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

The Secret Language of Maps

How to Tell Visual Stories with Data

by Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how "maps" are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.”—Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how "maps" are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.”—Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten
... Read more
Making a Difference

Twelve Qualities That Make You a Leader

by Sheila M. Bethel, Ph.D. ...

Sheila Murray Bethel shares her phenomenal step-by-step motivational program that proves everyone can be a leader. The powerful resources are already inside us, it's just a matter of unlocking them and using them effectively--and this #1 people-proven success plan tells readers just how to do that.When the pressure is on, you must be at your very best. Your ability to focus on the strongest ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sheila Murray Bethel shares her phenomenal step-by-step motivational program that proves everyone can be a leader. The powerful resources are already inside us, it's just a matter of unlocking them and using them effectively--and this #1 people-proven success plan tells readers just how to do that.When the pressure is on, you must be at your very best. Your ability to focus on the strongest
... Read more
Customer Service Basics

by The Customer Service Training Institute ...

Series series Customer Service Training Series
Customer Service is an important part of any business. Without customers every business would fail because there would be no one to purchase their products and services. Because of the intense competition for customers, creating the very best customer experience is more important today than every before. "Customer Service Basics" gives you all the skills and information you need to provide the ... Read more

$7.29 CAD

Customer Service is an important part of any business. Without customers every business would fail because there would be no one to purchase their products and services. Because of the intense competition for customers, creating the very best customer experience is more important today than every before. "Customer Service Basics" gives you all the skills and information you need to provide the
... Read more
Your Success Blueprint

Success Mastery, #1

by vanessa gowora ...

Series Book 1 - Success Mastery
An indispensable handbook that will help you take life by the bull horns and be the creative force of your life.While most self-help books tend to repeat the same thing over and over, and don't help you where you are at, Your Success Blueprint does the exact opposite. It uses a clear and easy method to implement that will help you focus on the most important stepto help you move forward in the ... Read more

Free

An indispensable handbook that will help you take life by the bull horns and be the creative force of your life.While most self-help books tend to repeat the same thing over and over, and don't help you where you are at, Your Success Blueprint does the exact opposite. It uses a clear and easy method to implement that will help you focus on the most important stepto help you move forward in the
... Read more
Executive Presence: High Performance Leadership for the 21st Century

by Stephen Long ...

Record unemployment rates, geopolitical unrest, global competitive pressures, volatile markets--all of these factors along with others create an unstable environment for business leaders as never previously experienced. The 21st Century is proving to be a highly unpredictable era where executives require new skills to compete and produce as never before. As the business climate continues to ... Read more

$8.94 CAD

Record unemployment rates, geopolitical unrest, global competitive pressures, volatile markets--all of these factors along with others create an unstable environment for business leaders as never previously experienced. The 21st Century is proving to be a highly unpredictable era where executives require new skills to compete and produce as never before. As the business climate continues to
... Read more
Catch the Fire

An Art-Full Guide to Unleashing the Creative Power of Youth, Adults and Communities

by Peggy Taylor, Charlie Murphy ...

The key to facilitating vibrant, deep, and motivating programs for youth and adults.Community, youth, nonprofit, education, entrepreneurial, and religious organizations all have exciting ambitions, but they often lack the creative skills to impact people on a deeper level. Catch the Fire is a complete guide to using arts and empowerment techniques to bring greater vitality and depth to working ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

The key to facilitating vibrant, deep, and motivating programs for youth and adults.Community, youth, nonprofit, education, entrepreneurial, and religious organizations all have exciting ambitions, but they often lack the creative skills to impact people on a deeper level. Catch the Fire is a complete guide to using arts and empowerment techniques to bring greater vitality and depth to working
... Read more
Think like a Doctor, Lead like a CEO

The MD Brain for the CEO Strain

by Mary Mason ...

