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Every factory eventually runs into choppy waters and turbulence. Systems and processes that used to work suddenly struggle, and customer complaints pile up out of nowhere. It’s not for a lack of effort or desire, but something goes wrong with the old formula for running the plant. What can you do to navigate the trouble and help your manufacturing business get back on the right track? In How to Fix a Factory, Rob Tracy shows there’s always a way to fix the problem, once you know what the problem is.

Corporate Turnaround Artistry is a complete guide for entrepreneurial companies in times of financial distress - presenting effective strategies and proven methods to revive and rehabilitate your business. Uncertain economic times have significantly altered the financial resources available to struggling businesses. Narrowing margins and mounting internal and external pressure has taken their toll on many companies. Fortunately, most businesses can be repaired while maintaining their existing revenue structure.

Top companies around the world turn to Jonathan Byrnes to figure out where the profit is. He can show them which parts of their businesses are worth expanding and which are just a drain on resources. Most astonishing, he has found that roughly 40 percent of any new client’s business is unprofitable and that profit increases of 30 percent or more are within reach. Byrnes reveals an uncomfortable truth....

In this timely and provocative book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people - especially competent women - to advance? Marshaling decades of rigorous research, Chamorro-Premuzic points out that although men make up a majority of leaders, they underperform when compared with female leaders. In fact, most organizations equate leadership potential with a handful of destructive personality traits, like overconfidence and narcissism.

In The Partnership Charter, psychologist and business mediation expert David Gage offers a comprehensive guide to the art of establishing and maintaining a business partnership. The centerpiece of his approach is the Partnership Charter, a document that clearly outlines the goals, expectations...

Culture is the key to success for every organisation, but what do great cultures do, and what makes them successful? In Culture Fix, author and narrator Colin D Ellis shows you how to change the way you do things and create a winning culture that will keep your organisation relevant today and into the future. No matter your business, industry, or country, your culture's success depends on the emotional intelligence and engagement of the people within it.

Wasted Talent is a call to action against a system that has failed workers for too long. The future of work was supposed to be about more innovation, flexibility, and opportunity for all, but for most it has brought nothing but unfulfilled promises. Work isn’t working for everyone—and the cost is staggering.

Now a number one international best seller! Half of all new businesses in the US and UK fail within five years. They fail for various reasons, but the main issue is that business owners either don’t face up to their problems at all or when they do, it’s too late. Face It & Fix It is a must-listen audiobook for owners of struggling small businesses; those who don’t have a moment to lose before disaster strikes and their business is lost. It is a hard-hitting and easy-to-understand guidebook that explains how any small business can be transformed into a success.

A practical and irreverent guide to taking the sting out of feedback and reclaiming it as a motivating, empowering experience for everyone involved. Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our blood pressure rise and our defenses go up. For many of us, it's a dirty word that we associate with bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. However, if we take a step back and think about its true intent, we realize that feedback needn't be a bad thing. After all, understanding how others experience us provides valuable opportunities to learn and grow.

Brought to you by Penguin. Girlboss. Wonder woman. Perfect mother. Feminist go-getter. If you thought misogynist marketing ended with #MeToo, think again. 'It's high time we expose and remedy the pseudo-feminist marketing malarkey holding women back under the guise of empowerment' Amanda Montell...

Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It shows how the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) mindset can make you or your organization more entrepreneurial, more connected with the broader trends in your industry, and more willing to take smart risks. It explains how to set clear expectations and focus on the endpoint as opposed to managing the process that gets you there.

Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging is not a disease to be cured; it is a life stage to be lived. Lazris argues that aggressive treatments cannot change that fact but only get in the way and decrease quality of life.

If you think the world is a mess, you already have a lot in common with Larry. The genius and power of his simple approach to turning around the parts of your life that need it has transformed people and businesses all over the world. Now, in this wildly entertaining and informative diagnosis and prescription, he narrows down the singular virus sickening the four most influential aspects in our lives: the people around us, our education system, business, and government.

Every day, a new silver bullet comes out, promising to grow your business, increase your profit margins, and make your life as a business owner easier. Unfortunately, most of them don't work, wasting your time and money. Plus, they take your attention away from other more worthwhile opportunities. The ones that do work for others just never seem to work for you. Blanket prescriptions are like that - never quite hitting the mark for all but the few with the exact symptoms.

Business problems feel overwhelming because you're trying to fix everything at once. Fix My Business cuts through the noise by answering one real question per episode—giving you clarity, a clear diagnosis, and one action you can take this week. Hosted by author and entrepreneur Scott Todd, this show isn't about theory or motivation. It's about solving the actual problems that keep business owners stuck: revenue up but profit down, marketing that doesn't work, chaos that won't stop, and the constant feeling that you're one step behind. Scott left a Fortune 300 VP role to build multiple ...

You'll find the following in Up Your Business: effective interview questions and strategies; a sample ad that attracts eagles and weeds out turkeys; three dozen high-impact training strategies; the three keys to weeding out entitlement in your business; your three options for dealing with poor performers; how to create vision and strategy for your business; and much, much more!

“Fix It Right” is a home improvement and maintenance podcast by PS Handyman Singapore. Each episode explores practical solutions to everyday household problems—covering everything from plumbing and electrical fixes to kitchen cabinet repairs and deep cleaning services. Our mission is to empower homeowners and property managers in Singapore with expert knowledge while showcasing how reliable handyman services can save you time, stress, and money. Whether you want to DIY or simply learn when to call in a professional, this series is your trusted companion for a better home. Looking to ...

The biggest barrier entrepreneurs face is the insurmountable number of obstacles to overcome, coupled with the lack of time to find solutions to them all. They are trapped in the mindset that in order to be successful they must do everything, but they don't know where to start. How do you determine what needs to be fixed first? How do you accurately prioritize your to-do list? If you had only a compass and a road map, you could navigate your business' problems with confidence.

Do you ever feel guilty for not being productive?Like, if you’re not doing, you’re somehow failing?In this week’s Ask Me Anything: Finding Your Fun Fix session, Treena sits down with Shelly — a mom of two newly launched college kids — who’s stepping into the world of empty nesting and trying to rediscover her kind of fun… guilt-free.Together, they talk about the invisible weight that many women carry in this stage of life — the constant doing, caregiving, and achieving — and how that can push fun to the very bottom of the to-do list.✨ How to prioritize fun (and let go of ...

Viele Menschen leiden still unter dem Verhalten ihrer Chefs. Nur die wenigsten Mitarbeiter äußern ihren Frust deutlich gegenüber ihrem Vorgesetzten. Stattdessen wird lieber am Kopierer gelästert, hinter verschlossenen Bürotüren geweint oder einfach irgendwann gekündigt. Und der Chef - der wundert sich, denkt er doch, er habe alles richtig gemacht und sich nichts vorzuwerfen. Was wäre, wenn ihm nun jemand mal die Wahrheit sagen würde? Genau das passiert dem Manager in Christian Zipfels Hörbuch. Während einer Betriebsversammlung bekommt er zufällig mit, wie sich drei Mitarbeiter aus anderen Abteilungen über das Verhalten ihrer Vorgesetzten aufregen. Er gerät ins Grübeln...