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Most organizations are ineffective. Yours doesn’t have to be. You wouldn't go swimming in the sea without checking the currents and the tides first. Yet as a leader, you're expected to dive straight into every problem and fix it fast - even though your organization, like the world around it, is more complex and disrupted than it’s ever been. The issue? Expediency instead of effectiveness. The illusion of progress rather than real change. Hidden costs accumulating, unseen, while your organization remains ineffective. The solution? The Effectiveness Edge.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...

Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan. One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinking Why do we make...

Some problems never stay fixed. You replace the person, rewrite the process, add another meeting, and a few months later the same failure is back under a different name. Smart professionals lose years this way, aiming talent and effort at the wrong target.Systems Thinking for Work changes that...

The New York Times-bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick offer a fascinating tour through the workings of our minds to reveal how to make smarter decisions. Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities. We're...

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in...

Includes bonus audio featuring an exclusive conversation with Naval Ravikant. Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. So what are these skills, and...

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific...

Trading is a chaotic, complex, and loosely-structured game played by the smartest minds and most expensive computers in the world. It is the ultimate puzzle. Few can trade at an elite level for an extended period. The game is constantly changing and the rules, mechanics, and probabilities are difficult to observe and forever in flux. Just when you think you’ve got a plan: BAM.

YOUR LIFE IS A CASUALTY, OR A CONQUEST. YOUR CHOICES HOLD THE POWER. BREAKING NEWS: If you suck at making decisions, your life will suck too. Stop waiting for the world to conspire in your favor. The world doesn’t care about your vision board, your pronouns, your deadbeat dad, or your PhD in Philosophy. It cares about one thing: The decisions you make every moment of the day, from what you eat for breakfast to how you spend your free time. The fact is, most people are prisoners of their own choosing, imprisoned by the siren song of "Easy.

From Mike Michalowicz, the author of PROFIT FIRST, CLOCKWORK, and THE PUMPKIN PLAN, comes the ultimate diagnostic tool for every entrepreneur. The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is that they don't know what their biggest problem is. If you find yourself trapped between stagnating sales...

Blending the tactics he learned from America's elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and take charge of your destiny at work, at home, and at life. 

As chief innovator and problem solver, the CTO’s value far exceeds technology skills. The CTO must lead as a highly visible first-class citizen of the C-suite. Still, many technology experts operate in a reactive, support-oriented style, struggling to command respect or assert influence—let alone executive presence. Whether setting the tone as a new hire or looking to redirect or revitalize an established role, one hundred days are all you need to secure long-term success.

Brought to you by Penguin. Change your life this year with the simple, scientifically proven method that has already worked for thousands of people. 'Life has questions. They have answers' New York Times At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age...

New to management and wondering how to motivate your team without exhausting yourself? Stepping into leadership for the first time can feel overwhelming. Suddenly, people are looking to you for direction, encouragement, and motivation—while you are still trying to find your own rhythm as a manager. 5-Minute Daily Motivation: Scripts and Prompts for First-Time Managers gives you a simple, practical way to become a more intentional leader—just five minutes at a time.

Dr. Liker's book, Developing Lean Leaders at All Levels: A Practical Guide was a 2016 winner of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. We have taken the time to extract the individual seminars and lectures of Dr. Liker used to create this world-renowned publication and offer them in a series of bite-sized, topic-specific learning modules. Follow along as we hear Dr. Liker at those actual presentations delivered first hand to the students of Lean and Lean practitioners.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Imagine making decisions not by gut feeling – but because the data tells you so. You spot trends before they emerge. And you use the flood of information as a tool, not a threat. That is exactly what Big Data enables. Not a technical monster. But a...

Si sabes adónde quieres llegar, pero no cómo convertir tu potencial en resultados, este libro te mostrará las prácticas diarias que distinguen a las personas de alto rendimiento. Las personas ambiciosas saben lo que quieren lograr, pero con frecuencia no saben qué hacer hoy para llegar...

When sales slow down, small-business owners don't have the luxury of waiting for things to get better. Customers become harder to retain. Expenses suddenly feel too high. Suppliers want to be paid. Debt payments continue. And every decision seems to carry bigger consequences. The Small Business...

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life Intelligence is usually seen as the ability...