Decision Making & Problem Solving in Management & Leadership & Business & Finance eBooks

Internal Auditing in Plain English

A Simple Guide to Super Effective ISO Audits

by Craig Cochran ...

A successful internal audit program is essential to the success of any management system. A successful internal audit program also requires successful auditors. Auditing isn’t taught in school and doesn’t always come easily to those just starting out. Fortunately, bestselling author Craig Cochran has distilled down the essential elements of a successful internal audit program into plain English ... Read more

$48.03 CAD

A successful internal audit program is essential to the success of any management system. A successful internal audit program also requires successful auditors. Auditing isn’t taught in school and doesn’t always come easily to those just starting out. Fortunately, bestselling author Craig Cochran has distilled down the essential elements of a successful internal audit program into plain English
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The Work-Life Balance Myth: Rethinking Your Optimal Balance for Success

by David J. McNeff ...

An empowering guide that will show you how to shed the myth of the “work-life balance” by merging the seven key components that make up your life to attain harmony and whole-life success“All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

An empowering guide that will show you how to shed the myth of the “work-life balance” by merging the seven key components that make up your life to attain harmony and whole-life success“All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to
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Întâlnire cu mine însumi: întrebări ce deschid oaza înţelepciunii (Romanian Edition)

Photo-Coaching

by Gabriela Casineanu ...

Series series Photo-Coaching
Te simti frustrat ori coplesit de provocarile vietii?Descopera-ti busola interioara prin reflectie vizuala.Aceasta nu este o carte traditionala de auto-ajutor. In schimb, este un instrument unic de reflectie vizuala, conceput pentru a te ajuta sa-ti accesezi intuitia si sa-ti gasesti propriile raspunsuri.Cum functioneaza:Autoarea premiata, coach si artista Gabriela Casineanu te ghideaza intr-o ... Read more

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Te simti frustrat ori coplesit de provocarile vietii?Descopera-ti busola interioara prin reflectie vizuala.Aceasta nu este o carte traditionala de auto-ajutor. In schimb, este un instrument unic de reflectie vizuala, conceput pentru a te ajuta sa-ti accesezi intuitia si sa-ti gasesti propriile raspunsuri.Cum functioneaza:Autoarea premiata, coach si artista Gabriela Casineanu te ghideaza intr-o
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Breaking Bad Habits

Why Best Practices Are Killing Your Business

by Freek Vermeulen ...

Could some "best practices" be…bad?Have you ever wondered why most newspapers are so large? Or why management consultants work such long hours? Or why hotels still insist on having check-in desks? Ask anyone in these industries, and their answer will be the same: "That’s the way we’ve always done it.""Best practices" may be widespread, but that doesn't mean they're effective. In many instances the ... Read more

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Could some "best practices" be…bad?Have you ever wondered why most newspapers are so large? Or why management consultants work such long hours? Or why hotels still insist on having check-in desks? Ask anyone in these industries, and their answer will be the same: "That’s the way we’ve always done it.""Best practices" may be widespread, but that doesn't mean they're effective. In many instances the
... Read more
An Introductory Guide to Systems Thinking

by David Kerr ...

The world around us is comprised of systems - organisational systems, business systems, political systems, family systems, inter-personal systems, biological systems, economic systems - the list goes on.This eBook, written by an experienced systems thinker and consultant, helps the reader develop an appreciation of the nature of systems - what they comprise of, how they function, how they sustain ... Read more

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The world around us is comprised of systems - organisational systems, business systems, political systems, family systems, inter-personal systems, biological systems, economic systems - the list goes on.This eBook, written by an experienced systems thinker and consultant, helps the reader develop an appreciation of the nature of systems - what they comprise of, how they function, how they sustain
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Le tableau de bord prospectif et les 4 piliers d'une organisation

Quels signaux prendre en compte pour une gestion efficace ?

by Alice Sanna, Amicie de Quatrebarbes, 50minutes ...

Series Book 20 - Gestion & Marketing
Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre ce qu’est le tableau de bord prospectifModélisé par Norton et Kaplan, le tableau de bord prospectif, plus connu sous l'appellation du balanced scorecard, est un outil complet. Tels des pilotes d'avion qui se doivent de maîtriser l'ensemble des paramètres en cours de vol, les managers apprendront à tenir compte des quatre grands axes transversaux d ... Read more

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Un guide pratique et accessible pour comprendre ce qu’est le tableau de bord prospectifModélisé par Norton et Kaplan, le tableau de bord prospectif, plus connu sous l'appellation du balanced scorecard, est un outil complet. Tels des pilotes d'avion qui se doivent de maîtriser l'ensemble des paramètres en cours de vol, les managers apprendront à tenir compte des quatre grands axes transversaux d
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En finir avec la procrastination

Techniques et astuces pour ne plus reporter les tâches au lendemain

by Hélène Nguyen Gateff, 50minutes ...

