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

LIFT

Innovation Lessons From Flying Machines That ALMOST Worked And The People Who NEARLY Flew Them

by Dan Ward ...

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

LIFT is a playful introduction to flying machines from the late 1800’s and the inspiring people who designed, built, launched, and crashed them. It is also a serious guide to innovation for 21st century problem solvers.Blending light-hearted pop culture whimsy with well-grounded engineering pragmatism, LIFT introduces five inventors who tackled the seemingly impossible challenge of human flight
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ISO 9001 in Plain English

by Craig Cochran ...

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people ... Read more

$26.95 USD

Why does ISO 9001 have to be so confusing? It doesnt. Bestselling author Craig Cochran has translated ISO 9001 into plain English that anyone can understand. ISO 9001 in Plain English was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standards requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply.This straightforward book is ideal for people
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Design Social Change

Take Action, Work toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo

by Lesley-Ann Noel, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University's d.school.Who are you? What motivates you as a changemaker? What forces are preventing you (and others) from thriving? These questions are essential to the ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University's d.school.Who are you? What motivates you as a changemaker? What forces are preventing you (and others) from thriving? These questions are essential to the
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How to Be a Good Manager

by Kimberly Peters ...

There is much more to being a good manager than hiring and managing employees. Managers are often pulled in many directions at the same time and their ability to handle everything properly and efficiently is critical to their success.Managers must also learn to create the proper manager/employee relationship so that both the manager and employee function at their highest levels."How to Be a Good ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

There is much more to being a good manager than hiring and managing employees. Managers are often pulled in many directions at the same time and their ability to handle everything properly and efficiently is critical to their success.Managers must also learn to create the proper manager/employee relationship so that both the manager and employee function at their highest levels."How to Be a Good
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Flow Engineering

From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action

by Steve Pereira, Andrew Davis ...

2026 Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal WinnerTired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

2026 Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal WinnerTired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value,
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The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, third edition

by W. Edwards Deming ...

A new edition of a book that details the system of transformation underlying the 14 Points for Management presented in Deming's Out of the Crisis.It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of management.”—from The New Economics for Industry, Government, EducationIn this book, W. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

A new edition of a book that details the system of transformation underlying the 14 Points for Management presented in Deming's Out of the Crisis.It would be better if everyone would work together as a system, with the aim for everybody to win. What we need is cooperation and transformation to a new style of management.”—from The New Economics for Industry, Government, EducationIn this book, W.
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NKJV, Maxwell Leadership Bible, Third Edition

Holy Bible, New King James Version

by John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson ...

Every believer is a person of influence. In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, leadership expert John C. Maxwell shows you the principles of leadership taught in God’s Word and how to use them. Whether you are an employee, a boss, a parent, or a neighbor, you are a person of influence in your part of the world. Throughout the pages of Scripture, John Maxwell has assembled the time-tested and ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Every believer is a person of influence. In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, leadership expert John C. Maxwell shows you the principles of leadership taught in God’s Word and how to use them. Whether you are an employee, a boss, a parent, or a neighbor, you are a person of influence in your part of the world. Throughout the pages of Scripture, John Maxwell has assembled the time-tested and
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Future Ready

How to Master Business Forecasting

by Steve Player, Steve Morlidge ...

The recent crisis in the financial markets has exposed serious flaws in management methods. The failure to anticipate and deal with the consequences of the unfolding collapse has starkly illustrated what many leaders and managers in business have known for years; in most organizations, the process of forecasting is badly broken. For that reason, forecasting business performance tops the list of ... Read more

$25.00 USD

The recent crisis in the financial markets has exposed serious flaws in management methods. The failure to anticipate and deal with the consequences of the unfolding collapse has starkly illustrated what many leaders and managers in business have known for years; in most organizations, the process of forecasting is badly broken. For that reason, forecasting business performance tops the list of
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Data

Harness Your Numbers to Go from Uncertain to Unstoppable

by Mark O'Donnell, Angela Kalemis, Mark Stanley ...

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Your comprehensive guide to mastering The Data Component of your EOS Model—taking you from uncertain to unstoppable.Have you ever felt lost in knowing how your business is actually doing? Were you surprised by events that you didn’t see coming? Did you spend sleepless nights wondering whether or not your company was going to make it? Then Data is for you.This data-driven handbook is the third
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Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage

by Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston ...

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from itThis book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value,
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Powerhunch!: Living An Intuitive Life

by Marcia Emery Ph.D. ...

