DescriptionHow can you bring out the best from each member of your team? For Allan Cox, joyful collaboration - trust, humor, and directness - pave the way to success. Cox draws his lessons from the adage "little things that mean a lot" and illustrates his points with powerful anecdotes. Each story yields a moral complete with a set of actions that will yield quick, tangible results for your team.
DescriptionVocabuLearn is the only audio language learning system designed to teach the way you learn best...concentrating on vocabulary and helpful expressions. This three-hour program contains over 1, 500 commonly-used words and expressions, the building blocks of…
DescriptionThe country's leading publicist, Michael Levine, has compiled practical and inspiring career advice - in the form of anecdotes and words of wisdom - from several of the world's most successful people, including Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Bill Gates, Elizabeth Taylor, Bill Clinton, Bill Bradley, Dolly Parton, Nelson Mandela, Leo Buscaglia, Ross Perot, Norman Schwartzkopf, Joe Paterno, Katherine Hepburn, Bonnie Blair, and Roger Ebert. Those who take it from them can follow their dreams, excel at their work, overcome setbacks, reach the top.
DescriptionYou have the skills and experience, but are you prepared for a job hunt? Eddie Rezek interviewed employers and recruiters to learn what they look for; he even broke the code of their secret internal scoring systems. In this audio course he explains how to write resumes and cover letters that get noticed. Then he coaches you on how to nail that job interview and even maximize your salary offer. Own this audio course now if you: Need a strategy to land that dream job Want the decision makers to see your resume Want to ace that job interview…
DescriptionIn this selection from Boss Talk, executives offer their personal experiences and advice on managing companies during times of change. For John Chambers, Chief Executive of Cisco Systems, Inc., it is important to take the long view. "We've always…
DescriptionWhile today's technological, social, and economic changes have helped the business world, they have also increased anxiety for employees, business owners, and especially managers. Experts Ken Blanchard and Michael O'Connor offer practical, proven solutions to help managers and their organizations reduce pressure while enhancing productivity. Blanchard and O'Connor show managers how to clarify and communicate their company's vision, purpose, and values - thus defining employees' roles, increasing teamwork, and lifting morale.
DescriptionIn today's competitive environment, every company has an action plan. However, the processes used to create those plans don't always work and many companies have a tendency to benchmark practices from corporations known to be outstanding planners. Andrew Campbell, director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, explains why companies need to stop chasing best-in-class models for their corporate planning processes and play to their own strengths instead. This article, which originally appeared in the March-April 1999 Harvard Business Review, is offered in audio form exclusively through Audible.
DescriptionUnder current compensation schemes, senior managers are rewarded even when their companies underperform. But there's a way for boards to align executive pay with shareholder expectations. Alfred Rappaport will demonstrate the ways in which boards of directors can push through changes in executive compensation practices and adopt reforms at all levels of the organization. This article, which originally appeared in the March-April 1999 Harvard Business Review, is offered in audio form exclusively through Audible.
DescriptionLet a managerial expert show you how to personify the ideal manager who motivates, inspires, and gets the most from job subordinates. You'll learn invaluable techniques for organizing your employees to collectively fulfill your goals, for converting resistance into teamwork, and for delegating authority without losing control. You'll also learn how to sharpen decision-making skills for making the right moves at the right time. Through a 7-step action program, Professor George Odiorne, consultant to several major corporations, explains his managerial strategy for turning your workplace into a place that works.
DescriptionToday's overachieving professionals labor longer, take on more responsibility, and earn more than the workaholics of yore. They hold what Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce call "extreme jobs", which entail workweeks of 60 or more hours and have at least five of 10 characteristics, such as tight deadlines and lots of travel. In this article, the authors consider the shape and scope of such jobs in relation to increasing competitive pressures, vastly improved communication technology, cultural shifts, and other sweeping changes that have made high-stakes employment more prominent. What emerges is a complex picture of the all-consuming career: rewarding in many ways, but not without danger to individuals and to society. From the December 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review .
