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

Conflict and Leadership

How to Harness the Power of Conflict to Create Better Leaders and Build Thriving Teams

by Christian Muntean ...

Conflict is one of the greatest sources of tolerated business expenses and loss. This is despite the fact that this expense and loss can, in most cases, be easily turned around to revenue and gain. In the nonprofit world one of the greatest inhibitors of mission success is not that there isn’t enough funding, or the challenging nature of the cause. It is the simple fact that teams struggle to work ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Conflict is one of the greatest sources of tolerated business expenses and loss. This is despite the fact that this expense and loss can, in most cases, be easily turned around to revenue and gain. In the nonprofit world one of the greatest inhibitors of mission success is not that there isn’t enough funding, or the challenging nature of the cause. It is the simple fact that teams struggle to work
... Read more
The Seventh Sense

How Flashes of Insight Change Your Life

by William Duggan, , Ph.D. ...

Flashes of insight—the "Eureka!" moments that produce new and useful ideas in a single thought—are behind some of the world's most creative and practical innovations. This book shows how to cultivate more and better flashes of insight by harnessing the science and practice of the "seventh sense."Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, Asian philosophy, and military strategy, William Duggan ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Flashes of insight—the "Eureka!" moments that produce new and useful ideas in a single thought—are behind some of the world's most creative and practical innovations. This book shows how to cultivate more and better flashes of insight by harnessing the science and practice of the "seventh sense."Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, Asian philosophy, and military strategy, William Duggan
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Emotionomics: Leveraging Emotions for Business Success

by Dan Hill ...

For far too long, emotions have been ignored in favor of rationality and efficiency. Breakthroughs in brain science have revealed that people are primarily emotional decision-makers. Many companies have not yet accepted that fact, ignoring emotion in favor of rationality and efficiency. Even fewer have acted on it. Emotionomics looks at emotions in terms of business opportunities, both in the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

For far too long, emotions have been ignored in favor of rationality and efficiency. Breakthroughs in brain science have revealed that people are primarily emotional decision-makers. Many companies have not yet accepted that fact, ignoring emotion in favor of rationality and efficiency. Even fewer have acted on it. Emotionomics looks at emotions in terms of business opportunities, both in the
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Professional Services Leadership Handbook

How to Lead a Professional Services Firm in a New Age of Competitive Disruption

by Nigel Clark, Ben Kent, Alastair Beddow, Adrian Furner ...

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Professional services firms - from the legal sector to accountancy, consulting and beyond - face increased disruption. Service delivery models are under pressure to adapt to changing client expectations. Technology offers new ways of working with clients, but changes the skills profile required of professionals, and threatens the traditional people-centred business model. The Professional Services
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Radical Doubt

Turning Uncertainty into Surefire Success

by Bidhan L. Parmar ...

A revelatory, scientific approach to turning DOUBT into a decision-making superpower—for leaders, parents, and anyone who has to make tough choicesDrawing on cutting-edge research from neuroscience, psychology, and moral philosophy, Radical Doubt offers a fresh perspective on decision-making, revealing why traditional approaches often fall short when facing the topic of uncertainty. Dr. Bidhan ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A revelatory, scientific approach to turning DOUBT into a decision-making superpower—for leaders, parents, and anyone who has to make tough choicesDrawing on cutting-edge research from neuroscience, psychology, and moral philosophy, Radical Doubt offers a fresh perspective on decision-making, revealing why traditional approaches often fall short when facing the topic of uncertainty. Dr. Bidhan
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A Working Man's Guide: Strong Values, Strong Life, Strong Legacy

by Mark L Teague ...

Forge your legacy built on strong values and integrity with this framework for a better life.Making it in America feels more elusive than ever. In a time where getting ahead is measured by social media followers and social status, the working man has been left behind. How can the working class—the heart and strength of the nation—navigate this chaotic landscape while staying true to our values and ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Forge your legacy built on strong values and integrity with this framework for a better life.Making it in America feels more elusive than ever. In a time where getting ahead is measured by social media followers and social status, the working man has been left behind. How can the working class—the heart and strength of the nation—navigate this chaotic landscape while staying true to our values and
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Habit Stacking: How To Beat Procrastination In 30+ Easy Steps (The Power Habit Of A Go Getter)

by The Blokehead ...

Series series The Blokehead Success Series
Are you a procrastinator? How do you know? You may be surprised to realize that it is possible for people to have a problem with procrastination without fully realizing that the problem exists. This can cause a number of problems for you if you happen to be one of those individuals because it is very likely that your habit of procrastinating has caused you to miss some important opportunities in ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Are you a procrastinator? How do you know? You may be surprised to realize that it is possible for people to have a problem with procrastination without fully realizing that the problem exists. This can cause a number of problems for you if you happen to be one of those individuals because it is very likely that your habit of procrastinating has caused you to miss some important opportunities in
... Read more
Technical Training Management

Commercial skills aligned to the provision of successful training outcomes

by CEdMA Europe ...

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed. ... Read more

$36.99 USD

With technical skills in ever increasing demand and software updates coming thick and fast, the need for technical training is rising rapidly.This book is the essential guide to establishing, managing, growing and controlling a technical training business within a national or global organisation, providing you with the commercial understanding and industry knowledge you need to succeed.
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Productive Tensions

How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs

by Christopher B. Bingham, Rory M. McDonald ...

Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation ... Read more

$17.99 USD

How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation
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Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It)

A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of H

by Roger Von Oech ...

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't ... Read more

$13.99 USD

"You can't step in the same river twice.""Dogs bark at what they don't understand.""The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering."The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever.In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't
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Mastering Uncertainty

How Great Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Business Leaders Thrive in an Unpredictable World

by Matt Watkinson, Csaba Konkoly ...

What separates the world’s most successful founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from the rest?It’s not visionary ideas or superhuman intelligence. It’s something more fundamental: their relationship with uncertainty.Most people are blown off course by unexpected events. Top performers, by contrast, know how to navigate our unpredictable world. Not just that: they know how to thrive in it. ... Read more

$13.99 USD

What separates the world’s most successful founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders from the rest?It’s not visionary ideas or superhuman intelligence. It’s something more fundamental: their relationship with uncertainty.Most people are blown off course by unexpected events. Top performers, by contrast, know how to navigate our unpredictable world. Not just that: they know how to thrive in it.
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A Wealth of Possibilities

Navigating Family, Money, and Legacy

by Ellen Miley Perry ...

What separates financially successful, multigenerational families who flourish from those who languish? With professional knowledge, informed reflection, and poignent and charming anecdotes, Ellen Perry shares her twenty-five years of experience advising more than one hundred wealthy families. A Wealth of Possibilities is a variegated road map of many accessible paths and byways for anyone seeking ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What separates financially successful, multigenerational families who flourish from those who languish? With professional knowledge, informed reflection, and poignent and charming anecdotes, Ellen Perry shares her twenty-five years of experience advising more than one hundred wealthy families. A Wealth of Possibilities is a variegated road map of many accessible paths and byways for anyone seeking
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Billionaire Friendz

by Genesis Joyner ...

Dive right in and see how your personal life decisions affect your business decisions. Can it be true that your success has everything to do with this key point? Can you beat the odds and keep your business from failing? Take a deeper look at success barriers and how to overcome them. ... Read more

$3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive right in and see how your personal life decisions affect your business decisions. Can it be true that your success has everything to do with this key point? Can you beat the odds and keep your business from failing? Take a deeper look at success barriers and how to overcome them.
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Simple Strategies

A Model-Based Guide to Solving Complex Problems

by John Allen ...

THE PATH TO A REAL SOLUTION STARTS HERE.When machines fail, production stops, and the pressure to find a solution is intense. Simple Strategies is your key to solving even themost complex technical problems - quickly, effectively, and with confidence.Developed over 30 years of consulting with top manufacturing companies worldwide, John Allen shares his unique, strategic approach to problem-solving ... Read more

$8.99 USD

THE PATH TO A REAL SOLUTION STARTS HERE.When machines fail, production stops, and the pressure to find a solution is intense. Simple Strategies is your key to solving even themost complex technical problems - quickly, effectively, and with confidence.Developed over 30 years of consulting with top manufacturing companies worldwide, John Allen shares his unique, strategic approach to problem-solving
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Intellectual Anarchy

The Art of Disruptive Innovation

by Patrick K Sullivan ...

So how do we move the future from the distant horizon to the present day? We need Intellectual Anarchy.The accelerating challenges facing our planet—such as climate change, food scarcity, sustainable energy, overpopulation, nuclear proliferation, income inequality, and rising healthcare costs—are solvable. The question is not if, but when.All these challenges directly impact our lives and our ... Read more

$13.99 USD

So how do we move the future from the distant horizon to the present day? We need Intellectual Anarchy.The accelerating challenges facing our planet—such as climate change, food scarcity, sustainable energy, overpopulation, nuclear proliferation, income inequality, and rising healthcare costs—are solvable. The question is not if, but when.All these challenges directly impact our lives and our
... Read more
Critical Thinking In A Nutshell

How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions (Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery)

by Thinknetic ...

Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree?Amazon's market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else.During the 1980s "Coke Wars," Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America's top soda. But Coca-Cola didn't use this skill at ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Did you know that 93% of CEOs agree that THIS skill is MORE IMPORTANT than your college degree?Amazon's market cap is 1.7 TRILLION dollars. And it all started when Jeff Bezos used this skill to see a market inefficiency back in the day, before anyone else.During the 1980s "Coke Wars," Coca-Cola and Pepsi went back and forth competing to be America's top soda. But Coca-Cola didn't use this skill at
... Read more
A Practitioner's Guide to Data Governance

A Case-Based Approach

by Uma Gupta, San Cannon ...

