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 Business Education Studies Contrary to the common management belief that trust is an organizational asset, two decades of research on trust and cooperation in organizations have convinced Roderick Kramer that an appropriate amount of skepticism can in fact be beneficial in the workplace. Recent world events and dramatic business failures have underscored his argument that holding trust as your highest ideal can be dangerously naive. Dr. Kramer argues instead for a moderate form of suspicion, the state he calls "prudent paranoia." Being prudently paranoid means you remain vigilant by gathering data relentlessly. You engage in defensive preparedness, keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. You encourage bad news to rise to the top quickly so you can take preemptive actions to avert disaster. You even treat reality as a hypothesis. Dr. Kramer shows how this level of paranoia can prove highly valuable to the distrustful organization—or individual. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Professor Lee argues that companies should not be satisfied with the substitution effect or the scale effect when enjoying the benefits of the Internet on supply chain management. They need to identify opportunities for structural changes to their supply chain, and enable those changes to take place. The result will be new collaborative ventures, and can lead to entirely new product lines. Lee shows how select companies have leaped ahead by encouraging the structural changes precipitated by integrating supply chain management and the Internet. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Robert Pearl believes that we can significantly lower the costs and raise the quality of America's health care, but he knows the solutions won't come easily. While individual health practitioners are doing their best, the overall delivery system is broken. Within a legislative and economic climate that hinders reform, health care continues to follow the 19th century practices of a cottage industry, rather than capitalizing on advances in information technology that could encourage integrated, collaborative care. The answer requires leadership, commitment, and a shared vision for the future. Dr. Pearl's goal is a health care system that provides every patient with the same kind of care that each of us would want for our family, our friends—and ourselves. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Whether you’re a novice and learning how to cost effectively build the infrastructure for video capability at your site, or you’re experienced and exploring new strategies such as video distribution, get tips on new practices that draw and engage more users. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Interactive web technologies, in the form of self-organizing Internet communities, are driving a social revolution. This Age of Collaboration is also creating an economic revolution that is changing the architecture of the corporation in how we create goods and services. Using the findings of a $9-million research project, Don Tapscott describes how companies innovate using the knowledge, resources, and computing power of millions of people organizing into a massive collective force. These innovative companies are challenging our assumptions about business and competitiveness. They are doing this by leveraging networks of peers, using operational transparency to their advantage, sharing intellectual property, and thinking and acting globally. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Clayton Christensen Many businesses are stubbornly set in their ways; even though they may know they need to change, they are still resistant to it. Disruptive technologies, which emphasize a workforce of convenience over high-priced specialists, can help you find new business in different markets. But first you have to foster change rather than work against it. There will always be a market for new technologies. Learn how to manage innovation and recognize opportunities for growth—and success. $99.99 [Add to Cart]How do growth leaders such as Procter & Gamble, GE, and Amazon consistently achieve above-average organic growth? These companies pursue a disciplined, systematic process that distributes innovations across a spectrum of risk, ensuring that they balance incremental growth with breakthrough opportunities. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Your workplace is filled with many different personality types. Sometimes they mesh, and sometimes they clash. Communication skills play a key role in reducing stress and resolving any discord that comes up. Trust, respect, and compromise among coworkers can make it easier to find the root of a problem and come to an agreement about how to fix it. Through collaboration and support, we all have the chance to contribute to each other’s success. $139.99 [Add to Cart]No longer considered a passive part of the management equation, corporate finance is now at the forefront of the tools that successful business leaders must employ. Effective financial strategies help create value and contribute to economic efficiency, productivity and profitability. Explaining the balance sheet in straightforward, logical terms, Dr. Parker shows investors and managers alike how to look at the big picture when weighing risks against opportunities. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Charles O'Reilly III “Ordinary” people are just as capable of leading your company to success as the expensive talent you could bring in from outside. But how do you motivate your employees to aspire to greatness? (Hint: Not with money.) Make your employees feel important, and let them know that you truly care about their contributions. In this best-selling video, you'll learn how other companies, including Southwest Airlines and the Men’s Wearhouse, have used this strategy to achieve success. See how your preconceptions can hurt you, and how you can change your company’s culture to encourage your employees to produce better results. $99.99 [Add to Cart]What defines great leadership? Using original research on 360-degree feedback data for thousands of managers, Jack Zenger, with colleagues Joseph Folkman and Scott Edinger, identified 16 specific competencies the most effective leaders share. Of these, the ability to inspire and motivate others to high performance had the most significant, positive impact on the performance of the organization. And yet, it was the area in which managers were weakest. Inspiring others is a “soft skill,” one that many believe you need to be born with to possess. But in evaluating the research, Dr. Zenger and his colleagues determined that inspiring others to greatness is, in fact, something that can and should be learned. The attributes of inspiring leaders, such as being a role model or a change champion, can be acquired. The skills, ranging from goal setting to developing staff to being a good communicator, are learnable. And even the most critical characteristic of an inspiring leader—the ability to make an emotional connection with a team—is achievable, by building on key strengths in your own personality and leadership approach. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Within all levels of every organization, each one of us has the opportunity to be a leader and a role model. Through our efforts, we can significantly encourage the success and productivity of those around us. But such influence takes work, especially if you want to leave a lasting impact. Based on 25 years of research, Jim Kouzes explores the tough and often ambiguous issues that today's leaders must grapple with, including how you can't take trust for granted, why failure should always be an option, and how to liberate the leader in everyone. Kouzes explains that leadership is personal—that the people you lead need to know who you are and what you care about before they can follow you. He acknowledges that this closeness may feel risky, but in the end, it makes the task a bit easier when you have to give the bad news as well as the good. In this informative and motivating talk, Jim shares his conviction that we all want to live a life of significance, and he reminds us that the legacy we leave is the life we lead. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Before any strategic vision can be realized, it must be shared with employees. This requires a sophisticated understanding of how to quickly communicate major changes, and effectively align a disparate workforce. Following two high-profile bank mergers, Sweden's Margareta Barchan shares innovative ways to implement a strategic vision so that employees understand their individual roles in making change happen. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Most organizations and managers are filled with good ideas; the problem is one of implementation. Power and influence, rather than being the organization's last dirty secrets, are in fact secrets of success for both organizations and individuals. Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer explains how to recognize the indicators of power, how to diagnose points of view in decision making, and how to avoid circumstances where power can be lost. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Organizations pick up excess baggage as they increase in size and complexity. Growing companies often have difficulty eliminating this excess, whether the surplus be in products, markets served, management practices, cultural norms or organizational processes. Dr. Brandt describes proactive measures to maintain flow and growth: setting expectations, concentrating on one issue and excelling in it, strategic pruning, and enterprise character development.
No matter what its size, specialty, or scope, every organization has its own unique legends and lore that become part of the very fabric of its identity. These corporate stories have tremendous power to increase productivity, implement change, and motivate employees. When well-timed and skillfully told, one story can accomplish more than a thousand memos. Consultant Peg Neuhauser demonstrates how you can tell "hero," "survivor," "letting off steam," and "kick in the pants" stories that motivate others and build personal influence. $99.99 [Add to Cart]Empirical data shows a distinct correlation between quality of leadership and business performance. Effective leaders are therefore critical to the success of any enterprise. Yet 70% of Fortune 100 executives recently admitted their companies had insufficient bench strength to carry them into the next decade. How can leaders be found to fill this gap? While formal leadership development programs have often failed to achieve measurable results, Jack Zenger believes that average managers can develop the specific traits shared by exceptional leaders—traits that improve retention, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and bottom-line profitability. Based on the best practices of leading organizations, Zenger defines these characteristics, and offers ten specific recommendations proven to enhance leadership development. $99.99 [Add to Cart]What do you consider the most important responsibility of a manager today? For Jennifer Kenny it is the dynamic concept of "mobilization." The world has changed radically and companies are recognizing that skills previously considered essential to the success of an organization, such as problem solving, goal setting, and operations management, are by themselves no longer sufficient. Kenny offers a reinterpretation of current and historical business breakdowns, seeing them instead as the result of lacking the new essentials of commitment, trust, and coordination. $99.99 [Add to Cart]The traditional approach to strategic planning—which focused on producing a plan on a piece of paper that would subsequently disappear into a desk drawer—is dead. Replacing the old approach is a new method that focuses on strategic thinking and implementation. Rick Berthold presents a fresh perspective on strategy formation, and a process for developing strategies that assure organizational alignment and lead to effective implementation. $99.99 [Add to Cart]"Tempered radicals" are people who want to succeed in their organization, yet also live by values or identities that might be at odds with their organization's primary culture. Such individuals do not fit neatly into an established structure, yet can be subtle agents for change in ways that ultimately benefit the corporation and make it more able to deal with today's diverse world. $99.99 [Add to Cart] |
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