Revolutionize Your Leadership with Mary Mason's Unique Medico-Corporate Approach!Think Like a Doctor, Lead Like a CEO: The MD Brain for the CEO Strain by Mary Mason MD, MBA, is not just a book; it's a revolution in leadership thinking. Drawing on her impressive background in medicine and business, Dr. Mason introduces a groundbreaking approach, blending clinical precision with executive prowess ... Read more

$1.36 CAD

Revolutionize Your Leadership with Mary Mason's Unique Medico-Corporate Approach!Think Like a Doctor, Lead Like a CEO: The MD Brain for the CEO Strain by Mary Mason MD, MBA, is not just a book; it's a revolution in leadership thinking. Drawing on her impressive background in medicine and business, Dr. Mason introduces a groundbreaking approach, blending clinical precision with executive prowess
... Read more
Da Preguiça à Produtividade

(sem sair do sítio)

by Nuno Donato ...

Para muitas pessoas, preguiça e produtividade são dois conceitos que se situam em lados opostos de um espectro. Para outros, como eu, estão muito próximos.O que nos interessa não é contar o número de horas que se dedicou a trabalhar. Nem mesmo o número de tarefas que se concluiu num determinado espaço de tempo. O que é, então, a produtividade?Num mundo que cada vez exige mais trabalho com atenção ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Para muitas pessoas, preguiça e produtividade são dois conceitos que se situam em lados opostos de um espectro. Para outros, como eu, estão muito próximos.O que nos interessa não é contar o número de horas que se dedicou a trabalhar. Nem mesmo o número de tarefas que se concluiu num determinado espaço de tempo. O que é, então, a produtividade?Num mundo que cada vez exige mais trabalho com atenção
... Read more
The Creativity Choice

The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas into Action

by Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle ...

A “groundbreaking” (Marc Brackett) correction to the myth that creativity is a trait that you’re born with—instead, a Yale scientist proves, creativity is a decision that you make again and againAnyone who has ever participated in a brainstorming session will know that most of us do not lack ideas. Yet, many people never breathe life into these ideas. To turn inspiration into real achievement, you ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

A “groundbreaking” (Marc Brackett) correction to the myth that creativity is a trait that you’re born with—instead, a Yale scientist proves, creativity is a decision that you make again and againAnyone who has ever participated in a brainstorming session will know that most of us do not lack ideas. Yet, many people never breathe life into these ideas. To turn inspiration into real achievement, you
... Read more
The Collaboration Book

A Guide to Achieving Great Things Together

by Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler ...

A pocket-sized guide to teamwork and group decision-making, from the authors of the international bestseller The Decision Book.What makes a great team?How do we reach consensus and have better meetings?And what should we do when a group isn’t working?The Collaboration Book shows us how to work as a cohesive unit, breaking down the basics of leadership and teamwork with more than thirty methods ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A pocket-sized guide to teamwork and group decision-making, from the authors of the international bestseller The Decision Book.What makes a great team?How do we reach consensus and have better meetings?And what should we do when a group isn’t working?The Collaboration Book shows us how to work as a cohesive unit, breaking down the basics of leadership and teamwork with more than thirty methods
... Read more
A Short Guide to Risk Appetite

by David Hillson, Ruth Murray-Webster ...

Series series Short Guides to Business Risk
How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster introduce the RARA Model to explain the complementary and central roles of Risk Appetite and Risk Attitude, and along the way they show how other risk-related concepts fit in. Risk ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster introduce the RARA Model to explain the complementary and central roles of Risk Appetite and Risk Attitude, and along the way they show how other risk-related concepts fit in. Risk
... Read more
Effective Decision Making (REV ED)

The Essential Guide to Thinking for Management Success

by John Adair ...

