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In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor. This time, Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial role in building a healthy...

The five-day workweek is a pillar of modern life, but it isn't backed by science, ancient wisdom, or divine decree. It's simply a relic of the industrial age—and it's time for an upgrade. What if we could be more productive while working fewer days? Just a few years ago, a shortened workweek seemed like a radical idea. Today, it's a serious strategy being embraced by forward-thinking business leaders, progressive politicians, and a new generation of workers demanding more-meaningful productivity.

An insightful new work from the multimillion-copy bestselling author Sean Covey and the FranklinCovey organization based on their work with hundreds of thousands of employees and large companies to unveil the essential disciplines proven to help businesses and individuals realize their most...

With staffs that are collectively larger than the Russian army and combined revenues of over $130 billion a year, the Big Four accounting firms - Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG - are a keystone of global commerce. But leading scholar Ian Gow and award-winning author Stuart Kells warn that a house of cards may be about to fall. This account of the past, present, and likely future of the Big Four is essential listening for anyone perplexed or fascinated by professional services.

Ever wondered where big breakthrough ideas come from? How do innovators manage to spot the opportunities for industry revolution that everyone else seems to miss? Contrary to popular belief, innovation is not some mystical art that's forbidden to mere mortals. The Four Lenses of Innovation thoroughly debunks this pervasive myth by delivering what we've long been hoping for: the news that innovation is systematic, it's methodical, and we can all achieve it.

Written for all ages, this short simple story contains a powerful therapeutic metaphor designed to cause change within your personality. Though the story and language is deceptively simple, it would be difficult to give a full description of the process that occurs while reading this book. Embedded in the tale of a young boy's struggle to come to terms with a schoolyard bully is another story of another time. Within this story is yet another layer that gives a healing metaphor to the subconscious of the listener.

In today's ever-evolving business landscape, success is contingent upon a well-structured and adaptive organizational framework. "RISE: Business Framework " introduces a powerful system designed to propel businesses to new heights.

Discover how demographic change associated with millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future. Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world-leading institutions and enriched by thought leaders to provide insights toward global challenges, economics, society, technology, and innovation and the role of business as the world enters the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Today’s organizations are constantly reacting to the ever-changing emergent needs introduced by digital products and tools. As competition gets faster and the ability to respond to emergent needs increases, it can feel like customers are similar to the shape-shifters described in fables from the past. Organizations that want to survive and thrive in this Industry 4.0 economy need a well-coordinated digital operating model to pivot to emergent needs. This book positions you to survive and thrive in the Industry 4.0 economy.

Laurie Beth Jones, management expert and business consultant extraordinaire, noticed that of the personality/temperament profiles in the market today, none of them provided a tool that was simple, visual, intuitive, and powerful enough to create a shift in thinking as well as relating. So she...

From Italian, English and Mexican proverbs to Arabian or Chinese parables the curse of family business is always the same. Namely, that the first generation makes it, the second generation enjoys it and the third generation destroys it! Rags to riches and back again in three generations.

Do you want to be a better leader? Whether you’re a manager, parent, teacher, coach, or board member, these four factors will help you improve your ability to lead others. Each factor combines the wisdom of ancient philosophers, successful executives, and leadership gurus with common themes from scientific research as well as examples from the lives of famous leaders and infamous failures.

In the workplace, people often choose niceness over honesty in order to avoid hurt feelings or conflict. The truth is, there are hidden costs of "niceness" that allow inequities to endure, projects to fail, and organizations to stagnate. Growth comes from courageous conversations and genuine, authentic action. The Price of Nice introduces an innovative, proven four-step framework that shows listeners how to spot problem areas that are often masked by artificial niceness; facilitate difficult conversations and navigate conflict; empower genuine action and cease endless discussions; and more.

A business' current customer base needs to be considered among the company's most valuable assets. Discover the practical tools to preserve and grow this asset and boost your business by tapping into The Hidden Power of Your Customers. Existing customers are the key to ongoing business growth. They are the people who already know you and buy from you. Yet too many businesses allow their existing customers their least expensive, most easily acquired sales to slip away. Don't let this happen to you!

Die beste Strategie ist hinfällig, wenn es schließlich an der Umsetzung scheitert. Langfristige Vorhaben haben im Alltag meist das Nachsehen, sie versanden viel zu oft im Tagesgeschehen. Mit den praxiserprobten vier Disziplinen der effektiven Umsetzung von FranklinCovey, kurz 4DX, gelingt es jedoch, die Unternehmensstrategie erfolgreich und nachhaltig mit den Erfordernissen des Alltags zu verbinden.

Growing the Top Line: Four Key Questions and the Proven Process for Scaling Your Business delivers the step-by-step approach to topline growth used by some of the word's most successful companies. In this book, leading growth strategy consultant and author Cliff Farrah reveals the copyrighted growth strategy that he has developed over the last 20 years through 1,400 successful client engagements and input from leaders at Fortune 500 organizations.

Alfio Bardolla è un imprenditore, autore best-seller della finanza personale e financial coach. È il punto di riferimento per chi decide di migliorare seriamente la propria situazione finanziaria. Ha pubblicato sei libri, editi da Sperling&Kupfer e Gribaudo, tra cui "I Soldi Fanno la Felicità", distribuito anche in lingua inglese con il titolo "Money Makes You Happy". Ad oggi le sue opere sono state vendute in oltre 300.000 copie. La sua missione è aiutare il maggior numero possibile di persone a vivere appieno la propria vita, attraverso una gestione consapevole delle finanze personali.