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Its advice is simple but powerful: reduce your environmental footprint (and its skyrocketing cost), make legitimate products that last, reclaim deep knowledge of your business and its supply chain to make the most of opportunities in the years to come, and earn the trust you’ll need by treating your workers, customers, and communities with respect. It...
Blue Blood is a first-hand account by a senior City insider of what it feels like to manage an investment bank through a period of tumultuous change and of the cultural differences between a private British firm and a hard-charging American bank. Full of insights and wisdom, Blue Blood is not only a compelling story about a City icon but also contains...
Doing good is no longer a luxury or a 'nice to have', it's a necessity. While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, only they can solve these issues at scale. You Can't Make Money from a Dead Planet looks at the challenges we face and shows how business needs to change in...
Through their lives she offers compelling insights into post-war Britain, from the conditions that enabled their way of doing business to thrive through to the tightly enmeshed webs of influence between capitalism, politics and the media that shape Britain today.
Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—reimagining the American landscape “and [giving] us hope for America’s future†(Ken Burns). In 2014, Steve Case launched...
In 2020 she founded Product Jungle, helping hundreds of businesses understand customers better. She is also a mentor, speaker and the pen behind the popular newsletter Jungle Juice.
Help is at hand. Margaret Cheng's six golden rules and Giving Good Feedback Framework offer a clear guide to what feedback is, how we can master the things that get in the way and deploy some simple techniques to make feedback a more routine - and less emotionally charged - part of our routine work communications.
The right-hand page contains visual examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of the principle. The titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is...
With this Dummies investing guide, the check's in the mail! Understand dividend stocks and develop a smart strategy for adding them to your portfolioFind out what to look for when researching dividend-paying companiesCalculate the risk, growth potential, and return potential for your selected investmentsDecide whether and how to reinvest your dividend...
You'll learn to tackle big topics that are important to people today, such as: -Providing fair compensation and benefits -Giving your employees real recognition and rewards -Respecting diverse needs -Cultivating a healthy work-life balance -And much more! This book not only provides great ideas for changing your workplace for the better, but also provides...
Written for a broad audience, from practitioners seeking to jump-start their next big idea to students in sports management and entrepreneurship, this book is an indispensable guide to new opportunities in the sports industry.
The latest research from the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) demonstrates that 83% of agencies do not sell by value. This represents a significant threat to their future, especially during recessionary times, as it means there is unlikely to be the proof needed to sustain the budgets that clients currently allocate for their...
Filled with advice and case studies pertaining to the effects of hybrid working, and how to effectively manage employees without jeopardizing their wellbeing, this second edition takes readers through the entire process of improving wellbeing at work.
For those seduced by the myths of fame and fortune, as well as for those who don’t realize what they’re missing out on, The Idea Is the Easy Part is a reliable guide to navigating the entrepreneurial waters, replacing today’s misleading notions with objective and actionable advice.
Drawing on examples and case studies from NASA and other organizations, the authors identify three project models—micro, macro, and global—and their different knowledge needs. Successful organizations have a knowledge-based culture. Successful project management guides the interplay of knowledge, projects, and people.
Whether you are a new director of a PLC, a long-standing Trustee of a charity, or a governor of an educational institution, this book will help you and your colleagues become the board your organisation needs.
Your gender stats are tumbling, women aren't advancing, their feedback is poor, and too many are leaving. What's going on?Women navigating a traditionally male-dominated technical sector too frequently feel invisible, frustrated, and undervalued in the workplace. Lauren Neal has been there, and she's developed tried-and-tested approaches that...
With an entrepreneur-centric approach, Believe-In-You Money challenges the system failure surrounding Black companies. It’s a guide on how Black entrepreneurs can be supported in sustainable ways and offers a shift in the way we think about who can be an investor, while aiming to change our personal relationships with money.
In Simply Put, award-winning marketing entrepreneur Ben Guttmann unveils a five-part framework that allows anybody to communicate with clarity. With this book, you'll be able to design messages that are beneficial, focused, salient, empathetic, and minimal - and that work.
This Revised publication in the Easyway Series, Setting up and Running your own Business, including setting up and running an internet business is updated to 2023. The book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the formation of a company and also to the ongoing planning and development of a business. The following areas are covered in detail: Initial...
It's not about becoming a 5-star general or a mythical titan of industry, it's about making better decisions more often. In the book you'll find: A structure for understanding and becoming comfortable with the unending contradictions of leading in businessStrategies for defining priorities, sourcing options, and choosing the best decisionAdvice for...
Readers will also find: Explorations of what holds people back and how to remove those obstaclesStrategies for promoting and encouraging accountability, open-mindedness, listening, reflection, engagement, and driveTechniques for reducing or eliminating risk aversion, closed-mindedness, negative attitudes, fear and instant gratification biasAn essential...
An indispensable and exciting discussion of using the world's newest technologies to solve some of our customers' most intractable problems, The Tiger and The Rabbit will earn a place on the bookshelves of managers, executives, entrepreneurs, founders, board members, and other business leaders.
The stories of the men and women working to protect Israel and how they pivoted to protecting her technology against attackAnswers to fascinating questions like: How does an offensive cyber company decide to whom to sell its tech?An endlessly engrossing take on an equally engrossing subject, The Battle for Your Computer is a must-read for laypeople and...
An engaging and rigorously supported exploration of the real-world implementation of supply chain transparency and corporate social responsibility, Certifiable belongs on the bookshelves of managers, executives, directors, operations and sourcing professionals, and other business leaders seeking transformative change.
The book explains how to secure authentic and enthusiastic buy-in for your new venture at the executive level. The Corporate Explorer Fieldbook will also teach you to: Conduct micro-experiments to distinguish legitimate business opportunities from ideas that lack tractionPerform customer discovery interviews for ideating, incubating, and scaling...
You'll learn how to: Construct a unique story around your business and communicate that story through effective brandingStand out from the competition by creating more compelling marketing materials and reaching out in a more targeted wayGenerate buzz around your business with creative offerings like podcasts, media interviews, surveys, AI content, and...
You'll learn how to roll out an OKR system that closes the gap between strategy and execution, and helps people at every level organize their daily decisions around shared and important goals. It's time to get strategic with OKRs. Understand the OKR methodology and determine the benefits for your organizationLearn how to craft sound OKRs for every level...
Now revised with fresh content on everything from a project’s start to its finish, this friendly Dummies title will teach you to manage projects large and small. Learn the must-know concepts in project managementDiscover planning techniques that will enhance your effectivenessManage projects with in-person or virtual teamsAvoid common mistakes and know...
With insurance at the center of divisive debates about privacy, equity, and the appropriate role of government, this book offers clear explanations for some of the critical business and policy issues you’ve often wondered about, as well as for others you haven’t yet considered.
A fresh look at the boom in entrepreneurship and start-ups – and how it’s changing the world of work. Does it feel like everyone you know is thinking about starting a business? That’s because they are. In the last few years new businesses have been launched in record numbers, with more of us than ever deciding to go it alone or become entrepreneurs.