Few managers devote enough attention to the thinking processes they should apply to their jobs. Yet long, energetic hours at work are wasted if business decisions are not logical, clear – and correct.Effective Decision Making is the definitive guide to the crucial managerial skill of creative thinking. In this classic book John Adair, Britain’s foremost expert on leadership training, tells you ... Read more

$12.79 CAD

Few managers devote enough attention to the thinking processes they should apply to their jobs. Yet long, energetic hours at work are wasted if business decisions are not logical, clear – and correct.Effective Decision Making is the definitive guide to the crucial managerial skill of creative thinking. In this classic book John Adair, Britain’s foremost expert on leadership training, tells you
... Read more
Change Is Good...You Go First

21 Ways to Inspire Change

by Mac Anderson, Tom Feltenstein ...

How does your team react to change? Do they dig in with their heels to resist it or do they welcome it with open arms?As leaders, we know that change is a fact of life and we need to learn to manage it before it manages us. A tall order? Not when you have the wisdom of two business icons, Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein, to show the way. This easy-to-use book will help you and your team stop ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

How does your team react to change? Do they dig in with their heels to resist it or do they welcome it with open arms?As leaders, we know that change is a fact of life and we need to learn to manage it before it manages us. A tall order? Not when you have the wisdom of two business icons, Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein, to show the way. This easy-to-use book will help you and your team stop
... Read more
How to Think Strategically

Upskilling for Impact and Powerful Strategy

by Greg Githens ...

Competent Strategic Thinking is Rare and Valuable.How to Think Strategically is the ideal primer for those who want to develop their business acumen and make strategic impact. This book will help you understand what it means to “be strategic” and how to craft strategy that is effective, clever, and powerful. It provides numerous real-world examples of individual strategic thinkers in action. ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Competent Strategic Thinking is Rare and Valuable.How to Think Strategically is the ideal primer for those who want to develop their business acumen and make strategic impact. This book will help you understand what it means to “be strategic” and how to craft strategy that is effective, clever, and powerful. It provides numerous real-world examples of individual strategic thinkers in action.
... Read more
Design Your Future

by Tochukwu Maduka ...

You need to understand the importance of creating the kind of future you have within you. God has already put in you all the potential you require to fulfil your destiny and has provided the manual of His Word as your guide.However, you cannot hit the goal when you cannot see it. Hence this book is designed to help you paint the colourful future God has ordained for you to enjoy. It is written as ... Read more

$8.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

You need to understand the importance of creating the kind of future you have within you. God has already put in you all the potential you require to fulfil your destiny and has provided the manual of His Word as your guide.However, you cannot hit the goal when you cannot see it. Hence this book is designed to help you paint the colourful future God has ordained for you to enjoy. It is written as
... Read more
The Art of War in Everyday English

The most influential book of strategy

by Sun Tzu, A M M Fazlur Rashid ...

‘The Art of War’ remains the most influential strategy text in warfare. It has a great influence on East Asian and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy, sports and beyond. The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Spring and Autumn period. The 2500-year-old this classic work is attributed to the ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu ("Master Sun", also ... Read more

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

‘The Art of War’ remains the most influential strategy text in warfare. It has a great influence on East Asian and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy, sports and beyond. The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Spring and Autumn period. The 2500-year-old this classic work is attributed to the ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu ("Master Sun", also
... Read more
Guide to Effective Committees for Directors of Not-For-Profit Organizations, Third Edition

by Sandi L. Humphrey, CAE ...

Committees are a vital component of a successful organization. When they work effectively, committees provide valuable insight and advice to the board of directors and staff, and can help an organization efficiently achieve its goals and vision. They can also connect an organization with the attitudes and concerns of its members and serve as an important training ground for future leaders. But ... Read more

$14.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Committees are a vital component of a successful organization. When they work effectively, committees provide valuable insight and advice to the board of directors and staff, and can help an organization efficiently achieve its goals and vision. They can also connect an organization with the attitudes and concerns of its members and serve as an important training ground for future leaders. But
... Read more
Simply Managing

What Managers Do — and Can Do Better

by Henry Mintzberg ...

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

The Essence of Managing Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the
... Read more
Problem Solved!

by David Goldsmith ...

