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Warum neigen Unternehmensprozesse so häufig dazu, im Sande zu verlaufen oder zumindest die in sie gesteckten Erwartungen nicht zu erfüllen? Der wesentliche Grund ist nicht, dass sie nicht sorgfältig genug geplant wären. In der Regel hapert es schlicht an der Umsetzung. Stephen R. Covey und sein Institut FranklinCovey haben sich mit dem Thema in einer Tiefe beschäftigt, die vermutlich ohne Beispiel ist. Sie haben untersucht, was der Umsetzung im Wege steht - von der Führungsetage bis zur vordersten Front - und dabei die Faktoren isoliert, ohne die eine präzise Umsetzung nicht möglich ist.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and presently Director at Casa Blanka India Consulting, Jayaram Easwaran's experience of the corporate world spans over three decades and includes stints in various leadership positions. In Inside the C-Suite, he puts together a collection of fictionalized accounts of incidents that have taken place over the course of his career. Drawn from real life and inspired by Easwaran's popular column for Business Line on Campus, Inside the C-Suite is a collection of tales of the Indian workplace.

A trajetória de um gestor que esteve no leme de importantes instituições em períodos de grande turbulência da vida nacional. Nesta obra, Roberto Lobo descreve todo o percurso que trilhou para construir sua vitoriosa carreira. Ao lado de Maria Beatriz Lobo, sua esposa e companheira de trabalho, oferece ao leitor uma preciosa contribuição para os debates sobre a gestão universitária, a ciência e a tecnologia, provando-se uma inspiração para futuros líderes institucionais.

Herbert Ricardo Garcia Viana compartilha nesta obra o que aprendeu nos vinte anos de vida corporativa em que atuou em multinacionais como executivo de operações. De forma direta e sem rodeios, o autor reúne em catorze capítulos os assuntos mais impactantes na vida de um líder e gestor frente aos desafios diários que enfrenta, sejam técnicos, sejam humanos. Assim, mais do que aprender sobre o que é estar à frente de uma equipe, o ouvinte é levado a refletir sobre seu dia a dia no trabalho....

It's not enough for a leader to have vision, energy, drive and conviction. If you want to see your dream come to fruition, you must learn how to develop the leaders around you. If you want to be a leader, then you will have to develop a team of successful leaders around you. This book tells how you can make your colleagues and subordinates into leaders.

The key to success is not destiny and coincidence, as many believe, but a well-rounded strategy, managerial excellence and, most importantly, clear and precise thoughts. These are also the traits that helped Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, expand the business from a $2 billion group to a whopping $30 billion giant in 15 years! In Think, Lead and Strategize Like Kumar Mangalam Birla, the first of the Management Lessons from the Masters series, Rajiv Agarwal shows how the group rose to the top in diverse industries under the leadership of Mr Birla.

For many years, John C. Maxwell has equipped and inspired Christians to attain the highest levels of effective leadership through his conferences and books. Maxwell believes leadership determines an organization's growth. More specifically, empower people within the group to become leaders. Designed for both small and large groups, this audiobook has everything necessary to equip anyone who wants to reproduce leaders.

In stark and compelling prose, Thomas W. Jones tells his story as a campus revolutionary who led an armed revolt at Cornell University in 1969 and then altered his course over the next 50 years to become a powerful leader in the financial industry including high-level positions at John Hancock, TIAA-CREF, and Citigroup as Wall Street plunged into its darkest hour.

Mahatma Gandhi needs no introduction. An icon revered by millions across the world, he led a country to freedom through methods and principles never used before. What was it about Gandhi that made him an icon? How did a frail, ordinary man bring about a revolution? And how did he manage to rope in the poor, the working class, the elite and the intelligentsia to work together? In this one-of-a-kind self-help book, Virender Kapoor analyses Gandhi’s methods and derives leadership lessons from his life, explaining how listeners can successfully employ these in their own lives.

The IndiGo Story is a fascinating analysis of the manner in which an unknown entity entered the perilous Indian sky and became its undisputed leader both in terms of market share and profitability. Lucidly written and sharply argued, this book highlights the company’s formative years as a fearless start-up and its evolution into one of India’s most game-changing, profitable brands.

Besser führen mit weniger Führung. Insa Klasing lernte das Loslassen auf die harte Tour. Sie brach sich beide Arme. Dabei musste sie doch Tausende Mitarbeiter führen! Die Zwangspause gab ihr die Gelegenheit, auszuprobieren, wovon sie schon viel gehört hatte: den Mitarbeitern die Autonomie zu freien Entscheidungen zu geben. Und siehe da: Nicht nur ihr Team kam mit der 2-Stunden-Chefin prima klar, sondern sie selbst hatte plötzlich viel mehr Zeit, sich um die Zukunft des Unternehmens zu kümmern. Die neu gewonnene Freiheit machte sie zu einem noch besseren CEO.

Lars Kolind turned Oticon, a hearing aid company, into one of the most revolutionary businesses of our time by rethinking the concept of management. In this book, he rethinks business in the digital age together with Jacob Bøtter, a digital native thinker and strategist. Unboss is the good-bye to 20th century hierarchies, KPIs, job descriptions, titles, bonus schemes, marketing tools, and sales strategies. Unboss is a new mindset that turns conventional understanding of management and work on its head and transforms limited companies into unlimited movements.

Wieder nicht richtig zugehört? Das Potenzial der Mitarbeiterin, die jetzt bei der Konkurrenz brilliert, zu spät erkannt? Oder falsche Informationspolitik betrieben? Aus Fehlern kann man lernen - zum Glück auch, indem man die der anderen vermeidet! Die erfahrene Managementberaterin Maren Lehky benennt die zehn häufigsten Führungsfehler, erklärt, was sie bei den Mitarbeitern, im Unternehmen und bei einem selbst anrichten, und zeigt mit vielen konkreten Tipps und praktischen Werkzeugen auf, wie es anders geht.

With vast experience in lecturing on Indian philosophy and leadership at international conferences and universities, Harsh Verma provides an enlightening account of the leadership skills that we can learn from one of the most popular Hindu deities.

Lisa Lisson's life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and would ultimately become president of the company. One night, after putting their four children to bed, her husband, Patrick, marvelled at their lives. Just a few hours later, Patrick had a massive heart attack and was in a coma. Part leadership guide, part memoir of loss, and part personal empowerment primer on how to achieve your goals, Resilience is an inspirational story.

In this path-breaking book, Chanakya's 7 Secrets of Leadership, author Radhakrishnan Pillai delves into Chanakya's Saptanga with the real-life example of D. Sivanandhan. Former Director General of Police, Maharashtra, and the archetype of an able administrator, Sivanandhan shares his guidelines for effective management, highlighting those that make him a dynamic leader.

The future is big right now - for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should "create the future." What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next?

30 Women in Power carries the inimitable voices of Indian women who have been pioneers and led large organizations - in banking, law, the media, advertising, government services, health care, consulting, the fast-moving consumer goods sector and the not-for-profit space. In these narratives - told up close and personal - 30 of India's greatest women achievers speak of the guiding principles that have held them in good stead; the role models who have anchored them; the childhood influences that have shaped their values; and more.

Highly successful people live and swear by certain time-tested rules which they set for themselves. Marketing wizard Suhel Seth and business journalist Sunny Sen distil learnings from 21 of the most influential business leaders of this century on what it takes to create some of the biggest and most powerful companies of not only India, but also of the world.

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