category management today remains a stretch goal – a new idea full of untapped potential. In other areas, the original eight-step process that emerged in the late 1980’s forms the foundation of many companies’ approach to category management. In still others, particularly in developed countries like the U.S., the U.K., and others, ... Read more

$50.00 USD

In some parts of the world, especially in developing markets, category management today remains a stretch goal – a new idea full of untapped potential. In other areas, the original eight-step process that emerged in the late 1980’s forms the foundation of many companies’ approach to category management. In still others, particularly in developed countries like the U.S., the U.K., and others,
... Read more
The Price of Fish

A New Approach to Wicked Economics and Better Decisions

by Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris ...

Gold Medal Winner - Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsIn The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly long-term problems and go on to suggest that ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Gold Medal Winner - Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsIn The Price of Fish, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris examine in a unique way the world's most abiding and wicked problems sustainability, global warming, over-fishing, overpopulation, the pensions crisis; all of which are characterized by a set of messy, circular, aggressive and peculiarly long-term problems and go on to suggest that
... Read more
Passion to Profits

Business Success for New Entrepreneurs

by Rhonda Abrams, Alice LaPlante ...

Engineers, musicians, psychologists, culinary students—in just about every field, sooner or later it's likely someone will start a business. This major new book is the first to teach the fundamentals of entrepreneurship regardless of the industry. Packed with business essentials and real-world advice, this unique book breaks down everything from start to finish. You’ll learn how to choose, start, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Engineers, musicians, psychologists, culinary students—in just about every field, sooner or later it's likely someone will start a business. This major new book is the first to teach the fundamentals of entrepreneurship regardless of the industry. Packed with business essentials and real-world advice, this unique book breaks down everything from start to finish. You’ll learn how to choose, start,
... Read more
Google衝刺工作法（暢銷新裝版）──Google打造成功產品的祕密，5天5步驟迅速解決難題、測試新點子、完成更多工作！

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just 5 Days

by 傑克．納普, Jake Knapp, 約翰．澤拉斯, John Zeratsky, 布雷登．柯維茲, Braden Kowitz ...

（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger ... Read more

$9.99 USD

（初版書名為《Google創投認證！SPRINT衝刺計畫》）蘋果、亞馬遜、特斯拉、Airbnb、Mercedes-Benz、American Express、Nike、IKEA等成功企業競相偷師Google創投認證！Google最實用的工作法────SPRINT衝刺計畫────所有產業、所有規模的企業、甚至個人都適用！5天5步驟高效率工作流程迅速解決難題．測試新構想．完成更多任務．加快工作速度《紐約時報》．亞馬遜網路書店．《華爾街日報》暢銷書《Inc.》雜誌推薦年度必讀商業書✦ Gmail、Google Search、Google X、Chrome……等知名產品的各種項目，都通過了「衝刺計畫」的考驗才推出，並且大獲成功！✦ 眾多優秀的新創公司創辦人都曾運用「衝刺計畫」做決策，包括：23andMe創辦人沃西基（Anne Wojcicki）、Twitter／Blogger
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The Traveler's Summit

The Remarkable Sequel to The Traveler's Gift

by Andy Andrews ...

The Traveler's Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives…before it's too late.Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands .Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Traveler's Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives…before it's too late.Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands .Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There
... Read more

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