Problem Solved!: The Secrets of Decision Making and Problem Solving gives the reader an inside look at the fine points of decision making and problem solving. Research conducted at Ohio State University has concluded that over 50% of all business decisions end in failure. Reasons for this include: not solving the right problem, not defining the desired outcome, and not knowing how to bring the two ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Problem Solved!: The Secrets of Decision Making and Problem Solving gives the reader an inside look at the fine points of decision making and problem solving. Research conducted at Ohio State University has concluded that over 50% of all business decisions end in failure. Reasons for this include: not solving the right problem, not defining the desired outcome, and not knowing how to bring the two
... Read more
Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad

Breakthrough Ideas for Keeping Your Best Workers

by Richard P. Finnegan ...

Keep the workers you want - in good times and bad.How do organizations keep the workers they want? Until now, employee retention strategies have been based on instincts rather than research. With no firm body of knowledge to use as a guide, employee turnover has been a problem for all organizations. Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad is the first book to offer a top-to-bottom, organization ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Keep the workers you want - in good times and bad.How do organizations keep the workers they want? Until now, employee retention strategies have been based on instincts rather than research. With no firm body of knowledge to use as a guide, employee turnover has been a problem for all organizations. Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad is the first book to offer a top-to-bottom, organization
... Read more
Procrastination Killer

by Kitakufei Nelson ...

We all had to deal with procrastination at some point in our lives. This book goes into detail explaining what is procrastination, how to resolve it and how it can be used to your advantage. ... Read more

$13.73 CAD

We all had to deal with procrastination at some point in our lives. This book goes into detail explaining what is procrastination, how to resolve it and how it can be used to your advantage.
... Read more
SMEs From the Ground Up

A No-Nonsense Approach to Trainer-Expert Collaboration

by Chuck Hodell ...

Sometimes SMEs can cause problems for your instructional design project. But have you done everything you could to understand, communicate with, and involve your SMEs successfully? From years of experience, there are guidelines for working well with everyone on the design team—but you must include considerations for SMEs. Learn from the good and the bad examples presented, plus use the charts to ... Read more

$40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sometimes SMEs can cause problems for your instructional design project. But have you done everything you could to understand, communicate with, and involve your SMEs successfully? From years of experience, there are guidelines for working well with everyone on the design team—but you must include considerations for SMEs. Learn from the good and the bad examples presented, plus use the charts to
... Read more
Are You the New Manager?

Techniques, Guidelines, and Strategies for a Successful First Year

by Robert Blanck, Lee Bertrand ...

When you become a manager, you need proven strategies and advice to ensure your team meets expectations.Two longtime managers draw upon their decades of combined experience in this guidebook to getting the job done during your first year as a manager. Whether youve just been promoted, been transferred, or started a new job, youll learn how toestablish an organized work environment;create stability ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

When you become a manager, you need proven strategies and advice to ensure your team meets expectations.Two longtime managers draw upon their decades of combined experience in this guidebook to getting the job done during your first year as a manager. Whether youve just been promoted, been transferred, or started a new job, youll learn how toestablish an organized work environment;create stability
... Read more
Dr. Ayelet Fishbach

An Award-Winning Psychologist Reveals What It Really Takes To Get (And Stay) Motivated

by Christopher Lochhead, Eddie Yoon, Nicolas Cole ...

To read this "Pirate Profile," as well as our entire archive of writing on Category Design, subscribe to Category Pirates here:categorypirates.substack.comIf you want to change your behavior, you have to change the situation around your behavior.Let's say, for example, that you want to eat healthier food. You can modify your circumstances in three ways:PreparationAccountabilityMindsetThis is just ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

To read this "Pirate Profile," as well as our entire archive of writing on Category Design, subscribe to Category Pirates here:categorypirates.substack.comIf you want to change your behavior, you have to change the situation around your behavior.Let's say, for example, that you want to eat healthier food. You can modify your circumstances in three ways:PreparationAccountabilityMindsetThis is just
... Read more

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Decision Making & Problem Solving eBooks

Show: