Short Leadership

Napoleon. Bill Gates. George W. Bush. Osama bin Laden. Leaders and leadership are perennial topics of debate. What is leadership? How does one become a leader? Do we actually need leaders? In this Very Short Introduction, Keith Grint offers provocative answers to these questions, prompting listeners to rethink their assumptions about what leadership is.

It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. How can we break out of the cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives that we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives.

From local coffee shops to the largest Fortune 500 companies, everyone is struggling to make the impossible choice between chasing short-term objectives and creating a secure future for their company.

Leadership is a curious topic. It is most noted in its absence and most measured by its need. Leadership requires opportunity. The situation drives leadership; what worked in one situation may be disastrous in another. It requires skills to be able to direct the challenge at hand. Leadership is both an art and a science. It is theoretical and applied, cultural and contextual. Most importantly, leadership is about accomplishment and results.

Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed with tasks that you can’t keep up with? Are you struggling with the delegation of work to your employees? Effective Delegation of Authority is a brief guide for new managers that will help you improve your delegation skills in simple steps. If you’re a manager or entrepreneur who leads three or more employees, then this book is for you. It’s a super-short book that’ll help you avoid the common mistakes that new managers make when delegating tasks.

The way in which organizations manage their people has always been pivotal to their performance, long before formal human resource management coalesced into a definable and somewhat fashionable discipline in the mid-1980s.

We negotiate constantly. In work, and in life. As we try to secure the best deal for ourselves or our clients, it can feel like a tug of war – without the fun. Yet what if the process was more collaborative, and led to a successful long-term partnership? In Do Deal, music lawyers Richard Hoare and Andrew Gummer share their refreshing approach to negotiation. Not only has it led to major record deals and enduring creative relationships, but also a reputation for getting the deal done without leaving both parties bruised and battered.

Join us on a journey to become DE&I champions! In this book, we'll dive into what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is all about and why it matters in the workplace. With easy-to-understand definitions, you'll see how DE&I is like peanut butter and jelly, and we'll explore the benefits of creating a workplace that celebrates differences. In this book, you'll find not only an enlightening journey through the world of DE&I, but also practical tools and activities to help you bring those lessons to life in your own workplace.

In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright weave a pathway through the debates about entrepreneurship, providing a guide to the entrepreneurial process. They look at how the actions of entrepreneurs are shaped by the external environment and availability of resources, consider the types of organizations in which entrepreneurs can be found, and look at the diversity in their backgrounds, experience, and how they think and learn. Lastly, they consider the impact that entrepreneurs have on modern market economies and look at the future of entrepreneurship.

In this hilarious, fascinating and insightful expose, industry insider Peter Smith reveals the massive blunders and dodgy dealings taking place around the world as private companies and public-sector bodies buy goods and services. A recent report showed that over 90 per cent of procurement projects fail. So, why are so many billions wasted on ineptitude, mismanagement and, in some cases, fraud?

Legacy in the Making celebrates an active, dynamic form of "modern legacy," seen through the eyes of a select group of extraordinary men and women who are pursuing their enduring ambitions in the age of now. More than caretakers of the past, these modern legacy builders are also the authors of a vital today and tomorrow. Rather than leaving their legacies behind them, they are looking ahead to harness their long-term ambitions and inspire others to help carry them forward. These are not static, traditional legacies. These are legacies in the making.

In Rules to Break and Laws to Follow, marketing gurus Don Peppers and Martha Rogers challenge you to break the rules and propose a whole new way of thinking about how to create real shareholder value in today's competitive environment, operating with today's technologies.

Leadership is an exhaustive, unrelenting, selfless journey that has left me with rewarding memories and haunting pains. For those who are seeking to carry the burden of leadership, I offer you this audiobook. While knowledge can be acquired, leadership can only be forged in the fire of experience. And through all of my experiences, the adversity, combat, triumph, and failures, these writings have kept me grounded.

A tutti noi, prima o poi, spetta il ruolo di leader. Che siamo dirigenti di azienda, imprenditori, capiufficio, oppure insegnanti, allenatori, istruttori, genitori, a tutti noi, prima o poi, è richiesto di svolgere il ruolo di guida di qualcuno che a noi si affida e che da noi dipende. Questo è ciò che si intende per leadership in questo audiolibro, un audiolibro che, pertanto, è rivolto a tutti. Qui troverai condensati in dodici principi operativi le regole essenziali per diventare un leader di successo in ogni campo, professionale o familiare che sia.

Management skills are essential in business, but far too many people underestimate them and don’t know how to lead effectively. But inside this book, you’ll discover a profound and actionable formula for taking your management skills to the next level. Join manager and team leader Gal Zellermayer as he reveals the fundamentals of team leadership, arming you with the knowledge you need to become a more effective manager, while challenging you to transform your mind-sets and see the world of managing in a different way.

While an uninterrupted life, free of misfortune may sound wonderful, it is in the challenge, in the change, that we learn the greatest lessons. This book has been written with 51 years of personal life experiences, and an overlay of close to 30 years of professional subject matter expertise in managing the continuance of business operations across the globe, come rain...or shine. Both aspects have resulted in significant lessons learned...stories of continuity and resilience.

From small indignities to unconscious slights, women experience situations at work every day that may seem small or unimportant but that effectively differentiate and exclude them. These are micro-offenses; the small, awkward, or uncomfortable moments that slow-build until the unwelcome environment takes hold and women disengage.

Through the power of story, you are about to begin to improve yourself personally and professionally. Show Your Ink contains 20 short stories that will grab you emotionally. Get ready to laugh, cry, think, and learn. Each story focuses on a different aspect of success in leadership and life. You will learn about the importance of authenticity, the need to use your mistakes, the vital role of feedback, why values matter, the key to personal change, and much more.

John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of management in this Very Short Introduction. Tracing the development of management over the last century, he looks not only at what managers do, but also provides an insight to modern management theory. He considers the influences of national and organizational culture, the relationship between power and domination, managing in different cultures, approaches to management, and at the accountability of managers and morality.

Sumérgete en el audiolibro "LIDERAZGO PARA EQUIPOS DE VENTAS EMPRESARIALES" y descubre el poder transformador de liderar a tu equipo de ventas de manera efectiva. Si has enfrentado problemas en el área comercial o sientes que los resultados financieros podrían mejorar, este curso te ofrece una perspectiva única para marcar la diferencia.