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Call it a gut feeling, a sudden knowing, a bolt from the blue. PowerHunch! underscores the strength of this quiet yet powerful force that adds a flash of clarity to any situation. Whether it's relationships, career, balance and healing, or simple everyday decision-making, intuition gives everyone an edge. Now Dr. Marcia Emery shares the "secrets" of intuition so you can make it a part of
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The New Edge in Knowledge

How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business

by Carla O'Dell, Cindy Hubert ...

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and ... Read more

$27.00 USD

The best thinking and actions in the fast-moving arena of collaboration and knowledge managementThe New Edge in Knowledge captures the most practical and innovative practices to ensure organizations have the knowledge they need in the future and, more importantly, the ability to connect the dots and use knowledge to succeed today.Build or retrofit your organization for new ways of working and
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Charlie Munger

The Complete Investor

by Tren Griffin ...

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"—a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management—allows him to keep his emotions out of ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"—a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management—allows him to keep his emotions out of
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Escape Velocity

Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past

by Geoffrey A. Moore ...

“Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple.”—Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of AppleInEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and reorient their organizations to meet a new era ofcompetition. The world’s leading high-tech business strategist, ... Read more

$15.49 USD

“Readthis book to learn how to create a company as powerful as Apple.”—Guy Kawasaki,former chief evangelist of AppleInEscape Velocity Geoffrey A. Moore, author of the marketing masterwork Crossingthe Chasm, teaches twenty-first century enterprises how to overcome thepull of the past and reorient their organizations to meet a new era ofcompetition. The world’s leading high-tech business strategist,
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Guía práctica para un plan de negocios y obtención de fondos del Gobierno Federal

by Germán Domínguez Bocanegra ...

En las últimas décadas, nuestro país ha enfrentado la problemática de la generación de nuevos empleos que fortalezcan su economía, y aunque el gobierno invierte bastantes recursos, implementando diferentes estrategias para encontrar una solución favorable, en muchos casos no se ha obtenido el resultado esperado. Una vía segura y eficiente para lo anterior, son las incubadoras de negocios dentro de ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

En las últimas décadas, nuestro país ha enfrentado la problemática de la generación de nuevos empleos que fortalezcan su economía, y aunque el gobierno invierte bastantes recursos, implementando diferentes estrategias para encontrar una solución favorable, en muchos casos no se ha obtenido el resultado esperado. Una vía segura y eficiente para lo anterior, son las incubadoras de negocios dentro de
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How to Lead

The Definitive Guide To Effective Leadership

by Jo Owen ...

This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there.Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how.Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there.Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how.Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and
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Creativity and Problem Solving (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

by Brian Tracy ...

The hallmark of an exceptional career is the ability to devise innovative solutions for work challenges. Therefore, creative thinking skills are vital for your professional advancement.Recent research has revealed a direct causality between ideas and profitability, which means that in today’s competitive and technology-rich work environment, the most crucial element separating an extraordinary ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The hallmark of an exceptional career is the ability to devise innovative solutions for work challenges. Therefore, creative thinking skills are vital for your professional advancement.Recent research has revealed a direct causality between ideas and profitability, which means that in today’s competitive and technology-rich work environment, the most crucial element separating an extraordinary
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People Management

by Rus Slater ...

Series series Collins Business Secrets
The people management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of People ManagementIncludes how to:• Build a business-like relationships with your direct reports• Set clear targets and monitor them• Understand different personality types and how to manage them• Deliver criticism and compliments in the right way• Mentor your ... Read more

$0.99 USD

The people management secrets that experts and top professionals use.Get results fast with this quick, easy guide to the fundamentals of People ManagementIncludes how to:• Build a business-like relationships with your direct reports• Set clear targets and monitor them• Understand different personality types and how to manage them• Deliver criticism and compliments in the right way• Mentor your
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The Deming Management Method

The Bestselling Classic for Quality Management!

by Mary Walton ...

Whether you're the owner of our own small business, a middle manager in a mid-sized company, or the CEO of a multinational, this book can show you how to improve your profits and productivity. How? By following the principles of The Deming Management Method.Middle- and top-echelon managers in particular will find Dr. Deming's method provocative and controversial. He is for a total revamping of the ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Whether you're the owner of our own small business, a middle manager in a mid-sized company, or the CEO of a multinational, this book can show you how to improve your profits and productivity. How? By following the principles of The Deming Management Method.Middle- and top-echelon managers in particular will find Dr. Deming's method provocative and controversial. He is for a total revamping of the
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Onboarding

How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time

by George B. Bradt, Mary Vonnegut ...