Series Book 62 - Coaching pro
Un guide pratique et accessible pour combattre la procrastination et ses effets négatifs« Procrastination », voilà bien un mot à la mode. Et pour cause ! Ce fléau touche de plus en plus de travailleurs, ralentis dans leurs missions professionnelles par cette manie de reporter continuellement certaines tâches au lendemain. Vous l'aurez compris, c'est un schéma sans fin, qui ne peut avoir qu'un ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un guide pratique et accessible pour combattre la procrastination et ses effets négatifs« Procrastination », voilà bien un mot à la mode. Et pour cause ! Ce fléau touche de plus en plus de travailleurs, ralentis dans leurs missions professionnelles par cette manie de reporter continuellement certaines tâches au lendemain. Vous l'aurez compris, c'est un schéma sans fin, qui ne peut avoir qu'un
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown)

by Harvard Business Review, Tim Brown, Clayton M. Christensen, Indra Nooyi, Vijay Govindarajan ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:Identify customers' "jobs to be done" and build ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Use design thinking for competitive advantage.If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization.This book will inspire you to:Identify customers' "jobs to be done" and build
... Read more
Can You Outsmart an Economist?

100+ Puzzles to Train Your Brain

by Steven E. Landsburg ...

This entertaining way to learn economics "will delight and inform anyone who enjoys rigorous thinking and the unexpected conclusions it delivers" (Jamie Whyte, author of Crimes Against Logic).Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author of The Armchair Economist and professor of economics, dares you to try. In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This entertaining way to learn economics "will delight and inform anyone who enjoys rigorous thinking and the unexpected conclusions it delivers" (Jamie Whyte, author of Crimes Against Logic).Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author of The Armchair Economist and professor of economics, dares you to try. In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional
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Frame Innovation

Create New Thinking by Design

by Kees Dorst ...

Series series Design Thinking, Design Theory
How organizations can use practices developed by expert designers to solve today's open, complex, dynamic, and networked problems.When organizations apply old methods of problem-solving to new kinds of problems, they may accomplish only temporary fixes or some ineffectual tinkering around the edges. Today's problems are a new breed—open, complex, dynamic, and networked—and require a radically ... Read more

$28.79 CAD

How organizations can use practices developed by expert designers to solve today's open, complex, dynamic, and networked problems.When organizations apply old methods of problem-solving to new kinds of problems, they may accomplish only temporary fixes or some ineffectual tinkering around the edges. Today's problems are a new breed—open, complex, dynamic, and networked—and require a radically
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Life Lessons from Game Theory

The Art of Thinking Strategically in a Complex World 'Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you'd had' GUARDIAN

by Michael Wooldridge ...

'Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you'd had'GUARDIAN'This book is simply brilliant . . . I learned so much'SIR DAVID SPIEGELHALTER, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE'Fresh, clever and playful'MATT RIDLEY, AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINS OF VIRTUE'Michael explains the complex, strategic structures of our world with masterful beauty'MILIND TAMBE, HARVARD UNIVER... ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

'Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you'd had'GUARDIAN'This book is simply brilliant . . . I learned so much'SIR DAVID SPIEGELHALTER, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE'Fresh, clever and playful'MATT RIDLEY, AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINS OF VIRTUE'Michael explains the complex, strategic structures of our world with masterful beauty'MILIND TAMBE, HARVARD UNIVER...
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Mener une réunion

Les étapes-clés pour un meeting d'équipe efficace

by Florence Schandeler, 50Minutes ...

Series Book 17 - Coaching pro
Un guide pratique et accessible pour enfin organiser des réunions efficaces !Dans le monde professionnel, tout travailleur est susceptible d’animer une réunion un jour ou l’autre. Mais comment faire pour qu’elle soit efficace et atteigne les objectifs préalablement définis ? S’il n’est pas aisé de gérer son temps et la prise de parole de chacun, vous trouverez ici tous les conseils nécessaires ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un guide pratique et accessible pour enfin organiser des réunions efficaces !Dans le monde professionnel, tout travailleur est susceptible d’animer une réunion un jour ou l’autre. Mais comment faire pour qu’elle soit efficace et atteigne les objectifs préalablement définis ? S’il n’est pas aisé de gérer son temps et la prise de parole de chacun, vous trouverez ici tous les conseils nécessaires
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Six Sigma Statistics with EXCEL and MINITAB

by Issa Bass ...

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to
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Workforce Asset Management Book of Knowledge

Edited by Lisa Disselkamp ...

