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 Stanford Executive Briefings Great ideas are integral to success. Lynda Curtin gives you the tools to generate fresh ideas quickly and systematically. Using the proven techniques of lateral thinking, provocative operations, concept extraction, and random entry, she engages you in a powerful ideas-generating process that will give you something useful to take back to your job. You'll learn how to break out of your current mind box, take charge of your creative thinking potential, and outthink your competition. $129.99 [Add to Cart]Continual innovation is essential to succeed in today's challenging marketplace. Everyone in your organization needs to draw from what Professor Ray calls an "inner creative essence" to keep up with the demands of consumers, the expectations of stockholders, and potential inroads from competitors. He describes how to use four tools—faith, absence of judgment, observation, and questions—that can release creativity in your enterprise, sidestepping potential pitfalls and opening up opportunities. $129.99 [Add to Cart]Investors today are once again looking very closely before putting money into new ventures. Entrepreneurs have to be more prepared to make their case for getting a new idea off the ground. Using her own experiences as an entrepreneur, angel investor, and venture capitalist, Magdelena Yesil walks you through the steps necessary to achieve a liquidity event, including identifying a winning idea, recruiting a team, choosing financial partners, and establishing the right business development relationships. $129.99 [Add to Cart]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. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [Add to Cart]
Ross Shafer, our well-known narrator and winner of six Emmy Awards, knows it takes effort to get along with everybody at work. Basing his ideas on the premise that the "people skills" we developed while growing up can help us as adults in the workplace, he presents problems and solutions that will strike a chord for viewers. Told in flashbacks to workplace situations as well as childhood experiences, this workplace communication training video dramatizes conflicts that occur commonly on the job, and reminds us of solutions we all learned at home for getting along with others. The following rules are demonstrated: An atmosphere of tension can add stress to any job, over and above the actual work itself. Use this workplace communication training video to ease strife, improve communication, and inspire viewers to "work well with others." $149.99 [Add to Cart] Bruce Cryer In business, stress can lead to change, and change can lead to decreases in productivity. From there, losses in revenue are inevitable. But there are steps you can take to curb the effect that stress has on your business. Get tips for avoiding costly turnover, improving employee morale and drive, and increasing profits. A positive work environment is likely to be one characterized by ingenuity and progress. Extending that attitude to all around you will allow you to maintain control of the emotions that cause stress.
Recognizing that the status quo was riskier than radical change, Mary Cranston spearheaded the merger of two 125-year-old law firms that were historic market leaders in their respective birthplaces: San Francisco and New York. In response to new technology and a climate of deregulation, their corporate clients were going global and they had to do the same. Cranston explains how the merger of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro with Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts allowed them to become an international force in their industry virtually overnight. $129.99 [Add to Cart]Knowing what to do often has little or no impact on what managers actually do, and organizations often fail to put their knowledge into action. Deficient practices—not people—are to blame for the disconnect between knowing and doing. Some companies are able to avoid these action-inhibitors altogether, and others have learned to overcome them. Dr. Sutton outlines strategies that drive out destructive management practices and pave the way for knowledge to be implemented. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [Add to Cart]Great companies are built upon great decisions. Unfortunately, many organizations are held back by "mind games" and divisive debates that get in the way of great decision making. Don Maruska has developed a ten-step plan that helps you break through the corporate gridlock to find lasting solutions on even the toughest issues you face. Instead of the confrontation, frustration and inaction that often stymie high-level meetings, Maruska's well-tested process makes it possible to reach superior decisions based on accessing every participant's best thinking and greatest hopes. $129.99 [Add to Cart]When it comes to speeches, preparation and presentation go hand in hand. But more than just showing you how to give a great speech, this best-selling video can make you a better communicator in any speaking situation. Learn how to connect with your audience, how to become an expert on your topic, and what you can do to keep your nerves in check. And the biggest lesson this program has to teach is that practice—anywhere and everywhere—is the key to building your confidence when speaking in public. $159.99 [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. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [Add to Cart]George Zimmer has succeeded in the retail industry by breaking many of the industry rules—especially those rules that seem to call for employees to receive low pay, little training, and lots of part-time work. The core of his company's success is its corporate culture, based on "servant leadership" values. These values seek to involve others in decision-making and enhance the personal growth of workers while improving the quality of organizational life. In this wide-ranging talk, Zimmer explains how his experience proves that a culture based on strong ethical values can succeed even within a competitive business environment. $129.99 [Add to Cart]This popular program is a one-stop destination for the major legal issues that could come across your desk at any time. Start by making sure that employees are well versed in company policy. Then study up on fair employment practices and laws concerning such things as disabilities and medical leave. And use evaluations and discipline to keep things level across the board for all employees. When you make your decisions in a fair manner, your efforts will be rewarded with the drive and efficiency you expect from your staff members. $169.99 [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. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [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. $129.99 [Add to Cart] |
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