Data governance looks deceptively simple on paper. In reality, it is complex. And it is increasingly recognized as a key foundational element necessary to advance analytics and improve operations for organizations of all types across industry.In this practical guide, data experts Uma Gupta and San Cannon look to demystify data governance through pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Data governance looks deceptively simple on paper. In reality, it is complex. And it is increasingly recognized as a key foundational element necessary to advance analytics and improve operations for organizations of all types across industry.In this practical guide, data experts Uma Gupta and San Cannon look to demystify data governance through pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and
... Read more
Design Thinking Meets Change Management

by Lena Ross ...

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Disruption and new ways of working call for different approaches to how we lead and deliver change.At the same time, the employee experience is now regarded as important, if not more important, than the customer experience.Let's demystify Design Thinking - aka Human Centred Design - and how we can apply it to change management.With a strong practical focus, this playbook shows you how to integrate
... Read more
Foundations of Systems Sensing

An Exploratory Guide to the Sensing Journey Method

by Luea Ritter, Nancy Zamierowski ...

Navigating the complexity in our lives is an elusive art form. While we acknowledge its increasing importance today, the how remains somewhat of a mystery. What do you actually 'do' when you navigate complexity? And what practices can guide you through it?This book on systems sensing demystifies one core practice embraced by people working in and with complexity: the Sensing Journey method. It ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Navigating the complexity in our lives is an elusive art form. While we acknowledge its increasing importance today, the how remains somewhat of a mystery. What do you actually 'do' when you navigate complexity? And what practices can guide you through it?This book on systems sensing demystifies one core practice embraced by people working in and with complexity: the Sensing Journey method. It
... Read more
Frame It Again

New Tools for Rational Decision-Making

by José Luis Bermúdez ...

Framing effects are everywhere. An estate tax looks very different to a death tax. Gun safety seems to be one thing and gun control another. Yet, the consensus from decision theorists, finance professionals, psychologists, and economists is that frame-dependence is completely irrational. This book challenges that view. Some of the toughest decisions we face are just clashes between different ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Framing effects are everywhere. An estate tax looks very different to a death tax. Gun safety seems to be one thing and gun control another. Yet, the consensus from decision theorists, finance professionals, psychologists, and economists is that frame-dependence is completely irrational. This book challenges that view. Some of the toughest decisions we face are just clashes between different
... Read more
Discount Business Strategy

How the New Market Leaders are Redefining Business Strategy

by Michael Moesgaard Andersen, Flemming Poulfelt ...

What people are saying about Discount Business Strategy:"Michael Andersen and Flemming Poulfelt provide a provocative discussion of the rapidly growing role of discounters across numerous industries: how they operate; how they create uniqueness; and how they can destroy value for incumbents. Understanding the specific moves and tools that the authors analyze will be valuable for attackers and ... Read more

$59.00 USD

What people are saying about Discount Business Strategy:"Michael Andersen and Flemming Poulfelt provide a provocative discussion of the rapidly growing role of discounters across numerous industries: how they operate; how they create uniqueness; and how they can destroy value for incumbents. Understanding the specific moves and tools that the authors analyze will be valuable for attackers and
... Read more
Profit Driven Business Analytics

A Practitioner's Guide to Transforming Big Data into Added Value

by Wouter Verbeke, Bart Baesens, Cristian Bravo ...

Series series Wiley and SAS Business Series
Maximize profit and optimize decisions with advanced business analyticsProfit-Driven Business Analytics provides actionable guidance on optimizing the use of data to add value and drive better business. Combining theoretical and technical insights into daily operations and long-term strategy, this book acts as a development manual for practitioners seeking to conceive, develop, and manage advanced ... Read more

$30.00 USD

Maximize profit and optimize decisions with advanced business analyticsProfit-Driven Business Analytics provides actionable guidance on optimizing the use of data to add value and drive better business. Combining theoretical and technical insights into daily operations and long-term strategy, this book acts as a development manual for practitioners seeking to conceive, develop, and manage advanced
... Read more
Strategic IQ

Creating Smarter Corporations

by John Wells ...

In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies and innovate to remain at the top. But many successful firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia, hesitate, or ... Read more

$29.00 USD

In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies and innovate to remain at the top. But many successful firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia, hesitate, or
... Read more
The Light and Fast Organisation

A New Way of Dealing with Uncertainty

by Patrick Hollingworth ...

Cut the organisational and operational dead weight to climb higher, fasterThe Light and Fast Organisation presents a blueprint for organisations looking to thrive in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity - has become the dominant mode of modern business, and leaders are overwhelmed. Competition and instability has increased while ... Read more

$15.00 USD

Cut the organisational and operational dead weight to climb higher, fasterThe Light and Fast Organisation presents a blueprint for organisations looking to thrive in today's rapidly evolving business landscape. VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity - has become the dominant mode of modern business, and leaders are overwhelmed. Competition and instability has increased while
... Read more

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