Series series Wiley Corporate F&A
The official study guide for the Workforce Management Technology Certification, containing core knowledge for time and labor managementThe worldwide standard for the time and labor management technology profession, Workforce Asset Management Book of Knowledge is the official guide to the Workforce Asset Management Certification. Establishing a common lexicon within the profession for talking about ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

The official study guide for the Workforce Management Technology Certification, containing core knowledge for time and labor managementThe worldwide standard for the time and labor management technology profession, Workforce Asset Management Book of Knowledge is the official guide to the Workforce Asset Management Certification. Establishing a common lexicon within the profession for talking about
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "Creating Shared Value" By Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer)

by Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, A.G. Lafley, Clayton M. Christensen, Rita Gunther McGrath ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future?Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you combat new competitors and define the best strategy for your company.With insights from leading ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future?Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you combat new competitors and define the best strategy for your company.With insights from leading
... Read more
Think Again

Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happeining to You

by Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, Andrew Campbell ...

Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight?Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight?Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human
... Read more
Vertical Growth

How Self-Awareness Transforms Leaders and Organisations

by Michael Bunting, Carl Lemieux ...

Learn the secrets to self-awareness, life-changing growth and happy, high-performing teams—from the bestselling author of The Mindful LeaderGreat leaders and teams don’t know everything, and they don’t get it right every time. What sets them apart is their commitment to continual learning and vertical growth. Vertical growth is about cultivating the self-awareness to see our self-defeating ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Learn the secrets to self-awareness, life-changing growth and happy, high-performing teams—from the bestselling author of The Mindful LeaderGreat leaders and teams don’t know everything, and they don’t get it right every time. What sets them apart is their commitment to continual learning and vertical growth. Vertical growth is about cultivating the self-awareness to see our self-defeating
... Read more
Lean Six Sigma For Dummies

by Martin Brenig-Jones, Jo Dowdall ...

Become a process improvement star with Lean Six Sigma!Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Become a process improvement star with Lean Six Sigma!Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you
... Read more
Where to Play

3 Steps For Discovering Your Most Valuable Market Opportunities

by Marc Gruber, Sharon Tal ...

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Choosing the right market for your innovation is the biggest, and trickiest, question for innovators. Research has shown that all too often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time identifying and researching their market opportunities – instead they jump at the first opportunity that looks good, and fail to properly evaluate and leverage other opportunities. These common mistakes means that you
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Risk Management

by Paul Hopkin ...

Series series Strategic Success
Risk management is not just a topic for risk professionals. Managers and directors at all levels must be equipped with an understanding of risk and the tools and processes required to assess and manage it successfully. Risk Management offers a practical and structured approach while avoiding jargon, theory and many of the complex issues that preoccupy risk management practitioners but have little ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Risk management is not just a topic for risk professionals. Managers and directors at all levels must be equipped with an understanding of risk and the tools and processes required to assess and manage it successfully. Risk Management offers a practical and structured approach while avoiding jargon, theory and many of the complex issues that preoccupy risk management practitioners but have little
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Primer on Decision Making

How Decisions Happen

by James G. March ...

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Building on lecture notes from his acclaimed course at Stanford University, James March provides a brilliant introduction to decision making, a central human activity fundamental to individual, group, organizational, and societal life. March draws on research from all the disciplines of social and behavioral science to show decision making in its broadest context. By emphasizing how decisions are
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What's Next Is Now

How to Live Future Ready

by Frederik Pferdt ...

A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READA PUBLISHERS WEELKLY Best Audiobook of 2024Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist inspires you to shape your own future, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, and transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities.We don’t have to be afraid of what the future holds. Rather than bracing for what happens next, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A 2024 "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READA PUBLISHERS WEELKLY Best Audiobook of 2024Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist inspires you to shape your own future, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, and transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities.We don’t have to be afraid of what the future holds. Rather than bracing for what happens next, Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt
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Senior Leadership Teams

What It Takes to Make Them Great

by Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, James A. Burruss, J. Richard Hackman ...

Series series Leadership for the Common Good
An organization’s fate hinges on its CEO—right? Not according to the authors of Senior Leadership Teams.They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping change, demands on leaders in top roles are rapidly outdistancing the capabilities of any one person - no matter how talented. Result? Chief executives are turning to their enterprise's senior leaders for help. Yet many CEOs stumble when creating ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An organization’s fate hinges on its CEO—right? Not according to the authors of Senior Leadership Teams.They argue that in today's world of neck-snapping change, demands on leaders in top roles are rapidly outdistancing the capabilities of any one person - no matter how talented. Result? Chief executives are turning to their enterprise's senior leaders for help. Yet many CEOs stumble when creating
... Read more
Both/And Thinking

Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

by Wendy Smith, Marianne Lewis ...

An insightful and inspiring book on using "both/and" thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work and life? How can we improve diversity while promoting opportunities for all? How can we manage the core business while ... Read more

$31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An insightful and inspiring book on using "both/and" thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work and life? How can we improve diversity while promoting opportunities for all? How can we manage the core business while
... Read more

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