A guide to getting new employees recruited, oriented, and productive—FAST"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new ... Read more

$17.00 USD

A guide to getting new employees recruited, oriented, and productive—FAST"Onboarding," a growing trend in the business community, is a focused methodology that gets people in new roles up to speed quickly and efficiently. This book guides you through a process that enables you to recruit, orient, and enable your new employees to get the job done. Learn how to inspire and encourage your new
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Rebel Ideas

The Power of Diverse Thinking

by Matthew Syed ...

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in ... Read more

$14.39 USD

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset.Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in
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你該信任誰：FBI資深探員教你利用行為科學預測法，突破識人盲點，看穿偽善與謊言

Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agent’s User Manual for Behavior Prediction

by 羅賓．德瑞克, Robin Dreeke, 卡麥隆．史陶斯, Cameron Stauth ...

Translated by 陳繪茹 ...

Series series big
先思考，再信任；培養解讀人心的能力，就能找到值得信任的人。「實戰高手傳授不可或缺的識人功夫。想預測他人的行為是否能替你的工作增值加分，這本書就是必讀的佳作。」──《FBI教你讀心術》作者　喬．納瓦羅專業推薦« 暢銷書《如何讓人信任你》續作« 亞馬遜網路書店讀者4顆半星評價信任是人類的天性，值得相信的人也比不值得信賴的人多，但我們卻經常誤判，即使是最正直的人也會背叛你的信任。於是，我們會對人性感到失望，從此不再輕信他人。本書作者羅賓．德瑞克在聯邦調查局（FBI）工作長達三十年，擔任反情資行為分析部門的主管，是行為解讀大師。他曾處理最棘手的間諜案與恐攻事件，只要從對方的一個眼神、一個動作，就可以判斷出這個人是不是值得信任，或是不是在說謊。他把自己多年累積的信任判讀術，整理成六大指標，讓我們可以從對方... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

先思考，再信任；培養解讀人心的能力，就能找到值得信任的人。「實戰高手傳授不可或缺的識人功夫。想預測他人的行為是否能替你的工作增值加分，這本書就是必讀的佳作。」──《FBI教你讀心術》作者　喬．納瓦羅專業推薦« 暢銷書《如何讓人信任你》續作« 亞馬遜網路書店讀者4顆半星評價信任是人類的天性，值得相信的人也比不值得信賴的人多，但我們卻經常誤判，即使是最正直的人也會背叛你的信任。於是，我們會對人性感到失望，從此不再輕信他人。本書作者羅賓．德瑞克在聯邦調查局（FBI）工作長達三十年，擔任反情資行為分析部門的主管，是行為解讀大師。他曾處理最棘手的間諜案與恐攻事件，只要從對方的一個眼神、一個動作，就可以判斷出這個人是不是值得信任，或是不是在說謊。他把自己多年累積的信任判讀術，整理成六大指標，讓我們可以從對方...
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Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition

by Jay Arthur ...

Series series Demystified
Your LEAN and mean guide to Lean Six SigmaReady to implement better, faster, cheaper, more-profitable processes in your organization? Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition, shows you how to use proven techniques for simplifying, streamlining, and optimizing business practices for maximum productivity and profitability.Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide covers the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Your LEAN and mean guide to Lean Six SigmaReady to implement better, faster, cheaper, more-profitable processes in your organization? Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Second Edition, shows you how to use proven techniques for simplifying, streamlining, and optimizing business practices for maximum productivity and profitability.Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide covers the
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The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work

by Jacinta M. Jiménez ...

Winner of getAbstract’s Readers' Choice Award 2021Named a Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing TherapyFeatured on Business Insider as a top book to help you overcome burnoutAn evidence-based resilience toolkit to help you find better, more sustainable ways to succeed at work and lifeIn The Burnout Fix, the award-winning psychologist and board-certified leadership coach Dr. Jac... ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Winner of getAbstract’s Readers' Choice Award 2021Named a Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing TherapyFeatured on Business Insider as a top book to help you overcome burnoutAn evidence-based resilience toolkit to help you find better, more sustainable ways to succeed at work and lifeIn The Burnout Fix, the award-winning psychologist and board-certified leadership coach Dr. Jac...
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